[Coco] Re: goodie!

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 12 July 2005 17:20, Neil Morrison wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gene Heskett" <gene.heskett at verizon.net>
>
>> Yeah, its sad.  I went out to see if they had any diodes I might
>> be able to use to replace the FW bridge in my hedge clipper, made
>> out of big ugly 6 amp discretes.  Struck out, biggest bridge was a
>> 4 amp, 50 volt rms device.  I walked out empty handed, muttering
>> about it sure being a good place to open a shack, good decore &
>> all that, but zip stock for us DIY types.
>>
>> They'll sell you the tv antenna, and the rotator for it, but the
>> lightning arrestors I had to go get from my friendly neighborhood
>> verizon CO by waiting around till a lineman showed up.
>
>Will they still special order things for you?

That offer hasn't been made in recent history, Neil.  Either that or I 
have it tuned out. :-)  But you're right, they used to be downright 
pushy about that, till I figured out from the price that they were 
tearing a new unit to get the part, throwing the rest of it away, and 
pricing it accordingly.  That got old, paying nearly 40 dollars for a 
teeny little motor I know full well could be had off the street in 
Singapore for 79 cents.

Sorta like inspecting horseshoes hot off the forge, I doesn't take 
long...

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