A big thank you for posting this - I just ordered a Smith's clock for Freddy.
Sent an e-mail yesterday, got a call from them today in response, the price
was good so I ordered it on the spot. Unfortunately they don't take credit
cards, so there is an extra charge for COD. Still, even with COD and
shipping it was substantially cheaper than XK wanted for it. ~$80 at my
door. IIRC, XK wanted somewhere north of $100 without shipping...
Kevin Rhodes
Portland, Maine
Freddy the Spit - soon to have a clock!
At 11:37 08/10/2000 -0700, Chris DeStaffany wrote:
>Just got off the phone with GB Instruments and they
>have Smith's Guages at a very good price, much better
>than XK had. They have alot of guages in stock and
>say that they will get what you need if it is
>available anywhere. They don't take credit cards but
>will ship individual guages COD.
>
>There phone # is (888)545-9775 and they have a very
>good web site at www.gbinstruments.com
>
>They have 9 different water temp/oil pressure guages
>available and all are mechanical. He quoted me a price
>of $85.34 for the one that I think I want. I asked the
>guy about electrical dual guages and he told me he was
>unaware of any electrical dual smiths guages.
>
>So, this looks like it might be a better deal than XKs
>anyway. BTW, I asked the guy about XK. He said he
>new what was going on and was a little coy about
>talking about it. Definetly got the idea that
>something is up. He then told me the his company is
>commited to providing these instruments into the
>future. I thanked him and told him that he might be
>getting some business.
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