[sdiy] Quirky parts vendors

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Tuesday 03 February 2009 11:29:11 am Dave Manley wrote:
> If I remember correctly, Poly Paks was the "high density" ad leader of
> the time.  More parts packed per page of Radio/Popular Electronics than
> any other vendor.  I give Dan credit for his use of white space - but
> then he's from the "Land of Big Sky", and so likes his wide open
> places.  On the other hand, listing parts like this: TL0-81 and TLO-72
> (digit "0" vs letter "O" and the creatively placed hyphen)...
>
> o_O!

That,  the constant bad spelling,  the PO Box only for an address,  no paypal 
or cards,  and a bunch of the other stuff makes me discinlined to deal with 
him,  even though there's lots of nifty stuff there.

I guess that's his choice,  but...

> Tom Wiltshire wrote:
> > Arrrrrgggghhhh!! Nightmare website!!!
> >
> > T.
> > (recovering web designer)

Yeah.  Thanks for the ability to resize fonts in firefix,  <ctrl>-, <ctrl>-, 
<ctrl>-...

> > On 3 Feb 2009, at 15:08, Eric Brombaugh wrote:
> >> The recent mention of Poly Paks got me doing some googling and I came
> >> across this outfit:
> >>
> >> http://www.danssmallpartsandkits.net/
> >>
> >> Talk about quirky! Anyone have experience with them?
> >>
> >> Eric

I've seen the site before,  and that's about it.

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