--- In [email protected], "Ken Hough " <krhoug...@...> wrote:
>
> This post may or may not start a battle. I'm just reporting
> on the answer to this question I asked in a hobby shop a month and
> a few weeks ago. On our way back from Milwaukees Train fest our
> group stopped at several Hobby shops. This one was new to me and
> will remain un-named. This store is well stocked with HO. Very
little
> Lionel, lots of Helicopters (the new rage and easy to fly), lots of
> plastic planes, cars and Armor and etched brass parts for them. All
> in all a very well stocked store. I do HO in our club and had a
> hundred dollars of products on the checkout. I asked the clerk (the
> owner I found out)
> "Do you have any S Scale?"
> His smile dropped off his face and I thought I heard it hit the
floor.
> "Are you one of them? Which one? A HiRailer? Flyer? or Scale?
> I hope you are scaler. I can understand them. I can understand the
> flyer guys too. Like Lionel guys, collectors you know? I can see
the
> HiRailer a bit too. But as far as stocking anything, No. I'll order
with a
> discounted price but that's it. The ma and pop manufacturers really
> hurt me. No discount worth anything by the time I add postage back.
> Don't expect free postage. But when I pay 12.95 for postage and get
> the box with a 7.85 postage stamp and a used box to boot! There's a
> lot of nice S Scale out there but you know what? before I started
> taking a deposit on a special order, A S scale product was the
> product that the person ordering would not pick it up. Ever! When
I'd
> see one of these guys later they'd say "Oh I got it for a better
price at
> a show" you know that's just rude, you know?"
>
> At this point the driver of our van said he was going without me so
I
> paid and said good bye. So to the Mom and Pops out there, If my
> local hobby shop orders from you can you offer them a decent profit
> and at cost postage? I try to support the local guy as much as I
can.
> If the product is discontinued and they can't get it then I'll go
to Ebay
> but never if it's still made.
> Ken
>
>
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I haven't run into this, but I can understand the shop owner being
reluctant to order S products, especially if he has been stuck with
unclaimed orders. A couple of the shops here (northeast of Houston)
carry a little S, but it's AF and I build scale. It's encouraging to
see, though.
Chuck
>
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