Vic's Dodge Gerage closing up shop

[ggdad1951]

Read on the book of faces and confirmed with a visit to the site that Vic's is shutting down.   

[bkahler]

10 minutes ago, ggdad1951 said:

Read on the book of faces and confirmed with a visit to the site that Vic's is shutting down.   

 

That sucks.  Any indication as to why?

[ggdad1951]

No idea. 

[RobertKB]

People get old. No one to take over. Not enough business. These could be the causes. 

[nonstop]

It is a shame though, I enjoyed dealing with them!

 

On a side note, Scarebird is closing up shop as well.  I have done a lot of business with them as well and always had a good experience with them.

 

Damn shame is what it is!

[JBNeal]

I know of several specialty shops in my area that have closed because of owner retirement due to health (failing vision, bad back, arthritis the main culprits) ...owners tried to sell, but no takers as overhead costs outweighed business volume...one machine shop mostly scrapped his equipment because most was quite old and well worn, too expensive to repair properly...tis a durn shame but that's the business side of the hobby industry. 

[Tooljunkie]

I sent vic an e-mail. Retiring. Was a great guy to deal with.We talked a couple years ago about distributing parts out of canada, but with covid and freight costs it just wouldnt be feasable. 
would have been a nice little niche for me. 
to source parts, obtain vendors and achieve discounts to make it a viable business in today’s economy, near impossible. 
I wish him well in his retirement.