MIKE ROSS wrote
 
-----------TORX (was DISPOSABLE)
 
> I have to open and inspect all my equipment new or
> used because I don't trust their quality control.
 
 What quality control? A couple of years back I
 was talking to a manager of a Radio Shack outlet
 about why they didn't have an advertised item in
 stock. He said RS tests a batch of the items before
 putting them on sale, and the test batch must have
 less than a certain percentage of defective units.
 He said the item I wanted didn't pass the test.
 
 I said that's a nice system, but what happened
 to quality control at the factory. He said: What
 quality control? That's why we have that system.
 
> I have seen the wildest things come in all types
> of even expensive equipment. Solder blobs bridging
> across pads but by just dumb luck aren't making
> contact, heavy current pads with the component
> held by just a thin film of solder, extra screws,
> washers, bolts, screws too long about to short
> something out, etc. Then again I'm not a typical
> home user, much more handy than stupid, I think.
>  Mike
 
 
 

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