About two months ago Regal-Beloits Durst power transmission division in Beloit bailed out a longtime customer when the customers supplier couldnt deliver a certain axle shaft in time.
But he couldnt shake the thought of 1-800 Present or the fear that someone else might step in and grab such an obvious opportunity to serve the time-strapped, guilt-ridden, would-be shopper.
Stern couldnt control the bad stweardship of the nets or clippers, but he could have slowed down his expansionist plans to get more advertising dollars or put greater fines for owners who failed to produce an athletically serious product.