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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Paul3</i> <br /><br />James (SOBSB), <br />Sorry, but you've got to be kidding. You obviously have internet access, and so you have the ability to shop anywhere online for bargains. Yet you expect us to feel sorry for you because you can't be bothered to shop around anywhere other than Wyoming?[/quote] <br /> <br />That maybe true I can "Shop" around for bargains any ole online train store. But most of these online establishments do not take accept check or money order. Or at least I can not find a place that says they do. And since Internet Identity theft is rampant, Im not about to be flashing my credit card number across cyber space no matter how well its encrypted. <br /> <br />[quote]QUOTE: <br />BTW, it would be nice if you didn't compare apples to oranges when making these price comparisons. From Athearn.com, an SD40-2 <b>kit</b> costs $56.50 MSRP (yes, they are still available as kits). I don't know when SD40-2 kits were $45, but in 1993 they were $36.00 according to my old Walthers catalog. That means that an Athearn SD40-2 kit hasn't gone up 100% in <i>13 years</i>, let alone 5 as you claim.[/quote] <br /> <br />Ok fine. But if Kits are still avaialable. WHERE THE HECK ARE THEY? Even those online stores that I can shop with my credit card, seem not to have them. In my 2001 walthers catalog. The SD40-2s are listed at $44.95. SD40-2 kits might now be $56.50. But nobody has them it seems, so we are then stuck with the $89.95 RTR version. <br />[quote]QUOTE: <br />As far as your comments about "Athearn not being good enough"...where have you been? Are you honestly surprised that magazines and public opinion favors higher priced and higher quality products? Just because other people prefer Ferarris, BMW's, and Cadillacs doesn't mean that you can't buy and enjoy Chevys, Fords, and Dodges.[/quote] <br />That maybe true I can enjoy my chevy's fords' and dodges. But when was the last time you saw a ford Taurus station wagon in Hot Rod Magazine? <br /> <br />Everyone from Phil Walthers, Terry Thompson, and Tony Keoster, To Johny train geek at the counter in Nowhere wyoming hobby shop says High teck high featured new stuff makes you a <i>"true"</i> model railroader, anything less, your just playing with toys. Oh and for christ sakes, Dont you dare build something by yourself. Thats just unmodelrailroadly. If you get caught scratchbuilding Tony Keoster is going to lead the Model Rairlaod police swat team on your workbench himself. <br /> <br />[quote]QUOTE: <br />As far as complaining about costs and real life... Remember that this is your <b>hobby</b>, not your life. First take care of real life, then whatever's left can be used on your hobby. If you can only afford $50 a month for model railroading and you really want that $200 loco, put that $50 in a jar for 4 months. We all do it. I can't afford to whip out $400 for a brass steamer at any given moment, but I can if I save for it (I now have 4 New Haven brass steamers).[/quote] <br /> <br />You are right, This is supposed to be a hobby. But without going into all the painful details. My life has been positivly crappy. And my family and model trains have been the only positive force in my life. So I am sorry if my fantasy life is the only life I feel like living. The job I have only has to keep the trains running. And I wouldn't be so upset, except that the only apparent motivation for all these crazy prices is nothing other than plain ole greed. <br /> <br />[quote]QUOTE: <br />And for pity's sake, shop around for the best deals. You wouldn't go to a car lot and buy the first car you saw. You wouldn't go to Sears and buy the first washing machine. So why would you only buy what you can find at your Wyoming LHS? <br /> <br />Paul A. Cutler III <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Because technology is faulty and my life seems to be run by Murphey's law. I do use E-bay alot. But that gives me the option of check or money order. And I do use money order for somethings because my hobby shop tells me I can't get them. But I use my LHS because I have a sense of loyalty. I have had problems with stuff from mail order and I have had to fix it. When ever I had a problem at the LHS, they took care of it. <br /> <br />I guess I just ask for to much.
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