Originally Posted by Dualkit  I think the problems here go both ways. For every decent shop bidding on these small jobs, there is one that just plays games, low quoting with out ever intending to do the work for that price. I am sure that there are a few illegitimate RFQs on here as well. I am sure plenty of people solicit quotes just to pressure their current vendors to drop prices, and they never intend
to award the jobs to a new shop. So the BS goes both ways, you have to take the good with the bad and keep moving forward. |
I agree to a certain point , it can be quite cut throat , but the large companies with say 100 employees can probably not survive quoting on small jobs under $1000, the administration costs alone could kill them before they power up the machine , there tends to be a far greater chain of hands a job touches before it hits the floor , the small companies on the other hand have far less overhead which can allow for a decent profit
sadly I'm sure some of the large companies are scrounging for work whatever way possible but hopefully they have planned for a rainy day or there will be a lot of people going to work at mcdonalds