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Originally Posted by andoiwebb
I love the way people seem to think that model shops are evil, giant corporations put there to RUIN YOUR PITIFUL LIVES!! They're generally just small shops with humans running them, whose business can be damaged by a gung-ho keyboard warrior with easy forum access.
I wish everybody that liked to slag these places off had a forum connected to their job. Then, when you serve me slightly cold fries and flat coke, I could go straight onto your forum and tell everyone to stay away from your scabby hands flipping my burnt cheeseburger.
I'm sure all of the people that start these pointless threads are absolutely brilliant at their jobs and NEVER make a mistake? No?
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Short memory?
When we did not have the internet and access to the world-wide-shop, we did indeed go to our local model shop. Some were a disaster and word soon spread around the place. Just like today, we would express our concerns and people would give their recommendations.
If your local shop was poor, you simply found somewhere else, called them up on the telephone and ordered what you wanted. If you had one of those new-fangled credit cards it was in the post straight away. If not you sent a cheque which, once cleared, meant your shiny new bits were delivered.
Nothing has changed - model shops open (MB, etc.) and model shops close (Microtech, etc.) just as they have for the last 70-odd years. Some model shops have a good reputation and some have a bad one. Word of mouth is replaced by word of forum to a certain extent, but it has the same effect.
Some people avoid the shop with the complaint by a majority of one, and some go by their experience and continue to deal with said shop - see the posts on here for evidence.
We've always known that people are able to make mistakes and we've always made our own judgements. No one is ruining our lives, and mine certainly isn't pitiful thank you. One person's view is just that - one person's view. It's my choice if I react to it.
Calm down dear; it's only an internet post...
