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That long?? Prices going up almost daily now
We now free issue lots of stuff as we have a good stock, used our buying power to limit price rises
That long?? Prices going up almost daily now
It's the 16 to 26 weeks lead time on materials that doesn't help at allMost of my quotes these days have 30 days on them, used to be 120
Most of my quotes these days have 30 days on them, used to be 120
Well we all know you buy them from China Clive?I found a thread on another platform calling me selfish because I’ve abandoned vice production
If there’s no metal and what there is is to expensive what can I do.
Someone had enquired about ten and tried telling me some money is better than no money, he couldn’t understand that making and selling ten for a £500 loss each is pointless. It was like he thought I had ten in a shipping container and I may as well get some money back
The insane costs of shipping really don't help either!I found a thread on another platform calling me selfish because I’ve abandoned vice production
If there’s no metal and what there is is to expensive what can I do.
Someone had enquired about ten and tried telling me some money is better than no money, he couldn’t understand that making and selling ten for a £500 loss each is pointless. It was like he thought I had ten in a shipping container and I may as well get some money back
CheapI was quoted 180 euros for a 2 x 1 meter 4 mm sheet.
Last week.
Clive,I’m being crushed under the burden of trying to finish jobs that were quoted before material prices went truly stupid.
Got to have major workshop reshuffle as it’s so wide with the powerpack in the design position I can’t get my forklift past to load the devlieg ( previous owners broke the lube pump squeezing a forklift past)
So I need to make a extended wiring loom and hydraulic pipes
Very frustrating as I have work that can only be done on the butler