Re: Survey: Has the Economy Affected Your Shop?

On Dec 15, 4:35 pm, BottleBob <bottl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
To All:

Has the economy affected your shop?

[ ] Yes, adversely.

[ ] No, busier than ever.

[ ] Not that I can tell either way.

[X ] Other.

Comments:

PS And please Cliff, no political comments or crossposting to kook
groups, I seriously would like to know how the regular's shops are doing.
--
BottleBobhttp://home.earthlink.net/~bottlbob

We had been busy with a huge contract for the last 12 months, and were
planning on backing off in the 4th quarter for moving and some other
stuff. The move took longer than expected because of customer demands,
but things seems to be ticking right along at a reasonable pace.
Being too chummy and open with my customers has led two of them to
buying new Mazak HCN5000's in the last year, so that's a bit of a
pisser.

I was very excited about new prospects back when gas was $5 dollars,
and the dollar was weak. I'm actually a lot more concerned now that
gas is cheap and the dollar is gaining strength. Even as it is, as
long as the world doesn't end, we should still see growth in 09.


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