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Offline RHPConsult

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« on: July 11, 2003, 04:08:26 PM »
So bil207 gives me good advice . . .
In this thread

So I take it.

So I overlook just a teeny, tiny detall of this teeny, tiny item on MacResQ's web site

So I wait for my delivery, Airborne Ground, I think it was. After all I'm patient.

So it arrives.

1 box, approximately 10 x 12 x 4
1 invoice 8.5 x 11 x ?
1 bubble pack (rolled) 6 x 8

AND, taH-DUM  whistling.gif

1 foot, that's riiiight, 1 . . .  not 1 ea set of 4, just 1

See the evidence . . .Here

Sure enough, the web page says . . . This is one foot only

Did I see that? 'Course not. Call it a Senior Moment (in between the laughs, or were those tears?)

BIG TIME . . .tiny detail . . . tiny feet

PS: One more significant detail, right there on the box, just above the Signature Required label is another label adminishing the eager customer to Please inspect and test your product immediately . . .

Oh! my! All this entertainment for only $10.46, incl tax . . . . (or have I made the Friday Funnies?)
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« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2003, 04:43:42 PM »
Yup... the "real" Apple replacement feet are expensive little buggers...  sad.gif

I can have them for about $30 CDN. from the Mac store here, in a strip of 5 feet.

It was a couple of mine that fell off on the Lombard, you can't drag these PB's even just a little on a bare surface... when warm the glue softens and there go the feet.
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« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2003, 10:13:43 PM »
RHP,
Don't know the real look on your face after opening the package, but the vision conjured up in my mind is a gem.  laugh.gif

Read many years ago that a $15,000 auto (a real long time ago) would cost $75,000 if assembled of and at the cost of all the constituent parts from a replacement parts catalog.  Wonder what a Pismo is worth as a sum of its replacement parts?   rolleyes.gif
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« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2003, 11:58:13 PM »
Dick, I noticed that the page was offering only one foot for that price but I thought you were willing to pay that since you were so excited.
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I still like my Wallstreet "feet", 8 for $ 1.49, TruValue hardware.  wink.gif


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« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2003, 04:09:44 AM »


Ebay pismo feet bid at $1.99 or Buy for $4.99

See Jen, just another example of what a guy will go through for 4 feet.

2 feet is just too confining

Just think, after a long day at the sponge docks, coming home to a pair of happy feet.

You could also have twice as many shoes, and maybe a bigger closet to put them in!!!

OK back to the shoe department>>>>>>>>
Dick with a dinner place mat, (you know the kind with the rubber on the bottom), and an exacto knife, I could make you a set in 15 minutes.  whistling.gif

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« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2003, 09:32:59 AM »
DaveF
Your "image" only goes part way in representing the facts rolleyes.gif


Kris
At my age, you takes your excitements anywheres you can get 'em clap.gif  TrueValue or Ace is always a good source for Saturday thrills. Devilish2.gif


Sandbox
I suggest you run a seminar on PB Feets . . . you have the beginning of its syllabus right here biggrin.gif

Further datapoint
I returned my "item" in a Nr 10 envelope, despite MacResQ's admonition that any RMA items must have all packing materials, manuals . . . accessories and documentation . . . included to avoid a packaging fee. Stay tuned.
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« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2003, 07:49:22 AM »
Dick, I've got one for you. Bought a mailbox the other day. Comes with everything you need, well, almost. You'd think they'd throw in the numbers that fit in the space provided. Nope. Had to run back to a store (or two) to buy numbers. At least this way, I only had to buy the ones I needed!   dry.gif
Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.

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« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2003, 11:09:42 AM »
Don't know why I thought of this. smile.gif

"Did you ever try to throw away a garbage can?"

Probably Steven Wright.
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« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2003, 12:19:04 PM »
No, Kelly I haven't, but I "did" catch a good Rubbermaid one blown against my fence in a heavy wind once... it does duty outside the back door now... biggrin.gif
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« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2003, 01:07:51 PM »
QUOTE(kelly @ Jul 14 2003, 10:09 AM)
"Did you ever try to throw away a garbage can?"

 try boomerang  wallbash.gif
Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.

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« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2003, 09:07:24 AM »
All right, all right, jest hold it . . . right there.

This here thread's about PismoFeets, and the distribution of industrial giid at the beginning of the 21st century . . . nuthing else.

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« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2003, 10:32:19 PM »


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DVForge, makers of the ultimate iPod stand, developed a solid metal, mirror-finish, hand-polished, and absolutely gorgeous product called the DVBaseTi, and what’s left of them are going for a mere $79.99. You cannot buy a better stand at any price, and when these are sold out I doubt you’ll be able to get one ever again, unless you happen to find one on eBay selling for 2 or 3 times more.

 
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« Reply #12 on: July 16, 2003, 07:45:45 AM »
...looks like a boomerang
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Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.