-----Original Message-----
From: Beckert, Shawn [mailto:shawn.beckert@...]
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 8:40 PM
To: STMFC@...
Subject: [STMFC] "Limited Runs" and the STMFC Membership


Jon Miller sez, regarding the IM AT&SF stock car:

...we need to get those orders in quickly as they
are limited runs <VBG>.

A fuzzy, cloudy (some would say gaseous) thought is
forming here. The thing about "limited runs" is that
they may hit dealer shelves (if they even get that far)
and be gone before many of us know about them, or have
the wherewithal to act on the information. A perfect
example is the so-far-unseen Red Caboose SP flatcar.

There are 877 people on this list. We may be the only
"kit builders" left in the world, for all we know. Do
we as a group have any clout with the manufacturers?
Is there some way we can contract, as a group, with
a manufacturer to secure for ourselves the kits we want
before they hit the hobby dealers?

Example: Marty needs so many orders in hand before he will commit to doing a
particular kit, say the AT&SF stock car. If we could each commit to buying a
certain number of kits directly from Intermountain, and pool our order into
one
large purchase, could we exhibit enough "good faith" to the
manufacturer to a) guarantee him the sale to us as a group,
b) guarantee for ourselves the number of kits that each of
the group wants to own, and c) maybe get ourselves a price break as well. A
win-win situation.

I envision this as a sort of "kit-of-the-month" club, though
it would probably be more like "kit-of-the-year". Obviously
a lot of details would have to be worked out, like who would take custody of
the shipment of kits, who would collect the money, and how would the kits be
distributed to the buyers. But it might be a solution to the phenomenon
called "The Vanishing Era of Kit Building".

What do you guys think - are there any possibilities here?

Shawn Beckert




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-----Original Message-----
From: Beckert, Shawn [mailto:shawn.beckert@...]
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 8:40 PM
To: STMFC@...
Subject: [STMFC] "Limited Runs" and the STMFC Membership


Jon Miller sez, regarding the IM AT&SF stock car:

...we need to get those orders in quickly as they
are limited runs <VBG>.

A fuzzy, cloudy (some would say gaseous) thought is
forming here. The thing about "limited runs" is that
they may hit dealer shelves (if they even get that far)
and be gone before many of us know about them, or have
the wherewithal to act on the information. A perfect
example is the so-far-unseen Red Caboose SP flatcar.

There are 877 people on this list. We may be the only
"kit builders" left in the world, for all we know. Do
we as a group have any clout with the manufacturers?
Is there some way we can contract, as a group, with
a manufacturer to secure for ourselves the kits we want
before they hit the hobby dealers?

Example: Marty needs so many orders in hand before he will commit to doing a
particular kit, say the AT&SF stock car. If we could each commit to buying a
certain number of kits directly from Intermountain, and pool our order into
one
large purchase, could we exhibit enough "good faith" to the
manufacturer to a) guarantee him the sale to us as a group,
b) guarantee for ourselves the number of kits that each of
the group wants to own, and c) maybe get ourselves a price break as well. A
win-win situation.

I envision this as a sort of "kit-of-the-month" club, though
it would probably be more like "kit-of-the-year". Obviously
a lot of details would have to be worked out, like who would take custody of
the shipment of kits, who would collect the money, and how would the kits be
distributed to the buyers. But it might be a solution to the phenomenon
called "The Vanishing Era of Kit Building".

What do you guys think - are there any possibilities here?

Shawn Beckert




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-----Original Message-----
From: Beckert, Shawn [mailto:shawn.beckert@...]
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 5:40 PM
To: STMFC@...
Subject: [STMFC] "Limited Runs" and the STMFC Membership

I envision this as a sort of "kit-of-the-month" club, though it would
probably be more like "kit-of-the-year". Obviously a lot of details would
have to be worked out, like who would take custody of the shipment of kits,
who would collect the money, and how would the kits be distributed to the
buyers.
But it might be a solution to the phenomenon called "The Vanishing Era of
Kit Building".

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Nelson" <muskoka@...>
To: <STMFC@...>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 10:26 AM
Subject: RE: [STMFC] "Limited Runs" and the STMFC Membership

I think any entepreneur could handle the whole thing but I suspect doing

the

shipping would get "old" very, very quickly. And of course, "overstock"

to

eBay.

Hey, a question to Marty: You said anything over 90 days is dead

inventory.

Ever try and move it on eBay?

Dave Nelson

-----Original Message-----
From: Beckert, Shawn [mailto:shawn.beckert@...]
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 5:40 PM
To: STMFC@...
Subject: [STMFC] "Limited Runs" and the STMFC Membership

I envision this as a sort of "kit-of-the-month" club, though it would
probably be more like "kit-of-the-year". Obviously a lot of details would
have to be worked out, like who would take custody of the shipment of

kits,

who would collect the money, and how would the kits be distributed to the
buyers.
But it might be a solution to the phenomenon called "The Vanishing Era of
Kit Building".






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