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Re: GB#3 - Question about splitting or content - Do you need WHEELS?
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lugnet.market.jambalaya
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Wed, 2 Feb 2000 21:13:03 GMT
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Yep, and I kept my promise - I didn't add a single wheel/axle to the box ;-)
Of course, I didn't TAKE any either - none I needed.
Mike Walsh wrote:
> Frank Filz wrote in message <38983F0D.6956@mindspring.com>...
> > GB#3 just arrived in my mail last night. Tom wasn't kidding about the
> > weight. It cost him $5.70 or something like that to ship it to me. More
> > than half the weight is wheels. The wheels are mostly older styles
> > either with fixed axles, or with the metal axles which plug into a 2x4
> > brick.
> >
> > There are also a few parts in real sad shape. Since Junk Box #2 is
> > supposedly on its way to me sometime in the next year or two or three
> > (sorry, I'm starting to get a bit testy about that...) I propose moving
> > all the junk parts to JB#2, and perhaps even a selection of the wheels.
> >
> > GB#2 either needs to be split, or seriously trimmed. I don't think
> > people are going to want to continue paying close to 6 bucks to ship
> > wheels around.
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> Frank is absolutely right about this. Last night I stopped by his place to
> pick up a mono-rail service pack he had gotten for me and he showed me GB
> #3. The amount of wheels in this box borders on the rediculous.
>
> I saw GB #1 right out of the chute (from Larry P.) and GB #2 not long after.
> My hopes for this project were high and I tried to increase the
> value/content of the box each time I had it. Since I don't know what GB #3
> looked like at the start it probably is unfair to say that all of the
> previous recipients are guilty of wheel dumping but from the looks of the
> box it sure appears that way. My advice to Frank was to pull some of the
> wheels simply in the best interest of the project and add them to other
> boxes as they (if they) come through the territory.
>
> My $0.02, YMMV.
>
> Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com
> http://members.tripod.com/mike_walsh
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