[dba-Tech] Power cables

It's a cost thing in manufacturing. It's cheaper to put in both cables than 
to separate the finished goods inventory into two lots, and then someone 
ships a box with the wrong cable to a customer, or you run short of one and 
not the other, all sorts of additional expenses.  Cables probably cost them 
a buck.

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Tydda" <Jon.Tydda at alcontrol.co.uk>
To: "Dba-Tech (E-mail)" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 9:23 AM
Subject: [dba-Tech] Power cables


> I've just opened a fairly large consignment of printers, and they're all
> full of European power cables as well as the UK type. As I was throwing 
> them
> in the skip, it struck me that this was a huge waste, both in terms of the
> whole manufacturing process and the environment... then a question struck 
> me
> - when you buy electronic goods in Europe do they come with UK power 
> cables
> as well as the EU ones or is it just unique to the UK?
>
> I must have 50 or 60 of the things here in various boxes and cupboards, 
> and
> if anyone in the EU has a load of UK cables then it seems obvious to not
> chuck them away, but to send them to each other...
>
> Any thoughts anyone? :-P
>
>
> Jon
>
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