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From: Frank Pierce (no email)
Date: Mon Jul 07 2003 - 12:41:40 EDT
I worked for a company, several years ago, that decided to determine the
"cost of selling a product". They followed an order for (1) gasket through
the system, finding the original order, assembly number, Bill Of Material,
Part Number, cost to replace, etc.; assigning time to each step and process
etc. When all was said and done, the cost of selling the gasket was
approximately $50. The actual cost of the gasket was $4, so a 50% margin
($8 selling price) lost the company $42. Of course the same effort went
into a 1/4 Million dollar order as well. Many companies don't want the
hassle or black eye of selling .50 parts, they can't win. They can't afford
the work involved to sell at a loss and still have a price well above what
the customer deems reasonable.
The other side of the coin is: They have to buy the component from their
supplier. The company I currently work for builds their own computer
controllers. The older designs can't be repaired or upgraded because the
$0.02 parts have been discontinued by the supplier. It's a vicious circle
isn't it?
Rufus has the idea, if you have such a liquidation house available and the
time to search through barrels of treasures......
Frank
-----Original Message-----
From: Rufus Laggren [mailto:]
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 12:13 PM
To:
Subject: Re: lv-ab: Flex cables-Does anyone know how to replace them?
You spend $200 for a .50 part because the .50 part costs you 10 hours
screwing around, and then it breaks again next week. The repair center
doesn't want to fix it for more or less the same reason, plus they know
you'll be unhappy and piss on them about their prices, which they don't
need. You could try to get the cable at any electronics liquidatioin house -
most large cities have them. They stock all sorts of parts and junk. The
trouble will be finding the correct connectors.
It's a $$$ vs. time vs. reliability thing.
Rufus
<<<< why spend $$195 if you ony
need to replace a 50cent part.
Can anyone give me a clue?
Bob
Carpe Diem
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