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Jeffrey's Trackside Diner - June 2016
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<p>I seem to have embarked on a sentimental journey when the times appeared to be better than today - the good old days.</p> <p>I found the download of a Marklin catalog of 1965, including the retail prices of that year, when you had to pay full MRSP! My class E 94 electric loco sold for 55 Deutschmarks, which was quite a lot. Using a table listing all all official rates of inflation and a corresponding conversion factor, this would equate into 201.50 Deutschmarks in today´s money or, since we don´t have the good old Deutschmark anymore , Euro 102,90! Today´s version of this loco sells for Euro 329,99 - 3.2 times as much. You do get DCC & sound , though - a Euro 65 value! Vintage Marklin locos of that type in mint condition sell for about Euro 100 to 120, so the model kept its value over the years.</p> <p>For the Marklin Swiss Croc, the figure are slightly different. 1965 price was 85 Deutschmarks, translating into roughly Euro 160 in today´s money. Today´s Croc sells for Euro 469,99, that´s 2.94 times as much. 1965 vintage Crocs fetch prices of Euro 500 to Euro 750 on Ebay these days - wow!</p> <p>Now I don´t want to heat up the discussion of how expensive the hobby is, just stating the facts. Maybe that is one of the answers to why Marklin has lost much of their traditional customer base. </p> <p>I bet if Marklin would go back to what they once were, also in terms of quality, as the locos were literally indestructable, they would have less financial problems.</p>
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