thx for posting that w8ye.

i remember reading that.
i also remember thru the years that Towers customer service was the best of the best from day 1.
their intention was to make things available to modelers for modelers to enjoy this hobby............it's not their fault that other outlets chose to compete the way they did and import China to the states.
i also remember that Sheldons hobby in San Jose,CA sold OS Engines for less that Tower and did indeed lose the line because of it.
so i understand where T.O.M. is coming from. but the fact that HS (now HP) chose not to give customers discounts and try harder to compete doesn't excuse them from starting this whole Chineese import crap as we know it today. i'm in LA right now and went into a Hobby People store.........nothing cheap at all about their prices either, so tell me where they care or have ever cared about the modeler?
no discounts, no incentives whatsoever. and yet we mention that Clint A lives large?......i do believe he worked hard for it, but gave the modeler benefits to enjoy this hobby along the way.

what i don't understand is how we can keep supporting China like we do............oh yeah, price, and the best place to get a good price is all that counts these days..............nothing is going to change that until Americans wake up and realize that China owns us. it'll be too late by then.