YOUR FEELING ABOUT MY POSTS FOR PATRICK'S TRAINS

Sure is hard to beat.  Pat's picked up where our old friend Marty of Ma&Pa left off.  Thanks Pat.

 

 

Pat....I feel you should continue to post your specials.  You are doing a service to all of us by being a sponsor and in addition by posting specials, all of us here at the forum are benefiting.  Please keep doing what you are doing!!

 

Alan

Way too many self-proclaimed moderators with nothing better to do around here.

Pat, Nothing wrong with posting specials as long as they are on the buy sell part of the forum.  I feel its bad taste to post them in the general discussion part. Even worse to sneak them in someone’s thread. That’s shady in my opinion.

I do like Marty’s idea of a “Forum Sponsor area that only the forum sponsors could post to with these specials.” Unfortunately, the same self-proclaimed moderators mentioned above are probably competitors of yours and will continue to whine.

Kurt

Patrick,

you are giving value to those who take advantage of your promotions. The forum owner is OK with the postings and you're subsidizing this forum for everybody else through your sponsorship. and you are selling more trains. looks like a WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN. 

You are a sponsor on a private forum that needs money to operate.  And you are in the business of selling trains, at good prices.  There is nothing wrong with any of that, and your sale postings are between you and the people who own the forums.  Anyone else is just being a busy-body.  if they feel that strongly you shouldn't post, they can sponsor the forum.

I am in agreement with all here. Keep posting, its a good thing.

 

Hi Pat,

I enjoyed speaking with you on the phone early this morning.  I ordered the New York and Atlantic ore car from you right after we hung up and within minutes I got an email telling me that it had shipped - WOW, WHAT GREAT SERVICE!!!!!!

 

You just keep on posting those great deals, it is dealers like you that deserve all the space you need here on the forum.

 

Thanks for being there for me when I needed that certain car!  Thanks also for being there for everyone else who needs you.

 

Best,

Dave

I agree with Dave Allen, Pat. Keep the great deals coming, continue sponsoring and ignore the self-proclaimed, boring-as-nails cops.

Pat:

 

Keep posting.  Please. 

 

I assume that Rich M, et al. are good with that (ergo, it's part of the arrangement of being a forum sponsor).  The more you sell to the forum membership, the more likely you are to continue to sponsor the forum, the better we all will be.

 

And, thank you for sponsoring the forum.

I disagree. I don't think his or any other sponsor's offers need to be relegated to a special section. I'm generally not in the market for used equipment since I've got enough of that of my own already therefore I don't generally peruse the For Sale/Trade section. So if Pat or anyone else has a blowout sale or some other kind of special deal they would like to offer, I see nothing wrong with posting it here. I, for one, wouldn't know about it otherwise.

My only thought with a Sponors Forum is that it would be specialized to them, would help keep them all in one place easy to find, and could be easily removed when over. 

Sounds like a consensus to me.

Thanks Guys

I will keep posting my forum Specials.

Thanks

Pat

www.patstrains.com

E-mail patstrains@aol.com

Hi Pat, I just want to know how to get a free sample of that smoke. LOL And my honest opinion is that even though I appreciate you asking Forum members their opinion, it is the responsibility of our benevolent dictator to make the call. FMH

I am glad you will keep posting forum specials. Actually I have an order placed with you now.

 

This forum is free to anyone to view. What a great sorce of information. Your advertising here helps the forum keep going. As an advertiser you can post specials. I look at it as a win for everyone involved. 

As I said before, Pat not only supports the mag but the site as well, and on top of that, he tosses us a chance at great deals...who on earth could complain about that?!

Like others, I got a great deal and a bottle of free smoke fluid, and all I bought was a lionel stationary crane...no-one else would do that.

Hey Pat, can you get MTH parts? I need a few things and I'd happily buy from you...

POST AWAY!!!! I have not bitten yet....but someday your offer and my wallet will meet!!! THX!!!

As long as its not at spam levels or in the middle of unrelated posts, I welcome info on real cut throat deals, new offerings, free trial stuff..... Normal "mild cut"or regular sales adds? I think they belong in for sale or advertiser perma link etc.. Really the only people that ultimately count are the premium paid subscribers, the owner of this site and his pockets. Thanks to all, for allowing us freeloaders to still hang out.  

i see no problem just as long as you are a sponsor of the great site and magazine.  

And that happens SO rarely around here!!!  

 

David

As a fellow store, I have no problems with your ads. I run specials here also but I do refrain from just listing the whole sheets or newsletters and allow customers to visit or sign up for them.

Charlie's ongoing shipping updates, have definitely been helpful. I've made more than one purchase, after seeing one of his shipping updates, here. In my case, it hasn't benefited Charlie, either; nowadays, I buy my equipment in Canada.

 

I've always appreciated Charlie's effort...

 

 

Rick

I want to thank all of the OGR members for their support. The specials will keep coming. I have just secured a amount of WBB Shark A-A diesels. We should be able to sell these for $169.00 and $9.99 shipping anywhere in the 48 states.

The road names should be as follows.

PRR 5 STRIPE GREEN

PRR 5 STRIPE TUSCAN

DH  SILVER AND BLUE

B&O PASSENGER PAINT SCHEME

BALDWIN DEMO

NYC LIGHTNING STRIPE

I WILL POST THESE AS SOON AS THEY HIT THE DOOR.

THANKS

PAT

WWW.PATSTRAINS.COM

E-MAIL PATSTRAINS@AOL.COM

Hey Pat you've more than paid for the privledge to post here and it's good to know you're not only a sponser but a contributer / participant.

It's probably difficult line for you as business man to post and not risking offending, so it does take abit of inteligence and maybe some courage.

Ok I'm going to go wipe my nose off now  be fore I complain about still waiting for you to answer my previously unanswered question on another thread: Could you please offer a discription of the White Christmas smoke scent?

Best regards

 

Pat,

My ad killer would have kept me in the dark about your shop, but

word of mouth by other members and your posts made me aware

of you. I recently purchased a locomotive from you,  not necessarily

the lowest price around, others were asking $1.00 less... But, you

had it in stock & you shipped it quickly. I couldn't ask for better service,

so I feel that your posting here is a positive thing.   

illegitimi  non carborundum.

Dave

I'm fine with it.

Hey Pat  - Do you ship at all to Canada? I'm in Western Canada and to buy an engine from anywhere south of us usually costs 50-60 for shipping. One dealer charged me $ 89.00. So, now I'm not buying anything unless it is in Canada.

I have a huge problem with your ads, the problem is I haven't seen them until now. Ive been missing out on great deals

John said it very well. I feel the same way.

Larry

 

Keep posting.  Please. 

 

I assume that Rich M, et al. are good with that (ergo, it's part of the arrangement of being a forum sponsor).  The more you sell to the forum membership, the more likely you are to continue to sponsor the forum, the better we all will be.

 

And, thank you for sponsoring the forum.

Tough crowd.... huh, Pat?  

Hey  Jim

And now the fun starts. I hope my customers are that loyal. The best thing we offer is we have two certified Techs that can repair trains while you wait. Our inventory is huge and we have a lot invested. We love selling trains and making friends. Our store has been in business over 18 years. 

Thanks

Pat

You can be sure, Pat, that we at OGR appreciate your support. 

 

By the way, that track cleaning car I purchased from you works just fine (Pat sent it to us for a Smoke Signals listing and I ended up buying it).  I still have to give the smoke fluid a try, but that's only because I rarely use the smoke feature on my locomotives.

 

post away, you paid for it

I think you were the HO guy from W.V?

Pat, hope we can do some business again.

My Son & I used to buy HO trains from you back in the day when doing the Tampa GATS shows.

I think that was you?

 

Steve

If the forum moderator allows sponsors to post ads here, that decides it. I do think, however, that people are being a little harsh about those who may have complained not knowing the rule. There is a separate for-sale forum, and there are good reasons for separating ads from train chit chat. I too am totally fine with the sponsor ad rule and appreciate the support of all the sponsors but also understand the impulse of some when ads appear here. How about a special graphic to identify ad postings by sponsors?