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07-05-2010 | 03:06 PM
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Vendors
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Being in this hobby for three years now and spending in excess of $40,000.00
On all types of planes and numerous Dealers, I decided to rate them for
#1 Customer Service
#2 Customer Satisfaction.
#3 Warranty Claims/ Repairs
#4 Shipping
#5 Ease of ordering
#6 General overall Professionalism
I will list them in order from first to last. The top 3 are a tie, #10 is by far the worse. Please note that this is ONLY my opinion, and Has NOT been influenced by anyone else..
#1 Horizon Hobby
#2 Troy Built Models
#3 Desert Aircraft
#4 SmartFly
#5 Hitec
#6 Wild Hare
#7 Aeroworks
#8 Formeco
#9 BME Engine’s
#10 Chief Aircraft
Being in this hobby for three years now and spending in excess of $40,000.00
On all types of planes and numerous Dealers, I decided to rate them for
#1 Customer Service
#2 Customer Satisfaction.
#3 Warranty Claims/ Repairs
#4 Shipping
#5 Ease of ordering
#6 General overall Professionalism
I will list them in order from first to last. The top 3 are a tie, #10 is by far the worse. Please note that this is ONLY my opinion, and Has NOT been influenced by anyone else..
#1 Horizon Hobby
#2 Troy Built Models
#3 Desert Aircraft
#4 SmartFly
#5 Hitec
#6 Wild Hare
#7 Aeroworks
#8 Formeco
#9 BME Engine’s
#10 Chief Aircraft
07-05-2010 | 07:04 PM
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ORIGINAL: billyg5829
Vendor/Dealer Rating
Being in this hobby for three years now and spending in excess of $40,000.00
On all types of planes and numerous Dealers, I decided to rate them for
#1 Customer Service
#2 Customer Satisfaction.
#3 Warranty Claims/ Repairs
#4 Shipping
#5 Ease of ordering
#6 General overall Professionalism
I will list them in order from first to last. The top 3 are a tie, #10 is by far the worse. Please note that this is ONLY my opinion, and Has NOT been influenced by anyone else..
#1 Horizon Hobby
#2 Troy Built Models
#3 Desert Aircraft
#4 SmartFly
#5 Hitec
#6 Wild Hare
#7 Aeroworks
#8 Formeco
#9 BME Engine’s
#10 Chief Aircraft
Vendor/Dealer Rating
Being in this hobby for three years now and spending in excess of $40,000.00
On all types of planes and numerous Dealers, I decided to rate them for
#1 Customer Service
#2 Customer Satisfaction.
#3 Warranty Claims/ Repairs
#4 Shipping
#5 Ease of ordering
#6 General overall Professionalism
I will list them in order from first to last. The top 3 are a tie, #10 is by far the worse. Please note that this is ONLY my opinion, and Has NOT been influenced by anyone else..
#1 Horizon Hobby
#2 Troy Built Models
#3 Desert Aircraft
#4 SmartFly
#5 Hitec
#6 Wild Hare
#7 Aeroworks
#8 Formeco
#9 BME Engine’s
#10 Chief Aircraft
Just my humble opinion.
07-05-2010 | 07:50 PM
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RE: Vendors
pdm,
i would agree with you except for one fact, not everyone HAS a LHS nearby ....... or its like ours here 25 miles away and they never have what you need and have to order it....... (plus charge more)
GIVE YOU 3 GUESSES FROM WHERE ...... yup tower or horizon .
i would agree with you except for one fact, not everyone HAS a LHS nearby ....... or its like ours here 25 miles away and they never have what you need and have to order it....... (plus charge more)
GIVE YOU 3 GUESSES FROM WHERE ...... yup tower or horizon .
07-05-2010 | 08:36 PM
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$40,000 in three years! Yowzer! Though you could easily do that with four or five well appointed 40% jobs.
Course, you can spend that fast with Desert Aircraft. ;-) Lovely toys there. My first motorcycle had a midsize r/c engine judging by their offerings.
Chief is one of my favorites, and they also sell Smart-Fly products and, for some reason, see to stock-out less(?)
My LHS will always beat Tower . . . if you ask them. 'Course, most of the guys I know don't ask in most cases, especially on the small stuff. We don't want to kill the laying hen.
Course, you can spend that fast with Desert Aircraft. ;-) Lovely toys there. My first motorcycle had a midsize r/c engine judging by their offerings.
Chief is one of my favorites, and they also sell Smart-Fly products and, for some reason, see to stock-out less(?)
My LHS will always beat Tower . . . if you ask them. 'Course, most of the guys I know don't ask in most cases, especially on the small stuff. We don't want to kill the laying hen.
07-06-2010 | 03:33 AM
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ORIGINAL: bassmanh
pdm,
i would agree with you except for one fact, not everyone HAS a LHS nearby ....... or its like ours here 25 miles away and they never have what you need and have to order it....... (plus charge more)
GIVE YOU 3 GUESSES FROM WHERE ...... yup tower or horizon .
pdm,
i would agree with you except for one fact, not everyone HAS a LHS nearby ....... or its like ours here 25 miles away and they never have what you need and have to order it....... (plus charge more)
GIVE YOU 3 GUESSES FROM WHERE ...... yup tower or horizon .
07-07-2010 | 11:25 PM
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40 big ones !! I guess I can get away without using first rate stuff. I started back in 1972 and I think I've only spent about $15,000. I buy almost all of my stuff used or it's given to me for testing and experimenting. The last 4 stroke engines I purchased used was for 2 Saito .72 ($35 each) that were in a scale B-25 that crashed when one engine went out, no damage at all to the motors. I've got so much stuff/junk it is sometimes tough to get around all of that stuff without bumping into something.
07-08-2010 | 04:19 PM
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Wow! $40K!!!
And I complain about the little bit I have to spend out of retirement.
I will agree with his number one selection though for online ordering and help, that being Horizon.
But my local hobby shop is a good one too! Not a chain, just an independent trying to make a living.
And I complain about the little bit I have to spend out of retirement.
I will agree with his number one selection though for online ordering and help, that being Horizon.
But my local hobby shop is a good one too! Not a chain, just an independent trying to make a living.
07-09-2010 | 07:51 PM
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40 grand is pigeon feed. At "our" house if I buy a new bird the wifey gets something too. So far it's cost me a kitchen remodel, a swimming pool, a complete bathroom addition, 2 outdoor decks, a new truck to haul her mutts around in, and another new house. So far.
Course though this is the same woman who after seeing the remains of my P-40, after my club Pres. thumped it, said "Oh that's the one with the painted face, I really liked it. Are you going to get another one?"
Course though this is the same woman who after seeing the remains of my P-40, after my club Pres. thumped it, said "Oh that's the one with the painted face, I really liked it. Are you going to get another one?"
07-09-2010 | 07:57 PM
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Watch it! It sounds like she has something in mind already.
My wife does the same thing. I built a couple planes and she spent $1100 on a sewing machine, and that's her 3rd one!
My wife does the same thing. I built a couple planes and she spent $1100 on a sewing machine, and that's her 3rd one!
