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Model Forum / General / Models / October 2005Retail Selling
It is very frustrating not having model kits available in every dept. store.Target is SUPPOSED to sell polar light models,but ,not around this area.Cryin' Shame. > It is very frustrating not having model kits available in every dept. > store.Target is SUPPOSED to sell polar light models,but ,not around > this area.Cryin' Shame. Are you saying that Target is SUPPOSED to do that? Who says? -BM >> It is very frustrating not having model kits available in every dept. >> store.Target is SUPPOSED to sell polar light models,but ,not around >> this area.Cryin' Shame. > > Are you saying that Target is SUPPOSED to do that? Who says? I think what he means is that Target is a distributor for Polar Light and therefore it is reasonable to expect his local branch also to sell them. Apologies if I'm wrong. (kim) > Are you saying that Target is SUPPOSED to do that? Who says? The local Target here has a limited stock of toys and NO models. I asked a department manager once about it (having seen an ad for models at Target in an out-of-city publication) and was informed that he wasn't going to bother carrying "that crap" that nobody but a few kids that never grew up would be interested in. I've never been back there. -- John (aka the Old Timer) > > Are you saying that Target is SUPPOSED to do that? Who says? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > that never grew up would be interested in. > I've never been back there. The store manager would have heard from me. Had this other manager ever heard of a concept called "a birthday present for my nephew?" I'm lucky - I can keep my nephew in models until he's out of college, just by taking a few out of my stash every holiday. But if sub-managers are going to talk like that, store managers want to hear it. E.P. >>Are you saying that Target is SUPPOSED to do that? Who says? > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > -- John (aka the Old Timer) I'm not concerned it I hear that at Target. But when I hear it from the HOBBY SHOP employee who's into RC or trains (sorry, "Model Railroading") then I get my feelings hurt. That's when I have to remember that there is a wounded little child inside that hostile RC/Railroad snob and I can't remember wounding him but I certainly wanted to... :P The owner of a huge hobby shop in this area once told me the same thing using the same derogitory term re a line of publications. Like you I never returned and that was twenty years ago. Now he is going out of business and I might go down to Mt.View and see what I can find at less than he paid for it. Tom > The owner of a huge hobby shop in this area once told me the same thing > using the same derogitory term re a line of publications. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Tom Hi Tom. So who is going to miss them. If "going out pf business" is the same as "going belly up" I can only say hurrah.Their attitude toward their customers (read as source of money) was the worst I have ever experienced. From the top Bob J to the lowliest pimple faced clerk all they wanted to do was get their hand in your pocket . I can still smell their stench all the way here in Florida. Support your local hobby shop that gives a damn about you and your interest in modeling. Pete > The owner of a huge hobby shop in this area once told me the same thing > using the same derogitory term re a line of publications. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Tom Tom, don't forget to remind the mongrel of the fact - he (or she) needs to know why no-one bothers with them. Unfortunately 'customer service' is starting to be an oxymoron now (like my brother in law and his welder). Andrew >The owner of a huge hobby shop in this area once told me the same thing >using the same derogitory term re a line of publications. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Tom That reminds me an old Chinese proverb. It sounds like: "Sit on the riverside and wait, sooner or later your enemy's corpse will pass by". ;-)  SignatureLuca Beato - http://members.xoom.it/huey/ FAQ del plastimodellismo su http://www.ipmsitaly.com/faq/modelfaq.html /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / X No HTML in / \ email & news > The owner of a huge hobby shop in this area once told me the same thing > using the same derogitory term re a line of publications. > > Like you I never returned and that was twenty years ago. Now he is > going out of business and I might go down to Mt.View and see what I can > find at less than he paid for it. FWIW If he lasted 20 years he must have been doing something right. Most small business's fold in a lot less time. And he probably won't have much in there that will be of interest to you so why waste the gas. True, he didn't cater to your interests, but the HO and RC crowds are the big money players in today's hobby arena. That's simply the way it is. I'm lucky, I have a small shop a few blocks away who specializes in HO but also carries a good selection of plastic for the IPMS crowd here in Baltimore. Bill Shuey Bill Shuey > > Are you saying that Target is SUPPOSED to do that? Who says? > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > -- John (aka the Old Timer) Sounds like the time I was in a strange Kmart and asked directions to the models. The young lady who helped me find them allowed as how there weren't too many as they were being discontinued. That prompted me to remark that there was another reason not to come to Kmart. I did find the models and brought a few items home to join the rest of the gang here. It's kind of sad watching Kmart flounder around. I used to spend much money there but lately they just aren't carrying what I want. And somewhere I have this feeling that back in the hardware section there's a wrench set with Martha's name on it. It seems to be on everything else. Bill Banaszak, MFE > It's kind of sad watching Kmart flounder around. I used to spend much > money there but lately they just aren't carrying what I want. And [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bill Banaszak, MFE Hmmm...maybe Martha could be convinced to market models? At least she has the distribution part nailed down. -Bill >> Are you saying that Target is SUPPOSED to do that? Who says? > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >-- John (aka the Old Timer) Eh eh! Probably the rest of those "few kids that never grew up" (store managers included) are busy with more money-involving nintendos and playstations. Are their wives busy too? :-P SignatureLuca Beato - http://members.xoom.it/huey/ FAQ del plastimodellismo su http://www.ipmsitaly.com/faq/modelfaq.html /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / X No HTML in / \ email & news What I hate seeing is a department that just has some kind of "blanket" display... AAFES falls into that category. What I mean by blanket is a section with just the standards: Revel-Monogram planes, mostly 1/72 and some cars. Then the starter paint collections.. MAYBE some individual bottles, but nothing special. Allot of museums are like this too... impulse kits for the kits. Biggest surprise: the models sold at Boeing's Museum in Seattle. A beautiful selection of kits from Hassey, Revel of Deutschland, Tamya.... even a couple of Sword. All kinds of scales. Whoever was in charge of that department knew what they were supplying. I wanted to support them, but the sugarmomma held me down.... SignatureRich Cox -------------------------------------------------------------- À la gloire éternelle de l'infanterie... miroite le nommé de RodgerYoung. > >>> Are you saying that Target is SUPPOSED to do that? Who says? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > playstations. > Are their wives busy too? :-P > It is very frustrating not having model kits available in every dept. > store.Target is SUPPOSED to sell polar light models,but ,not around > this area.Cryin' Shame. Target stores in my area do NOT sell any models. However, Walmart stores do. They have a reasonable selection for a department store. My local store had a lot of Burago car kits recently at good prices. Well,Polar Lights web page used to list Target as a seller,I've not checked back in a while.I'm making a generalized statement about selling models only in independant stores.the walmart here does sell models,but thespace on the shelf is so unorginised,-doesn't the employees straighten up shelves anymore?.On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 08:40:22 >> It is very frustrating not having model kits available in every dept. >> store.Target is SUPPOSED to sell polar light models,but ,not around [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >stores do. They have a reasonable selection for a department store. My >local store had a lot of Burago car kits recently at good prices. The Wal-Marts here carry some models, but the types depend by location. In the northern part of the County (the urbanized area) they carry aircraft, cars and armor (No space or sci-fi, dammit) while in the southern, rural part of the county, the emphasis is on NASCAR and other automotive racers. -- John (aka the Old Timer) Yes,like i said months ago,you do have to give credit to some chains stores,the Discount Drug Mart here in Kent,Ohio,does sell planes,no trains,but automobiles,they must be in on a ''blanket'' type system,sell what may be interesting,although the stuff doesn't move much.Wonder if testors does a retail business selling their items & a certain amount of other kit companies?.Revell,perhaps?.On 22 Oct 2005 >The Wal-Marts here carry some models, but the types depend by location. >In the northern part of the County (the urbanized area) they carry [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >-- John (aka the Old Timer) |
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