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[quote user="Water Level Route"]Seems a bit overboard over $1.92. For that price, just replace them yourself. You could be short changing yourself of some nice Bachmann models over some cheap couplers. Just figure them into the cost.[/quote] I have have over a dozen of the Bachmann silver series cars.  Couplers being unreliable is just an annoyance, it doesnt prevent me from buying stuff.  I even bought the orange Maine Central caboose that bachmann came out with a few years ago.   The point is unsuspecting people buying these sets for their kids and not realizing that the couplers are easily replaced, or the particular couplers in question shouldn't be on the cars to begin with.  To add insult to injury, Bachmann sells the things as replacements as well.... The $1.92 was calculated by subtracting the difference in the bulk pack prices on Bachmann's website/dividing by number of coupler pairs per pack, then multiplying by the number of pieces in the starter set.  So that $1.92 includes/maintains Bachmann's profit margin.  Its a small increment cost with a large increment in quality.
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