Re: Meters

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Original poster: davep <davep-at-quik-dot-com> 

{methinks we may be drifting OT???)

Tesla list wrote:

>Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
>Tesla list wrote:
>  > Original poster: Matt Skidmore <fox-at-woozle-dot-org>
>  >  > I just bought a 130V AC analog panel meter at Radio Shack for about 
> $4 in
>  >  > Cincinnati, Oh.  It seems they are phasing those out of their 
> stores and cut
>  > i was told by an emplayee they are phasing out their parts section as a
>  > whole.
>     I sure hope that's an ugly rumor but fear the worst.  I've never
>understood how they make a profit from selling the stuff they stock in
>the stores, considering the relatively high inventory and low average
>turnover.

         Organizational Inertia.
         Having shopped at RS 'for a while' the evolution to
         high end is noticable, and, the remaining parts
         selection harder to justify.

         'net shopping for much stuff etc, foo, further off topic.

         best
         dwp