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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by CNJ831 Instead of an endless, totally meaningless, series of, "Well, I think..." or "In my opinion..." posts, how about someone offering some concrete evidence (facts, figures, surveys, industry publications) demonstrating the current state of the hobby and its future? CNJ831 [/quote] I agree that hard stats would be the best but this is part of the problem. Back to the "transition" theory: Many LHS still use paper and pen to record their transactions. Point of Sales systems would really help these folks. Bachmann, Athearn, BLI and others still require one to (get this!!) mail a warrantee cards to them!! Most all manufacturers do this on-line. About half of the vendors at trains shows don't have websites. Hello, this is the 21st century! Please join us! This hobby doesn't have hard facts because it doesn't have the means to produce them. There is no way stats are going to be properly generated without computer aid. It is starting to happen but I would not expect anyone doing business to stop doing the things that produce revenue in order to produce stats. So until the "transition" is complete, this debate shall sadly rage on.
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