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that job is so simple guys
im just trying to get in here
shit id do that fer free to get in with a good payin customer on here
i have 12 years exp with magna keeping ther car part dies running
2 wire edms i cincinatii falcon lathe mastercam 10
5 -12/18 surface grinder
18/24/12 heat treat oven
3 axis prototracs mills and their new lathe
and every kind of tig rod thats out there
The problem with your line of thinking here, and this
IS the voice of experience, is that you'll do the prototype work for nothing -exactly what your 'new customer' wants. You'll do the engineering, programming, get them thru the developement stages, tweak their design, iron out the problems, and give them advice on how to manufacture the part better, cheaper, faster. All in the expectation of just a little bit of 'customer loyalty', because that's how
you would do it. And they'll still have the gall to think the drawings and programs you developed should be their property. FREE OF CHARGE.
In the real world, Joe Blow Inc., will milk every bit of free info and work they possibly can out of you, regardless of whether it 10 minutes or 10 days worth, and then put the finished product out for bids for the lowest possible price. It doesn't matter if you get underbid by $.05 on a $200 part, you still got beat, and the bean counters are going to make the company take the lowest bid! Period. And they WILL divulge every bit of information you've given them
(FOR FREE!) in the hopes of making more money, to make their books look better this quarter, and get an 'attaboy' from their bosses.
With the advent of the internet and chinese/mexican sweatshops, the only damn thing that matters is the almighty dollar. It doesn't matter if you're the purchasing agent's little brother or homosexual lover, or you're employing 20 people in small town that needs the work to help it stay afloat in this economy.
The corporate mindset these days precludes any sort of customer/vendor loyalty at all. Just keep that in mind when they're playing you like a fiddle.