@Churchill No, I had not. I just looked at your link. (Thanks).My little store, after 8 years of growth, was just about finished by Christmas 2010. Although events starting in the Autumn of 2008 really hurt my customer base, and continued for the next 2 years, business was also hurt by increasing competition from Internet sales. I was selling from my WEB site for three years by then, but there was (is) a lot of competition on line too, especially when Amazon.com decided to get into the model train business in 2005. I simply could not compete with their prices. I still hope people will actually visit small, independent stores, and buy something from them.Hope you enjoyed a good dinner yesterday!
@Churchill No, I had not. I just looked at your link. (Thanks).My little store, after 8 years of growth, was just about finished by Christmas 2010. Although events starting in the Autumn of 2008 really hurt my customer base, and continued for the next 2 years, business was also hurt by increasing competition from Internet sales. I was selling from my WEB site for three years by then, but there was (is) a lot of competition on line too, especially when Amazon.com decided to get into the model train business in 2005. I simply could not compete with their prices. I still hope people will actually visit small, independent stores, and buy something from them.Hope you enjoyed a good dinner yesterday!