A Menards Forum needed?

A home-improvement chain, much like Home Depot/Lowe's. They're based in the Midwest and that is where their corporate footprint resides.

A high-level executive (possibly the CEO) is into O-Gauge trains, and has introduced a company-branded line of 'O' buildings and freight cars (so far, a boxcar and two varieties of flatcars carrying a variety of loads), made from their own tooling, and a line of tubular track introduced this month.

Menards' O-Gauge Stuff (it's part of the Home and Decor/ Menards Collectibles section of their website)

Pricing on these items is significantly lower than the "Big Three"(Four?), mostly because the company's bread-and-butter lie...well, in the home-improvement sector. Most of the products are available in-store during the holiday season, and online (with few exceptions) at all times, making it possible to obtain their trains, buildings and track from outside their corporate footprint. 

And as well as being a Forum advertiser, they have a representative on the forum to make product announcements, answer questions and address any snags in the buying experience

Lastly, only one person (so far) brought up the question of a need for a Menards' sub-forum. It's just the novelty of this supplier and the interest generated by the surprise appearance of their new products, (which remain secrets until they appear on their website/in-store/advertising/forum announcement) spawning a smattering of new threads. There is no real need for a dedicated forum--the threads simmer down after awhile on their own like any other.

---PCJ

It would make no more sense to have a separate Menards section than it would to have separate sections for the other manufacturers such as Lionel, MTH, Atlas and etc.  Plus major OGR advertisers like that I would think would want to be where the main action is, not relegated to a lesser traffic section.  

It is wonderful that a new manufacturer is bringing out so many new items that they are constantly having new threads posted about them in my view.  We should be so lucky that the other big manufacturers would be doing the same.

Art

I was in the local Menards yesterday and they had a Lionel Pennsy Flyer set up with 5 of their buildings around the oval. I am guessing those 5 buildings will end up in the discount / return area after the holidays, will keep on the lookout if those buildings are sold at a deep discount.

   Bill T.

LOL "Goody Boy". 

Terry   - I used the ' Contact Us"   E mail button on the Menards Home Page.  I received a nice email in return the NEXT day.   The lady seemed to WELCOME business from Canada.

Menards seem to be very nice and easy to deal with.

How about a Forum Forum - y'know, discussing which Forums are best/worst, needed/not needed...

Too much? 

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I may need to order some of these Menard's buildings, not to mention River Leaf items...

Bobby, See page 22 of the December issue of OGR.