I had no idea Kathy Griffin would care! :-) Scott Pitzer > >

He has not in the past. Charlie To: STMFC@... From: tnbirke@... Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 14:52:22 -0500 Subject: RE: [STMFC] Sunshine Models Meets Does Bob's Photo

Ah yes, the middle aged re-entry... I think that is the case for many, but I've never been out of the hobby. Not even when I should have been. Yep, I was playing with trains when I should have been

I dunno. I've got a couple thousand sunk into their business. I don't have any say in what they do or how they do it, but what they do and how they do it does affect me. Andy

Yep. I too have nostalgia for the neighborhood hobbyshop. I also have nostalgia for premium leaded gasoline, 427 cubic inch grocery getters, tube amplifiers, GP30s, 4-8-4s, Pullman cars, manned

And yet Horizon cut off a *legitimate* brick and mortar store... why? Because his contact phone was a cell and he didn't have a land line. He got it back, but - still - the requirements are

I would not own an LHS because I believe that the business model is dead unless you have a major (as in, Chicago) metro area to serve and/or don't care about making money. I wouldn't be a basement

In my case I had quit the hobby for almost 20 years. In 1988 I noticed a small train shop in Maynard Massachusetts (now closed) and wandered in. He had several built up models of Tichy freight cars.

Does Bob's Photo attend? Tom Bartlesville, OK

You know this same thread is all over the groups, I saw it on the D List. I see this thread as a STAND UP AND SHOUT thread. It's Exactrail's business model for whatever reason. But I for one think

Seems to me it is still "a storefront". Willing to bet the shelves aren't the "warehouse" type from Sam's but the same as at Doug's. The folks probably got a good deal on rent/lease and an easy to

I'm lucky to be near a good LHS in London, Ontario about fifteen miles away. Still literally a storefront, Doug's Trains has an excellent selection of model rail stuff. But a major model rail store

Scott Pitzer wrote: Yes, that might even have made a small item in the paper (remember newspapers?). As I recall the story (of course I had nothing to do with it), they found an adjoining shed

eric bracher wrote: My condolences! Sorry to hear about your decline <g>. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Folks, Before we excoriate all internet hobby shops, recognize that's all I have to work with! My closest "brick and mortar" shop is a nice but small shop, with limited inventory and rarely stocking

I got no beef with that; he was working WITH the local store(s), not against. Before we opened our store, there was no real option for a well-stocked model train shop. Had he stopped, no problem.

For years I dealt with a guy who did nearly the same thing. He had a working arrangement with two local hobby shops owned by some guys who weren't "train savy", more like RC airplane/slot

THAT could have made for an interesting police/ paramedic/ news report-- "They fell off somebody else's building while trying to do WHAT?" Scott Pitzer [Non-text portions of this message have been

Great! .....must bring money,...... must bring money..... (sung to the same tune as Homer Simpson's "DOUGHNUTS....") tOM cASEY He will be there. harlie Slater To: STMFC@... rom:

Brian Ehni wrote: I'm not sure how serious Walthers ever was about their "requirements." I knew a basement guy (who shall remain nameless) who was asked by Walthers for proof that he had a real