[Info-vax] Hopelessly Pathetic Hardware Parts

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 8/22/2012 8:21 PM, Mazzini Alessandro wrote:
> <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... )
>
>

I'd be quite surprised if you could find identical screws in your local 
hardware store.  Close, maybe but not identical!

DEC probably had them custom made, N pieces to fill their requirements
and a few extras.

If you want them to tool up to make 100 screws, the screws will probably 
cost fifty dollars each!  For another $50, you could probably get 5000 
screws.