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Old 01-30-2006, 06:37 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Re: garages really bother doing this ?

The message <pan.2006.01.30.09.16.30.96949@nospam.thankyou.says_I.ko>
from gazzafield <rufty_tufty_hoolythug@nospam.thankyou.says_I.ko>
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> > It's only a /coating/? How on earth do they justify such a high price
> > for just plating them? I'd expect a bloody thick layer for the amount
> > they cost.[/color][/color]


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> Because IIRC, platinum is the most expensive metal in the world?[/color]

Not by a long way, a little over a thousand dollars an ounce. You could
probably get a couple of hundred solid plug-tips out of an ounce, but if
the coating's so thin it can be damaged by adjusting the gap then
someone's being ripped off.

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