NEED INPUT ON ATHEARN ENGINES

[Anonymous]

OK, let me restate. The LIST PRICE on P2K GP9's is $100.00. If a $100 loco can be had for $30, and often, doesn't that show what kind of markup is out there? I am fortunate, I think, in that the discounted locos I have purchased were all being offered in what I model, the Santa Fe, but I am sure many other roadnames are offered over time as well. All a person has to do is be patient and wait for the right time and offering. Of course, as with most things, many people just have to have the latest and greatest, at whatever the cost. A good example was the Chrysler PT Cruiser. A new body on a Neon, yet people lined up to pay $25-30 grand for an $18,000 vehicle just to get one. Now Chrysler can't get rid of them fast enough. Everything goes "on sale" eventually, the catch is being able to wait for it. The thing that bothers me the most is the difference in price between some of the lower priced offerings and the higher priced ones. Granted, the nore expensive units are more accurate and probably of higher quality, but isn't the increase in price greater than the increase in quality? Maybe not. We all have to decide for ourselves.