Date:         Tue, 14 Dec 1999 06:42:07 -0800
Reply-To:     Doktor Tim <doktortim@ROCKISLAND.COM>
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From:         Doktor Tim <doktortim@ROCKISLAND.COM>
Subject:      Bosch Blue Coil
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My warehouse jobber is not currently shipping the familiar Blue Coil we
have come to know for years. When the 00012 was last ordered, what was
received is a Brazillian product with bare aluminum case with dark blue
sticker id. I don't doubt it will perform adequatly for purpose but it will
not look the same.

Might want to find what may be the last of the stocks of the German Bosch
Blue Coil. This is a recurring trend of lower cost production/tools/skills
designed to favor the facade of marketing departments to sell by profit
margin alone. The price of the current offering is the same. Was Bosch
Germany subsidizing the cost of the Blue Coil to make it sellable??? Or,
can Bosch Brazil sell a less costly adequate product for a higher margin at
the same price??? And pay a percentage as license to Bosch Germany??? With
or without the WTO, world trade happens!!!!!! With or without WTO, good and
bad will result. It is the ratio of good to bad that must be considered.

Any sellers of the soon to be NLA original German Blue Coils want to move 3
or five of them, contact me. I'll shelve a one year supply at least, with
one held for that perfect dual cab in my future.


T.P. Stephens aka Doktor Tim
Surveyor, Mechanic, Poet, Philosopher
San Juan Island, WA