From: legg@nospam.magma.ca   
      
   On Sun, 13 Nov 2022 18:11:36 +0000, Cursitor Doom    
   wrote:   
      
   >I thought I had everything covered when I acquired a huge spare parts   
   >inventory from some chap who was emigrating a while ago. However,   
   >despite now being the proud owner of tens of thousands of caps,   
   >resistors, transistors, diodes, ICs etc etc etc., I can never seem to   
   >find a suitable part to replace one that's blown in whatever item of   
   >equipment it happens to be I'm fixing. There invariably seems to be   
   >some critical aspect in spec that the replacement part can't match   
   >rendering it entirely unsuitable. Or I'm sure I have an exact   
   >replacement *somewhere* in the stock, but it would take forever to   
   >find it so it's easier just to order a new one. Time and time again   
   >this kind of thing happens. For these reasons and others of a similar   
   >nature, I think I wasted my time (and a huge amount of space) by   
   >acquiring all these components and would have been better off never   
   >have been offered them in the first place.   
   >Anyone else have any experiences like this?   
      
   If you've already spent the money, then it's only the   
   maintenance/storage/disposal cost/benefit that is of concern.   
   It's also a decision only you can make.   
      
   What you've wasted is no good fuming about. If you're not   
   willing to manage the asset competently, the potential for waste   
   is compounded. Just use your experience to guide current and   
   future activity.   
      
   RL   
      
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