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Re: Here I sit in total mysery being blown off by every source of NST
A real sad (and long) story.So you want an NST ,eh ? I could buy one for you
in my local store.It would cost about 10 $,but since such a NST is quite
heavy,the shipping from Germany to USA (where,I estimate,you live) would
cost about 100 $.Interested ?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 3:59 PM
Subject: Here I sit in total mysery being blown off by every source of NST
> Original poster: "Garry F." <garryfre-at-pacbell-dot-net>
>
> I don't know what the problem with people in this county but trying to get
an
> NST unless you want to pay through the nose for one is tantamount to
trying to
> get the president to set you up with his daughter!
> Typical scenario happens today. I call and call and call and finally, I
locate
> TWO NST's with this fellow in the next town from a second hand shop that
stays
> open till 8PM. This is unheard of. With my works schedule, I am at work
when
> the businesses are open and they usually close WELL before I get off of
work
> and I make arrangements with this fella. I've bought things from him
frequently
> and he has my phone number and tells me he has two possibly working NST's
for
> me and he says he will be there tonight so I can pick them up and so I
take off
> early from work figuring I can make it up by staying till 8PM friday and I
rush
> home because I know I got to pick these things up and get this thing fixed
> because the only time I am going to get a chance to even glance at them
for a
> week, is tonight. So I drive the hour commute back home and I drive in
only to
> find he's closed shop and has left without a note or a phone call or
anything
> at all!! I got two hours I get to sit on my fanny waiting for him to
return
> before it's 8PM and he's long gone.
>
> Well, I got done leaving a rather explicit phone call telling him I'm
totally
> misereable and asking him why he did this to me? I told him I frankly
would
> rether die than have someone blow me off like this again.
>
> I also had a change to get what I needed in Chico and I spent two of my
days
> off playing footsie with some jerk that would make arrangements to meet me
at
> his shop and I drove all the way down there and was supposed to call him
to get
> directions to his shop and he blows me off too. I get down there and I
call
> this guy and I get an answering machine! I waited around all day for this
freak
> and after waiting 12 hours he finally answers the phone and says he had an
> emergency and then he protends he has another call and takes the phone
number
> for the phone booth from me and then he doens't call back and I end up
waiting
> there another two hours.
>
> I finally get ahold of him and he says tried to call but it didn't work so
like
> a fool, I give him a second chance to ruin another day as he makes
arrangements
> and swears he will be at his shop at 11pm and just as the sun rises, he's
gone
> and I wait all day again.
>
> Well, after that, I don't put up with anyone running me through the ringer
or
> leaving me high and dry like that. This fella that I ran up from work to
see
> today got one chance, not a second chance to mess with me.
>
> Although I didnt' cuss him out or seek to insult him, I fully expect he
will
> tell me to get out if I showed up at his shop and I'm not going to give
him the
> chance.
>
> I don't want to buy ebay, buyer beware, I've bought my fill of dead NST's
and
> I'll not do it again.
>
> I've been tentatively looking for a used NST for months and getting
nowhere,
> and getting sign shops that say "We are not set up to sell to
individuals", I
> finally broke down and paid a ton of cash for the NST I have right now
that is
> fried as a pancake. I don't want to go through this again. I'd rather take
a
> hammer to my coil and destroy it to dust before I let these jerks that
live in
> this area treat me like I don't exist or make appointments to meet and
never
> show up.
>
> I want to buy an NST that works, I want to be able to get it in the
standard 6
> to 8 days UPS ground not save up for 6 months for a new one.
>
> I've had hobbies before that fell under the blows of a hammer when it came
to
> the point that I could see the frustration was ruining my life and making
me so
> misereable it wasn't worth it. Telsa coils are hard enough to make let
alone
> trying to jerk an NST from thin air and wasting my time during weekends
running
> around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to get parts and then
not
> being able to devote enough time to it.
>
> I realize I am rambling. Sorry, I just want to go to bed and have a good
cry!
>
> So, does anyone out there have a working NST I can purchase? I don't care
if it
> takes a week or two to get here, all I want is to know it's coming before
I die
> of old age.
>
>
>