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- From: hollen@megatek.UUCP (Dion Hollenbeck)
- Subject: Re: Polycarbonate prices (was: Re: want to drill and thread holes)
- In-Reply-To: gph@hpcc01.corp.hp.com's message of Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22: 10:42 GMT
- Message-ID: <HOLLEN.93Jan28090125@peg.megatek.UUCP>
- Sender: hollen@megatek.com (Dion Hollenbeck)
- Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
- References: <HOLLEN.93Jan20161034@peg.megatek.UUCP> <4320164@hpcc01.corp.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:01:25 GMT
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- >>>>> On Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:10:42 GMT, gph@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (G. Paul Houtz) said:
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- Paul> hollen@megatek.UUCP (Dion Hollenbeck) writes:
-
- >Well, maybe the TAP Plastics house is unusual. We have a few here and
- >I have been looking for 3/8" PolyCarbonate scraps on and off for
- >about a year now, and no soap. If you can find scraps, you are right,
- >the prices are no comparison, but if you price polycarbonate, you will
- >see that WS is right in line. A 2'x4' sheet of 3/8" polycarbonate is
- >$78. That is 8 square feet for $9.75 per square foot.
-
- Paul> This is simply wrong, Dion. Sorry.
-
- Paul> 1. I found 3/8 polycarbonate in the Mountain View TAP scrap
- Paul> bin, yesterday.
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- Paul> 3. You don't have to buy 2X4 sheets.
-
- I guess where I went wrong is that I did not say "We have a few
- plastics distributors here in San Diego", instead, I said, "We have a
- few here", and you took me to mean TAP, not generic. Everything I
- said is based on what is available in San Diego, and it is NOT wrong
- for my locale. Good to hear that you have it better up north. I have
- specifically been looking for 3/8" polycarbonate for almost a year and
- it never turns up in the scrip bin, HERE. And you can't buy less that
- 2x4 in 3/8 PC.
-
- Sorry if I confused people with my experience, but from this
- discussion, people in other areas of the states should not take either
- of our experiences for gospel, but should investigate thoroughly in
- their area as to what is the norm.
-
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