[modeleng] Re: Parts prices
- From: "Clifton" <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 09:55:51 +0100
Hi Alan,
I shop a lot on Ebay these days & all I can say is that it does pay to shop
around.
I think that the last lot of BA screws I purchased actually came from a
supplier of fixings for car restorations.
One of the advantages of ebay is that when even making international
purchases they all take Paypal. In fact lots of other suppliers also take
Paypal these days.
The one precaution I did take when setting up the Paypal account was to link
it to a small bank account in which I only keep about £100. My theory was
that if somebody did manage to hack into it they weren't going to get rich.
However in about 10 years it has never had a problem.
Regards
Clif
----- Original Message -----
From: "stepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 5:02 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Parts prices
>I rarely buy parts or materials, as I have enough stock to cater for
> most things.
> The exception being when (if) I am buying castings for a new model, or
> stocking up on whatever, and that is usually at one of the shows.
>
> Yesterday I found that I needed some 1" long x 6BA studs, or similar
> size bolts.
> Of course, I could make them, but dont have any steel of the right
> diameter.
>
> If I had a small capstan, and a roller box, or even the latter, I could
> turn down some 1/8" bar, then thread it, cut it, reverse in lathe and
> thread other end, etc.
>
> But I need 48 of them, and the time it will take could be better spent
> on other things.
>
> So, a quick look on the internet at all the major suppliers.
>
> What I found is that prices vary enormously, with some being, either
> highly optimistic, or perhaps they are a joke!
> In addition, some companies have no idea how to set up a website, so
> that customers can find the information they want.
>
> Such things as "what form of payment do they take? is a fairly basic
> piece of information that many prospective customers might want to know.
>
> I have yet to decide who to buy from, and given the time I have spent in
> looking, perhaps making them would have been cost effective!
>
> What are the opinions of others here?
>
> Alan
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