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To: 49thMIMOMander who wrote (14924)	12/30/2004 10:15:26 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20773

Exactly. Which is why I expect they are selling these so cheaply now. Get rid of them before retooling. Manufacturing economics are a strange thing. In the late 1970s to early 1980s, one of the American car companies found that a major component was total junk and often had to be replaced 2 or more times before they got a "good one". Cheaper to just keep replacing them under warranty than to retool and produce good components. (* based on my "experience" in auto parts in the 1970-80s) However, getting back to the real question... when you keep cutting closer and closer to the bone, what is left for the worker? nada