[Blindtlk] looking to purchase a pencil cane tip

[Gary Wunder]

I certainly concur when it comes to Maxi-Aids.  Their practices are so
offensive that at one point they were barred from doing business with the
rehabilitation services administration and the Veterans Administration.
Unfortunately the federal government believes it has an obligation to take
the lowest price it can get and so these suspensions have expired.   

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of T. Joseph Carter
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 3:32 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] looking to purchase a pencil cane tip

I feel an obligation to recommend against Maxi-Aids every time 
someone brings them up.

Maxi-Aids has a reputation for bad business practices, including 
buying Perkins Braillers for about half price (basically cost of 
parts), built essentially as charity for the third world, and then 
reselling them at a slight discount over the retail price in the 
United States.

The Braille Monitor is full of stories of their dishonest (and 
illegal) practices, as well as the name game shuffle they employ to 
do business with people who know what kind of outfit Maxi-Aids really 
is-which seems really shady in and of itself to me!

I've never heard any complaints about LS&S.

Joseph - KF7QZC


On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 11:24:09AM -0500, Nikki Wunderlich wrote:
>try the links I provided either LS&S's online magazine, or Maxi aid's 
>online catalog.
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>----- Original Message ----- From: "Humberto Avila" 
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>To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 3:05 PM
>Subject: [Blindtlk] looking to purchase a pencil cane tip
>
>
>>Hello Everyone,
>>I know I asked this question earlier but, any advice on purchasing a cane
>>tip/cane tips, specifically pencil tips? where do they sell them? I looked
>>on the Independence market store and I didn't find any of those.
>>
>>Anyways...are pencil tips the ones that are used for folding canes, that
>>have a hook that you attached to the string of the cane? I need one of
>>those. hope this makes sense.
>>Humberto
>>
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