Looking for replacement hardware parts could be hard sometimes, especially for parts that are not top-selling or easily available in all hardware stores. In some cases the parts will have to be ordered from the manufacturer and so you will be left with no option but to wait for weeks or months for the tiny part delivered to you.
I can still remember a time with my husband and his dad repaired some troubles in their vehicle. It took them 3 days to check hardware shops and car parts and accessories store to look for a setup stud. They even have asked a friend to look for it at shops in the nearby city but could not find the stuff. So they decided to go to a machinery to fabricate two setup studs for them.
The price was like three times of the actual original part. How did we know of the original part price? We check manufacturer’s website. We even found out that pricing was better, much better at Reid supply. My husband thought of ordering volume of spare hardware such as the setup stud, and be a supplier to local hardware stores. Usually hard to find items are quite expensive especially those of great quality, but this one is scarce but not pricey at all.