Kwan Lowe wrote:
>>On Monday 22 March 2004 04:42 pm, Eben King wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Matt Moen wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>On a related note, has anyone found a cheap source of replacement red
>>>>trackpoint nubbies? Anyone with a trackpoint knows that the little red
>>>>cover eventually gives up the ghost and requires replacement. Last
>>>>time I priced them IBM wanted your firstborn, a mint 1967 Firebird, and
>>>>some sort of cattle sacrifice for a set of 5 replacement nubbies. :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>Ah, your'e just not as independently wealthy like the rest of us. : )
>>We've given away a few firstborns and have more to go. Now I don't know
>>about cattle. I can get that many into my back room as I used to...
>>
>>
>
>No kidding about that pricing. One site wanted close to $20 for 6 caps. One
>site wanted $2.79 for a single cap. Believe it or not, the IBM web price was
>the cheapest at about $10 for 6 caps. Search on "Trackpoint Cap" for others.
>At that price I'm thinking about rigging something from a pencil eraser. :]
>
>
that works quite well really.
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