Re: To set the record straight

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>

Hello All,
           I'd like to publicly extend thanks to Michael for his 
generosity in offering me help. Sadly, neither of us deemed the 
contest sufficiently important to warrant the cost. As to the 
weather, variable sums it up nicely. Today it is fine but windy in 
Wellington while in Auckland, there is the possibility of the yachts 
competing in the Americas Cup being becalmed for the fourth day in a 
row.

Best Regards,
Malcolm

On 9 Oct 2002, at 17:33, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Mike Doyle by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<mdoyle-at-CHERRYCORP-dot-com>
> 
> 
> All, 
> 
> I recently offered to donate a Franceformer 4020SE to Malcom Watts so that he
> could participate in the "Tabletop Tesla Coil Showdown" because I for one
would
> be interested in his entry. 
> 
> Well I guess I was being a bit naive because I found out it would cost
~$80 to
> ship it UPS. Needless to say I can't afford to be THAT generous and Malcom is
> not interest in paying $192 NZ for a transformer worth a tiny fraction of
that.
> Also, I spoke with Franceformer today and they have no official distributors
> outside of the US but they offered to try and locate an intermediary
closer to
> New Zealand.
> 
> Having said that, if anybody knows of a much less expensive shipping
option or
> happens to be taking a trip to New Zealand in the near future please contact
> me.
> 
> Come to think of it I need a vacation - hows the weather in New Zealand this
> time of year Malcom ;-) 
> 
> Regards, 
>   
> 
> Michael Doyle - Senior Lab Technician 
> Cherry Electrical Products 
> 11200 88th Ave, P.O. Box 581913 
> Pleasant Prairie, WI  53158-0913 
> Phone: (414) 942-6627 
> Fax: (414) 942-6334 
> EMAIL: <mdoyle-at-cherrycorp.htm>mdoyle-at-cherrycorp-dot-com 
> http://www.cherrycorp-dot-com/ 
> 
> 
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