Remanufactured parts rant.....
First off, I admit knowing better, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. So yesterday, the alternator on our newly purchased old 2001 Chevy Tahoe starts taking a dump on a roadtrip up to BC....
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BenK wrote:
Grit, that is a great idea !
Of course small independents don't make money when they come back, so the price of better is cheaper...
Such a novel idea you've got there ;)
Credit where credit is due Mr. Ben.
That was YOUR idea!
But I donno why it hadn't occurred to me. Seeing as I've done the same thing with a water softener, water heater, 70sq of roofing and some fence materials just in the last year...
When you buy the "same model" water heater that Homie Deport advertises, but for $100 more and the warranty is considerably longer, that's because it's sold generally to folks (businesses) who's bottom line and reputation is on the line.
"Of course, I can get a he!! of a good look at a T-Bone steak by sticking my head up a bull's @ss, but I'd rather take the butcher's word for it."
