Re: [Emc-users] Amazon playing tricks?

2015-10-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 04 October 2015 21:54:19 richsh...@comcast.net wrote: > Gene: First place I look for switching supplies is Marlin P. Jones, > www.mpja.com . Good luck. > [mass snippage of digest thread] I should keep that in mind, Marlin has always treated me well. In my first life as a broadcast

[Emc-users] Amazon playing tricks?

2015-10-04 Thread richshoop
rk Johnsen) -- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 12:00:16 -0400 From: Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> Subject: [Emc-users] Amazon playing tricks? To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Message-ID: <201510031200.163

Re: [Emc-users] Amazon playing tricks?

2015-10-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 03 October 2015 13:15:18 Jon Elson wrote: > On 10/03/2015 11:00 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > So I go to fleabay, and their search engine sends me 4 damned pages > > of 12 volt supplies for a search term of "24 volt switching power > > supply". All at 2-5x the amazon prices. > > For

Re: [Emc-users] Amazon playing tricks?

2015-10-03 Thread Ken Strauss
which are appropriate. > -Original Message- > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@wdtv.com] > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2015 12:00 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: [Emc-users] Amazon playing tricks? > > Hi All; > > I still have a minute to say

[Emc-users] Amazon playing tricks?

2015-10-03 Thread Gene Heskett
Hi All; I still have a minute to say good morning. :) That order from amazon I was expecting today? I just got a cancel notice, product unavailable. But when I go back to look for a substitute, the same guy has them listed twice yet, 3 on one listing and 4 on another, for slightly different

Re: [Emc-users] Amazon playing tricks?

2015-10-03 Thread TJoseph Powderly
On 10/03/2015 12:15 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > On 10/03/2015 11:00 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> So I go to fleabay, and their search engine sends me 4 damned pages of 12 >> volt supplies for a search term of "24 volt switching power supply". >> All at 2-5x the amazon prices. > For small power supplies,

Re: [Emc-users] Amazon playing tricks?

2015-10-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 03 October 2015 16:13:25 Ken Strauss wrote: > Did you put quotation marks around the "24 volt"? If it is entered as > just words with no quotes you also get everything with "24" in the > description. That includes "24 watt", "240 volt", etc. I just did it > ebay.ca with the quotes and

Re: [Emc-users] Amazon playing tricks?

2015-10-03 Thread Jon Elson
On 10/03/2015 11:00 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > So I go to fleabay, and their search engine sends me 4 damned pages of 12 > volt supplies for a search term of "24 volt switching power supply". > All at 2-5x the amazon prices. For small power supplies, MP Jones used to be the best. They are still