[NSRCA-discussion] Mac Hodges

[Phil S.]

Ron, my experience as a store-front hobby shop owner is that Horizon is 
pretty good to work with, GP treats modest shops like ours (yet, we did 
over $900K/year in the good times) like dirt.  When we went belly-up, we 
paid GP only about $0.75 on the dollar -- some revenge, anyway...

Phil Spelt, KCRC Emeritus, Secretary
AMA 1294 Scientific Leader Member
SPA L-18, Board Member
(865)435-1476v, (865)604-0541c


On 3/18/2014 9:52 AM, Ronald Van Putte wrote:
> The local storefront hobby shop here just closed its doors and my 
> little garage operation is the only shop in town.  Yet, I still cannot 
> get Great Planes or Horizon to make me a dealer for them.  This 
> despite the consistent proof that storefronts cannot make it here in 
> my town.  It's frustrating for me and my customers.
>
> Ron Van Putte
> Shalimar Hobbies
>
> On Mar 18, 2014, at 8:14 AM, Keith Hoard wrote:
>
>> Our local Hobby Town is downsizing, probably a first step towards 
>> going away.  Only a small part of their business is now airplane / 
>> helo - mostly Eflight and stuff like that.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 06:00:26 -0700
>> From: mups1953 at yahoo.com <mailto:mups1953 at yahoo.com>
>> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org 
>> <mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Mac Hodges
>>
>> Local Hobby shops are hard hit by the way business is conducted these 
>> days.
>>  It's sad.
>>
>>
>> Mike Mueller
>> President of
>>  F3AUnlimited
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 7:06 AM, Hnycmpsts <hnycmpsts at aol.com 
>> <mailto:hnycmpsts at aol.com>> wrote:
>> I didn't know he closed his hobby shop. That's too bad. It was just 
>> one of the many perks when flying at his field.
>>
>> Oscar
>>
>>
>> On Mar 17, 2014, at 11:36 PM, "John Fuqua" <johnfuqua at embarqmail.com 
>> <mailto:johnfuqua at embarqmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Has anybody got a good phone number and/or email address for Mac 
>> Hodges.    Previous numbers he used for his hobby shop are no good 
>> now that the shop is closed.
>> thanks
>> John D. Fuqua
>> johnfuqua at embarqmail.com <mailto:johnfuqua at embarqmail.com>
>> 850-974-6655 Cell
>>
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