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Originally posted by widebody911
Absolutely! The company most qualified to replace a $1200 toilet seat is the one who sold it to your for $1200 in the first place.
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FYI, I've never signed off on a $1200 toilet seat. I did spend USDT600 (that's spoken "600 US Taxpayer Dollars") on a spiffy piece of wire, though. It was about 4 feet long and had fancy connectors on either end. Made of copper, maybe 10 gauge -- the sort of thing your 10yr old son could fashion in an hour with $10 worth of commonly available stuff. Oh, and it was QCAL, which means it was certified for use in nuclear systems exposed to sea pressure.
Then there was the system card for one of our weapons consoles. We spent a lot of money converting all of our computers to COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf, like you could buy at your local computer store) systems to make replacement parts more available. An interface card died on us, and the supply officer explained that the supplier had none, didn't know when they'd be able to get more, and that it was a $900 card. At that time, we were broke -- anything over $100 had to be approved by the Commodore, so a $900 card was out of the question. Oh, and without that card, we couldn't launch missiles -- our primary mission. ..... So one of the missile techs went home that night, hunted for the part number on eBay, bought a card for $85. Crazy.
Dan