thanks, david--another list member directed me to a site that sells them for 99¢, shipped, from china!!
my thinking was that someone surely has one lying around, unwanted, and i could send that person a few dollars instead of the money going to...wherever it goes when i buy it from wherever else. o was hoping for a win-win type situation, but i understand digging thru the parts bin, exchanging emails, and making a trip to the post office for a few measly clams might not be everyone's, ahem, first priority.
paul
takoma park, md.