alien13
Hardcore RCTalk User
Had a similar discussion on Reddit not long ago. The person I was speaking with had told me that Traxxas eventually tries to take control of the LHS and starts to instruct them to stop selling other products. Not sure how true it is, but he told me his LHS was run out of business by Traxxas being extremely demanding.
That said, I'm friends with the new owner of the local HobbyTown. He's been working directly with Traxxas and has a WALL full of Traxxas vehicles. Traxxas sends him stacks of "demo" vehicles to run at special events. He's been doing pretty good in sales, as he still has a hard time keeping them in stock. I've witnessed first hand how he's pushing them out the door. To the point that almost every time I am in the store, at least one sells. If there is anybody who is going to grow the hobby, it's him.
As for the topic at hand, there has to be unknown circumstances.
Oh yea, Hi everybody!
That said, I'm friends with the new owner of the local HobbyTown. He's been working directly with Traxxas and has a WALL full of Traxxas vehicles. Traxxas sends him stacks of "demo" vehicles to run at special events. He's been doing pretty good in sales, as he still has a hard time keeping them in stock. I've witnessed first hand how he's pushing them out the door. To the point that almost every time I am in the store, at least one sells. If there is anybody who is going to grow the hobby, it's him.
As for the topic at hand, there has to be unknown circumstances.
Oh yea, Hi everybody!