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Post by Brakie on Nov 11, 2017 7:59:06 GMT -8
Or maybe the modeler simply died. It does happen, and more than we like to think about. We had that happen to a group of us that belong to a small forum, the go-to dealer for many on the forum passed away leaving several folks with lost $$ due to "trust" he'd built up and they had 'invested' in pre-orders with cash up front. His relatives were not too cooperative as they didn't know anything about what he had going business wise. Karl,If that dealer is who I think it is I lost a small order I paid for just before his demise that was never shipped..After reading about his death I cut my losses and moved on..Thankfully it wasn't a large amount. |
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Nov 11, 2017 8:42:36 GMT -8
We had that happen to a group of us that belong to a small forum, the go-to dealer for many on the forum passed away leaving several folks with lost $$ due to "trust" he'd built up and they had 'invested' in pre-orders with cash up front. His relatives were not too cooperative as they didn't know anything about what he had going business wise. Karl,If that dealer is who I think it is I lost a small order I paid for just before his demise that was never shipped..After reading about his death I cut my losses and moved on..Thankfully it wasn't a large amount. Most likely, you were part of that lil ole forum for a long time. I was not waiting for anything. Luckily |
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Post by lvrr325 on Nov 11, 2017 13:19:55 GMT -8
Go to a show and walk around and look at the dealers. None of them are kids. A couple of guys who did a lot of the shows up here passed away in the last couple years. One right out of the blue. I'm no kid and I may be about the youngest guy doing this. If the hobby dies, it's because the hobbyists all died first. The last few guys are going to have a field day with everyone else's estates, though.
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Post by lvrr325 on Nov 13, 2017 10:31:42 GMT -8
FWIW, I go to Batavia, a little one day show halfway between Buffalo and Rochester, and I sell more than I did at Syracuse by a bunch, up even over last year's fall show there.
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Post by kentuckysouthernrwy on Nov 13, 2017 16:14:34 GMT -8
Spoke this afternoon with some of the MRH Magazine folks who reported that Trainfest was loaded with young folks, their kids and lots of them. Crowds of claustrophobic proportions Saturday.
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Post by riogrande on Nov 13, 2017 17:04:18 GMT -8
I spent some time in Brockport out that way years ago. I recall a hobby shop thère where I saw my first RTR Intermounrain freight car. I bought an old Walthers FGE box car that had been assembled from a flat part kit, pretty decent box car and still have it and posted a photo some months back.
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