In a message dated 6/5/99 12:52:53 PM SA Eastern Standard Time,
wagnerl@EARTHLINK.NET writes:

<<
 Some today's distributors receive only 2 or 3 phone calls a day (when it
 happens), and they want to make all the money from it... and buy a new
 BMW... perhaps they need to diversify, start to sell bread too... :) >>


My point was that you can purchase form whomever you want, I am simply giving
options. Depending on the need if may or may not justify to get a high
quality part. Of course if you are building production prototypes of
something you plan on mass marketing it justifies spending the extra for
quality and precision parts. However, if the need is to build a simple
experimental model for yourself, them a surplus component would be better.
As far as those middle men that jack up prices to make their profits on a
single sale to buy their porches, they'll never get me to buy from them.
I'll go direct to the factory, but of course we are talking a scenerario
where I would need a part for a mass production product. Better yet, I'll
invest on my own tooling and make the parts myself.:)

Regards,
Mario