I have never seen so much whining, teeth gnashing, and the like over a lousy $15.00. I think they should have raised it to $75.00 per year but knowing all the whining over $15.00 now i know why they did not.
if you can't afford $15.00 to increase the dues then you can't afford to buy trains period.
if you leave the TCA because of the increase then shame on you.
WHAT HE SAID!!!
Raise the dues $15 a year and it's the end of the world, but if you got a $15 a year raise you'd feel ripped off. I had mentioned a while ago about raising the dues $15 a year to cover museum costs and funding a TCA only forum to allow the TCA and it's members to communicate better with each other without the armchair/Monday morning quarterbacking from non members like we see on this forum and it raised all kinds of h-e-double hockey sticks so $15 for nothing extra was sure to raise a storm from the same bunch. Nobody likes prices going up but what do you want? Everything for free? Maybe you'd be happier if the TCA folded just to save you $15?
Buy one less freight car or building or bag of scenic material next year and it will more than cover it. If you can afford a $200 and up TOY then you surely can afford $50 bucks a year to be in the TCA, if not maybe you shouldn't be buying $200 trains.
Jerry
