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- From: stevep@sparky.se.hou.compaq.com (Steve Pinn)
- Subject: Re: Polycarbonate prices (was: Re: want to drill and thread holes)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.163801.21102@cliff.se.hou.compaq.com>
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- References: <1993Jan19.063825.7657@adobe.com> <4320145@hpcc01.corp.hp.com> <HOLLEN.93Jan20161034@peg.megatek.UUCP>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:38:01 GMT
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- In article <HOLLEN.93Jan20161034@peg.megatek.UUCP>, hollen@megatek.UUCP (Dion Hollenbeck) writes:
- |> >>>>> On Tue, 19 Jan 1993 20:44:27 GMT, gph@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (G. Paul Houtz) said:
- |>
- |> Paul> DON'T buy it from catalogs like Woodworker's Supply. They overcharge
- |> Paul> outrageously for this stuff. Example: recently WS was selling
- |> Paul> approximately 10X10 Polycarbonate squares for $19.95. Usually you
- |> Paul> can pick up pieces like this out of the scrap bin at TAP Plasics and
- |> Paul> pay $.50 a lb for it. 10X10" Polycarbonate at 3/8" thich would weigh
- |> Paul> about 9 ounces...
- |>
- |> 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. You however
- |> were wrong about the size and price. WS was selling nominal 12"x12"
- |> pieces (measure out at 11 7/8" square) for $14.95. Given that they
- |> had to add labor for cutting it up, a 53% profit is about in line for
- |> normal mail order operations (or most stores for that matter). The
- |> bottom line is that if you cannot find the scraps you are talking
- |> about, the least amount of money you can spend is $78 to buy more than
- |> you need.
- |>
- |> --
- |> Dion Hollenbeck Email: hollen@megatek.com
- |> Senior Software Engineer megatek!hollen@uunet.uu.net
- |> Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California ucsd!megatek.uucp!hollen
-
- Sorry for sticking my nose into the middle of this thread, but I have been
- most successful in finding polycarb off-cuts through window and glass
- installers. Last time I picked up a 3 sq ft piece for 10 dollars.
- You might want to give a couple of local places a call
-
- Steve
-