@CSXJOE posted:Please correct me if I am wrong but wasn't there a time people were buying direct from Lionel and selling mail order out of their houses at low prices, no overhead? Brick and mortar stores complained and the mail order houses were shut down. I doubt that business model will be back.
Yes there were people selling this way and I believe Lionel took it to the extreme in the wrong way. To buy direct you have spend a lot of money in inventory which was the reason for my comment above.
@MartyE the loyal customer base turn’s quickly if issues arise with getting products Lionel did this a couple of times to dealers and customers blame them for not getting preorders the other problems is people calling and telling they can’t take there preorders. I get people have issues that arise but telling the dealer after the product arrives is not good seen happen to many times. It was my dream but seeing how it works I wouldn’t do it again.
