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I think weather or not the owner was attempting to guilt you into spending more kind of depends on if the OP started the conversation or not.  If the op initiated the discussion on how much he spends asking if that was typical, and the owner answered, the LHS proprietor was simply stating fact.  I regulary ask my favorite LHS owners how business is going.  They don't give specific names of people that spend money, but they do tell me about ups and downs (large customer who has a bunch on order lost his job, etc).   It turns out LHS owners are just people, and they like to talk to their customers about stuff, and if your friendly with the proprietor, run down stairs or to the back room to grab something for them for another customer, check inventory, etc, sometimes they cut you a discount, or if they know that they have been holding something for someone else, who now cant pay for it, they'll look you up first.  Allows me the opportunity to swoop in buy something that I may have wanted (something held in reserve in the back room that another customer couldnt pay after 6months etc).  If you feel pressured to buy something, that's on you.  I feel no different after such conversation, other than its a reminder to not spend money you haven't earned yet. The secret(s) to not getting divorced over this hobby are to 1) you marry another model railroader, and she goes train shopping with you 2) You dont spend your part of the mortgage/rent money on trains every month, or if you do spend it (mortgage/rent); you spend it on that brass locomotive she has been eyeing for the past few months... 3) Dont spend her money, only yours.
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