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[quote user="NS1001"]The $260 was due to faulty memory but how can they sell it so cheap? Normally a fully featured HO diesel would retail for about $300.[/quote] Low overhead due to small company.  I asked at Amherst Show.  They also sell from their own warehouse.  Your typical hobby shop is usually the 3rd hand that the locomotive goes through.  1) Manufacturer, 2) Retailer Warehouse (Walthers, Hobbytyme, etc) 3) Hobby Shop (internets or brick and mortar).  Each time a product moves from one to the other a profit must be made for the parties involved for them to stay in business.  [quote user="NS1001"]Are they starting a price war - hope so.[/quote] Not really, and you probably wont see other manufacturers lowering their price all that much.   The parent companies/owners/investers etc, want the investment back on the tooling on the first run of the locomotives, preferably on pre-orders, not on the second, third run of same product etc.
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