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RE: (ET) Mower blades



Point well taken; I bought a 'Power-Rated' 3/8" x33" main drive belt from my local hardware last night; main drive for an E12.  I would have ordered from Bill, but I needed to run the tractor and didn't want to wait.
 
Last time I talked to Bill I asked him to look into 'PayPal'.  I don't think it would cost him anything and I could order RIGHT NOW.  Other might want to encourage him to do so.
 
Larry Elie
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Gagliardi com [mailto:Jeremy Gagliardi com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 11:16 AM
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) Mower blades

On Wed, 22 May 2002, "Garry & Terry Freese" wrote > If we don't buy from Bill, he might go out of business, then what do > we have? Why does so many people want to buy from everybody else. Very simple reasons: (1) Never put all of your eggs into one basket. In the computer biz, this is called "single point of failure". (2) Additional cost & time: If I buy from a local store, I pick up the product, pay, go home. If I buy from Bill, I have to make a long distance call, order, send payment somehow, in that payment also includes an additional cost for shipping, and I have to wait for the product to arrive. There is a big difference. So, in my book, it is _always_ better to buy locally then to order from a far away source, be it an Internet company, eBay, or Bill. I have nothing against Bill, but I don't want to be forced to use him if it costs me more money or more time, and if it means never finding that alternative source -- if I don't find the alternative source (preferrably local), than if&when Bill is unavailable* I'm left stranded with no solution. * note, he could become unavailable for any number of reasons: vacation, sick, disability, gone out of business, death, etc... -Jeremy
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