gunrunnerjohn posted:I'd like to stay positive Marty, but I have a bad feeling that Lionel is hoping this all blows over and it'll just get buried. Other than one "we're looking at 3rd parties" reference, I haven't seen anything else that suggests that the ERR product line will be revived.
Actually, Howard Hitchcock said:
"Finally, and perhaps most importantly, Lionel has entered into conversations with a third party to discuss the feasibility of taking over the distribution directly to consumers some of the more widely used ERR kits....Conversations are in the early stages but positive....If a deal comes to fruition between Lionel and another party (which seems likely), it will take several months for them to get stock and be back in business."
This seems like more than a "'we're looking at 3rd parties' reference." Hitchcock said they're talking with a specific third party and a deal with them seems likely. What more can Lionel say or do right now to suggest that the ERR product line will be revived? And what is it about what Hitchcock said that makes it seem like Lionel is trying to pull the wool over our eyes? Should we have expected them to say that in the 3 or 4 days that we were voicing our concerns on the Forum, they had finalized a deal with a third party and that on such-and-such a date the third party would be ready to start taking and fulfilling orders for ERR products?
