@Madockawando posted:"BTW, there's a used TIU and remote currently being offered on that online auction marketplace for the bargain basement price of $650. I hope it sits there for a loooong time."
"I saw a pair go across OGR with a $400 asking price, for used equipment. These were $350 new."
So the demand for remotes is there but MTH will no longer make make them and a petition will not change that situation. The demand is high enough that the market value for used equipment is above the "new" price. No business walks away from that kind of opportunity voluntarily.
I suspect the "New MTH" will take a serious look at the remote situation. Then again when Lionel said they were going to end the Black Modules every one got mad so Lionel made sure they had a supply and then no one bought them either.
While I suspect MTH will definitely be a new entity, there is just too much product coming out for a company that is closing among other things, I suspect the new owners will see if they can justify a remote that everyone is panicking about now and when produced will possibly sit on the shelves...until they announce they are closing again. LOL! To be fair Mike Wolf did state they were looking for buyers so he really never said they were closing. Nothing like creating a buying frenzy by announcing a retirement and let the internet forums do the work for you. I have to wonder, would all of these "special runs" be selling like they are if there was a solid path for MTH or is this I have to have the last one type thing? Until the next "last one". The hits will keep on coming.
