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Reply to "Who makes Menards train cars"

Dave, I basically agree with you. I tried to find out only because a number of people said it was Golden Wheel Die Cast, and wondered, well is that right?

I may not know as much as you know, but we both seem to have an understanding of the manufacturing process overseas and know that things are not as simple or easy as many here believe they are. You read comments posted here like "oh, that would just be a small easy modification" when in fact it might mean an entirely new set of dies just for a seemingly simple modification to an existing product. Then the projected overall sales have to be considered. "I would buy that" does not justify a production run. And the smaller the run, the more likely there will be price increase. Or that price increase gets spread out over an entire product line.

Another thing that is none of our business is cash flow. Any company needs timely sales with profits coming in to justify investing in new tooling and dies. And from my information, all these trains coming from China have to be completely paid 100% for in advance of shipping to the US. Again, a cash flow issue, and again none of our business. Or people here continually wonder why there are so few O scale decals? Dave, you and I both know the answer to that. No one stays in business producing products that do not sell in a timely and sufficient manner. End of story.

But when one reads of all the complaints here about what hasn't been made yet or that it's made in HO so why not O scale... well having an understanding of the business, the market and the manufacturing process answers a good deal of those questions.

So then it comes down to people just learning to enjoy the trains they do have and to be thankful for what HAS been made already. Giving all the grumbling I read, I guess that's a very hard lesson for some.

 

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