How to make money as an LHS owner

[nolatron]

Gee... I get to save myself a lot of typing.

I'll just cut and paste my comments from an e-mail I sent to someone else on this topic:

I hate the Mantra "Support your local Hobby Shop."

There needs to be a shift in the whole Model Railway Culture and the business model needs to adapt instead of being artificially propped up [or dare
I say bailed out].

"Support your local Hobby Shop." sounds like "Save the Whales" or "Give generously to the Widows and Orphans Fund". Pity Purchases are like charity. There was a morbid element to the conversation, like hearing the obituaries.

I have no problem supporting a LHS, just as long as they return the favor and support the hobbyists. If they can't so that then my business goes elsewhere.