Hopper Cars?

[lvrr325]

Is the hopper out of production for some reason?  I don't even see it in the catalog, at least not online.  I got curious because I see someone on eBay looking for $160 for a two-pack of them, what the current list is, given I bought all mine for like $40.

It's looking like they're doing shorter runs and tightening up production on some of this stuff to keep the prices higher. 

[ScottyB]

I believe Nicholas Smith and Wholesale Trains still have them available, but likely not too many. Like everything else, I think they go a little while in between runs.

I've learned in On30 (although I think it applies to all scales now) that when you see it for a good price, buy it. Most things seem to be made in small batches now.

$160? Wow. At that price I'd go back to G scale - those hoppers are gorgeous...

Good luck!
Scott

Is the hopper out of production for some reason?  I don't even see it in the catalog, at least not online.  I got curious because I see someone on eBay looking for $160 for a two-pack of them, what the current list is, given I bought all mine for like $40.

It's looking like they're doing shorter runs and tightening up production on some of this stuff to keep the prices higher.  

[Stevelewis]

Its  fairly  typical  in the  Model railway business these  days to do  short  runs  and  when  they  are  gone  they  are  gone,

British outline 00 and  N is very  typical of  this  although  what  is fairly  common is  that  as an item  , has been on  sale  for  a  few  months and manufacturer  stock and retailer stocks need to be  sold off to  recoup some  capital, the  price  actually falls

There have been  locomotives  which  had  a  recommended price  of  around  UK£130, which were  sold at  launch at around UK£110 at  discount,  have  been offered at  around  UK£80!  This  has  happened  with quite a few items in the  last few  months.

But  once  these  clearance  items have been sold  they somtimes appear  at  High prices on eBay, BUT they dont  always  sell

[lvrr325]

The Favorite Spot needs to buy another container load of them.

Not particularly nice or decent guys (read their bad feedback) but you can't argue with $0.01 and no reserve. 

[ScottyB]

The Favorite Spot needs to buy another container load of them.

Not particularly nice or decent guys (read their bad feedback) but you can't argue with $0.01 and no reserve. 

I think about 75% of my On30 stuff is from them, and I've not had a single issue. Highly recommended.

Scott

[2foot6]

I have bought a lot of models  from The Favourite Spot and have no problems(delivered to Australia)I checked the feedback section,when you consider the positive sales against the negative figures,they have a low ratio of issues and postage delays out of their control seems to be the main problem.

[Biglars]

The Favorite Spot needs to buy another container load of them.

Not particularly nice or decent guys (read their bad feedback) but you can't argue with $0.01 and no reserve. 

I think about 75% of my On30 stuff is from them, and I've not had a single issue. Highly recommended.

Scott

Ray at the favorite spot is a stand up guy, I have had many dealings with him and a few defective units purchased. They stand behind the products and replace any items delivered with defects or help you get parts if you want to fix your own. I buy several items a month from them.
Larry

[lvrr325]

My experience has been until you have a bad experience you'll think they're great too.  My first experience with them was to ask if they could run a particular piece as an auction.  They sent a generic email back that did not answer the question, and when I emailed back indicating that was nice, but you did not answer the question, can you list an item number xxxxx in auction format, not only did I get an obnoxious answer back, I found that account blocked from bidding.   

So, as long as you don't expect any real effort out of them, I'm sure they're great, but if you have a problem, frankly, they're jerks about it, and the feedback I looked at backs that up.  No customer service skills.  Why? They're big enough and sell enough they don't have to care if they get a few bad feedback comments.