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Were you ever disappointed with a purchase?

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:53 AM
My biggest disappointment was with Lionel's Halloween Haunted House. It was an accessory I just had to have, because our grandkids get a big kick out of me setting up a Halloween theme scene on the layout each Halloween season.

I paid almost retail for it and after much anticipation, we set it up and it proved to be a piece of over-rated, over-hyped junk. My money would have been much better spent if I had waited and then purchased some of the recent K-Line Halloween buildings, which, by the way, are a value for the money.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 24, 2005 6:57 PM
A recent one, I bought a SD 40-2 MTH Wisconsin Central from a Hobbytown USA store, who refused to return it, and then the area service center refused to fix it, and the national service center refused to fix it. I am hoping the factory will fix it. I have owned it almost 50 days. (Fix it under warranty)
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 11:20 PM
I purchased LAST MONTH a MTH SD 40-2 from Hobbytown USA it looked immaculate new on the outside, it did not run. Someone was insde the locomotive with a soldering iron and unplugged circuit boards. The Hobbytown USA store refused a refund or credit. I took it to several state wide train service stations who refused to service it under warranty as it had ben tampered with including the National recognized MTH center. It is now at the factory, and I am hoping that MTH will fix it for me. Time will tell if I ever will purchase another MTH product. This is the test of time. It was only $400.00 so I guess I learned where not to shop.

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