Noting that Warley picked up a score of 3/10 elsewhere for show bargains it has made me wonder what constitutes a show bargain.
The days of being offered pacific locos for £50 seem to have gone.
To those of you who are regular show junkies what are your expectations of show bargains?
Dynamis for £70 seemed like a Warley bargain to me however all the other traders who had Dynamis were offering it at list (1p above list in one case!) or as near to list as makes no difference. This might explain why there was still Dynamis on sale at the show end.
The lowest priced Hornby 4-6-0 was £63. Have you seen better?
I expect small traders to each have a stoncking show bargain to draw crowds to their stand. If they did it they very badly promoted. Where were all the dayglow banners? The Americans have a reputation for being very good at this yet where was the big splash on the Digitrax stand or any of the American HO trade stands?
Happy modelling
Gary
The days of being offered pacific locos for £50 seem to have gone.
To those of you who are regular show junkies what are your expectations of show bargains?
Dynamis for £70 seemed like a Warley bargain to me however all the other traders who had Dynamis were offering it at list (1p above list in one case!) or as near to list as makes no difference. This might explain why there was still Dynamis on sale at the show end.
The lowest priced Hornby 4-6-0 was £63. Have you seen better?
I expect small traders to each have a stoncking show bargain to draw crowds to their stand. If they did it they very badly promoted. Where were all the dayglow banners? The Americans have a reputation for being very good at this yet where was the big splash on the Digitrax stand or any of the American HO trade stands?
Happy modelling
Gary