[Blindtlk] looking to purchase a pencil cane tip

[Michael]

not to mention the rudeness of their customer service.

Michael
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Wunder" <GWunder at earthlink.net>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] looking to purchase a pencil cane tip


>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.
>>Nikki Wunderlich
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>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Humberto Avila"
>><avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com>
>>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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