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Re: Pickup makers annoy me!
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 9/10/2002 10:20 PM |
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BOB |
Re: Pickup makers annoy me! Hi Jason i will be placing an order with you on friday what hours will you likely be in the office i talked to you on the phone about steel pickups and bobbins the email didnt make it through did you say you had some info on emmons pickups? |
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| 9/10/2002 10:49 PM |
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| Julio | well im glad you did i've never seen a topic with so little info on it and even in this forum things still seem to be tight lipped not to insult any one but yould think we were talking about the location of the Holy Grail or something |
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| 9/10/2002 11:05 PM |
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| Dr. Strangelove |
Julio wrote:
What info do you want to see? Somebody here might have it and will share. -drh -- | |
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| 9/10/2002 11:28 PM |
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| WolfeMacleod |
Julio Some things are tight-lipped, yes, such as ceratin supplier information. Other information, such as construction technique, we're pretty free with. Here's an example of why some supplier info is tight-lipped: Jason and I had done some negotiations with a well known, rather large luthier supply company to suply some parts. Problem was, they wanted ALL the parts at once, and we didn't know the source of some of them. Time passed...and negotiations were put on hold...then recently, I discovered the source...so now that we had the source, we could have resumed netogiations... During a recent conversation with the V.P of the company (and forgetting about the aformentioned negotiations), I shot myself in the foot and let the source information slip out accidentally...which would mean he could now go directly to the source, instead of using us as a middleman. By being tight-lipped about some of the sources, we're protecting oursevles in certain negotiations...if everyone knew, someone could go behind us and cut us out entirely. Based on order amounts they were wanting to make, and markups that were discussed earlier, I estimate this slip of my tounge cost me/us a potential of a half million bucks, if the initial order with the supplier could have been made. Make sense? Wolfe |
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| 9/10/2002 11:39 PM |
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| Julio | im sorry i guess i understand now it is kind of frustrating when all you want to do is a little job and everyboby seems to be indifferent im sorry about your loss i wasnt aware that this was such a large business its definalatly not pocket change |
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| 9/13/2002 1:52 AM |
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| WolfeMacleod |
Julio It's quite alright, really. For me, it's my only source of income, but as far as being a big business, that it is not. For smaller jobs, several of us are perfectly willing to sell parts at a good price to someone who wants to make thier own, or if you're starting to do larger jobs, we're open to adding people to the order pools in order to get everyone the best prices we can. Also, I'm willing to let loose with some of the suppliers, such as companies I no longer buy from, but who still offer good prices, or I'm willing to sell some of my own stock. Wolfe |
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| 9/11/2002 1:41 AM |
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| WolfeMacleod |
Re: In other words I guess I could also say... We don't mind friendly competition in the pickup making aspect, but when it comes to supply chains, that's where I personally get touchy...in my view, that's were the potential is. Wolfe |
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