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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by enduringexp The hobby shops get most of their product at 60% of list, so they can drop prices 20-25% and still make out. [/quote] Well, I tried it with every store in my area (Ontario, Canada). Many simply get offended when I am asking to give me a break. I never asked more than 15%, usually 10%. Regardless, it just doesn't work with stores in my area. And they do complain about slow business. So I stopped buyng in LHS alltogether. And the main reason is because they refused to give any discount even though I was at time their frequent customer. Give it some time folks. Internet retailers are just staring out. Not many modeller know about them, heck, not that many have internet. Wait 10-15 years, and see online retailers grab huge market share. And LHS's will mostly die out. And then they'll be replaced by other LHS's with decent pricing. Most of the LHS's today are owned by older people, conservative and refusing to accept reality.
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