Regarding Bob Walla heads and pricing.
There are two reasons I encourage individuals to contact Bob directly for pricing regarding his heads.
One, he is a great guy to talk with directly.
The other is, I am not privy to what he charges or why. Perhaps he charges a personality tax to individuals or he has raw material price fluctuations or one configuration costs different than another or one person gets lucky and it happens to be as close to a clearance sale as Bob is able to do.
My main point is, I don't want to commit a nice and honest businessman to a price I don't have control over.
Also, what one person pays versus another should seldomnly be a pissing contest as to who got the better deal. When it comes to dealing with a bigger retailer, yes I want to know if Rock Auto has better pricing than Jegs or someone hit a better/different sales price. However, when it comes to a small shop supporting a hobby industry and is able to compete better than a big name, it isn't important who got the better deal.
There are two reasons I encourage individuals to contact Bob directly for pricing regarding his heads.
One, he is a great guy to talk with directly.
The other is, I am not privy to what he charges or why. Perhaps he charges a personality tax to individuals or he has raw material price fluctuations or one configuration costs different than another or one person gets lucky and it happens to be as close to a clearance sale as Bob is able to do.
My main point is, I don't want to commit a nice and honest businessman to a price I don't have control over.
Also, what one person pays versus another should seldomnly be a pissing contest as to who got the better deal. When it comes to dealing with a bigger retailer, yes I want to know if Rock Auto has better pricing than Jegs or someone hit a better/different sales price. However, when it comes to a small shop supporting a hobby industry and is able to compete better than a big name, it isn't important who got the better deal.