Xpantastic!

Spoke with the Noritake man.  Basically, a min. order would be
1000pcs.  There would be an engineering charge which typically would
start at $20k and go up with complexity.  There may be a break b/c we
are dealing with old tech.  if we took the cost of the VFD plus the
engineering fee, the cost of each display would be well under $100 a
piece.  The only problem is getting an organized group together to
actually buy enough or put enough up front.  I think a few of the big
repair shops in UK/EU/US would want to stock up on more than a handful.  

Thoughts?  Anyone have any luck finding other devices that used this
very display?



--- In xpantastic@yahoogroups.com, "A" <thanksmalc@...> wrote:
>
> It's funny....like 3 weeks ago I called Noritake's rep in california
> and asked about feasibility and a quote (if feasible) for 500 "custom"
> VFD's and by custom I meant the original FG405A2 specifications. I
> received the following follow-up email:
> -------------------------------------------
> Dear Adam,
> 
> Unfortunately this is not my territory.
> 
> I cannot handle.
> 
> I'll forward to the person in charge of your area(Florida).
> 
> His name is ****.
> 
> Please contact him again.
> 
> I'll let him know about your inquiry.
> .
> Thank you.
> 
> Nao Morooka / Noritake Co., Inc
> 
> Los Angeles Branch
> ---------------------------------
> SO...I guess if anyone hasn't done something similar recently already,
> I will designate myself the follow-up guy for the group and see if it
> is possible to have the old ones manufactured as custom VFD's. If
> anyone else thinks this is worth pursuing...
> 
> 
> --- In xpantastic@yahoogroups.com, "envia94" <akva@> wrote:
> >
> > Contact info: David Hawkins [d.hawkins@]
> >
>