RE: T&R Electric - No More...

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>


Jeff,

You really can't place all the blame on these individuals.  Its the
nature of the society we are growing up in.
Liability this, liability that, and the ease of seemingly "free" money
by those vultures (lawyers)  Chances are, some
person got seriously hurt using this equipment and his/her medical
insurance didn't cover the costs.  Again, the nature of
medical insurance in this country.  After visiting a lawyer, a lawsuit
may have been placed on the vendor to cover medical costs and any other
lawsuits the *lawyer* saw fit and voila.

I know it is really disapointing to see this happening, but with today's
society and dwindling health benefits you *really*
can't put all the blame on the individual.  You have to put yourself
into that person's shoes before making any harsh judgements. Of course,
I have no idea what the actual circumstances are, but consider the
following before making judgements on others.  What if you yourself had
both your arms blown off by a high voltage accident and only 50% of your
medical coverage was covered. Suppose that 50% was $50,000 after
numerous operations etc...

I know we all tend to act and be honorable when it comes to taking
responsibility for our own actions, but until one actually experiences
something terrible (i.e. bad medical mishap etc...), you really can't
preach how you would act under those
circumstances.

Of course again, I have no idea the circumstances surrounding these
lawsuits.  If it *is* just a material defect complaint / lawsuit, then
yes, I agree with you 100%.  But if medical injury is involved, thats a
whole 'nother story.

The Captain


 > TCML,
 >
 > T&R Electric is out of the business of selling to Tesla
 > coilers because of
 > a complaint and threat of lawsuit by a hobbyist. They won't
 > even sell to
 > kVA Effects anymore even with our insurance, corporate status
 > and time in
 > the business.
 >
 > This is the same story as Condenser Products a while ago.
 > They sold TC
 > parts, TCML bought 'em, someone threatened a lawsuit (you
 > know who you are:
 > I do!) and now they won't sell to Tesla coilers.
 >
 > Moral: You makes your sparks you takes your chances. Be a
 > grown-up and keep
 > your complaints and lawsuits to my vendors to yourself! This
 > is EXACTLY the
 > reason that we do not disclose any of our vendors to the
 > hobby community
 > nor provide specific help or advice on building coils.
 >
 > Jeff
 > p.s. Ed Wingate predicted five years ago that the supply of
 > certain parts
 > (pole pigs, etc.) would evaporate once someone got hurt or started to
 > complain. I am sorry to say that his predictions (injury, complaint,
 > lawsuit, etc.) are coming true. This is the downside of the
 > TCML; newbie
 > fubar...
 >
 >
 > Jeff W. Parisse
 > Director, kVA Effects
 > <http://www.teslacoil-dot-com/>www.teslacoil-dot-com
 > 310-748-5893
 >
 >
 >
 >