It seems to me that buying products specific to S scale is a lot like buying macintosh computers and Beatles CDs. These items are NEVER marked down. I'm always paying full price no matter where I look.
Ed Kenny Modeling the DL&W in S scale circa 9/29/54 --- In [email protected], "Scale S Only" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Ken -- > > I can't speak for your poster's hobby shop, but some things that Walthers > sells to their retailers are at a short discount, meaning that the retailer > has no additional room for giving a deal to the customer. I don't know if > this was what happened in his case, but it is a lot more prevalent is S than > in other scales. In this day and age, I think a dealer is looking to lose > a customer when he doesn't explain his sales situation so that one knows > that he is not taking advantage of you. Too easy to order on the 'net... > > Web sales are usually done by folks who deal directly with the producer so > they don't have to live with Walthers' discount to dealer policies. > > Have fun! > Bill Winans (former hobby shop owner) > > It seems that I hit a sore point among some S scalers. -- Ken Hough > > One poster sent me a private reply. I'll quote part of it. > " My local shop is great at stocking HO, N, Lionel, MTH etc. But when I > asked him to try to get a SHS boxcar (through Walthers) the owner said > "So you are one of those S guys. Why can't you make up your minds if you > are scale, or tinplate?" I gave him the item number to order and it was in > stock. I got it a week later. The store owner discounts everything about > 15% and I assumed I'd get that same discount. No I did not, full list. > Many places on the web offer discounts on S scale. > 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: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[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/
