I would think running a railroad hobby shop in a leased building would
have always been a difficult process. Hobby shops like a restraurant
probably only makes money during peak times. I would assume that a
hobby shop makes it's money on Friday afternoon and Saturday for the
most part.
In Houston, before my time, there were a couple of semi-hobby shops that
were housed in private homes. These were obviously owned by a layout
owner who perhaps had the opportunity to represent some manufacturers
and had some extra space. Most guys are home in the evenings and
weekends, so no employee's, no regular business hours, no rent but
you're available to sell items when customers have the time to buy from
you. Maybe this kind of semi- store coupled with train shows and
e-commerce could be successful again for those small purchases and
perhaps even the larger ones.
I had approached a couple of our manufacturers with that very idea but
neither seemed particularly interested, so now we just sell our handmade
trees.
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
On 11/11/10 6:27 PM, Ed wrote:
>
> > After over 10 years of promoting S
> > as a dealer in northern California <snip>
> > the buyers in California fail to think of
> > the bountiful S in their own back yard <snip>
>
> Except for not having bricks and mortar, Howard is right up there with
> DPH in the Midwest. I wonder if he has a web site? Or a phone number?
> Gotta make contact somehow.... Cheers...Ed L.
>
>
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