LeftCoastCNC
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...cont'd from.... Quick Quote Needed- Two small Alum parts, 1 set now... in Mill Work
How do you figure "Nice little part" is extreme unprofessional rear end kissing? He was looking for feedback on his design as it relates to manufacturing. I am a manufacturer and would not have major issues with making it.
You have never received any "extreme unprofessional rear end kissing from me" so why was your comment directed toward me? You don't know me, you don't know my business practices so why attack me on a thread that I am simply quoting the job and has absolutely nothing to do with you?
I could not agree with you more on how disappointing it is with manufacturers not charging for programming, throwing in the material for free and so on. I can not and do not compete with that.
You are not trying to compete with this but rather you are taking advantage of it and are keeping it alive and well. The two parts you have awarded on here I would have been outbid... but I am sure you were happy to pay that low price (or your employer or who ever). If you are truly sickened by the business practices here, why are you here rather than looking in a phone book and giving your work to a local shop? Maybe you are not sickened enough to pay what the parts should actually cost?
If you were a manufacturer with $200K in equipment and another $25K in software coupled with this economy, you too would "love" to run some parts. Running parts is what keeps the doors open.
So while I continue to quote jobs in hopes of finding someone willing to pay what the job is actually worth despite people like you bashing my quote, and you continue to design in MS Word in hopes of someone taking the job and recreating your geometry in their CAM system (which I am sure you compensated them for); the world will continue to go around. But it could certainly be smoother.
Since professionalism is important to you, I would kindly request that if the brief wording in my quote notice postings are offensive to you, you keep your comments professional when it concerns my business.
Kris
How do you figure "Nice little part" is extreme unprofessional rear end kissing? He was looking for feedback on his design as it relates to manufacturing. I am a manufacturer and would not have major issues with making it.
You have never received any "extreme unprofessional rear end kissing from me" so why was your comment directed toward me? You don't know me, you don't know my business practices so why attack me on a thread that I am simply quoting the job and has absolutely nothing to do with you?
I could not agree with you more on how disappointing it is with manufacturers not charging for programming, throwing in the material for free and so on. I can not and do not compete with that.
You are not trying to compete with this but rather you are taking advantage of it and are keeping it alive and well. The two parts you have awarded on here I would have been outbid... but I am sure you were happy to pay that low price (or your employer or who ever). If you are truly sickened by the business practices here, why are you here rather than looking in a phone book and giving your work to a local shop? Maybe you are not sickened enough to pay what the parts should actually cost?
If you were a manufacturer with $200K in equipment and another $25K in software coupled with this economy, you too would "love" to run some parts. Running parts is what keeps the doors open.
So while I continue to quote jobs in hopes of finding someone willing to pay what the job is actually worth despite people like you bashing my quote, and you continue to design in MS Word in hopes of someone taking the job and recreating your geometry in their CAM system (which I am sure you compensated them for); the world will continue to go around. But it could certainly be smoother.
Since professionalism is important to you, I would kindly request that if the brief wording in my quote notice postings are offensive to you, you keep your comments professional when it concerns my business.
Kris
MS Word was an upgrade from the napkin and crayon drawings that were used around here for in house machining. Management is not going to lay out
money for anything better at the current time. I made the best of a bad situation, but our vendor came through with good quality parts delivered on
schedule. I was just shocked at the extreme unprofessional rear end kissing I
have received when posting a few jobs for bid. It just bums me out, I feel people in USA manufacturing are desperate and have thrown away their pride
and are steeping over little old ladies to get work. Even though people out soucing work, like my employer are benefitting, it doesn't look good for this country. People advertising free programming, no set-up charges, etc,etc
and they design nice parts and would "love" to run them, makes me sick! Seems like the rats are eating each others tails off.
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