You may think its cool to burn a bridge now in the heat of the moment, but just wait till you get pump that no one else makes the parts for. Then you will have wished you hadn't burnt that bridge. I have done business with Ron Scobie for years and would go to him in a heart beat for parts. Before I met Ron, I bought parts from some other vendors and when the parts came they didn't fit worth a damn, so I had to make them work. (Anybody who has had to make parts work that dont fit knows that it ends up looking like it was "made to fit".) Supposedly they were made from exact measurements. Every part that I have ever bought from Ron S. has been perfect even the special orders that he made just for me cause the pump was just that rare. So before you decide to burn a bridge...step back and THINK before you run your mouth and do a cost to benefit ratio. You might find that swallowing your pride may be in your best interest.