Just noticed that one of my fave sellers has increased his shipping charges. (used to be $5 for boxcars then recently was $6 now $6.50) truly sad. It is still good if I won a few cars from him as he'll combine shipping.
Perhaps my collecting will (as it should anyways) slow down if I'm going to start getting dinged with hefty shipping for one or two cars. In past few months I have been putting in orders thru LHS. Still have 4 I/Mtn hoppers on order and I have been ordering some new releases from MTL.
Started collecting the "scale test" cars and the ortner hoppers as they are unqiue. I'll collect the whole set and then perhaps someday try selling them as a set. (yea,its a gamble) everything else is meant to run.
I would like to have the USA set but I am so far behind on that, that it isn't worth starting. i will get the Nevada car and maybe Az as I love the southwest area.