Over the last three months we have been working on changes to this website which celebrated its 14th birthday in February.
Over the years I found one thing in particular, indeed very peculiar – endeavouring to point out companies that are known for good service in our neck of the woods, the northern suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa, I had two company owners asking me who gave me permission to put their company name on this website. I pulled it off quickly not wanting the think tank from suing us, but seriously. Any event I won’t be doing that in a hurry again, we will get company owner’s permission before we can tell the world how great they are. Just as an aside, does “HelloPeter get permission from you, the company owner, before an unhappy client says such terrible, but deserved, things about you. Thought not…
So moving on. We will continue with a host of articles to keep your mind intrigued but will also be exploring the avenues for you, the reader, to look discover the stock piles of used parts out there to enable you to finish a product. Have you ever noticed how quite often you buy something used which cost more than the original item. Unfortunately, that is exactly why people transact on eBay – there is a treasure trove out there. Some of the pricing is absolutely ludicrous. We hope to ease the pain.
We will be submitting catalogues of used items, stock etc – this would be encompassing aged stock lists from companies trying to clear stock which is eating into their profits.
The fastest depreciating “stock” is going to always be perishables and that German marque of motor cars. Try the computer and cell phone industry – I don’t necessarily point out pro audio gear here because my own experience shows that it can hold its price fairly solidly – unless there’s some digital components which as we know, gets better day to day.
Just the other day we were told that 44.1kHz was the de facto sampling rate for CD but alas, now engineers are recording at 384kHz. So all along Sony was wrong and we can indeed hear beyond 20kHz. Sounds like a marketing ploy.
Currently our B2B2C Online Parts store is inactive. This is until we can get a user friendly, international shipping system in place which everyone can use. This will be more for end users looking for used parts which will inevitably be found in overseas territories. Most online stores are using air freight which is not at all economical, especially for mechanical items. This limitation is a major pitfall when it comes to our global village trying to ship heavy items from port A to port B.
More about this in the next session.
