I tried to make contact with Gregg Spence yesterday. (I have his home phone number.) To date, he hasn't replied. The following is my and others general opinion on Del-Aire at this time.
Gregg has worked very hard over the past 12 years building up this business. He was always very enthusiastic, energetic and always inventing better systems for his Del-Aire products, just to make it easier for you to operate. In S Gauge he was very popular, but wanting to get very big, he also went to national shows to ply his wares. I remember Gregg telling me at Timonium, MD. how his products have taken off in Garden Railroads as well as S. Gregg was always trying to get a Model Railroader [Kalmbach] review of his products. I don't believe this ever happened. The above being said; Gregg's business got bigger, but some shops ripped him of in large amounts of non-pays. As a small business sole proprietor entrepreneur, he couldn't afford the large loss'. The man has a family and several children in college. So go figure! To me, Gregg will probably sell the business. Perhaps he has already done that? It is a good business that Gregg spent many years building up.Then again, just maybe someday, he will open up Del-Aire again? There is a company in California that sells the original products like Del-Aire. Perhaps not as up to date as Gregg's, but if you need switch components, you may have to go there. I'm hoping that Gregg will be able to come back. I know we all miss him at our Lehigh Valley S Gaugers meetings. He has always been up-beat and pleasant to be around. In that regard .... What ever happened to Marlin Becker and the MMT Model Railroad Supplies? Marlin has all the ACE equipment and the Archbar trucks that everyone is asking for? Has he ever given the money back on non-fulfilled orders? Has he ever delivered his back orders? Is Marlin still in business? Is he living? Unlike Gregg Spence, Marlin was still accepting orders! Ok! Ok! This afternoon I stopped in at Panera's Bread Co. in Hershey, and there was Jack and Betty Chappell. So we enjoyed a nice lunch and Jack said that he would like to un-load the rest of his S Gauge model railroad stuff. He has a load of Perma Built odds and ends, some miscellaneous model railroad parts, plus some Brass Omnicom (?) Locomotives and Southwind S Scale parts. Knowing Jack real well, make him an offer he can't refuse, he just might take it! Jack will be sending me more information, but in the meanwhile, his phone number is 570-875-4205 Fax 570- 875-2016 Hey, you can start your own S Gauge business! "S"ee Ya, Bill Fraley [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
