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<p>[quote user="rrebell"]</p> <p> </p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">Brunton</div> <div class="quote-content"> <p>After my post about offsetting the cost of membership through purchases from suppliers offering NMRA discounts, some glass-half-empty folks came out of the woodwork.</p> <p>Just goes to show - no matter what you do, some folks will invariably find fault or offense as a result.</p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>No, facts are facts. Now there may be discounts around but the example was with one company. Maybe it was just one bad example.</p> <p> </p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>The MSRP for the 250W resistance soldering set is $568 from the manufacturer.  The Micromark Price was $499 for the set.  Discounted price $424.   They do get you on the replacement electrodes, which were only a few cents under the MSRP with the discounts.  $23 in shipping for the whole order (not the only thing in the shopping cart) = $447.  Same set total cost was between $448 and $637 by google search (with shipping).  And I would have to pay separate shipping costs for the additional items Iwould buy that were not a one stop shop.   </p> <p>Micromark's price for Walthers Proto GP35 is better than Walthers' price before the discount, and you get a 15% discount at Micromark.   I checked around.  Micromark with NMRA discount was the best price for this locomotive. </p> <p>It does not appear that the discount is applicable to closeout items. </p>
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