After taking ten years off from RC I'm ready to get back into the hobby. Other than Tower, who are the big players in mail-order and on-line kits, radios, and other supplies.
TIA - Pete
On-Line suppliers
Jan 18, 2005
10 Replies
Those are in Canadian Dollars, eh! $127.99 CA converts to about $104 US. Beauty!
Great Hobbies is a Canadian company.
Still High. Great Hobbies Goldberg Skylark 56 ARF is $180 in USD. Tower sells it for $160 USD. BUY AMERICAN!!! KEEP THE US DOLLARS HERE!
You should check out "Nippon Dave" at
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Their prices are good, their service is great and shipping for most orders is $2.50 and delivery is fast.
Regards,
Art
Yes, they are, duh! It says this at the top of their pages.
And the same item will be about $85 US at Tower. Here's some examples: Item CDN USD Tower Modeltech ME109 $129.99 $105.89 $89.99 TT Lazy Tiger $169.99 $138.47 $119.99 TT Lazy Cub $239.99 $195.52 $174.99
In addition to being cheaper, Tower also offers $25 off any purchase over $150. The price difference is particularly pathetic when one considers that the Great Hobbies site says the Thunder Tigers are on sale. Not much of a sale from what I can see.
For Great Hobbies, but not the consumer! Do you not COMPARE prices? I found one item on the Great Hobbies site that I actually considered buying, because I can't find it at any US dealers. However, after checking some other prices I decided I'd rather do without the item than paying their inflated prices.
Yeah, cos we all know those Goldberg ARF's are built here in the US... And I was imitating Bob and Doug MaKenzie, eh! Take off! It's a beauty way to go.
Hey, Ive never even heard of the place till this thread. I was just stating something I thought was left out of the reply and doing a Bob and Doug MaKenzie "Great White North" bit. Geez, eh! Lighten up, ya hoser!
OR you could ship to a friendly american who lives in Browning, MT. Who then brings you your birthday presents....Calgary is less than 5hours from my front door. Granted this assumes you are near there...
While you are comparison shopping, check on some stuff for me huh? Dagger CutsDeep
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