On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:23:58 -0500, Ignoramus11401 wrote:
On 2009-09-15, Rich Grise wrote:
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:46:40 -0500, Ignoramus21664 wrote:
On 2009-09-14, Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:
Rust never sleeps.

Jerry Wass wrote
Probably was invaded by Dr. Strangerust.

It was not rust. It did not look like rust at all. The cast iron
nodules looks brownish, but it did not seem like rust. It was a casting
defect of some kind. I should have kept the C clamp.

You _should_ have taken it back to the store where you bought it, and
got a replacement or reimbursed. I'd have picked reimbursed, so that I
could buy a proper clamp - what guarantee is there that a replacement
wouldn't also be crap?

Well, that's what I did -- returned for a refund -- but I regret doing so.
For just $3.47, I could have kept a specimen of an interesting casting
defect.

Oops! Of course, you're right. For a couple of bucks, it apparently would
have been worth keeping for just that reason.

I hope I didn't induce you to take back such a cheap part - I was thinking
the ten to fifteen bucks range, which to me these days is a lot of money. )-;

But I still think, even if you'd kept it, it would have been a good idea
to tell the store that they're selling crap - maybe just take it there to
show them, and tell them, "I'm posting pictures of this crap on my
webpage," then watch the reaction. :-

Cheers!
Rich