Supporting your Local Hobby Shop......

[jordagar]

What a load of bulls%$& when they can't be bothered to open on Saturdays!

A pocket full of cash and a shopping list that includes a new Speedpassion ESC, Motor, Servo, wheels/tyres, shock oils, diff oils, a new hauler bag and probably a few more things when I get there.....but guess what??..... my local hobby store (DMS Racing) 7 miles from my house does not open on a Saturday. No problem I thought, I'll take a drive to MK Racing (45 miles from my house) - Oh dear - they now don't open on Saturdays either. Both of these shops have received my support and CASH for many years!!

So I am sure that like most guys on here, you work from 9-5 Monday to Friday and have an hour for lunch. So no time to get to your hobby shop during the week, even if they are open late 1 night a week until 7pm. So Saturdays are the only time to get the stuff you need.

So when the weekend comes and you've broken something from Friday nights 1//10 2wd indoor racing or you want something for 1/8th nitro racing on Sunday your local shop is closed on a Saturday and the nearest shop that has decent stock is 1.5 hours drive away or you have to pray that someone at the track has what you need or that there is someone selling trackside.

I am surprised that in the current economic climate that a retailer can make a decision to close on a Saturday. We have all seen the many model shops gone to the wall over the last few years. It seems to me that the good ones with helpful staff who give advice and help are going bust (eg. Models in Motion) and the ones who rely on us ordering from their websites keep on going and can treat their loyal local customer how they like.

I for one am sick of having to order online, not be home for the postman/courier and have to go to the sorting office/courier depot to collect my parcel. Why can't I go to a shop and buy what I want when I want it? We do for everything else we buy from electrical goods to food!

So I sit here with debit card in hand having placed orders on Modelsport (184 miles from my house, JE Spares (178 miles from my house) & BMM racing (189 miles from my house), all of these good shops that I have visited and have bought from several times before.

So come Tuesday I'll be off to the sorting office to pick up my stuff!

Rant over!