Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxb.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ihuxb!reza From: reza@ihuxb.UUCP (H. Reza Taheri) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Nut 'n' Bolt shop survey summary Message-ID: <514@ihuxb.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-Feb-84 09:50:41 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxb.514 Posted: Fri Feb 24 09:50:41 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Feb-84 04:08:30 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 33 {} 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 ...!(most major machines on the net)!ihnp4!ihuxb!reza (312)-979-1040