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I paid MSRP for.....um....uhh.... I've never paid MSRP for a loco. I've bought rolling stock, couplers, decoders, track, details, parts, etc that way though. Almost always, I justified it by telling myself that I needed the part to fini***he project on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon, and mail order would take a week. The 'convenience tax' levied by most of the LHSs I visit is reasonable. I'm getting very disappointed in one of the shops near me though. I went to one of the better stocked, but less local ones today to pick up a decoder and some LEDs. While I was there, I thought about geting a pair of close coupling kits for my P2K PAs/PBs, and checked the counter copy of the Walthers catalog for the part number so I could have them pull it for me. Walthers catalog price was $8.95 for the Kadee 455 kit. The bag was stickered 9.99. I asked if that was the right price, and after the confirmation, had them put it back. I can understand matching the catalog prices, since the Walthers supported dealers pay less than is printed, but going 10% over a source we all know is rather pricey just seems like suicide. The thing that keeps me going back are the good customer discounts and the 15% off locos. If either of those go away, I won't be able to justify the 35 mile drive any more. -dave
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