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I read an article on the demise of yet another hobby shop in the UK. Internet shopping was given as the cause, the shop being unable to compete with the discount internet shop. Now I've bought off the internet in the past but on the whole I would still prefer to buy through the local, 200klms away, hobby shop. Why when they charge more you ask! Well I get see the real model not a picture, I can feel the model to see what it weighs and I can see and hear the model run. Most important if the model stuffs up I can take it back and get it repaired or replaced, plus I get to meet with people of similar tastes be it British, American or Australian models and have a chat. I can pick up things like a packet of fishplates or a packet of trackpins without having to worry if my credit card is going to be comprimised.
So support your local hobby shop because many years ago if I hadn't gone to mine, The Model Shop, Prestwick, Adam Binning prop, long gone I expect, I would never have found out about railway clubs, flex track, scratch building and a whole host of other things that make the hobby so much fun.
Ozzie21
So support your local hobby shop because many years ago if I hadn't gone to mine, The Model Shop, Prestwick, Adam Binning prop, long gone I expect, I would never have found out about railway clubs, flex track, scratch building and a whole host of other things that make the hobby so much fun.
Ozzie21