I just lost my largest customer to China.

^lol
He made a reference about “middle” class too so I wasn’t sure what you guys meant.

well, I can only infer as far as you can… he’s a 22 yr old from SBuff talking about the plight & suffering of middle class americans, particularly in the manufacturing arena…

and his user profile says hes an ins. agent.

:gotme:

i meant middle class. n i havent updated my pro in a while i work at a local forklift dealership now

Update 2.5 years later…

The red tide is turning.:carnut(What’s more American than that smilie?)

We just fought our way back in.
I would love to type a big story right now but I have to write up some want ads.:carnut

Long story short: Lean manufacturing(us) + crappy Offshore parts and delivery(China) + softer US dollar + higher fuel/shipping costs + etc + etc = We just received the order of the year!!!

:beer2:

AWESOME… congrats.

Good deal. Congrats.

good stuff. :tup:

if you are looking for office people, other professionals, or engineers, let me know :tup:

:highfive:

Sounds familiar. Earlier this year we had a control panel built in China. We spent a couple of hours looking at it and concluded we could not use it because it was so fucked up and had it rebuilt in East Aurora.

Soooo, that means you’re buying the beer tonight?

So… Are high fuel costs and a weak dollar a bad thing?(scratches head)

As the dollar strengthens and gas prices go down it hurts me.:biglaugh:(It’s not really funny but…)

I haven’t been out in forever, I will have to fit some social beer drinking into my schedule somewhwere soon.

sweet i’d apply for a job but then i couldn’t whore nyspeed.com anymore :frowning:

Sounds like this thread title needs to be changed… congrats

:tup:

This is why we can’t have nice things.

^Exactly!lol

:tup:

Always good to hear about a WNY business doing well.

And just in time for school taxes. :lol:

^No doubt. I wish I could invoice them today.lol

you really need a good sales guy…

You are on the top of the list.
Straight commision?