Last week, my wife and I were in Seattle for a Dr. Appointment and I decided to take her to dinner to her favorite restaurant, Bahama Breeze, but it was under the condition I got to go to Hobby Town USA. Hadn't been in there since I went to the "Desert" last year. While in there I ran across Tamiya's 1/35 Char 1 bis for $29.95.
Now I am not a fan of French armor mind you but I do appreciate a bargain. I figured my Taro Fiat 3000 needed a friend.
Now the guilt part...I think they mis-marked the kit and I really "stole" it, also I had to "bribe" my wife with dinner to go into the shop. However I guess I can "blame" her since it was her idea for me to buy the kit. NO REALLY, it was her idea since she saw me shopping for one on line at a price tag of $51.00. She appreciates a bargain too! Help me out...Should I punish myself and go build a really crappy Eastern European kit as penance or just go out to the bench and do an out of the box review followed by a build review of the Char B1?????

Chief

Dont feel guilty, my LHS does that a lot. I even asked the owner one time if the price was correct on something and he got highly irked that I was questioning him :-)

Just build it and post photos for your penance

Lauren, you should reward your honesty with a good Eastern European kit, but you owe the site a penance of in-progress pictures.

I know what you mean, I found the Dragon Scud B with TEL marked at $39.00 a few years ago, when it retailed for around $75 (Cdn)The store owner didn't have it on sale, but gave it to me for that price anyways. I sent some customers his way to make it up.

(EDIT) Mark, you beat me to it!

Chief

Never,ever feel guilty about a good deal A few months back I managed to get a Tamiya T26E3 for $21.49 and the Tamiya T55A for $10 yes both were on sale A deal is a deal

Go build that Start T-40 amphibious tank. That should give you fits.

Guilt is a terrible thing,
I'll be happy to relieve you of the guilt.
Feel free to ship it to me.
Have fun with the Taro Fiat,
I haven't built one since it was first released, and
Joe the Animal had his shop in Belleville, NJ.
And I still have nightmares.... :-) :-)

This hasnt happened to me yet but in good faith i wouldnt hope that it happens. $51 for a Char B is a tad pricey so if you can get away with getting it a little cheaper......Im sure we will all close one eye. Progress shots are a must though!

Build a bridge and get over it Chief! Now doesn't that feel better? Seriously , I'm sure you have overspent once or twice because you just "had" to have something you really didn't need. It all evens out in the end. Do a review and post it here for all to enjoy. I am working on my "full price " Char B1 bis and I am having a ball.

Cob
CMDCM/SS Retired

P.S. Glad to hear you got back safe and sound from the sandbox.

Feel no guilt. My suspicion is that larger outfits like Hobbytown get these at lower prices which means that they can sell them lower due to a volume discount. Also, this time you may be benefiting from a mismark, but I will bet that you have paid higer due to mismark and didn't realize. I truly believe everything evens out for everyone in the end.

Sean

One thing to note before beginning construction on the Tauro Fiat 3000. The tracks will not fit if the kit is assembled as indicated in the instructions.

You will have to try to move the front idler rearward. You won't be able to more the rear sprocket forward because of the gear and the way it attaches to the rear of the hull.

The large front wheel mounts onto the suspension unit. It is possible to relocate it rearward a few millimeters. This will give you a little room with the tracks. Unfortunately, there are no replacement tracks.

You paid the advertised price. If it was mismarked it was no fault of yours. Enjoy the great bargain.

SABOT, I already did, its in my gallery.

Ok, I'll start on the Box review this weekend. It will be awhile before I build it though. I have a Panzer II "Luchs" almost finished and a "Wingy Thingie" and E-boat in the on deck circle.

Hell...I purchased a Tamiya Pershing for...$7. Was labeled correctly though the price tag wasn't in the best of shape. Under pressure from the line forming behind me the check out girl read it as $15 (not $45)...and it was 50% off on top of that....nearly had something similar happen again as I saw the Tamiya T55 marked down to $26 for clearance and I had another 50% off coupon...but this time she wouldn't put the coupon on top of the already marked down price (fair enough) and indeed read the price tag correctly...

When Tamiya's 1/35 late Tiger I first came out, it was listed as $51. My LHS had it for $17. Snapped that sucker right up. Never felt a moment of guilt. Recently, they had the Dragon Flak crew for $36! Guess they finally found the shortage in their books and are trying to make it up :-)

Jesse

You should feel horrible, guilty etc... To make amends, send me the Char B, and I will send you any Starfix Aircraft kit of your choosing :-) :-) :-) Don't sweat the good deal. The stores will still make money somewhere and it will offset the loss, if there really was any, of the Char. Build it and put up some pics. "Q"

I bought the 2nd Gen DML Tarawa Marines today for €7.99 today -the usual retail price here is €14. I don't know if it was marked down because the 2nd Gen kits are not moving, or if it was a mistake, I just paid for it and ran, and I never run :-)

Hi Lauren

Don`t feel guilty.I went into a hobby shop at Haworth in Yorkshire .They had two kits of the Dragon Flak36,one marked at £28.99 and one at £23.99.Guess which one I bought?. But as penance I get to inform the world of this great shop via this reply.It`s about 100yards from the Steam railway station.Packed literally from floor to ceiling with kits.

Dennis

Unlike most of the modelers here, I do think you should feel guilty. The kit was obviously mispriced or the clerk was unaware of the item's true value.

I suggest that as penance you mail this ill-gained kit to me (paying shipping and handling yourself) and I will clear you of all guilt on this matter.

Email me privately for my address. Thanks in advance.

Personally, I think you should do penance for being so smug and telling us all about it! :-) :-) :-)

Had some similar luck with a few kits. Won a 1/35 Pavehawk for £5.60 on Ebay. I didn’t think (and would not have blamed him) the guy would complete the sale. When the kit arrived I felt very guilty.

Recently I bought a 2nd hand 1/48 Corsair at a ‘street fair’ (after a short haggle) for £3, when I opened the kit at home it also had the Airwaves PE set inside it. I felt both pleased and guilty at the same time.

Build it and enjoy it,I recently finished mine which I might add I paid full retail for. And enjoyed every bit of it.

Have fun

Mark