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From: reza@ihuxb.UUCP (H. Reza Taheri)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Nut 'n' Bolt shop survey summary
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Date: Fri, 24-Feb-84 09:50:41 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 24 09:50:41 1984
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   I tried posting this a while back but apparently it got mangled on
my machine.  So here it goes again.

   I received close to 30 responses to my article via mail and on the
net.  "Every single" response stated that the shop is a good buy,
especially as a starter.  Alas, there were few bad points mentioned:

1- You don't get a large variety, rather you get N pieces of each of M
different parts.  N being very (too?) large, M being small.

2- The quality is fair.  Most hardware store offer quality as good as
or better than the quality the shop has.

3- You get more cotter pins (and maybe washers) that you may use in a
life time.

4- Once you buy, you will get flooded with junk mail.

5- Other places (someone mentioned Sears) may offer the same kind of
deal.  The difference is that you don't pay shipping charges and if
you have a problem or you need more parts, you can go directly to
where you bought it.

   Note that even those who supplied these negative points agreed that
overall the shop is a good buy.

Be careful out there.

H. Reza Taheri
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