This is why I want shop this way,all the time.
My LHS is just twenty min.'s away.
I'll browse the net and buy it if I know he can't get it = old kit's.
If its on the market I give him the price I ran across for something and he cuts me a very good deal.
I met him 6 month's after he opened and he is still going strong it's been around 12 years or more.
And if you walk in there he greet's you the way people use to.
Two Guy's were in there buying a RC Plane.
When he found out it was there first time trying something like that,he sold them a beginner setup for $225.00
What they had on the counter before he found out it was there first time was around $600.00 bucks worth of stuff.
Good friend,very nice and HONEST
There was a Hobby Town USA that came to town,stayed under two years and didn't last.
Unfriendly didn't know the hobby,just what's in stock in there store.
NO pre-orders at all unless you throw down a big part of the money up front.
With Stan I just call and it's a done deal.
And anytime you ask Stan about the RC or Model kits he has an answer because he cares about his Friends/Customers and studies up on the latest thing going on.
If he don't know he will check in on it and come up with an answer,good or bad he will do his job and take care of the customer.
I hate that a lot of LHS aren't like Stan,if they were they may be able to stay open.
He out lasted that big ol Hobby Town USA with fair price's and good customer support.
I was in there several time's when people came from Hobby Town with a lot of complaint's.
I'm not knocking Hobby Town USA just the truth about the one that opened and closed very fast,around here.
If your ever in Newnan GA go by Allison Performance Hobbies on Greenville Street.
He doesn't do mail orders.