Re: Here I sit in total mysery being blown off by every source o

["Rick Richard" <ollopa-at-jps-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Along these same lines... =-)

I have a large source of BRAND NEW 15/30 NSTs w/o the dreaded GPF electronics.
I bought ten of these at $20 a piece, and I know where to get more at $30 a
piece.  That's not the best deal, except that they are new and in their
original
boxes.

At any rate, I don't need (although I like having) ten of these, so I will sell
them at cost + shipping to anyone in the US who is in dire need of one to get
their coil going! 

Send me email off-list to ollopa-at-jps-dot-net if you want to make arrangments.

--Rick--





On 24-Aug-00 Tesla list wrote:
> Original poster: "TruckDrivingMan" <Tom.Ansorg-at-t-online.de> 
> 
> 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.
>>
>>
>>