What up Dudes,
Have any of you noticed the recent Atlas N-Scale announcements? Dash 8-40C's priced at $140, yet another run of RS-3's priced at $120 and today they announce a gondola (a plain looking run-of-the-mill gondola) priced at $19.00. Talk about sticker shock.
A few years ago Atlas said they were outsourcing everything to China so they could lower prices. Now their stuff is more expensive than Kato who manufacturers in Japan which has more expensive labor cost than China. So Atlas is charging higher prices than Kato and their stuff isn't as good.
Atlas has always been a very arrogant company but this kind of pricing in the current economy is foolish. If Bachmann can offer good prices producing models in China then Atlas should be able to do the same. Sounds like those boys at Atlas have gotten mighty greedy in recent times. I don't know about you guys but I rather buy Bachmann than Atlas. Bachmann's quality has improved dramatically and their prices are still excellent.
Mike
Have any of you noticed the recent Atlas N-Scale announcements? Dash 8-40C's priced at $140, yet another run of RS-3's priced at $120 and today they announce a gondola (a plain looking run-of-the-mill gondola) priced at $19.00. Talk about sticker shock.
A few years ago Atlas said they were outsourcing everything to China so they could lower prices. Now their stuff is more expensive than Kato who manufacturers in Japan which has more expensive labor cost than China. So Atlas is charging higher prices than Kato and their stuff isn't as good.
Atlas has always been a very arrogant company but this kind of pricing in the current economy is foolish. If Bachmann can offer good prices producing models in China then Atlas should be able to do the same. Sounds like those boys at Atlas have gotten mighty greedy in recent times. I don't know about you guys but I rather buy Bachmann than Atlas. Bachmann's quality has improved dramatically and their prices are still excellent.
Mike