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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Tracklayer A friend and I went to our favorite train shop Thursday and were horrified to find that everything in the place had been marked up 25% and then some since our last visit two weeks earlier. When we made a comment to the owner about it, he popped off and said - What can I say guys, inflation... But in his case it's not so much inflation as it is just plain old greed... I drove over fifty miles up there that day through some of the worst traffic in the southern US to buy a steam loco there that was $100.00 two weeks earlier that was now $125.00. Then to make things worse, I found a freight car with a broken coupler and asked him if he'd be willing to come down on it a little, but he replied - Nope, it can be fixed. Lay it down over here on the counter and I'll get to it later. I didn't buy anything that day there and I'm not ever going to again. To hell with him and his shop!. From now on I'm buying everything off the web - namely ebay, which by the way I won that same loco on earlier tonight for $78.00 that he wanted $125.00 for... And train shop owners wonder why their businesses are going down the drain. If you have a good train shop in your area with reasonable prices and an easy going owner, you're lucky... Tracklayer [/quote] Who really cares if you buy anything from him or not? I'll bet he doesn't, with that pleasant attitute you have. Ever been in bidness? It ain't easy. It might be inflation more than greed than you think. Driving 50 miles in Texas? That ain't crap in Texas. I drove 200 miles round trip yesterday to visit my LHS in Houston, and I'm not griping at all! Had a great time too. Of course, I went in there with the attitude that I was GONNA have a great time, I knew he had what I wanted, he had it at a fair price, and I shop there often enough that he gives me a discount. Not a lot, but he appreciates me coming in. Once he opened early for me and a friend because we forgot what time his store opened up and we got there early. Put on a pot of coffee, and let us look around to our heart's content. Spent over $200 with him that day. That cup of coffee was a pretty good investment for him, don't you think? One other thing he said that I found interesting and kind of amusing. The Great American Train ripoff, oops, I mean Show was in Houston several weeks ago. He said there had been a steady stream of guys who had bought stuff at the show bringing it in to be fixed. Most of it never ran when they bought it, but they didn't know that. The vendors at the show didn't have a test track like he does. So when I pay a little more for a locomotive at the LHS, I tell em to take it out and let me see it run. Never had a problem. Now, where you gonna go when your $78 locomotive has trouble? Call the guy back on e-bay and see if he'll fix it for you, or take it back to the horrible man at the store so he can fix it for you for next to nothing? So what DO you buy from this horrible ogre when you go into his shop? You aren't one of those guys who buys paint and gets your locomotives and rolling stock cheaper somewhere else are you? Oh wait, you already told us you do that. You sure whine a lot for being a Texan. dirt
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