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RE: Hobby Shops, was RE: (erielack) New EL car from Tangent S

Maine Trains is precisely the store I was talking about.  Yep, 40 minutes for me too, so I PLAN that
trip.  BTW, I shorted him on the discount saying it's 10%; It's actually 20%.

SGL

> 
> Whoa - Maine Trains in MA discounts - and its noted on the sticker. How much? I never figured it
out. Buts its a 45
> minute drive for me and not a trip for one bottle of paint or car kit. No one asks him for the
discount - its there, and
> includes the magazines and books. And yes years ago I did buy from a "basement" store - who
handled only decals and
> detail parts which none of the stores in my area stocked or wanted to stock. Worked fine. But is
discount liquiors opened
> up next door to the regular store and knocked 10% off the price - where would you buy your makers
mark.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> --- On Sun, 11/9/08, Janet & Randy Brown <jananran_@_mymailstation.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Janet & Randy Brown <jananran_@_mymailstation.com>
> > Subject: Re:Hobby Shops, was RE: (erielack) New EL car from Tangent S
> > To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
> > Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 5:28 PM
> > So -- how about if your employer applies the same rule to
> > you?  The longer you work there, the less he pays you?
> >
> > Basement operators have killed the local hobby shop.
> > It's just that some of the LHSs refuse to die.  When you
> > own the building, live in it, earn your living somewhere or
> > someway else (that is:  you get somebody else to pay for
> > most of your expenses) and amortize the mortgage on your tax
> > return, your overhead is really zero.  Of course you can
> > offer a discount.
> >
> > Asking or expecting a brick-and-mortar shop to discount is
> > like bargaining with your dentist -- you don't want to
> > win, because you'll lose in the long run.
> >
> > In the long run, your B&M (no, not PanAm) shop will go
> > away.  How many of them are still Railroad Only Shops?  I
> > know of one in the Northeast, and I hope they charge full
> > MRSP.
> >
> > I suggest that all who disagree go down to the butcher shop
> > and  bargain for some meat.  Then you can go next door and
> > dicker for your liquor.  And the next time you need a
> > hospital, be sure to look for the cheap one.
> >
> > If you want to pay cut price, you have to be willing to
> > work for cut rate.  Go in and tell your boss that you are
> > willing to work for less, if he'll only give you more
> > work.  That should be worth a laugh.
> >
> > Remember, free or cheap stuff is usually worth every penny
> > -- but often, not more.
> >
> > End of rant -- for now.
> >
> > Randy Brown, who remembers Arno Rincke, and has been to
> > Tucker's.
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > There is something I don't get about hobby shops and
> > their insistence in most of the rest of the country that
> > they "have to" charge full retail, or as in the
> > case below, more than MSRP.  Here in New England, or more
> > specifically, in eastern Massachusetts, the norm is that
> > there is a discount from the MSRP. . .  My favorite shop, a
> > 40-minute drive away, even 10-percent's the special
> > order stuff he gets for me.  And he gets that more or less
> > instantly, within a few days.
> >
> > I feel sorry for you guys in full sticker price territory.
> >
> > SGL
> >
> >
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