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<p>[quote user="ricktrains4824"]</p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">JEREMY CENTANNI</div> <div class="quote-content"> <p> </p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">selector</div> <div class="quote-content"> <p> </p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">JEREMY CENTANNI</div> <div class="quote-content"> <p> </p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">richhotrain</div> <div class="quote-content"> <p> </p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">JEREMY CENTANNI</div> <div class="quote-content"> <p>Some of the comments here have come off as sounding elitist about who is in what market. </p> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>You mean like pontificating from a high dudgeon? <img style="display:inline;" alt="Laugh" /><img style="display:inline;" alt="Laugh" /><img style="display:inline;" alt="Laugh" /></p> <p> </p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Hardly, some people just don't like honesty.</p> <p>...</p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>Oh, so WE'RE the ones who are all out of step. We just needed <em>you</em> to tell us. </p> <p>M'kkaaayyy....thanks for that.</p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>No, but people sure make it seem that way......  I know lots of folks who don't visit here for the same reason.</p> <p>Instead of picking personal gripes, contribute to the thread.</p> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>Than quit making it so dog-gone tempting to pick a personal gripe.</p> <p>Calling us "elitist" because we state a opinion different from yours kinda is a "personal gripe" on your part.</p> <p>I also take issue with the "lots of folks who don't visit here" part.... Nobody here has said or posted anything that could cause this... Other than posts such as your "elitist" one... </p> <p>The other manufacturers will simply not care. They are not going to be put out of business by Menards anymore than they will put Menards out of business. They are not competitors... They are in different markets. Apples cannot be compared to oranges. Nor can Menards be compared with model trains manufactureres. </p> <p>They are two totally different groups, with two totally different offerings.</p> <p>Menards is a "big box" store that has "some" train stuff on the side... Nothing more, nothing less.</p> <p>They just might entice some into buying trains. Nothing wrong there. </p> <p>However, I do not have a Menards in my area, nor am I into O-gauge, so I don't know, or care, what they offer in it. What I have seen of their HO scale buildings, I don't care for. If I don't like it, I don't buy it. Same goes for other companies offerings. </p> <p>But, I don't discourage others from buying it either. (Unless I am aware of some issue with it, but then I tell you exactly why I discourage its purchase, and I have clearly not done that here.)</p> <p>I can justify a $200 locomotive, when that locomotive will fit what I need, and has sound. I can also justify a $35 Athearn Blue-box locomotive. (I have 3. May end up with more.) I have everything from Bachmann (which many hate) to Athearn (BB to Genesis), to Bowser, Proto2K, to Intermountain. I have Steam from BLI, Bachmann, and Mantua. They were from $80-$280. I have railcars that range from $1, up to $95. Everything from older-than-me (I am 31) Athearn BB kits to brand new Genesis cars, even a couple of the new ScaleTrains "Rivet Counter" cars. And everything in between. (Bowser, Athearn BB to RTR to Genesis, Bachmann, Walthers, Proto, Intermountain, ScaleTrains Kit Classics to RivetCounter, Model Power, Atlas Master to Trainman, RedCaboose, and many others.) In fact, my last 6 railcar purchases were all of the $10 and under kind. Last railcar was from a LHS "junk box" at $3. (Old BB boxcar that was missing everything except the trucks. New wheelsets from my on-hand replacement stock, couplers and lids from on hand replacement stock, a good cleaning and a weathering job and she looks just fine. Counting couplers, lids, screws, wheelsets, I may have spent $5, but that is stretching it.)  My last 3 locomotives were free, the one before that $40 BB kit at a show.</p> <p>So, I am not one who will take only high-price items. (Although, I do have some.)</p> <p>Nor am I one who only stays to basement prices. (Although, if I can get something at a basement price that will work, I take it.) </p> <p>I am picky about what I get, because otherwise, I could not afford this hobby. I am a operator and modeler, not a collector. </p> <p>That don't make me an "elitist" by any stretch of the imagination.</p> <p>So, I think I have now explained sufficiently enough my stand on this.</p> <p>This will be my final post on this thread that was made for no other reason than to get a response from others. (Like <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">all</span></strong> threads are.) This, I believe,  has made my response clear. </p> <p>That is this - Menards will not scare the model manufacturers anymore than they will scare Menards. They will not change their way of business because of Menards, anymore than they will change Menards way of business. </p> <p>This answers the OP original posting.</p> <p>Menards might have some offerings for some people, but so far, have nothing I am interested in personally. </p> <p>Once (If) they do, I will consider making a purchase online from them, but not before that.</p> <p>Nothing against any of their current offerings, they are just not my style.</p> <p>RickyW. </p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>+1 for RickyW.</p>
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