<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I started my garage shop 41+ years ago when I had to drive 45 miles to Pensacola for hobby items, so I could get items for myself and to provide an accessible and less expensive source to local club members. In those years, local storefront hobby shops have come and gone. My shop could be a source for locals to get Horizon and Great Planes products. However, they both say their rules preclude offering me a dealership. The frustrating thing in all this is that they break their own rules all the time by providing dealerships to storefronts which are too close to other storefronts to be eligible to get the dealerships, according to their published rules.<div><br></div><div>Ron Van Putte</div><div><br><div><div>On Mar 18, 2014, at 11:32 AM, Phil S. wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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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...<br>
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On 3/18/2014 9:52 AM, Ronald Van Putte wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:E7890019-6C32-41ED-ACDA-8BB0F57F2F20@cox.net" type="cite"><base href="x-msg://192/">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.
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<div>On Mar 18, 2014, at 8:14 AM, Keith Hoard wrote:</div>
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<div dir="ltr">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.<br>
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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Mac Hodges<br>
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Hobby shops are hard hit by the way business is conducted these days.<br>
It's sad.<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">On Tuesday, March 18,
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<div>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.</div>
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On Mar 17, 2014, at 11:36 PM, "John Fuqua" <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:johnfuqua@embarqmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">johnfuqua@embarqmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">
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<div class="ecxyiv0373079290MsoNormal">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.</div>
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<div class="ecxyiv0373079290MsoNormal">thanks</div>
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