02-04-2012, 11:06 AM
...some good tips here , thanks .
This will be a new hobby shop ...building is there but is empty as we speak . One of the two guys involved had a local train shop about 15 years ago . It was successful but he and the 3 other partners were all working at the time and it proved to be more than they could handle ....the 2 guys involved now are both retired .
Hobby shops within about a 50 mile radius have changed ...one guy died , another had heart bypass operation , yet another is carrying on after her Dad passed away and just sort of plays at it . There are no "trains only " shops around ....even Detroit area shops are few and far between anymore . So I think it will work , but time will tell . The shop will be connected to another couple of unrelated attractions that a "well heeled " person is financing , but won't be involved with the hobby shop . Lots of preparation ahead to be open by September .
T
This will be a new hobby shop ...building is there but is empty as we speak . One of the two guys involved had a local train shop about 15 years ago . It was successful but he and the 3 other partners were all working at the time and it proved to be more than they could handle ....the 2 guys involved now are both retired .
Hobby shops within about a 50 mile radius have changed ...one guy died , another had heart bypass operation , yet another is carrying on after her Dad passed away and just sort of plays at it . There are no "trains only " shops around ....even Detroit area shops are few and far between anymore . So I think it will work , but time will tell . The shop will be connected to another couple of unrelated attractions that a "well heeled " person is financing , but won't be involved with the hobby shop . Lots of preparation ahead to be open by September .
T
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