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SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL HOBBYSHOP?
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I recently needed a high quality can motor to re-motor an engine. Although I knew that my local hobbyshop would not have it in stock I went there and asked them to order it for me. They gladly accepted my 50% down and told me it would be here in about 4-5 days and they would call me as soon as it came in. Two weeks passed and I heard nothing so I went back and asked about the motor and was told that they had orderd it but thier distributor had told them that it had been discontinued and it was no longer available. Reluctantly they gave me back my deposit wanting me to spend it on something else. On returning home I simply brought up this distibutor's inventory on their web-site and found several of these motors "in stock". A call to the importer of this particular motor revealed that they had a number of them on hand. The importer sold me one at the retail discount price and paid the shipping!!! NOW MR. LOCAL HOBBYSHOP...YOU LIED!!... SUPPORT YOU??...I DON'T THINK SO!! No wonder the mail-order people are getting the business!! Any other "horror stories" out there? <br />Vic
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