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I believe that applies to all of us IMHO. Always more choices than available funds.
Then again, some deals.... take em while they are hot, if they are what you want. I am pretty sure Dealers in the area are aware of the upcoming York show and the Piles of Cash being accumulated.
From your post I get the impression that since the cars are wood they are out of your preferred modeling era. If so I would pass on them and save that $160 for York. As a first-timer you will be like a kid in a candy store, and I am sure that you will find other deals at York that will make you glad you passed on the MTH coal hoppers.
Michael:
Save the $160 for York. Last spring was my first York and thank God I had been saving money for it! Having flown up, I had to make use of the UPS store at the fairgrounds to ship Max and I's purchases home. This actually kept me within my York budget as I had already shipped two expensive boxes home and then wandered into the Silver Hall and found still more stuff that I "had to have". Since I wasn't going to go broke shipping a third box UPS, I practiced restraint and only purchased two more boxcars which I could carry home on the plane with me. 
In any event, keep the cash for York. I doubt you will regret it.
Curt
From your post I get the impression that since the cars are wood they are out of your preferred modeling era. If so I would pass on them and save that $160 for York. As a first-timer you will be like a kid in a candy store, and I am sure that you will find other deals at York that will make you glad you passed on the MTH coal hoppers.
Jerry - good insight on the "out of era" comment. Sometimes what I think is a good price motivates me to buy stuff I really don't need.
What you are discovering is a well known pre York phenomenon that can be expected to intensify as we get closer to the meet. Remember: 1) members are not the only ones who look for liquidation bargains; many B&Ms start raising cash for big lot sales too. Eastern vendors are also aware that post York brings a drought in all types of toy train sales.
Especially never having been there. At this point I can only imagine....
Having postponed purchasing my ticket for York, I've bought myself out of going. I just started getting into standard gauge and I won WAY too many auctions on ebay just last night.
I told myself that if I didn't win too much, I'd make York. Oh well! 
Having postponed purchasing my ticket for York, I've bought myself out of going. I just started getting into standard gauge and I won WAY too many auctions on ebay just last night.
I told myself that if I didn't win too much, I'd make York. Oh well!
I know the feeling. I wonder if I can temporarily disable my PayPal account??
$160 should be enough to buy a round for all the guys and gals Thursday night at TGI Fridays! 
I know the feeling. The past few years I've been slowly getting back into going to York since my life has settled down quite a bit so I try to save as much as I can for York. Problem is I keep running across these really great deals on Ebay and I wind up spending most of my annual train budget on these instead of waiting to see if I can find them at York. Problem is if I wait til York and I don't see it it seems to dry up on Ebay so I'm d***ed if I do, d***ed if I don't.
Jerry
Maybe tell us said dealer and someone else can glob onto those cars!
Having postponed purchasing my ticket for York, I've bought myself out of going. I just started getting into standard gauge and I won WAY too many auctions on ebay just last night.
I told myself that if I didn't win too much, I'd make York. Oh well!
Those purchases wouldn't have been 3 Lionel TTX Husky Stacks I saw goto 1 winner last night of eBay?
Maybe tell us said dealer and someone else can glob onto those cars!
English's in Montoursville, PA
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