At 19:57 +0000 on 02/01/03, Mark Benson wrote: >So ya see I'm not daft. It is much easier to walk into Maplin and say I >want a QE49D than walk in with a PRAM battery and say 'have you got >another one of these'. It's not even usually enough to have a
Any decent shop ought to be able to say "Oh, you need a Maxell ER3S? Yeah, we have those" whether or not you know their corporate part number. The point of manufacturer part numbers is that you don't have to memorise the stock number for every single vendor you might deal with, which, with Digi-Key, Newark, and four or five other large suppliers, is totally impractical. If you deal with one vendor all the time, great, but most people don't and it's not fair to make people learn twice as much information as they need. Sometimes I wonder why it is that most businesses seem to have forgotten the #1 principle of business: the customer is always right. -- the pickle FAQ <http://macfaq.org/index.shtml> _________________________________________________________________ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
