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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I recently reached out to <b>Philly Rubber</b> to order some gaskets, however the price quote I got in return was close to
<b>4 times</b> higher than previous quotes. I don’t know if there was a huge jump in the price of
<u>55 Duro Buna-n rubber</u>, but I was shocked by the price increase. It was explained to me that “<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The gaskets were originally not priced properly. Our full material cost was not
even factored into the pricing.” </span>I was reaching out to the community to find out if anyone else has run into this same issue, and could provide some insight.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also does anyone know an alternative source for high quality gaskets?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">P.S. in case anyone was interested: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">T<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">he current pricing can be found here:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"> <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.phillyrubber.com_jar-2Dgaskets.html&d=AwMFAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=SSl_YxbkX1sWCWGBj0QIoWJ9jyfBaiSt2YiGX0r4du4&s=33OTGOVpQKz-gm36GeHV8YqqaWtzTSC6BsQOO6kIVqE&e=">http://www.phillyrubber.com/jar-gaskets.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in">Justin Mann<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Justin G. Mann<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Manager of Collections <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tulane University Biodiversity <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Research Institute<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Belle Chasse, LA 70037<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:jmann@tulane.edu">jmann@tulane.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: 504-394-1711<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cell: 504-957-4074<o:p></o:p></p>
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