Full Version: What new ideas or products did you get at Vegas
From: Gary (GNELSON) [#27]
10 Mar 2007
To: Engravin' Dave (DATAKES) [#25] 10 Mar 2007
EDITED: 10 Mar 2007 by GNELSON
From: logojohn [#28]
10 Mar 2007
To: Engravin' Dave (DATAKES) [#25] 10 Mar 2007
quote:
you better know when the Chinese new year is and which suppliers have a backup Taiwanese manufacturer during that period
and it would help to know whether they even value your business.
We were having 300 of 2 styles of 16" trays and 2 12" tall bottle chillers marked in China.
Trays are all metal, one chiller is aluminum and one acrylic. 1200 pieces total.
A little over 2 weeks from the drop deadline for an important event and they just canceled because they got a million dollar order and couldn't be bothered with ours. I think we had used them before.
The customer likes our engraving on the silver trays and metal chiller and the laser engraving on the acrylic. The detailed logo done the normal way took 15-20 minutes. I can likely get it down to 5 or 6 minutes by connecting the hatch to the outline and rearranging the order.(the cutter ups and skipping around add a lot to the time.)
But now we have at least 100 - 150 hours to try and squeeze in with in the next 2-3 weeks.
urrrrr am I the only engraver that growls or is it an industry practice?
From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#29]
10 Mar 2007
To: logojohn [#28] 11 Mar 2007
I do not like it either when a supplier says 'screw you'.
Talk about not valuing you at all. Maybe you should place a 4.5 million order then tell them your boss just told you they canceled the last order so you are doing the same. Not true? Yes, but sweet revenge.
[Note to self: Stop taking those 'nasty' pills.]