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Banks discontinue credit to Märklin
This is so sad to hear. My late father brought a Marklin set way back in 1955 when I was born to keep my sister occupied whilst my mother was in the maternity home with me. That was his excuse anyway. He was a strong supporter of the marque. Marklin trains sparked my interest in model railroading which I have just got back into after some 40 years albeit with Fleischman in N scale. To me Marklin are an industry standard and it would be very sad if they were forced into liquidation because of a credit crunch that had nothing to do with them and the way they run their business. Future generations I believe need these kinds of interests in their lives. I think model railroading causes one to use far more skills than modern computer games.
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this is really sad and its another example of seeing a strong brand ruined by bad management and a long string of business èxperts who costed a lot, but hadn`'t any relations technical or
emotional with model railroading.
I feel with the people concerned in retail and the many customers.
We all hope for a happy solution !!
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It’s not good news for any part of the model train industry when banks do not want to extend credit to one of the biggest players. There is a herd mentality among lenders.
Its sad…along with LGB falling I guess it won’t be long until the U.S. markets fell the pinch. As for futrue generations…kids and video games…isn’t that what DCC operating is bringing to Model Railroading…making one lazy so they don’t have to learn more than how to connect afew wires and grab the remote…I guess every one is getting lazy. Seems pretty soon a young person getting into this hobby will loose interest with it (Model Railroading) since it is becoming so easy to run a train, almost like getting your first train turning it on and then watching it go round and round in circles…not to much challenge in throwing switches from a remote.
It’s sad to hear. Everyone’s feeling the pinch. I hope they’ll find a way of coming back . . maybe . . sometime in the future.