What Dave and others have to understand is that most Model shops and Distributors in the UK have been running at a loss for over a year now.
That can only last so long before things go wrong.
If you are an experinced modeller then you will be quite ok to know what to buy online either from UK or Online. those guys do provide a good service.
But how will the next generation of would be Racers and modellers even get a chance to start without a local shop for help and advice.
How will the nitro boys get fuel if if they have to travel 100 miles to the nearest shop?
Everyone in the hobby has to know That in the UK we pay a lot of import taxes. We pay a lot of overheads to run a business.
We cant compete with some of the overseas countries as they simply dont have same overheads so its unfair competition.
Please dont Call me when you have a problem with something you bought from HK as i will tell you to get lost.
Every shop in the uk has the right to charge what they want which makes it an open and competitive market which in same european countries does not exisit, a fixed retail pricing stops that. So although we have some issues with far east compared to parts of Europe and Africa Australia we are actually not the highest market.
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