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Reply to "LCCA keeps commonfolk out of the game with another $100 Christmas boxcar"

@RadioRon posted:

Any analogy comparing buying a $100 boxcar & deciding whether to feed one's family is irrelevant to the point I make.  The LCCA should remember that when it offers a Christmas item priced like this, it is very much in competition for the buyer's dollars to possibly be spent on the dozens of other Christmas pieces offered each year in the O gauge market.  A $100 price tag places it in the price point of operating cars, which provide greater entertainment value.   When Lionel offered similar items via its own Railroader Club, target buyers included "newbie" families who may have just begun their interest in Lionel trains.  This one obviously is not.

Hi Ron,

I completely understand what you're saying, about this item competing with other like items, and that you believe this is priced much to high.  That's okay.

My comments were based on, what seemed on first read(based on the topic title), that  you were coming at it strictly from a "families can't afford this" angle.

Your subsequent replies actually explained better what you were getting at.  In fact, I may actually agree that the price is way up there.

Yes, my analogy was an extreme one, but I didn't know what else to make of your "common folk" and "family friendly" comments which, taken by itself, still has me curious.    Forgetting this particular item, what does family friendly price mean, and who determines the boundaries.

Again, I think most may tacitly agree with your basic premise of the price is too high based on competition.

All good

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