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Thread: The best part of owning your own machining business.....

  1. #1
    wsuwrhr
    A good longtime custumer calls me up Wednesday last week. Tells me he needs some parts made ASAP, due Friday, Thursday night for me essentially. I was going on a sharkfishing tournament in Dana Point Saturday and needed to get the boat ready Friday.
    I was concerned there wasn't enough time to do the parts.
    I go over there, he hands me a sketch, ahhhh....no problem, small part, 50 peices, easy job.
    I get the material Thursday morning get working on it rightaway.
    I drop the parts off first thing in the morning on the way to Dana point.
    He calls Monday and says his custumer didn't like the parts, says they were too tall, I said, "Well how tall did he want them?"
    3/8.
    "The parts ARE 3/8 tall"
    ..............................
    "Oh......yea.....they are supposed to be 3/8 tall aren't they. Let me get back to you."
    Well I just got off the phone with him, apparently the ENGINEER wanted them "2/8" TALL. The story goes, the guy who made the sketch thought 2/8 didn't make any sense, so he made it 3/8.
    Nice,
    Sometimes I get irritated being pushed to do something, just to throw it in the trash. This is one of those times.
    I hope they admire double billing.
    Brian

  2. #2
    MRS FLYIN VEE
    :jawdrop: :jawdrop:

  3. #3
    KingCole
    ahhhhhhhh, the pleasures of owning your own business.

  4. #4
    yopengo
    I love it when customers screw up and expect you to foot the bill....nope not me. You order custom work from me and you make the mistake....you pay.

  5. #5
    Havasu1986
    Isn't 2/8" = 1/4"

  6. #6
    RiverDave
    2/8ths... LOL
    Pretty "sharp" engineer.
    RD

  7. #7
    wsuwrhr
    Isn't 2/8" = 1/4"
    exactly

  8. #8
    KingCole
    make sure he doesn't want 4/16"

  9. #9
    Baja Big Dog
    Most of in the business love the rework orders when a customer screws up, all the quoting and penny pinching goes down the shitter when they screw up...Cah-Ching!

  10. #10
    RitcheyRch
    Cant imagine saying 2/8" instead of 1/4"
    Isn't 2/8" = 1/4"
    Hey, I resemble that remark.
    2/8ths... LOL
    Pretty "sharp" engineer.
    RD

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