BarryBobPosthole
01-26-2018, 11:32 AM
So I lost a clamp that fastens my bed cover on my truck. They’re called ‘tight bite’ clamps and just machined aluminum clamps with a nut and bolt through them. Nothing special.
Without getting onto the long story (shut up Birddog) about how it was lost, I went to order just one clamp from Access, the company that makes the cover. (I’m really happy with those covers, its my second one and they last forever)
Get this: they sell every individual part of the covers on their website EXCEPT the clamps. To order the clamps, you have to call them with the serial number of your cover and order it over the phone. WTF? They won’t even list the price.
So I found it on a custom truck place for about four times what it’s worth. Its worth about $6 in my estimation and the place I bought it from charged me $20.
I think if I needed to work on a project to make some jingle, I’d find some area of parts that are in some sort of demand, set up a website, and sell frigging parts for way more than they’re worth.
Its a friggin clamp! For effs sake.
BKB
Without getting onto the long story (shut up Birddog) about how it was lost, I went to order just one clamp from Access, the company that makes the cover. (I’m really happy with those covers, its my second one and they last forever)
Get this: they sell every individual part of the covers on their website EXCEPT the clamps. To order the clamps, you have to call them with the serial number of your cover and order it over the phone. WTF? They won’t even list the price.
So I found it on a custom truck place for about four times what it’s worth. Its worth about $6 in my estimation and the place I bought it from charged me $20.
I think if I needed to work on a project to make some jingle, I’d find some area of parts that are in some sort of demand, set up a website, and sell frigging parts for way more than they’re worth.
Its a friggin clamp! For effs sake.
BKB