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[quote user="bogp40"][quote user="Mastiffdog"][quote user="R. T. POTEET"][quote user="Safety Valve"] No. The Hobby Shop takes your order and sends it to the Distributor. Usually you pay up front and then wait a year if ever. . . . . . . . . . (In) most cases the engine arrives then you need to pay it. That is where the problem of sight-unseen orders come in. If you discover that the engine does not run or other problems it will need to go back for repairs tying up the capital.[/quote] I commented to username [i]electrolove[/i]'s similiar post of a few weeks past; I ain't ever gonna put money up front in this hobby for items which may or may not show up and which may or may not be worth what I pay for it if it does show up.  I am not going to pre-finance these rinky-dink outfits products as this just becomes an excuse for them to develope the attitude that they can produce substandard merchandise.  They were supposed to have had adequate capital to start in business in the first place and they are supposed to maintain adequate capital to stay in business. I didn't order my wife sight-unseen and I'm sure as aitch not going to order model railroad equipment that way either!!! [/quote]RT, "rinky-dink" outfits?  It is those cottage industries that not only bring some nice products to our hobby, but most importantly, it is the very fabric of what built commerce in our great country.  There were these two guys name Dave and Bill who started a "Rinky-Dink" business in their garage back in the 1930's - Bill Hewlitt and Dave Packard.  [;)] [/quote]I see both points here, but I don't think that "Dave and Bill" would have taken preorders, say hand them a $1000.00 and wait until they finally were able to mass produce that printer, CP, etc. They needed the capital from thier investors not from future customers.[/quote]No.PCM Established themselves soon after BLI set up. FDT came along very soon after. This is not some garage outfit trying to produce an engine.Regarding the capital, some of that should come out of previously sold inventory. If that is not happening then they must either be selling the items at a loss or pocketing all of the income without regard to future production runs.I dont know; Im just one customer who is glad that I got what steam I did when I did because I dont think half the stuff will be availible again by BLI and associates.
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