[NSRCA-discussion] Mac Hodges

[Ronald Van Putte]

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.

Ron Van Putte

On Mar 18, 2014, at 11:32 AM, Phil S. wrote:

> 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
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> 
> 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
>>> To: 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> 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> 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
>>> 850-974-6655 Cell
>>>  
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