[Info-vax] Hopelessly Pathetic Hardware Parts

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In article <5035776a$0$13273$4fafbaef at reader2.news.tin.it>, "Mazzini Alessandro" <mazzinia$$$$@tin.it> writes:
>
><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... ) 

These are very tiny special screws that I'd doubt would be carried by
the local hardware store.

There are four screws to hold the disk caddy in place.  Because my Envy
already had one disk drive/caddy, I removed one screw from the top left
and one from the bottom right of the existing caddy and screwed in the
new drive/caddy with these screws.  Both drives seem plenty secure with
just 2 screws, so I've "screwed" Hopelessly Pathetic out of $37.00 from
my pocket. :)

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Well I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.