Your case sounds like the set up I have here. We have 1 store with some model stuff, but mostly RC. I can see why too. I thought this hobby was expensive, jeeze that RC stuff is crazy! $100-$1000 for the kit. Then when you break it the parts cost adds up. Our loca just openned up a new store a little closer to me, Whoo Hoo! They have a great selection of pain, Styrene, and some nice kits at reasonable prices. I try to buy from him as much as possible so he doesn’t go out!
That is one of the reasons i havent touched rc because of the cost of repairs, servos go out, or something breaks and then you have to pay to fix it. Plus spending 40+ to make a one off creation in a model kit to me is just more satisfying anyway. Yeah spend what you can afford with that new shop. Thats what im gonna do with the last one here in town to help his bottom line because i want to be able to get my paint in the store and not try to find it online.
That is the plan! Lucky for me these guys have plenty of people bringing in broken RC stuff regularly. I will just be glad if he continues to keep the model stuff in stock. It is so much easier, not to mention fun, to go down to the store to get a thing of glue or a bottle of paint. Online is great, I usually save up for a good size order to save on shipping. Like free shipping on orders over $100 from Squardon! Not hard for me to do![A]. I would say I get most of my kits off ebay these days…you just can’t beat the deals (when your lucky).
I used to get a lot off of ebay and will admit ebay has some awesome deals but got stung on a few as they never sent the items (did get the money back thanks to paypal) and a few others were lost in the mail. I have decided to stay off line. Im from the old school and love to actually see and touch what I am buying and if its in the store then I know it wont be lost in the mail or never sent. Thats why I hope my last LHS stays in business and I may just buy a few 60-70 tanks to help he survive.
I noticed that to the other day I was in there, they have a few “mechanics” that work there fixing the rc all day long. And I happen to thank that if rc didnt exsist that there would no longer be any Just Plastic brick and mortar shops, so kudos to that side of the hobby.