I have many times looked at how our "industry" manufacturers operate, and thought it went back to the robber barron days. I think I can mention NS Corp because they don't advertise here. NS makes many of their parts proprietary, which means you can't go to Grainger and get it. That's their right to do so. When they sell a machine, their distributor gets nothing but the install and maybe a chemical customer. Whoop de doo. That will ensure that the customer has a dedicated distributor to support him. At least the distributor could make some money of their proprietary parts. Well now it turns out that NS will sell the part to a large customer at the same cost, or possably less, than what the distributor can buy it. What am I missing here? Why in heck would you want to be a NS distributor?