Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 11:12:09 -0600 From: JD Runyan <Jason.Runyan@nitckc.usda.gov> Subject: Re: Build system from scratch? Message-ID: <20020117111412.A21820@katya>
On Thu, Jan , at 10:37:09AM -0600, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dustin Decker" <dustind@moon-lite.com>
>
> > Count me in on helping out as well. I for one am particularly fond of
> > one of the local hardware vendors here in Overland Park that you may/may
> > not have heard of - Telectronics. (www.telectronics.com)
>
> > They're located in old Overland Park off of Santa Fe at about 80th
> > street. Sam Dein is the proprietor there, and his family which help out
> > are a joy to work with. I'll warn you in advance that they aren't
> > native to America, and the language barrier can seem difficult to deal
> > with at first ...
>
> Telectronics has a long reputation - going back more than ten years through
> two or three business names they've shifted to. (Got to wonder about the
> reasons for that.) That "language barrier" isn't too bad when you're
> buying, but just try to return something that doesn't work or that fails on
> startup. Suddenly, there is no one in the building who speaks any English
> at all.
>
> DTech/Telectronics/Whoever has always had the lowest advertised prices in
> town, and their selection is probably the largest, but most of the small
> dealers will meet their price on any brand they carry or can order. Many of
> them also have very good customer service reputations.
>
> Caveat Emptor.
Don't forget payless on wornall. I have only had good luck with them. They
have even helped me find a problem, so that I could return a part to another
store in the past.
-- JD Runyan "You can't milk a point." David M. Kuehn, Ph.D.--------------11B072214CDC104FDFF1E772