REFLECTOR:Double whammy

[Pat Shea]

Al,

I bought a similar (identical?) latch from the factory
a year ago - I don't recall the price, but I believe
it was much less. 

Pat
--- Al Gietzen <ALVentures@cox.net> wrote:
> I called AS&S to order the Hartwell latch for the
> oil fill door on the
> cowl that some here referred to a while back.  My
> 2003 catalog showed
> the price as $24.35.  When I gave the part number,
> the order taker
> politely said, "That is in stock for $57.25".  I
> politely repeated the
> part number, hoping she'd get it right.  Turns out
> she was right.
> What's with that?  I'm now looking at one of cam
> latches on
> McMaster-Carr's catalog page 2758 for about $6.00,
> in case anyone else
> is looking.  Or maybe you know of something like the
> Hartwell for less
> than the price of solid silver.
> 
>  
> 
> I then proceeded to order the AC-1 prop spinner, or
> at least the front
> bulkhead to use with the Lightspeed super pusher
> spinner.  My catalog
> showed $39.00 for the front bulkhead, $161.00 for
> the kit.  After I
> provided the extensive info required to order a
> spinner, she quoted
> $74.00 for the bulkhead.  That's when I said,
> "Ah-h-h, let me think
> about this and call you back."  These parts are
> going up faster than
> medical coverage.
> 
>  
> 
> It is interesting that the price of the spinner kit
> - bulkhead plus
> spinner - went up less than the increase in the
> bulkhead.  Since Klaus
> specifies that bulkhead for his spinner; could it be
> that AC-1 maker
> wants his profit even if you get Klaus's spinner?
> 
>  
> 
> Is thee another source I should check for a 10"
> spinner?
> 
>  
> 
> Al
> 
> 



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