Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: MOTM

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> The DIY gods giveth and they taketh away.
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> I was informed last night that my heretofore preferred supplier of
> MOTM knobs, Newark, had raised the price from $1.45 to $2.25 in
> quantities of 50 or more. This sucks!

Blame Tyco Industries. They buy up smaller companies (in this case
Thomas&Betts/Alco), chop off the
bottom 25% of the revenue lines, then raise prices across the board 25%. I
∗hate∗ those bastards! That's
why I ∗specifically∗ used a NKK switch, and not Alco.

Paul S.