I ran into a classic topic map problem today.
I have been trying to find a way to move a very large refrigerator out of an alcove to clean its coils.
Searching the web, I found a product by Airsled that is the perfect solution for me. Unfortunately, the cheapest one is over $500.00 US.
I really want to move the refrigerator but to move it once every four or five years, that seems really expensive.
Reasoning that other people would have the same reaction, I started calling equipment rental places, describing the tool and calling it by the manufacturer’s name, Airsled.
The last place I talked to this afternoon offered several other solutions but no, they had no such device.
This evening I was searching the web again and added “rental” to my search for aid sled and got the last place I called today.
You already know what the problem turns out to be.
Their name for the device?
700lb Air Appliance Mover Dolly
But when you compare:
The Airsled:
to the 700 Pound Appliance Mover Dolly:
You get the idea they are the same thing.
Yes?
But for the chance finding of the reference to the local rental store and following it, they would have lost the rental, my refrigerator would not get moved, etc.
That’s just one experience. Imagine all the similar experiences today.