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nkalanaga

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Fox Valley Models?
« on: January 22, 2021, 02:06:06 AM »
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Does anyone know if FVM is still active, or just selling off what's in the warehouse?  The latest news on their website is from 2018, and I don't remember seeing any new announcements or arrivals for at least a year.
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Re: Fox Valley Models?
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2021, 02:17:49 AM »
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New site is shopfvm.com

He's done some recent stuff, most of their announcements are via their Facebook page, he also post sales and such on it.

I got some old Deluxe tooled 48' containers from there recently
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« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2021, 08:37:18 AM »
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We should start a write in campaign to get him to update his website to forward you to ShopFVM.com

It took me at least a year to realize he started a new website...

~Ian

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« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2021, 11:51:42 AM »
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Clickable link: https://shopfvm.com/

Are the wheelsets back yet?

Mark
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Re: Fox Valley Models?
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2021, 12:37:10 PM »
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Quote from: learmoia on January 22, 2021, 08:37:18 AM
We should start a write in campaign to get him to update his website to forward you to ShopFVM.com

It took me at least a year to realize he started a new website...

~Ian

I'm also not a fan of companies moving to FB for doing business/announcements.  :| While not yet, I guess at sometime we will all be assimilated. But I'm still kicking and screaming!  :x
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Re: Fox Valley Models?
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2021, 12:46:03 PM »
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Quote from: peteski on January 22, 2021, 12:37:10 PM
I'm also not a fan of companies moving to FB for doing business/announcements.  :| While not yet, I guess at sometime we will all be assimilated. But I'm still kicking and screaming!  :x

I doubt that FaceBook will be the platform, if what you predict becomes true.  The younger generation has moved on from FaceBook.  Also, as an old fart, I'm still on FaceBook, but only for family and close friends.  I do not generally shop or surf the net there, so I don't see many more of the FaceBook business/announcements than you do.  Any business that only is advertising there is not getting as much exposure as they may think.  Use it as a supplement to your advertising, sure, but I wouldn't rely solely on FaceBook, if I were in retail.

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« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2021, 05:09:31 PM »
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The "younger generation" isn't modeling trains either.  The reach on FB is fairly extensive.
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« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2021, 05:38:40 PM »
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« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2021, 05:42:27 PM »
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Re: Fox Valley Models?
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2021, 05:52:04 PM »
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Ah-Hem.. isnt the 'Gram owned by Facebook?...

And I'm just saying link the old site to the news site... (nevermind Facebook)

FVM may serve themselves well to move over to Youtube..

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« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2021, 06:09:31 PM »
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FB sucks, but not totally. I've been to websites trying to ask questions and couldn't get the dang thing to work. Then I look them up on FB and message them for a pretty much instant response.
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Re: Fox Valley Models?
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2021, 07:47:29 PM »
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Yes no question the younger generation is nearly absent from Facebook. Life in the digital age moves fast. TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube are currently the primary media platforms for the younger generation.

YouTube has become my primary source for product information, mainly through amateurs doing v-logs.
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Re: Fox Valley Models?
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2021, 12:56:12 AM »
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Quote from: Mark5 on January 22, 2021, 11:51:42 AM
Clickable link: https://shopfvm.com/

Are the wheelsets back yet?

Mark

I just looked today, 100 packs of 28" with .540" axles, and narrow and wide packs of 36" with resistors of the same axle length, the rest were all odd lengths
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Re: Fox Valley Models?
« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2021, 01:09:00 AM »
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Thanks for the tip.  3601R10's are just what the doctor ordered.
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Re: Fox Valley Models?
« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2021, 02:55:27 AM »
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Thank you!  Like others, I had no idea he had a new site.

Unfortunately, all of the wheels I need are unavailable...
« Last Edit: January 23, 2021, 02:58:40 AM by nkalanaga »
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