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 Yep sounds like you've been to Oddo's train and hobbies in McKeesport, PA. Basically the guy had the personality of a warthog and the place looked like a dark, dingy, old dungeon. Basically a complete hole in the wall. Talk about taking me back to the old days, it was a dive 20 years ago, cant imigine what it is now. LOL However when i was home i visited Bill and Walts in white Oak and he is well on his way to that dump destination also. Plus while i was there i heard the owner tell a person with a brand new, unopened package that there were no refunds even for broken product. He offered to sell her glue to fix the problem. I high tailed it out of there. I have 4 hobby shops to chose from, each different in its own way. I have Just Trains which is huge, great prices, fantastic staff, however they can;t seem to get things ordered that you want, so its a in stock only kinda place. One is Mitchels and they still have a great selection of paint and glue, however their stock of trains is old to older and still full MSRP even stuff thats 15 years old. I also go up to the choo choo barn in strasburg, they are MSRP, but are fantastic when it comes to detail parts and scratch building parts in stock. However i don't believe that every shop should discount every purschace you make. I like having a shop close by for paints that i can go get at 8 pm at night, so i pay for that convience. If the other LHS had to raise its prices, well thats just life right now, everything is going up if you havn;t noticed. And that may be out of their control. However BAD ATTITUDES are completely under their control. If their in your shop they are going to spend money, how much will depend on their ability to get you interested in new things. The whole reason, the whole reason i'm back into trains is because a nice LHS owner took the time to work me back into the hobby. THe result, over 10,000 worth of sales all mostly thru him. In the end the human factor will be the deciding factor. Perhaps if the LHS owner had just taken the time and explained in a calm, logical manner, he could have perhaps avoided the posters wrath. Bill
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