<VV> Parking Brake Cable question - too short ?

[Ron]

You can't "eat" 12 cents per item and survive very long.  Wall Mart will 
negotiate extensively for a tenth of a cent per item and they can show you 
how to be successful in the long run.  You'd never survive in business.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Lee" <Chaz at ProperProper.com>
To: "Frank Ness" <aircoolvair at yahoo.com>; "VirtualVairs" 
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Parking Brake Cable question - too short ?


> My car is up on jacks when I couldn't get the old nuts off the old cable,
> and I don't have a box of spare hardware (yet).
>
>
> I'd be the wrong one to as "how much did it cost me" since it took me an
> hour to walk to the hardware store and back.
>
> If they gave (yes, "gave") me the spares, I'd put them in my jar for the
> next time, like I did with the pack of 4 5/16" x 24 nuts that I bought on 
> my
> first one-hour jaunt to the store because Clark's did not ask which cable 
> I
> had, and gave me the wrong specs.
>
> So now I have 4 5/16"x24's and 2 extra 5/16x18's (the right ones) for a
> total of about $1, and two hours walking (or a $15 taxi ride)
>
> I'd personally 'eat' the 12 cents, but that's just me.
>
> ~Cz
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Frank Ness" <aircoolvair at yahoo.com>
> To: "VirtualVairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 6:55 AM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Parking Brake Cable question - too short ?
>
>
>>
>>
>> --- On Thu, 9/16/10, Charles Lee <Chaz at ProperProper.com> wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>> I just never expected that they wouldn't be part of the cable, so I 
>> didn't
>> look, and the phone clerk never even tried to sell them, which I think
>> they should at least mention them ?
>>
>> Charles,
>>
>> I keep a supply of fasteners in my garage. So why would I want to pay for
>> the nuts if I have them. When you run a business it's not just the price
>> of the item. You said the nuts only cost $.18 each, what was your cost to
>> go and get them? It cost $$ for the person to pull the parts, bag them 
>> and
>> put them in with your order. That is why a part you have want from a
>> salvage yard seems like it is over priced, well they had to pay someone 
>> to
>> take it off and bring it to the counter.
>>
>> As far as the gal giving you the wrong size for the nut... With all the
>> work you have done on your cars, I find it a little hard to feel bad that
>> you had to go back twice.
>>
>> I do want to thank you for taking the time to post the pictures and
>> diagrams. You are doing a nice job on it. The pictures are much clearer
>> than in any of the manuals.
>>
>> Good luck with the car.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Frank
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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