2008 New Items Program
Pre-order program ends April 27th
The announcement was made early this month that
Märklin GmbH had taken the decision to turn the distribution of all
Märklin and TRIX products over to Walthers. Within a few days, we
received information about pricing for the 2008 new items. After almost
10 years of having no retail price structure and selling Märklin and TRIX
products to dealers at a net/net price, Märklin and Walthers have set retail prices on
all the 2008 new items. The new retail prices are less than the industry
standard mark-up for the majority of model trains. This "short
discount" makes it impossible to offer a deep discount.
In the following pages you will find the listing of
all 2008 new items along with the retail prices, our regular discount price and
our pre-order price. Although Märklin's pre-order dealer discount cut off
date is Feb. 29th, we will be honoring our pre-order prices until our ordered quantities of new items are fully reserved
or through April 27th.
Items ordered after April 27th will be delivered at our regular discount
price.
Extra Value Rewards:
Level 1: New items orders of $500.00 or more, qualify for
free shipping on all 2008 Insider club cars, catalogs, locomotives and
sets.
Level 2: New items orders of $1000.00 or more, qualify for
the above plus an extra 5% discount on future new items announced for 2008.
The only exclusions are
2008 MHI exclusive items.
Level 3: New items orders of $2500.00 or more, qualify for
all of the above plus 5% off all orders placed for regular catalog items
in 2008.
I hope you
will find our new items prices fair and reasonable, especially considering
the added benefits we offer our customers from the value rewards mentioned
above to quick, accurate and reliable order processing, carful packaging
and technical assistance and product support via telephone and e-mail.
All of which go on long after the pre-order program ends. We strive to
provide the best customer service possible. Remember, the best value is not always
found in the lowest price.
