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Hello, I am considering my first preorder in ten years! In that time, I lost the shop which I used to preorder from (due to a divorce, so don't blame it on me not preordering items). I am just wondering where are some good places to preorder items out of the Lionel RTR Catalog? Thanks!

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I like Charles Ro, you pay nothing until it ships, notification of shipment and tracking info is great. I even had inadvertantly cancelled a credit card while I was waiting for an item to be made. I was contacted by phone when they were shipping and was nicely asked if I still wanted the item, that they needed a new card. They tend to ship out product faster then most other places as well.

When I pre-order, I pre-order through my LHS.  I pay full list price, and it usually takes a week longer to get new products delivered as compared to when I would get them with Charles Ro or Klein.  But I want to support my LHS.  Stuff I buy not on pre-order or need soon I buy on-line from Ro or Klein or Western Depot for K-Line and old Williams stuff.

I'm not a fan of the preordering concept, so I use it very sparingly...increasingly more sparingly in recent years since my O gauge wants/needs have been pretty much satisfied.  When I do use it, the orders go to my "local" hobby shop over in Pennsylvania for a variety of reasons (not the least of which is I want to see him be around for a good long time). 

Based on all the horror stories I've read on here, I've only pre-ordered twice, once from AM Hobbies (Bob Thatcher days) and the last one from 3rd Rail.

 

Both these items were items I felt were in small enough quantities that the chances of them being there after 6 months were nil, plus my order helped get one piece made (the 3rd Rail E7 in Seaboard paint).

 

If it's just a run-of-the-mill, mass-produced piece, I'd hold off and get it once the ship comes in (and maybe read a few reports on how it preforms and what it looks like).

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