On Thu, Jan ,  at 10:37:09AM -0600, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dustin Decker" <dustind@moon-lite.com>
> 
> > Count me in on helping out as well.  I for one am particularly fond of
> > one of the local hardware vendors here in Overland Park that you may/may
> > not have heard of - Telectronics.  (www.telectronics.com)
> 
> > They're located in old Overland Park off of Santa Fe at about 80th
> > street.  Sam Dein is the proprietor there, and his family which help out
> > are a joy to work with.  I'll warn you in advance that they aren't
> > native to America, and the language barrier can seem difficult to deal
> > with at first ...
> 
> Telectronics has a long reputation - going back more than ten years through
> two or three business names they've shifted to. (Got to wonder about the
> reasons for that.)  That "language barrier" isn't too bad when you're
> buying, but just try to return something that doesn't work or that fails on
> startup.  Suddenly, there is no one in the building who speaks any English
> at all.
> 
> DTech/Telectronics/Whoever has always had the lowest advertised prices in
> town, and their selection is probably the largest, but most of the small
> dealers will meet their price on any brand they carry or can order.  Many of
> them also have very good customer service reputations.
> 
> Caveat Emptor.
Don't forget payless on wornall.  I have only had good luck with them.  They 
have even helped me find a problem, so that I could return a part to another
store in the past.
-- 
JD Runyan
		"You can't milk a point."
			David M. Kuehn, Ph.D.