[modeleng] Re: Good service and ...

  • From: "Charles & Dorothy Brumbelow" <cbrumbelow@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 06:45:46 -0600

One British writer pointed out a dirty little secret of the model 
engineering "industry" -- it isn't the parts that go into completed projects 
which keep suppliers in business, it's the parts which end up under 
workbenches "aging/seasoning".  Charles

> My wife doesn't understand how some of the Model
> Engineering suppliers stay in business.
>
> Some orders you wait months for and are still
> incomplete.
>
> As I say to her, if its castings or parts for a
> particular engine, then you are stuck with that
> supplier good or bad.  That is till you've finished
> that particular model, then you make sure they are not
> the suppliers of the next project.
>
> Cheers
>
> Ken

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