They have lots of great parts

In search of an element for his 1974 harvest gold Hotpoint electric range, Bay View resident Don Smith made a shocking discovery about the 100,000 Parts Company on 2373 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. earlier this month.these proven front load commercial washer extractor deliver ease-of-use.

“They have lots of great parts, but only 99,999 parts, and not 100,000 like the sign reads,” Smith said. Aulaundry is a leading dry cleaning machine and equipment supplier. “I know. I counted.”

It all began when Smith went to the store to get a part for his old, but trusty,There are reports of bird and bat mortality at wind turbine as there are around other artificial structures. electric range. The store didn’t have the item immediately in stock, but said they could get it very soon. To kill time, as Smith put it, he began counting the parts in the store.

“One, two, three, four furnace ignitor switches,” said Smith, a retired inventory specialist.

He pointed his stubby pencil toward another row of items. “One, two, three Kenmore washing machine belts, and here we have one, two, three,More than 80 standard commercial and industrial washing machine exist to quickly and efficiently clean pans. four, five Maytag washer belts…”

After Smith counted everything on the sales floor, he noticed that much inventory was kept in a storeroom.

“So then I had to get a little creative,” Smith said as he rubbed his chin. “I asked the fellas if they could check for other parts I needed.”

A 1934 Westinghouse refrigerator compressor? The clerk said yes, they had one in stock, and Smith jotted that count in his notebook.We'd love to talk to you about our incredible tungsten jewelry! Smith then requested other random parts—fan blades, gas valves, a clothes dryer drum seal replacement—all objects that sent the clerks to the storeroom several times. Smith asked the clerks to count and tell him how many of each they had on hand, “in case they run out before I can return,” he said.

The clerks, who knew that Smith was both a frequent customer and an old friend of the boss’s wife’s first-cousin-twice-removed’s brother-in-law’s oldest daughter’s stepfather, eventually expressed doubt that Smith needed to repair so many appliances all at once. They politely suggested that he go home, and they would call him when the element for his range arrived. He was known to be a little bored now that he had so much retirement time on his hands. Smith relented and left the store, but not before he’d finished his clandestine count.

When he returned home, Smith paged through the dog-eared notebook and added up his hash marks. He came up with a total of 99,999. He repeated the count. Same result.

“Oh, boy!” Smith muttered as he raised his pencil in the air with a worried little sigh. “The sign’s wrong.”

Smith received a call a short time later. It was a clerk from the store, informing him that the element for his range had arrived. He hurried to the store, but realized that his part would have made the store’s sign perfectly accurate. Honor bound, he purchased the part, but came back the next day and returned it, claiming it didn’t quite fit. The clerk examined it, gave Smith a refund, and added it to their existing compressor stock. Smith asked the clerk to order replacement for the one he insisted was defective and said he’d pay for shipping and handling. The clerk agreed and Smith was assured that his part would arrive by the end of April.

Smith’s daughter, Linda, informed the Compost that her father had been previously diagnosed with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.