ATLANTIC CENTRALIt is very clear that your idea of fun is vastly different from mine.......
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Yes, I have suspected this for quite some time. I think my "fun" activities have very little in common with most people here.
Happy holidays my friend.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
I always buy myself a model railroad item as a Christmas present to myself. It’s really the only way to get exactly what you want. I’m not really sure what I want this year but I think I’ll have to check out the on-line stores listed above. I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving. I plan on spending it cooking the turkey, watching football, and maybe building some of the bench work I have been slowly working on all week.
Kevin,
It is very clear that your idea of fun is vastly different from mine.......
Sheldon
For decades we were first people in line for lots of Black Friday sales. I would take the girls out at about 4:00 AM to get our spots. We would spend after-dinner Thanksgiving scouring the ads and putting together our strategies.
Stores would open at 5:00, 6:00. and 7:00, so planning for maximum success was part of the fun. JC Penney would give away Disney snowglobes to the first 100 people through the door, so we would start there.
After the madness was over, we would go to Perkins for breakfast and then go home to sleep.
The girls always got a "Black Friday" present for all this fun.
When they grew up, and friends would come over, they would say "that is a nice lamp", and they would reply "My dad got that for me, it was a Black Friday present." Then their friends would be like "Who gets presents for Black Friday?"
Answer: My girls do!
I stopped doing Black Friday when they moved it to Thanksgiving. Fortunately that was exactly when my youngest turned 18, so it was a fitting time to end the family tradition of Black Friday madness with the girls.
I have so many good memories of that, and it cost close to nothing to do.
I hope most of us can hit at least one local hobby shop on Small Business Saturday. I am going to three.
Have fun!
IIRC, ExactRail does black friday thru cyber Monday sales.
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
Like others, the last place I want to be is in retail stores Friday. Saturday in NJ is the Greenberg Train show and I'll go to see what some of the dealers with used items have.
Do I need anything? Not really, but I always find something at a good price.
I go with a fellow train buddy, and we make the morning run and then back for lunch...
Have a great Thanksgiving!!
Neal
I'm in there with Stix. I stay as far away as possible to retail stores during the Thanksgiving to Christmas .
I don't go on any train buying binges, I pick up stuff I want throughout the year.
I had a real eye opener a few days ago, I dismantled my Grandson's O scale set, and used the lumber on his benchwork to make a work bench for me, which meant I had to take stock off, and move everything I have accumulated and stashed under his 4'x8' table. WOW, I need nothing.
Although, the Scale Trains Operator series GE Tier 4, with DCC and sound is looking tempting at $150.
Mike.
My You Tube
There has been some of the on-line dealers with sales, but they many times are old items they want to clear out.
I tend to buy my model stuff through the year or at large train shows if the prices are attractive. And only on stuff I really want...
Black Friday prices on consumer stuff will be back later on December.
Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin
Trainworld has 10% off for orders > $100 code word Turkey18
Modeltrainstuff has a Bachmann sale ending Friday
Mainlinehobby.com 10% off and free shipping >$200
Caboose free shipping >$99
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
From Thanksgiving to Xmas I try to go into retail stores as little as possible.
I have "black Friday" off (our union traded Columbus Day for it) and traditionally spend the afternoon working on the layout while listening to the Science Friday radio show's coverage of the annual "Ig-Nobel Awards" from Harvard.
https://www.improbable.com/ig/
I am curious about what we all have planned for the weekend.
Friday is "Black Friday", does anyone know if any online retailers have any massive sales planned.
Saturday is "Small Business Saturday", and I am going to stop at three local hobby shops just like I did last year. Last year I went to shops in Melbourne, Orlando, and St. Petersburg. This year it will be Fort Myers, Sarasota, and Port Richey.
Sunday I need to drive to Atlanta.
Monday is "Cyber Monday", again, does anyone know of anything special?