Selling out-LHS closing

They have been selling items off at 30% or more for the last 6 months. They are going to sell till August and see how much inventory is left.Store will close shortly after. I have gone there since 81. The owner had the store packed and the upstairs packed even more. They still have good stuff left.

Bob

Any chance of posting shop name and contact info to find out what they have in stock?

Chuck

is it the  Train Stop on Bonita  Ave

San Dimas ?

thanks

We just went through this with our LHS, I bought a bunch of stuff but the reason why sucked. Hopefully the money raised by me buying items I normally wouldn't have helped cover some of the owners medical bills.

YA THINK??????

I'm going to make huge assumption but since he mentioned San Dimas and that owner recently passed it's the Train Stop in San Dimas. Was there 2 weeks ago and I had the feeling a sale was coming soon but they still had A LOT of stuff, mainly Lionel.

http://www.trainstop.com/

Phill, I have been to the Train Stop a number of times. I was blown away every time I went! Paul told me that the six apartments over the store were jammed with trains. Too bad I am in 2 rail.

How's your retirement going?

Flags,  Good info about the apts above since so many in 3 rail. I still went to see what I could find to accessorize. Retirement is OK except for the extreme heat in Az. deserts. Looking at selling and moving up the hill unto the plateau at 5000 feet. There I could be 15' cooler so when 115 in Phx it is only 100 there. OOO. but the nights are really cool.  Trying to play in the heat is too tuff. So all I do during the week is watch the market. Next best thing. But if we do move I have to tear down and start all over again. Planning a new layout is so much fun and thinking of going from 11X 36 to 22X24.( a 2 car garage) 

Amazing!!!  They've had the "store closing sale" going on for quite some time now.  And the fact that they STILL have a good selection of stock only proves how saturated the market is.  Years ago a sale like that would deplete the stock in no time.

David

RockyM. I agree with the market being saturated and guess that is why some only build models to order as producing and have it sit on the shelf is bad for business. It is harder and harder to get Atlas to build a new model and they have discontinued some models as the desire goes. I can't blame but a little on the great recession as hobbies do well in slow time. And many of O guage people are oldeerrrr and we are slipping away. I see more for sale in Ebay and then these big stores with all the lionel on the shelves. I got too much stuff, Atlas cars and MTH engines and like an idiot I still buy stuff when I have too much. I'd rather buy a freight car than go out to dinner and least it doesn't go to flowing over my belt.