Hi LeRoy, I think you have to look at "apples to apples". MTH prices are indeed up from SHS. From about $300 per unit with Tsunami to $379 for an A & $349 for a B with Proto 3.
I purchased a DC F7 AB set from SHS back in 2007 for $399.95 and a year later paid $135 each for the DCC sound boards to upgrade them. That's an investment of $335 per unit or $670 for the AB pair. Also MTH is sold by many dealers with a discount as compared to SHS which usually was only discounted during factory special sales. For example list price on MTH HO FA & F7 AB sets is $449, but lots of discounting is going on. I've seen them from $399 to as cheap as $349, so if similar discounts will be available in S, price increase is not bad at all. Best Regards, Fred --- In [email protected], "LeRoy" <lep3@...> wrote: > > Rarely do I post, most of the time I just read and absorb comments. I do > dabble in S and as well as other gauges (O, HO and OO). When MTH purchased > SHS I was thinking of reducing my inventory of O and concentrate on S, I > just like the size. I do own a few SHS items that I purchased over the > years and at what appears now as bargain prices. I expected a rise in > prices but not to the extent that I'm seeing in the catalog. > > > > I was comparing the prices between the O and S F3 ABA offerings. For an O > ABA Premier set the prices is around $729 to $749 depending on the wheel set > selected. To my knowledge the O ABA set is 2 powered A units and one > non-power B (correct me if I'm wrong). To get just 2 powered A units I > would need to spend $759 and then add another $189 for the B unit. I could > drop the price by $20 by getting a power B unit and a non-powered A unit. > Lionel has no comparable product with the exception of the PA so can't make > a direct comparison. > > > > I understand that S is a smaller market and prices have to reflect that but > isn't this a bit too high of a premium to pay? I also don't understand how > this will help S grow in any way other than providing more possibilities in > what locomotives that would be produced. > > > > So although I'm happy in one respect, I'm also sad in another. I'm also > pondering what to do now. > > > > LeRoy Price > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> 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/
