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<p>For me it was slightly different. They were producing quality QSI equippted engines that the only fault I could find was dummy front couplers. Thier service was and apparently still is second to none. They pull well on the track that matters to me. </p><p>In fact this DCC stuff is KEWL!</p><p>That was then.</p><p>I waited faithfully for this engine and visited the webpage weekly for updates. I told my store I will be buying this engine and for a time bothered with fire and zeal to take this engine home and run the wheels off it.</p><p>When I saw the date swing from Nov of 07 this year to TBD (Usually the kiss of death) or... WINTER of 08... I told my storekeep. Cancel that &^%$ engine. Now I see dates much sooner. But I could care less now. I use the money for other things availible now from other manufacters.</p><p>There were about 5 engines total held up in the last 24 months or so. About a even thousand dollars worth of potential sales to PCM.</p><p>POOF. Canceled. Just as well. That thousand vanished to the rest of the hobby budget which had a pretty good year this year. It was a great year.</p><p>Im not happy about it and got over it. Would I buy another PCM engine? Probably. But only if it is availible to ship TODAY. Or off ebay.</p><p>There. I make life simple in the roundhouse today. Fewer units to maintain and service.</p><p>A company once got me into DCC with it's wonderful sound and quality. Only time will tell the rest of the story.</p><p>They need to forget about 400 dollar pricing. Aint happening. They helped to prove it or hurt it with the blow outs from FDT.</p><p>If they have trouble with China making engines? Then they need to build a plant there in Florida and make it happen.</p><p>The company needs to settle down and readopt QSI, I dont mind paying the extra 30 dollars or whatever it is for that brand in the BLI/PCM engines. I know what Im getting and how to work it. My gut feeling is to stay way from the Blueline. Im not wasting a dollar on it.</p><p>At least the Pre-order-o-meter in bright primary colors were pulled down. That one item was the worst insult to my understanding of how many people it takes to make a production run of engines. Instead it only drives more quesitons... how many units of a item is considered a minimum production run? 1000? 5000? Certainly not much more than 15 or 20 thousand. that's what? 3 containers on a ship stacked with thousands>?</p><p>Oh no, that information is a big secret see? Joe Publics like me dont get to know about these numbers see?</p><p>There isnt any point going any further. Only they alone know what is happening inside the building. No one else. I dont have a problem with it.</p><p>But performance compared to all the other manufacters is pretty poor. That needs fixing. The problem is, do they have the money and the sales to make it happen?</p><p>I dont know. Do you?</p><p>But I will say this...</p><p>This whole experience taught me alot about what it takes to get a engine to the nice Hobby Shop.</p>
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