RE: (ET) Mower blades

["Garry & Terry Freese" <gtlight vol com>]

If we don't keep Bill in business, We may just as well take our little Toys
(Elec-Traks) and take them to the dump. The fact is most of the parts can
ONLY be supplied by Bill. I have a small supply of new and used parts that
are kept in reserve just in case. No one else as the 30 plus year old 
parts.
Try to buy a circuit card for your E15 or E20, You will not find it.  As
Dwight said BILL IS OUR SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE.
 -------Original Message-------

From: Hazen, Dwight L
Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 3:05:59 PM
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: RE: (ET) Mower blades

I am afraid Bill is our single point of failure. You are not going to be
able to get most of the parts for our tractors from any other place. The
last time I hauled an ET drive motor into our local electric motor repair
place they looked at me like I was from Mars. I guess they thought my GE 
36v
dc motor was from my space craft.  "Sure we repair Electric Motors, just 
not
that kind" Bill had a new larger motor at the same price they wanted just 
to
send my old motor out to be rewound. Bill even took the old burned up motor
back and I got a core reimbursement!

Now has anyone tried the plastic blades?

  Dwight

Dwight L. Hazen, Indiana University, UITS 
Bloomington, In. 47408-7378 Phone 812-855-5367 hazen indiana edu
http://php.ucs.indiana.edu/~hazen/ Ham Radio wb9tlh arrl net
IP Phone 317.278.4014   Change is inevitable except from a vending machine.

-----Original Message-----
From: Elie, Larry (L.D.) [mailto:lelie ford com] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 11:41 AM
To: 'Jeremy Gagliardi com'; elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: 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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