Build system from scratch?

[Brian Densmore]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Hutchins [mailto:hutchins at opus1.com]
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dustin Decker" <dustind at 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)
> 
> ... snip ...
>
> 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.
You got that right! If you know what you want and you know it will work,
It's a great store.
But bring something back and you're the son of Satan himself and
ignorant.

I haven't had any problems with internet purchases. 
But I only buy from well rated companies and usually find someone 
in the 3 lowest prices.
See:  http://www.resellerratings.com/vendrank.html
These guys are independent and have been on the money so far with me.
BTW http://www.atacom.com gets a nice 4.8/7 with 258 responses
and Multiwave http://www.mwave.com got an impressive 5.6 /7 with 780
responses

Although newegg.com http://www.newegg.com is one of the most highly
ranked
6.5/7 with 946 responses.

Brian