I like dealing with beginners in the R/C hobby! Our sales is now looking towards mostly newbie sales. JohnWildman Willman has a lot of good points and he knows business! I didn't read every word of this thread, but most people I know in the hobby retails sales are in because the want to be. There is no big money to be made in the Local Hobby Shop business. Most owners to it because they want to be there! Then you have the shop owners who think when they get in the business they are gonna make a living and it just doesn't happen. Sad but true. We own boogerboyhobbies.com, we do this because I like building, flying, helping people if I can and all we do is sometimes I make enough to buy something for myself. Any newbie's that need anykind of help feel free to email us anytime, because we have spare time! Thanks Boogerboy