pre-molded stem mfg

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Does NYH OR SEM manufacture pre-molded stems???? they wont return my email thanx Bob Clark(see y'all in Richmond)
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I'm not sure. I know that Tim West from JH Lowe sells Guidici stems which are good.
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I'm trying to find his supplier,he does'nt make them
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Well, that'd be Giudici. I found the following in the internetses, so you may want to confirm it.

CARLO GIUDICI S.A.S. DI FERDINANDO GIUDICI E C.
11, VIA ROSSI 21026 GAVIRATE (VARESE)
ITALY
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pipeguy wrote:I'm trying to find his supplier,he does'nt make them
No sense in trying to cut out the middle man unless you want really large quantities. Tim is a good guy, he deserves a small profit for his services as distributor, among other things.
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kbadkar wrote:
pipeguy wrote:I'm trying to find his supplier,he does'nt make them
No sense in trying to cut out the middle man unless you want really large quantities. Tim is a good guy, he deserves a small profit for his services as distributor, among other things.
You are right that probably doesn't make sense to buy directly from the supplier unless you want to buy at least a couple hundred bits. And of course Tim is a really good man and his service is first class, but he doesn't deserve any profit just for this reason.

/end nitpicking :fencing:

Of course, on the rare occasions I need premolded stems I just go with him. It's a no-brainer.
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