Doug Warner wrote:

"tillius" wrote:

Seems kind of crazy to me too - but I did a quick search on ebay and
here's what I found:

http://cgi.ebay.com/McMASTER-CARR-Ca...QQcmdZViewItem


Yep, and they routinely go for $70 and up. I finally gave up on #11
and bought a #110 instead.

I keep sending auction results to MMC, suggesting they try selling the
things for about $30 each, but they just don't get it.
(Unless the people in their catalog department are the ones selling
them on Ebay..)

About a year ago, there was a lot of discussion about these catalogs
and it seemed lots of people wanted them. I don't think they're good
for ordering (older ones), but I find them useful to look through
because I don't have years of experience to know what's there. So, if
I want to learn about the thousands of different kinds of screws, for
example, I just look through the book. It's very easy to read and
learn. For ordering, that's an online thing.

I thought if anyone was interested in old ones for this purpose, they
can have mine. But I'm income-free these days, and it costs just to
get to the PO and ship 'em. Anyway, apparently all those people who
wanted catalogs whenever that thread was active (last year?) have gone
elsewhere, or maybe just upgraded to DSL.