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To: TimF who wrote (142001)	1/21/2002 5:02:20 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1585682

I don't know about the hammers, but many other items with similar rediculous price tags did have to fit over exacting specifications and where sometimes custom made for the particular contract. We're talking about different things, here. The gross problems relate to everyday items (like Mr. Coffee coffeemakers) that are charged out at "outrageous" prices -- again, due to overhead allocations. Custom made items are a different thing. When you get custom made items, there is presumably a reason for having done so, and the price SHOULD be much higher on them. For the record, there often IS a huge amount of paperwork connected with these items. This is not different from the commercial aviation parts business, in which a 1/2" nut can be outrageously expensive because of the immense documentation requirements. Such things as nuts, bolts and washers have to ship with documentation of airworthiness certification, etc. But the facts are that the ridiculous examples so often reported in the news were simply misstatements of fact.