Sujet : Re: F*cking Intel
De : bill.sloman (at) *nospam* ieee.org (Bill Sloman)
Groupes : sci.electronics.designDate : 24. Apr 2025, 17:07:07
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On 24/04/2025 9:27 pm, Martin Brown wrote:
On 24/04/2025 11:29, Don Y wrote:
On 4/24/2025 2:06 AM, Martin Brown wrote:
Opposite polarity vastly overpriced batteries are a mainstay of
certain products. My oil tank gauge is a prime example. £40 for what is when you take it apart nothing other than 3x AA Duracells inside a copper pipe!
Spare parts are always very expensive. What you are paying for is long term storage in a place that has to hold lots of small numbers of a wide variety of parts organised in a way that let you find the right part fast.
In the bad old days supplying spare parts was seen as some kind of moral duty, but when the accountants got involved they decided that they could charge the earth for authentic parts, and it became just another profit centre.
Ah, but it is likely a SPECIAL kind of copper! <rolls eyes>
Probably not. It's just guaranteed to be a drop in fit that will work.
That is pure audiophile territory. All our loudspeaker wires have been handmade by virgin mermaids in 100% oxygen free atmosphere.
It isn't. Audiophile parts are touted as different and better. Spare parts are just exactly the same as the original fitting, or at least close enough to act the same way.
Emperor's new clothes sales tactics are their speciality.
Not when selling spare parts.
-- Bill Sloman, Sydney
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