[RITSlist] Presale orders; was Precision Scale announcements

[D & E Hutchins]

The same thing happened with the Roundhouse O/B caboose in original RI 
red with Roman lettering .  I saw them advertised in MR News but when I 
tried to find one they were all gone, out of stock and mfgr.  Sad.
Dick

On Jun 25, 2007, at 12:32 PM, jeff worones wrote:

> Freight cars too...
> I placed my order for the new Athearn green Wisconsin Electric Thrall 
> cars months ago (think it was Nov.). Never heard a peep about them 
> being released and now I see them 'discontinued' on their website.
> Oh well, glad I didn't get rid of my old Herald King decals...
>  
> Jeff
>  
> Jeff Worones
> Seattle WA
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: George Bailey <iais604 at yahoo.com>
> To: ritslist at simpson.edu
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 12:11:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [RITSlist] Precision Scale announcements
>
> Keevan -
>  
> Note that this trend is not just for brass locos, but many plastic 
> loco makers (BLI, Athearn, etc.) are going to it as well for diesels 
> as well as steamers.
>  
> So it's not just the "high end" buyers that will be affected - it will 
> be all of us!
>  
> I can see that it is good for the makers, but what if you are a new RI 
> fan trying to get a fleet -- the pickings might be very few (even on 
> e-Bay) if this mode (made to order) becomes universal, as it appears 
> to be doing.
>  
> As I said, I'm glad I have the models I do, because I don't see them 
> in the market place (everyone "sold out") - and this will get even 
> worse with this policy applied to plastic models, IMHO.
>  
>  
> - George
>
>
> Kjb80401 at aol.com wrote:
>> In a message dated 6/25/2007 10:33:26 AM Mountain Daylight Time, 
>> iais604 at yahoo.com writes:
>>> Do you think this trend is good for the hobby ???
>>>  
>>> Seems like if you don't pre-order, you probably won't get it - what 
>>> does that mode do to new hobbyists ???George,
>>  
>> I'm of the opinion that it is good for the hobby in that the 
>> importer/manufacturer doesn't have to gamble what the sales will be 
>> and therefor can keep the price lower than otherwise.
>>  
>> As to an impact on new hobbyists?  Not much, as this would be 
>> considered a high end item that they probably wouldn't be interested 
>> in through the early phase of their interest.
>>  
>> Keevan
>>
>>
>>
>>  See what's free at AOL.com.
>  Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check.
> Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta.
>
> Spam
> Not spam
> Forget previous vote
> _______________________________________________
> ritslist mailing list
> ritslist at thunder.simpson.edu
> https://thunder.simpson.edu/mailman/listinfo/ritslist
>
>
> Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story.
> Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games.
>
>
> Spam
> Not spam
> Forget previous vote
> _______________________________________________
> ritslist mailing list
> ritslist at thunder.simpson.edu
> https://thunder.simpson.edu/mailman/listinfo/ritslist


-- 
BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS
------------------------------------------------------

Teach CanIt if this mail (ID 7788089) is spam:
Spam:        https://storm.simpson.edu/canit/b.php?i=7788089&m=d2310bd95b12&c=s
Not spam:    https://storm.simpson.edu/canit/b.php?i=7788089&m=d2310bd95b12&c=n
Forget vote: https://storm.simpson.edu/canit/b.php?i=7788089&m=d2310bd95b12&c=f
------------------------------------------------------
END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: text/enriched
Size: 9168 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://thunder.simpson.edu/pipermail/ritslist/attachments/20070625/8800c7bc/attachment-0001.bin