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Usually you get it for less than the store price with the discount. 15 -20%.

Complete and utter garbage nobody is trashing anything, and Ken Patterson can stuff it.

Sodastream shows its in stock in twozies and fourzies .

Where new is concerned , No not really. At some point you have to say enough is enough , no more paying $50 for 25cents worth of plastic. If you don't they'll keep raising the price till you do.

Nobody is raining on his parade. We're just giving our opinions .

Ebay is the best bet , just try not to overpay. Look at the sold listings and see what they're going for. The best way to buy of course is in a big lot , I paid about $60 total for around 12-13 good cars and and 4 wrecks in one lot . About half the wrecks are salvageable . They come up from...

http://prr.railfan.net/ For car selection I would recommend taking a look at the Freight Car Roster , it may not be totally complete but its the best I found . Another resource https://rrmuseumpa.org/ roster list and virtual tours. A few pics from my "collection" , these might give you...

There's a significant number of people that are either undocumented or they're self employed (getting paid in cash) , and for various reasons don't file a tax return so they're not eligible for benifits like unemployment or stimulus.

Freight depot would usually be box in , truck out and truck in box out.

apparently its quite common to convert those to HOn3 , Tichy sells them in pairs and 6 packs (12cars ) $65 at Micromark which is $5 a car , which is insanely cheap compared to anything in market today .

In Texas, most of them will probably be tenants of sufferance ,meaning they no longer have a valid lease since they failed to pay , So the landlord can post a notice to vacate with 3 days. If they fail to comply you can file eviction on them ($100 - $150) . Thats why cities like Austin usually...

Every once in while the Swap has a really good deal , I have only used it once though . Lately it seems to getting a few dealers in it. You should be Ok as long as you didn't use Paypal F&F. If I were a landlord in Austin with single family dwellings and couldn't get my rent and / or any...

They appear to be reguaged #4012 Tichy's but I can't be certain.

Only if there ferrous and I don't know of anybody using steel axles anymore.

Most freight wheels are 33" on older rolling stock , 36" on passenger and I believe some newer freight . I use both metal and plastic axle , usually the metal axles have less friction , The plastic ones do ok in plastic non sprung trucks . In metal trucks the metal axles can have substantially...