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| Subject: | Re: Shopping at the Local Hobby Shop / service |  |
| Date: | May 1, 2007 |
| From: | Danny Egan | |
Locally we have two shops - one independent, one chain with local management. I would say the local modelers from AMPS and IPMS try to support both shops to the extent they can. The local chain store is managed by a guy who is an active modeler and AMPS member, so he knows his stuff and does a good job keeping up with new releases and the kind of personalized service you mentioned. For example, last summer when the Tamiya Char B-1bis was released, he made sure he had plenty of them and he held them for us. Of course they benefit too, but its a win/win situation - if it weren't it wouldn't last. Before the current guy became manager I never bothered with the chain because there was no good service, no knowledge of the hobby, thus no real reason to support them.
Danny Egan
President, AMPS
http://www.amps-armor.org |
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 | Shopping at the Local Hobby Shop - The Customer - May 1, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Shopping at the Local Hobby Shop - John Martin - May 1, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: Shopping at the Local Hobby Shop / service - Danny Egan - May 1, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Shopping at the Local Hobby Shop - John Eary - May 1, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Re: Shopping at the Local Hobby Shop - Steven C. Johnson - May 1, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Shopping at the Local Hobby Shop - Jerry Plettenberg - May 1, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Shopping at the Local Hobby Shop - Alvin - May 1, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Shopping at the Local Hobby Shop - Mr. MaGoo - May 1, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Shopping at the Local Hobby Shop - Nick Zafirakis - May 1, 2007 |
| . . . Can you see a theme devolping here? - Roderick Lenz - May 1, 2007 |
| . . . . . . Changing times and economy - Geoff Steer - May 2, 2007 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Changing times and economy - Jack Mueller - May 3, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Shopping at the Local Hobby Shop - Arun Bauer - May 14, 2007 |
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