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Vendors
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 |
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billy,
really $40,000.00 dollars in 3 years ???? ive been in the hobby12 years and i might be at a 1/4 of that ammount. and i have alot of planes and some large ones at that. just curious what your flying and what there made out of ? :D bass |
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Where is Tower Hobbies? I have used them for almost 30 years without a single complaint.
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Remember, they're HIS ratings from HIS experience. Maybe he's never ordered from Tower.
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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 Just my humble opinion. |
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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 . |
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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. |
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Billy,
Thanks SOOO much. I'm showing your post to my wife so she can see what a miser I am compared to "all the other guys" in the hobby! LOL:D |
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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 . |
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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.
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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. |
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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.:D
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?";) |
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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! |
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