jjames9641 posted:Seems like the Radio Shack catalog started this years ago. I use to look forward to getting the new one every year. I understand the cost of printing but I prefer a hard copy if I have a choice. Times are changing like it or not!!
Thanks, now I feel old!!
I loved that catalog with all the parts and stuff as a kid and regularly patronized the stores. They were the Dig-Key and Mousers of a bygone era I think.
Why can't train manufacturers get hobbyist mailing lists to send targeted catalogs etc.? Now theres an OGR idea, let forum member opt in to be avalanched with train catalogs from Micro-mark, MTH, Lionel, Scenic Express etc
Instead we get printed stuff from organizations and companies we never heard of and thus round filed. My dad made aone time small contribution to a native American organization and he got stuff month after month. When he passed away, I wrote to them to delete his name. Guess what?, now I am getting the stuff, and just recycling it.
