Hey! If K-line wants to be a "industry leader" in 5 years, they should be bringing out these box cars within acceptable 1/64 parameters. I'm still leaning more towards postwar ACG trains as my focus,but I do by reproductions of ACG accessories. By the way, how many of us on the list would be scrambling to get a K-Line "Big Boy", if it came with their 1/64th body riding on a "S" chassis, already for our layouts? I know I would! This would put them 5 years ahead of the game NOW! Al Kielek ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 3:28 PM Subject: [S-Trains] Re: New K-Line Cars
> --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Chris Zizzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, but this isn't a > gift, is it? > > It's a product that you have to spend money to acquire. Perhaps > the appeal > > is that it's less money than other competing products. I found > that it's > > twice as much as it should be. The exact carbodies are selling > elsewhere in > > the same catalog for only ten dollars with 027 wheelsets. The 027 > cars > > selling for $20 are of a greater variety and interest (Train 19) > than these. > > What are we paying the other $10 for, the R&D needed to tool up S > wheelsets? > > Where's the deduction for the 027 wheelsets they replace? We're > paying > > maybe $12 a car for the trucks! > > > Just because K-Line sells O27 versions of these cars for $10 doesn't > mean that they could price all of their Marx-derived cars (S > included) at that price and make a profit. In most industries, it's > not uncommon for companies to offer a "loss leader" product to get > customers into the fold (even Gilbert did this with entry-level > Atlantic sets). With the fierce competition in the O gauge market > and K-Line's stated goal of being the industry leader in 5 years, I'm > not surprised that they sell some products at a loss. But S is a > different story. They don't need to sell the cars for $10 because > they are already way below anything else you can buy. They're just > running their business rationally. > > Scott > > > S-Trains list sponsor: http://www.americanflyertrains.com > All the Flyer you desire...books and accessories too! > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > S-Trains list sponsor: http://www.americanflyertrains.com All the Flyer you desire...books and accessories too! To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
