david1 Posts: 4,542 | Two guys who gave up on O gauge trainsAug 12, 2024 4:27:13 GMTCountry Joe, curtis, and 2 more like this Post by david1 on Aug 12, 2024 4:27:13 GMT Two guys who have been friends for some decades were over my apartment for a reunion of sort. We haven't seen each other in quite awhile. Thinking of them still being into trains and finding out both have left the hobby was disappointing. So we had lunch and ran some of my trains. I told them about the secondary market and Menards. I showed them what I have bought on the secondary market and some of the cars and engines I bought from Menards. They were wowed by what I bought and what Menards is making. If this is what some are thinking then LIONEL, MTH and others should be rethinking what they are doing. I'm just glad two long lost friends are back in the hobby!!!!! Dave |
mopac Posts: 85 | Two guys who gave up on O gauge trainsAug 12, 2024 5:10:10 GMT Post by mopac on Aug 12, 2024 5:10:10 GMTAug 12, 2024 4:27:13 GMT david1 said: If this is what some are thinking then LIONEL, MTH and others should be rethinking what they are doing. Dave Menard is the nation's third-largest home improvement chain behind Home Depot and Lowe's. Its stores sell lumber and home improvement products such as hardware, tools and paint. Menard is also involved in residential real estate development, with several large subdivisions under construction and development in Indiana and Illinois. Menards's annual revenue is $10.0B. Zippia's data science team found the following key financial metrics about Menards after extensive research and analysis. Menards has 45,000 employees, and the revenue per employee ratio is $222,222. |
steveoncattailcreek Posts: 477 | Two guys who gave up on O gauge trainsAug 12, 2024 5:34:55 GMTdavid1 likes this Post by steveoncattailcreek on Aug 12, 2024 5:34:55 GMTCongrat's on showing your friends the way back into the hobby, Dave! I have never ceased to be amazed at the widely divergent aspects of the hobby that have occupied -- dare I say obsessed? -- segments of those of us within the hobby, and how little or how much that can cost. I daresay some have spent more on a single high-end locomotive than I have *in total* for my modest fleet of mostly PW, mostly Marx rolling stock, and my two home layouts (which have each undergone *many* transformations!). Of late, I've been happily burrowing into animations, both pre-built and home-brew, and scratch building, and have even found a much larger canvas to play with, by working with the RFC train gardenon several projects. The bottom line is that, as long as you're willing to be open minded and clever in how you approach the hobby, model railroading has many different tracks you can follow! |
david1 Posts: 4,542 | Two guys who gave up on O gauge trainsAug 12, 2024 6:15:03 GMT Post by david1 on Aug 12, 2024 6:15:03 GMTAug 12, 2024 5:34:55 GMT steveoncattailcreek said: Congrat's on showing your friends the way back into the hobby, Dave! The bottom line is that, as long as you're willing to be open minded and clever in how you approach the hobby, model railroading has many different tracks you can follow! I am amazed how many ways that you can enjoy this hobby. For those that have unlimited funds the hobby is your oyster. If like my friends and myself who don't have unlimited funds there are many ways to enjoy this hobby. Myself I like scale size trains but not beholden to it. If the car or engine looks right its on my layout. I also like fantasy schemes and although some friends cannot believe I would have them. So after all these years I still like O gauge trains and having more fun than I should. Dave |
rtraincollector https://rtssite.shutterfly.com/1275 Posts: 1,696 | Two guys who gave up on O gauge trainsAug 12, 2024 6:40:59 GMTdavid1 likes this Post by rtraincollector on Aug 12, 2024 6:40:59 GMTIf it wasn't so expensive and pain in the neck to ship stuff, I probably would sell a lot of mine, not because of lost of interest, but because of age and no one to leave it to. I would keep some as enjoy having them, Only things I buy now would be pieces for parts or something really interesting to me. The last big purchase I made probably over a month ago as it was the only way I was going to be able to complete a set of passenger cars so now I have an extra Orange prewar combo and observation cars. (429 & 430 ) |
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josef Posts: 5,198 | Two guys who gave up on O gauge trainsAug 12, 2024 10:13:53 GMTdavid1 and firewood like this Post by josef on Aug 12, 2024 10:13:53 GMTI also have a friend who was into model trains. He had his layout in his garage, but HO. He sold the house and his layout. Now after 3 years he wants to get back into it but looking to get into O because of poor eyesight. Were as, I told him I was interested into switching to HO. He asked what I would take for everything I had in O he might be interested. So I gave him a price for everything I had. He said he would think it over and talk to the wife. |
firewood "Nice try, Lao Che!" Posts: 1,514 | Two guys who gave up on O gauge trainsAug 12, 2024 15:16:07 GMTvia mobiledavid1 likes this Post by firewood on Aug 12, 2024 15:16:07 GMTGreat save, Dave! I’ve also been preaching the saturated secondary market to anyone who looks at new pricing and shakes their head. It’s still a good bang for the buck if you stay choosy but are willing to compromise. |
superwarp1 Posts: 352 | Two guys who gave up on O gauge trainsAug 12, 2024 15:20:35 GMTdavid1 likes this Post by superwarp1 on Aug 12, 2024 15:20:35 GMTAug 12, 2024 15:20:16 GMT superwarp1 said: If you stay in O gauge the only way to survive is the secondary market, IMO and even that's getting crazy price wise. |
runamuckchuck Posts: 829 | Two guys who gave up on O gauge trainsAug 12, 2024 20:30:32 GMT Post by runamuckchuck on Aug 12, 2024 20:30:32 GMTAug 12, 2024 6:40:59 GMT rtraincollector said: If it wasn't so expensive and pain in the neck to ship stuff, I probably would sell a lot of mine, not because of lost of interest, but because of age and no one to leave it to. I would keep some as enjoy having them, Only things I buy now would be pieces for parts or something really interesting to me. The last big purchase I made probably over a month ago as it was the only way I was going to be able to complete a set of passenger cars so now I have an extra Orange prewar combo and observation cars. (429 & 430 ) Some auction houses such as Cabin Fever depending upon your location will send a truck to pick up your stuff for a fee. |
atsda Posts: 2,629 | Two guys who gave up on O gauge trainsAug 12, 2024 21:29:58 GMTdavid1 likes this Post by atsda on Aug 12, 2024 21:29:58 GMTDave, great that you brought friends back into the hobby. Alfred |
Adam Posts: 10,463 | Two guys who gave up on O gauge trainsAug 12, 2024 22:40:18 GMTdavid1 likes this Post by Adam on Aug 12, 2024 22:40:18 GMTGood work Dave! |
Adam Rypinski Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. |
rtraincollector https://rtssite.shutterfly.com/1275 Posts: 1,696 | Two guys who gave up on O gauge trainsAug 13, 2024 4:20:17 GMT Post by rtraincollector on Aug 13, 2024 4:20:17 GMTAug 12, 2024 20:30:32 GMT runamuckchuck said: Aug 12, 2024 6:40:59 GMT rtraincollector said: If it wasn't so expensive and pain in the neck to ship stuff, I probably would sell a lot of mine, not because of lost of interest, but because of age and no one to leave it to. I would keep some as enjoy having them, Only things I buy now would be pieces for parts or something really interesting to me. The last big purchase I made probably over a month ago as it was the only way I was going to be able to complete a set of passenger cars so now I have an extra Orange prewar combo and observation cars. (429 & 430 ) Some auction houses such as Cabin Fever depending upon your location will send a truck to pick up your stuff for a fee. And by the time there done you get about $0.10 on the dollar for what they are worth. As it is you get $0.35 of value selling to them. I sent 2 of them a list and that was about what they offered. |
This will take you to over 900 train pictures |
josef Posts: 5,198 | Two guys who gave up on O gauge trainsAug 13, 2024 11:59:53 GMTCountry Joe and firewood like this Post by josef on Aug 13, 2024 11:59:53 GMTAug 12, 2024 20:30:32 GMT runamuckchuck said: Aug 12, 2024 6:40:59 GMT rtraincollector said: If it wasn't so expensive and pain in the neck to ship stuff, I probably would sell a lot of mine, not because of lost of interest, but because of age and no one to leave it to. I would keep some as enjoy having them, Only things I buy now would be pieces for parts or something really interesting to me. The last big purchase I made probably over a month ago as it was the only way I was going to be able to complete a set of passenger cars so now I have an extra Orange prewar combo and observation cars. (429 & 430 ) Some auction houses such as Cabin Fever depending upon your location will send a truck to pick up your stuff for a fee. Your correct on this. 6 weeks ago I went through contacting on selling one everything. I thought about several sites auctioning myself but shipping and packaging would be not only a long process, but costly. Yes, they would pick-up everything for a costly fee. So the few that were interested, I made them an offer below what I was offered, (knowing that fully if I sold to one of the auction houses they would raise price above what they offered me, and yes, I would have a fee for having two of them come pick everything up). Only time will tell if those I made the offers to still want them. |
madockawando Posts: 489 | Two guys who gave up on O gauge trainsAug 15, 2024 18:49:50 GMT Post by madockawando on Aug 15, 2024 18:49:50 GMTAug 13, 2024 11:59:53 GMT josef said: Aug 12, 2024 20:30:32 GMT runamuckchuck said: Some auction houses such as Cabin Fever depending upon your location will send a truck to pick up your stuff for a fee. Your correct on this. 6 weeks ago I went through contacting on selling one everything. I thought about several sites auctioning myself but shipping and packaging would be not only a long process, but costly. Yes, they would pick-up everything for a costly fee. So the few that were interested, I made them an offer below what I was offered, (knowing that fully if I sold to one of the auction houses they would raise price above what they offered me, and yes, I would have a fee for having two of them come pick everything up). Only time will tell if those I made the offers to still want them. |
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