[TechAssist] Re: Used parts web-site
- From: Ed Gaidies <teltek2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 08:35:09 -0400
Mark;
You get a discount when you buy your own parts back, just a charge for
storing and sorting them out.
-Ed-
On Sunday, May 12, 2002, at 12:27 AM, Perry Hill Electronics Service
wrote:
>
> Now you're tellin me I'm gonna be buying back my own parts! hahaha!
> That's OK. I Dont know what I have most of the time anyway. Thats YOUR
> job.
>
>
> Mark Wentowski
> Perry Hill Electronics Service
> 3836 Harrison Rd
> Montgomery, AL 36109
> Voice: (334) 279-5622
> Fax: (334) 273-9050
> Email: phes1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Larry E. <videotech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 6:55 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Used parts web-site
>
>
>>
>> Mark, I see Manny has stopped by your shop on the way to Mexico also,
>> he gives $10.00 each set down here in
>> Florida but lately he`s been getting real fussy about what he`ll take.
>> He wants 20/27" sets no more than 7 years old,
>> pretty bad when even the junk man turns you down. I`m buying more
> every
>> week, and going blind typing up the html,
>> but I`ll get it done, the url is www.tvjunkyard.com just keep
> checking
>> and I`m sure the search engines will pick it up soon, Google says "not
>> found" but then says if it`s a valid site click here and when you
> click
>> on it they do send you to the site. Hopefully I`ll get some usefull
>> parts into it soon, thanks for the interest, stay busy,
>> Larry Eastman
>> American TV & Electronics
>> Sunny Florida
>>
>>
>>
>> Perry Hill Electronics Service wrote:
>>
>>> Keep working at it. If done properly it could be a potential
>>> money-maker. I'll buy from you. You may have to find out what the
>>> Mexicans are paying for those scrap sets and beat their price by a
>>> couple of bucks. Big problem. You'll have to pay "cash" for the
> junkers.
>>> Lets keep it in this country!
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark Wentowski
>>> Perry Hill Electronics Service
>>> 3836 Harrison Rd
>>> Montgomery, AL 36109
>>> Voice: (334) 279-5622
>>> Fax: (334) 273-9050
>>> Email: phes1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Larry E. <videotech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 5:05 PM
>>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Used parts web-site
>>>
>>>
>>>> Mark, hardest part is to get the local guys to sell me their junker
>>>> sets, I thought it would be the easiest part of
>>>> the whole process and it`s turned out to be the hardest part. I`ve
>>>>
>>> got
>>>
>>>> the site up and running but very little stock to
>>>> speak of so far. It`s also very difficult to get the major search
>>>> engines to pick up the site, it`s been sent out to all of them
>>>> for 3 months and I`m still waiting to see it listed on any of them.
>>>>
>>> Once
>>>
>>>> I get 25 or so sets listed at the site I`ll start
>>>> posting the URL for it on this site and others, If I get enough
>>>>
>>> interest
>>>
>>>> I may put up an auction page where techs can
>>>> buy/sell their stuff. Thanks,
>>>> Larry Eastman
>>>> American TV & Electronics
>>>> Sunny Florida
>>>>
>>>> Perry Hill Electronics Service wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Larry, when you get that site up and running let me know. That
> sounds
>>>>> real interesting. One of the better ideas I've heard lately.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark Wentowski
>>>>> Perry Hill Electronics Service
>>>>> 3836 Harrison Rd
>>>>> Montgomery, AL 36109
>>>>> Voice: (334) 279-5622
>>>>> Fax: (334) 273-9050
>>>>> Email: phes1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: Larry E. <videotech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 2:45 PM
>>>>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: CTC 197,Q14101
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Gary, just for grins and chuckles I`ll find out from the US post
>>>>>>
>>>>> office
>>>>>
>>>>>> what it would cost to send a 205064 to
>>>>>> Canada and I`ll get back to you guys, I`m building a web page now
>>>>>>
>>> that
>>>
>>>>>> is going to sell used parts and New Old
>>>>>> Stock, etc. etc. maybe mailing parts to Canada through the mail
>>>>>>
>>> would
>>>
>>>>>> be beneficial to both of us???
>>>>>> Larry E.
>>>>>> American TV & Electronics
>>>>>> Sunny Florida
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gary McCartney wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Larry, it is mostly the brokerage fee (fee that UPS charges to
>>>>>>>
>>> bring
>>>
>>>>> the
>>>>>
>>>>>>> package across the border) that hurts. At $30.00 plus, that can
>>>>>>>
>>> make
>>>
>>>>> an
>>>>>
>>>>>>> item really expensive, maybe more than what it is worth. Canada
>>>>>>>
>>> Post
>>>
>>>>> on
>>>>>
>>>>>>> the other hand, only charges maybe $5-8.00 for the same brokerage
>>>>>>>
>>>>> fee.
>>>>>
>>>>>>> The actual UPS shipping rate is probably not a lot different than
>>>>>>>
>>> the
>>>
>>>>>>> postal rate, so that isn't really the problem I have with UPS.
>>>>>>> As far as going across to Buffalo to get parts, yes I suppose it
>>>>>>>
>>>>> could
>>>>>
>>>>>>> be done, but would it be cheaper considering the time and
>>>>>>>
>>> travelling
>>>
>>>>>>> expenses, and the exchange on the dollar? Some of the prices are
>>>>>>> probably cheaper here anyway. The RCA HV splitter is one part I
>>>>>>>
>>> would
>>>
>>>>>>> defenitely try to order stateside. At $130.00 CDN VS $32.00 US,
>>>>>>>
>>> even
>>>
>>>>> the
>>>>>
>>>>>>> UPS man would save us money.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gary McCartney
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> McCartney Electronics
>>>>>>> 7134 Fife Rd, RR 7
>>>>>>> Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4
>>>>>>> Fax: (519)821-1530
>>>>>>> email: number63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Larry E." wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ed, Is it the ups fees that are killing you guys or the fees to
> go
>>>>>>>> across the border? I sell a lot of electronics on ebay`s
>>>>>>>> auction site and get quite a few bidders from Canada and I send
>>>>>>>> everything through the post office here in the US,
>>>>>>>> and it is more expensive than if I send it to say, New York, but
>>>>>>>>
>>> not
>>>
>>>>>>>> that much more, I know the exchange rate hurts
>>>>>>>> you also. I talked to a tech in Bermuda once and he said he
> takes
>>>>>>>>
>>> a
>>>
>>>>> trip
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> to Miami/Ft. Lauderdale 3 times a year to buy parts and brings
>>>>>>>>
>>> them
>>>
>>>>> back
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> to Bermuda to save money, couldn`t you guys cross the border
> into
>>>>>>>>
>>> a
>>>
>>>>>>>> major US city like Buffalo,NY etc. buy them and bring them back
> to
>>>>>>>>
>>>>> your
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> shop?
>>>>>>>> Larry E.
>>>>>>>> American TV & Electronics
>>>>>>>> Sunny Florida
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tel-Tek Electronics wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Gary;
>>>>>>>>> So much for Free Trade, I ended up paying $28 brokerage fee to
>>>>>>>>>
>>> UPS,
>>>
>>>>> on a
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> parcel with a content value of $140.Plus applicable taxes.
>>>>>>>>> So really, taking in account the US dollar exchange rate,
>>>>>>>>>
>>> something
>>>
>>>>> could
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> cost you double what it is worth.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -Ed-
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Tel-Tek Electronics
>>>>>>>>> Midland, Ont. Canada.
>>>>>>>>> teltek2@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "Quality will be remembered, long after Price is forgotten"
>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>> From: "Gary McCartney" <number63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 11:33 AM
>>>>>>>>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: CTC 197,Q14101
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Jason, I find when I order from the USA, that USPS is the
> best,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> because
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Canada Post will only charge a small fee (typically $5-$8.00)
> to
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> process
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> the package at the border. This is called a "brokerage fee".
> For
>>>>>>>>>> couriers, especially UPS, I get charged typically $30-$35.00
> CDN
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> just
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> for them to go into Canada Customs and declare my package and
>>>>>>>>>>
>>> pay
>>>
>>>>> the
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> tax and / or duty on my behalf.
>>>>>>>>>> Then of course when they bill me, I have to pay the tax, duty
>>>>>>>>>>
>>> (if
>>>
>>>>> any)
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> and the brokerage fee.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Gary McCartney
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> McCartney Electronics
>>>>>>>>>> 7134 Fife Rd, RR 7
>>>>>>>>>> Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4
>>>>>>>>>> Fax: (519)821-1530
>>>>>>>>>> email: number63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Excel1819@xxxxxx wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> No problem Ed. We have only shipped one or two things to
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>> Canada
>>>
>>>>> so I'm
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> sure exactly how the shipping will go. I will look into it
> and
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> see what
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> the best and cheapest way to go for you. Thanks for the
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> interest.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> Jason Martin
>>>>>>>>>>> Excel Distributing Inc. " The Best RCA /
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>> GE
>>>
>>>>> Parts
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 1819 Mentor Ave. Distributor In
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>> The
>>>
>>>>> World
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Cincinnati, Ohio 45212
>>>>>>>>>>> 800-733-3329 ph
>>>>>>>>>>> 800-735-8007 fax
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>>>>>>>>>>>
>>
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Gary McCartney
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> McCartney Electronics
>>>>>>>>>> 7134 Fife Rd, RR 7
>>>>>>>>>> Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4
>>>>>>>>>> Fax: (519)821-1530
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-Ed-
Tel-Tek Electronics
Midland, Ontario, Canada.
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