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Originally Posted by eyeayen
When I got into RC when I was about 8 ( 30 years ago ) there were a lot more local shops than there are now. Walking past and seeing stuff in the window got me and my dad walking in and having a chat with the guys in there, then for Christmas lucky me got my first kit, a Tamiya Fox.
Now the price of kits alone for the shop doesn't let them carry as much stock unless they're a huge outfit. The high street local shop is fading and without your support they will all disappear. Without them people won't find the stuff so easy, if less people join the hobby and they sell less the prices will go up to reflect this even further.
Using your local shop and keeping it going isn't just about buying in the UK it's about keeping the shop on the high street so the next excited 8 year old can walk past and his dad can say I used to do this when I was your age shall we go in a have a look...
Maybe the video game generation has taken hold but at the same time I'd be gutted to see any more local hobby shops close !
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+1 - but as this thread ably demonstrates, people look after themselves, not anyone else, and certainly not the future.
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Originally Posted by carpenterdean
Why do people always moan about rip off britain, the reason we have taxes and such like is because we have things like NHS, Income support, Disability allowance, education etc, these all need to be paid for these other countries you keep talking about i fairly sure don't have all these things in place, and i'm sure if for example you had to pay say £40 every time you payed a visit to to your Dr you would soon be moaning, you just have to accept that if you want these things then they need to be payed for and that is by us tax payers.
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And not forgetting huge insurance premiums because everyone claims from everyone else for the slightest thing. The thing that really gets me is the first thing to blame for all this is the immigrants, but all the complaints on here are slipshod work on the part of white anglo-saxon protestants!!
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Originally Posted by mark christopher
and royal weddings which blow 20million just on security!!
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...and generated over £100m in foreign currency through tourists who come here to see it. And I bet you won't bother to vote in the next election or the AV referendum Mark. I don't know why you bother, why not go and live in another country if you're so pissed off with this one!!
