tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293175883157636914.post7231251315324509992..comments2024-03-28T20:19:52.869+00:00Comments on Wood End and Beyond: A strange state of affairsChris Fordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17126638769396595508noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293175883157636914.post-54751750280537206262015-05-16T22:20:46.035+01:002015-05-16T22:20:46.035+01:00I bought a copy, mainly for The Abbey End and Appl...I bought a copy, mainly for The Abbey End and Appledore articles but read the letters about H****y's decision and can only agree with Stig. In fact, I think the reply from the 14 year old 'sales and marketing' director is the biggest load of jargon-speak b******s I have come across for a long time. Not only did he not bother to address the very well made comments but signally managed to say nothing in support of H****y's decision. I too am glad I don't model in OO std gauge.Chris ODnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293175883157636914.post-10490500861909440772015-05-15T14:49:25.858+01:002015-05-15T14:49:25.858+01:00Having picked up my copy from the village shop thi...Having picked up my copy from the village shop this morning, I've had a bit of a look at it.......hmmm.....I certainly don't think H****y's new head honcho will have endeared himself to the guys who have written in as I get the impression that he hasn't read any of their letters....it's more of a "this is what we're going to do, like it or lump it" response....<br />Glad I don't model in 00.<br />Nice model of Appledore though, I was comparing the photos with (what's left of) the prototype from the train on the way home and I reckon it stands up pretty well......<br />Stig.<br />(If we we nuked East Kent do you reckon anyone would notice? Doubt it.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293175883157636914.post-11612642576436220842015-05-14T19:10:34.084+01:002015-05-14T19:10:34.084+01:00Hornby want to maximise their profit. They think, ...Hornby want to maximise their profit. They think, rightly or wrongly time will tell, that they can shift enough inventory whilst cutting out the middle men to rake in a profit. And bear in mind that they will take the whole retail price for themselves. Nobody else gets a slice of the action. They can shift fewer models and still increase their revenue and profit margin.<br /><br />Ruthless I know, but they aren't your friend or mine. They certainly aren't a friend of 'the hobby' whatever that is. They are just an entity that we might do business with, one set up to make a profit for the owners.Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03248763185543793323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293175883157636914.post-72097848923177209292015-05-14T09:20:53.681+01:002015-05-14T09:20:53.681+01:00It is about the price - totally agree. However if ...It is about the price - totally agree. However if the 'low overhead box shifters' can't get the goods and these goods are only available from one outlet at a fixed price, then where does that leave us? This is not so much about price as general availability. I'm far from being a Luddite, and I'm aware that much of the sales are done online now, and that's they way it's going to go. My point was not this directly, but the knock-on and my perception of the reaction to this from certain areas.<br />C x<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4293175883157636914.post-87814515802136885742015-05-14T08:34:04.546+01:002015-05-14T08:34:04.546+01:00"And in this point alone I'm far from unu..."And in this point alone I'm far from unusual." - Do you have any evidence for this other than local anecdotal?<br /><br />I suspect that sadly, you are wrong. The hobby has been heading away from shops for many years. It's ALL about the price nowadays for many modellers. Like you, I want to see a loco in the plastic and buy from a model shop but when I say this to people they complain the shop can't match the price of a low-overheads box shifter. <br /><br />As for no money - well those poor pensioners are buying £100+ locos and then paying someone to put £200+ of sound and light chips in them and then paying someone else to weather them. And they don't own layouts according to one chip-fitter I know either. <br /><br />When "modellers" stop paying £15 for someone else to put coal in a tender, then I'll believe there is a money shortage. Phil Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673614093646938053noreply@blogger.com