Local hobby shop is closing.. another victim of the economy :(

[E-Revonut]

Glad my LHS is alive and thriving! They still did their yearly special sale and give aways. Yes that's right, give away! In November they do a secret santa sale, that's just their name for an early Christmas sale. Everything in the store was 20% off and they gave away at least $7500 worth of merchandise! Granted they got most of it donated by their suppliers but they wouldn't be able to do that if they didn't do enough business with them. On top of that Great Planes gave the owner a fully built and equipped plane, a HUGE one. It has 2 nitro motors, 14 digital servos, about an 8' wing span, and weighs about 40Lbs. It was a surprise to him that I got to have a "small" hand in! When they carried it over to the demonstration area I got to help hand it over the barrier ( Like I said "small" hand). They also did a sale from the week before Christmas until New years that was 15% off everything. I do plenty of business with them and everyone knows my name. I called one day to see if they had something in stock and asked them to hold it, he said "ok, we'll see you later Joe" and I had never said who I was. If it wasn't for having a lhs I prolly wouldn't be into the hobby. It's also really nice that they are 10 minutes from me. It's really nice to be able to go pick up an axle carrier, arm, hinge pin, or whatever the same day I break it and be up running again as soon as I put it back together.