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I'm confused.  Where's the problem?  Jerry has give Menards the Thumbs Up.  I agree with him that Menards offers great products at affordable prices.  Always perfect?  Nobody is perfect, but it's a disgrace to the hobby for a million dollar corporation such as Lionel to sell trains at over inflated prices who in turn deliveres them with defects or broken parts.

There's no Quality Control anymore for the most part which is just short of a Crime because they can get away with this bull, while the train shop owners are left attempting to please the customer, who got stuck with a piece of imported junk made by some poor soul in some sweatshop factory making wages lower than the minimum wage in the U.S.A. to boot!  The result: Many train shop owners end up with high blood pressure, perhaps even short of suffering a massive heart attack, while the investors of the toy train industy are laughing all the way to the bank, thinking, "Suckers, you got just what you deserved"!

Item: A model railroader isn't required to buy any product from any manufacturer.  If you see an item and you gripe about the high price and cry that it's going to put you in the poor house, it's your freedom to do it your way, but perhaps you should ask yourself first: "Do I really gotta get it and can I live without it?" Looks like a bunch of gumpy old men, acting like little children, who need to grow up and get a grip on their life and pocketbook too.

Jerry, please pass the box of Kleenex (Reg.U.S.Pat.Off.) I'm laughing so hard I'm in tears.

Joe

Please tell us about your layout and your experiences purchasing models trains from Lionel, MTH, and Menards. And the relative merits and shortcomings of each.

Maybe I'll need some of that Kleenex.

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