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Recently ( April 30th, 2005) our LHS "The Hobby Shoppe" in Bath, Maine closed it's doors [:(]forever[:(]. I know the owner personally, as I've been shopping there for the last 22 years(14 years for radio controlled cars/boats, and Model RR's for the last 8 years).He is 68 years old and is ready to retire, so it is almost a blessing to him. Although he was certainly hoping SOMEONE would buy the business and continue serving our area...Unfortunately, that was NOT to be. <br /> The owner has been watching his customer base slide downhill for the last 3 years. He also had MANY people come in to look at / put their hands on something they saw on an online auction, to turn around and leave, to buy the item online(I understand that one needs to make a buck stretch as far as it can, but isn't it good for the local economy to buy locally?). <br /> Anyway, I just wanted to express my sadness to see "The Hobby Shoppe" out of business[banghead]. I live only 8 miles from where the shop used to be, and now my NEAREST[:0] LHS is more than 45[:0] miles from my house. I guess I'll have to resort to the internet myself, since shipping & handling is cheaper than $2.25(or MORE, this summer) per gallon at 26 MPG for a 100 Mile Round-trip, and who has time to spend a half of a day for a jaunt to the LHS??
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