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Not Crying Wolf This Time/Big Boys a-comin'
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[quote user="selector"][quote user="Safety Valve"] <P>You know, I am one of One Track Mind's customers and I for one, am very pleased to learn about the bigboys and new roundhouse 4-4-0's Now I have to go and research these little engines and see what they are about on the Athearn Website.</P> <P>I dont believe any of the posting violates rules and support the ability of hobbyshop owners to talk about upcoming product as it helps alot knowing what is happening in the hobby as the product heads to the store.</P> <P>I think One Track Mind has done a very good job refraining from doing business on these forums as a customer, Im still very pleased with the level of service at the store in person.</P> <P>I may or may NOT order/purchase one of these 4-4-0's but that is in the future and unrelated to the information on this thread as the Bachmann Spectrum 4-4-0 is undergoing production and to be released. I just happen to be seriously considering one of these for my small roster.</P> <P>I do worry that there might be a culture where a duct tape is placed on the store and no information gets out onto a public forum. I dont see this any different than the information I might have gotten had I visited the store in person today.</P> <P>I dont really expect very many hobby shops to participate in the forums with a sort of online bulletin boards in addition to all the other resources out there but support any information that is useful to the customer and modelers in general.</P> <P>Here is a link to the little 4-4-0</P> <P><A href="http://www.roundhousetrains.com/Search/Default.aspx?SearchTerm=4-4-0&CatID=THLS">http://www.roundhousetrains.com/Search/Default.aspx?SearchTerm=4-4-0&CatID=THLS</A></P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P>You have made my point...thank-you. By establishing that you, a member of this forum, are a customer of his, you make it clear to me that he has a business interest in the dissemination of the information here, whether or not he has any spare Big Boys.</P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P>The store has already recieved business from me for years before these forums came around.</P> <P>The point is... we dont do business as in buying and selling on these forums. I prefer to do that inside the man's store. I got enough stuff already waiting to be paid for and brought home as it is..</P> <P>Other posters seems to reinforce that OTM is doing well regarding staying within the forum rules regarding posting.</P> <P>I would think if I used your defination of "As a customer" then we all. the users of these forums; should somehow violate a rule because we bought trains and stuff in the hobby after learning about it on these very forums.</P> <P>For example, I would be breaking the rule if I was to post here saying I want X-number of 4-4-0's and will pick them up on friday. But I wont. I dont care how many big boys or 4-4-0's the OTM has in his store right now. Im not in the market to buy one directly. I have already indicated a prior interest in these engines from another manufactor and posted a revelant link for others who may not have heard about the new 4-4-0's to research.</P> <P>WHAT is GOOD is the information actually coming OUT of the hobby shop about products that are being shipped or on the way to retail. Im sure many of you have been pestering your local stores about the walthers 2007 catalog; am I wrong?</P> <P>What if your store said that they are recieving a shipment and some of the local forum members can use that information while the general population of the forums can breath a sigh of relief knowing that the actual walthers catalogs are indeed on the way out to the stores nation wide.</P> <P>By the way the Walthers 2007's are shipping out of death valley by a 20 mule wagon train quoting another hobby shop on a email I recieved a few days ago. =)</P>
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