<VV> Parking Brake Cable question - too short ?

[Charles Lee]

You really don't want to know just how WalMart squeezed pennies - buying 
questionable items that no one else will take, but WalMart buyers will 
because they think they're saving money.  Sometimes they might, but have you 
ever really compared prices in general (after they discounted all of the 
competition out of business) ?

If it costs me 12 cents at the store, it cost the store about 6 cents.

And you're right that it's probably why I'm not rich.

C'est la vie, or as they say in France, "Mange !" (or in Brooklyn, "Mangia 
!")
Charlie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>
To: "Charles Lee" <Chaz at ProperProper.com>; "VirtualVairs" 
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Parking Brake Cable question - too short ?


> 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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