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High shipping costs are one thing, but waiting 6 WHOLE MONTHS for a few stirrup steps from Walthers? Come on, they can do better than that. Even though the stirrup steps were Grandt Line, (a batch producer), it shouldn't take that long.
I needed a set of wheels for some boxcars. Went to the Internet to order from Walthers---waited---waited---waited----5 weeks---still waited---checked on order---backordered----waited----
Then went to FLHS----ordered through FLHS---Walthers-----waited ----order came in to FLHS. 2 weeks---picked them up next day.
Set ordered through internet-----waited ----waited----waited----4 more weeks-----FINALLY CAME IN----some 12 weeks after I made the original order------