--- In [email protected], "Tom Hawley" <t.haw...@...> wrote:
> I have in front of me the registration form for the 2009 Convention
in St
> Louis, 4-9 August 2009. It says non-NASG member add $20, includes 1
year
> membership. So don't worry about it, just include the extra twenty
beans
> and you'll be a member.
WOW!! I know economies of scale dictate that an S scale convention
will be more expensive than a general model railroading convention.
If I'm adding this up right, the convention (for my wife and I) will cost:
$20 for NASG membership
$55 for registration
$30 for spouse registration
So I'm at $105 before I even set foot in the door. Add in the layout
tours, the banquet dinner and a couple of the additional tours and
we're over $300 before lodging and travel.
I think this may shed some real light on why S scale appeals to an
older crowd and why growth in S scale is marginal. My wife and I are
in our 30's, we have no children (yet), and we're comparably well-off.
Yet this trip is borderline cost-prohibitive for us. For young folks
in their 30's with kids, it's likely a non-option. These costs might
be easier for an "empty nester" to swallow, which likely explains the
aged demographic in the hobby.
I'm not complaining, just suffering some "sticker shock".
Rhett Graves
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