Cheffy
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| posted on 15/10/02 at 01:06 PM |
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Just phoned MK to enquire about flat sided oval for front wishbones and was quoted £10 per metre. Is it just me or does that sound a tad
expensive!!!
Cheers,
Cheffy.
Farts are like Rock'n'Roll. You love your own but you hate everybody else's. Lemmy, Motorhead.
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interestedparty
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| posted on 15/10/02 at 03:09 PM |
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I think if you wanted lots then it would be expensive, but then you would be buying it from a steel stockholder then, wouldn't you?
It sounds to me as if MK are setting a price which has more to do with the hassle of supplying people with small amounts of the materials they use in
their own business. When I used to repair guitars sometimes people would ask to buy fretwire, and I always quoted a discouragingly high price so as
not to have to measure out small amounts of materials, cut them etc etc, so their price sounds reasonable to me
John
As some day it may happen that a victim must be found,
I've got a little list-- I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground,
And who never would be missed-- who never would be missed!
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Liam
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| posted on 15/10/02 at 03:36 PM |
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Well I wouldn't say a tenner a metre is very reasonable considering MK sold me some about six months ago for £3 a metre. He even cut it up for me
into metre lengths so we could fit it in my mates Locost. I know I'm special, and I was also buying poly bushes and bush tubes, and I went to pick
it all up, but back then he was just passing on the oval tube for about what he paid for it.
Seems now that maybe he's getting a fair bit of demand for his oval tube and decided he could make a few bucks supplying it. Nothing wrong with
that, but at that price I reckon surely you would be better off going to a local stockholders, even if you have to buy a bit more than you need.
Liam
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Cheffy
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| posted on 15/10/02 at 03:51 PM |
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Hi Liam,
Have been phoning round this afternoon and only found two stockholders who do it so far. One had a minimum order value of £80 and the other was £100.
Tried Gardener Steels (mentioned earlier in this forum) and they don't do it anymore. Anyone got any idea's?
Thanks,
Cheffy.
Farts are like Rock'n'Roll. You love your own but you hate everybody else's. Lemmy, Motorhead.
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James
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| posted on 15/10/02 at 04:00 PM |
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Cheefy wrote:
quote:
Anyone got any idea's?
Buy £80 worth and sell it to the rest of us?
I'd buy some for the right price!
Cheers,
James
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Cheffy
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| posted on 15/10/02 at 04:26 PM |
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Yeah, that thought had occured to me. If no one knows where we can get small amounts I'll phone them back and find out the exact price. If the price
is right would anyone else be interested? I'm in Oxfordshire. Anyone wanting some could either pick it up from me or I'd be happy to look into
sending it via courier if it's feasible.
Cheers,
Cheffy.
Farts are like Rock'n'Roll. You love your own but you hate everybody else's. Lemmy, Motorhead.
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 15/10/02 at 04:44 PM |
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ill have some 
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Cheffy
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| posted on 15/10/02 at 05:02 PM |
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I'll check it out tomorrow and post the price. Once we know what we're looking at I can find out exactly who wants what. Once there's enough of us
I'll get it ordered.
Cheers,
Cheffy
Farts are like Rock'n'Roll. You love your own but you hate everybody else's. Lemmy, Motorhead.
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Cheffy
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| posted on 16/10/02 at 02:16 PM |
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Bingo!!! Just ordered 5x6 metre lengths of 30x15x1.5mm flat sided oval. Should be here middle of next week. £13 a length. Anybody interested e-mail me
at martin@frost21.freeserve.co.uk or tel. 07720 578548.
Cheers
Cheffy
Farts are like Rock'n'Roll. You love your own but you hate everybody else's. Lemmy, Motorhead.
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