Hawkesburytrain
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Frank, I should of also mentioned that I live a bit more than one hour drive and more if it's winter. I live in Canada, so I have to add the exchange rate, the custom fees, the taxes and their markup. To give you an idea add about 43% on average to the cost of let say Modeltrainstuff
EX: Bowser Cartier Locomotive from Modeltraistuff = $367 CDN with all the extra cost and from a hobby shop in Ontario = $515 CDN and same store online = $412 CDN
The $100 I save will get me 3 freights.
Here's another EX: Atlas flextrack, Modeltrainstuff was about $4.68 vs. $6.21 a difference of $1.53. I needed about 400, therefore a saving of $600 CDN. I did buy them from Modeltrainstuff.
I do buy some stuff from brick and mortar sometimes, like last month I bought the CMX track cleaner because I couldn't find it anywhere and it was to my knowledge a good price.
Y3a, I plan on what I need to do and what I need, therefore I can wait, I rarely need something today. All my Arduino, led stuff comes from China and it takes about 45-60 days, no rush I can wait. But today, people want things today and done today.
EX: Bowser Cartier Locomotive from Modeltraistuff = $367 CDN with all the extra cost and from a hobby shop in Ontario = $515 CDN and same store online = $412 CDN
The $100 I save will get me 3 freights.
Here's another EX: Atlas flextrack, Modeltrainstuff was about $4.68 vs. $6.21 a difference of $1.53. I needed about 400, therefore a saving of $600 CDN. I did buy them from Modeltrainstuff.
I do buy some stuff from brick and mortar sometimes, like last month I bought the CMX track cleaner because I couldn't find it anywhere and it was to my knowledge a good price.
Y3a, I plan on what I need to do and what I need, therefore I can wait, I rarely need something today. All my Arduino, led stuff comes from China and it takes about 45-60 days, no rush I can wait. But today, people want things today and done today.
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