From: cd@notformail.com   
      
   On Sun, 13 Nov 2022 19:37:45 -0500, Phil Hobbs   
    wrote:   
      
   >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?   
   >>   
   >   
   >It all depends on organization.  How many SKUs are we talking about?   
      
   You're right about organization (or lack thereof, Phil!). Sorry, no   
   idea what a SKU is though. But yes, really must sort 'em all out   
   properly as they're no use all jumbled up.   
      
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