[Info-vax] Hopelessly Pathetic Hardware Parts

[Mazzini Alessandro]

<VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG> ha scritto nel messaggio 
news:00AC6418.8DCF2E03 at SendSpamHere.ORG...
> In article 
> <6dd28ce7-2b21-474e-ad8b-1037adf54e06 at d7g2000vbv.googlegroups.com>, Steven 
> Schweda <sms.antinode at gmail.com> writes:
>>> [...] it is not about VMS but then, much here isn't. [...]
>>
>>   And the best way to improve a bad situation is what?
>
> NEVER buy from Hopelessly Pathetic again?
>
> To make my little anecdote even more amusing, after about 2 hours of
> bring handed off from one group to another and back through the same
> groups, I finally got one guy who spoke "blokin Ingrish" who told me
> that the 4 screws are a separate part number -- 665925-001.  So, off
> to the Hopelessly Pathetic Parts Store again.
>
> Are you ready this???
>
> $37.00 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> H-O-P-E-L-E-S-S-L-Y   P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C ! ! !
>
> Needless to say, I'm NOT making that purchase.
>
>
> Sheesh!  And people here are complaining about the price for VMS???
>
> -- 
> VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker 
> VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG
>
> Well I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.

This is undoubtedly a new record, at least for me, for a set of 4 screws ( 
that likely can be found in a well furnished store for 20 cents in 
total... )