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    Handy Heads-up...

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by mnementh, Dec 3, 2009.

  1. mnementh

    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    Radio Shack has this handy little SWIVEL USB ADAPTER on clearance for $1.37 each; part number is 26-785. They are ESPECIALLY NICE for things like USB WiFi Adapters, and YES, they DO fit through the door on a CF-28. See Pics below.

    Obviously they are being discontinued, so get 'em while they still have 'em, cuz there ain't gonna be any more...

    mnem
    Red hot USB SWIVELS? Get...'em... right... here...
     

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    Springfield Notebook Deity

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    Can't seem to find that part number on the RS site. Did you find that locally or on-line?
     
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  3. mnementh

    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    Spring... it's a DISCONTINUED ITEM.

    It's not going to be on the website. You'll have to go to the store & look for it; you may have to go to more than one store to find it. Yes, the part number is correct. You can call different stores in your area & ask them to do a hands-on inventory check before you drive out there. :)

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    I found four at a store near me...but they are not on sale and he says they are not shown to go on sale at his store. Must be a local thing....

    Come to find out, the store that shows four of them is a franchise store, not a company store, so he can keep them for as long as he wants at the original price....bummer.
     
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    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    Mmmhmmm...

    That sounds like Radio Shack... (BLEAAARGH)

    Remember, they were once Tandy, the company that made those stupid leather wallet kits everybody made while they were at summer camp. Now apply that business model to absorbing Red Ten, the nation's largest (albeit failing at the time) Electronics Hobbyist store chain...

    My question is how did they manage to survive into the 21st century? They really WERE buggy whip manufacturers...

    mnem
    *Re-ups his Flamethrower franchise*
     
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