[racingdwarf]

I think the problem maybe that in the current finacial climate quite a few shops are worried about having loads of stock sitting on the shelf,in the old days you rang up and asked if it was in stock, but these days with websites it is to easy to list loads of items from all the importers etc you deal with, what should happen if you have a sale is the importer will have what the customer want's on the shelf, ready to dispatch to the shop,then to you the customer,BUT now the importer is also worried about holding to mutch stock...so no stock,no parts, unhappy customer

Most buisness want there cake and eat it now,they want to sell somthing and have the money, well before the invoice hits their desk,

Also everyone is worried about dead stock, and this can happen easily with a hobby like RC were trends can be fast moving, and you can be left with a box of say tyres that no one wants.

this is accross the bord,not just RC