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G.
12-03-04, 06:05 PM
What I'm looking for is a cheap inspection mirror. I want maybe a 3" x 2" rect. mirror on a telescoping handle. I want to buy a lot of these to send to a coworker in Iraq. Like, you know, 20 or so. The best I'm seeing is about $6.00 a piece, which will lower the number that I can send. Something like this:

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/productdetail.jsp?xi=xi&ItemId=1611731558&ccitem=

Anybody got any better sources? I am not looking for quality, but quantity.

Thanks.

Wheel-Nut
12-03-04, 07:54 PM
Try http://www.harborfreight.com/ or http://www.northerntools.com/

Sean O'Gorman
12-03-04, 08:27 PM
:thumbup: for Harbor Freight. Their website is usually cheaper than the store, but if you print out the item and bring it to the store, they'll match the price.

Ziggy
12-03-04, 10:47 PM
General Tool makes a cheap mirror. Too bad you did not hit an automotive swap meet this summer, as they go for around a buck apiece.

Sears also carries them, about eight bucks.

I would try harbor frieght, or that big outfit out of Chicago (they sell precision tools, most made in Poland or India)

Good luck, do you have a bud over in Iraq that requested this? Did he say what for?

Ziggy

G.
12-09-04, 12:03 PM
General Tool makes a cheap mirror. Too bad you did not hit an automotive swap meet this summer, as they go for around a buck apiece.

Sears also carries them, about eight bucks.

I would try harbor frieght, or that big outfit out of Chicago (they sell precision tools, most made in Poland or India)

Good luck, do you have a bud over in Iraq that requested this? Did he say what for?

ZiggyI found some ok ones at a dept store, Meijer's. Not exactly what I wanted, but they work.

My bud's there, deep into it. He won't ask for anything, the proud sob.

I figure that they could be useful for looking around corners, under cars, shaving, etc.

pinniped
12-09-04, 05:58 PM
I found some ok ones at a dept store, Meijer's. Not exactly what I wanted, but they work.

My bud's there, deep into it. He won't ask for anything, the proud sob.

I figure that they could be useful for looking around corners, under cars, shaving, etc.

but you knowed where it comed from

oddlycalm
12-09-04, 06:19 PM
Here's some for $1.50 each (http://www.elexp.com/tol_04im.htm)