Singin to the choir here... Sent a request for info over 3 weeks ago on a question about the frame I purchased from WW, a question, a question was all I was asking.
I placed (3) separate e-mails to the "contact us" menu on the WW site and I JUST got an answer which said no we can't help your better to go directly to the manufacturer over in Germany. Thanks for the assistance.
Quick story:
Back in the 90's I was working for an excellent smaller Electrical Contractor out here in SD and quality and production were fantastic.
Then... They got purchased by a large construction outfit from Canada. You guessed it. Quality went down because they had to expand too big to support the overhead and were spread to thin to be effective.
I spoke to the original owner and told him they needed to scale back so they could give adequate service to their customers but he said that train had already left the station.
So I quit and left. I then started my own company and was successful in managing my growth and profit by staying on the smaller side, about 2 mil a year for 11 years or so and then sold my business to an Electrical company out of LA that wanted to come down to SD and then retired.
That was back in 2012.
What happened to the original small company that got bought out? Two years later they were bankrupt and the original owner and (7) other investors were able to purchase the shop back and start again for a lot of dough. The $ he got from the original sale was in the form of "Stock" which ended up being worthless.
Another quick sad story:
A guy that used to work for me saw glory in owning his own business and did the same thing, bought off more than he could chew.
After a couple of years he was bribing school officials for jobs and the IRS was literally knocking at his door, I mean in person and they never do that unless it's dire.
So this guy one morning goes to the office, gets his coffee, sits down at his desk and eats a gun he had in his drawer. For what? money? Unreal I'm still pissed at him for that.
Moral of the story: Calculated growth is good, expanding too big too fast could have disastrous consequences.
Having all the money in the world doesn't make you a success. Producing a good quality product with integrity and honesty will take you farther along in the long run. JMO.
I placed (3) separate e-mails to the "contact us" menu on the WW site and I JUST got an answer which said no we can't help your better to go directly to the manufacturer over in Germany. Thanks for the assistance.
Quick story:
Back in the 90's I was working for an excellent smaller Electrical Contractor out here in SD and quality and production were fantastic.
Then... They got purchased by a large construction outfit from Canada. You guessed it. Quality went down because they had to expand too big to support the overhead and were spread to thin to be effective.
I spoke to the original owner and told him they needed to scale back so they could give adequate service to their customers but he said that train had already left the station.
So I quit and left. I then started my own company and was successful in managing my growth and profit by staying on the smaller side, about 2 mil a year for 11 years or so and then sold my business to an Electrical company out of LA that wanted to come down to SD and then retired.
That was back in 2012.
What happened to the original small company that got bought out? Two years later they were bankrupt and the original owner and (7) other investors were able to purchase the shop back and start again for a lot of dough. The $ he got from the original sale was in the form of "Stock" which ended up being worthless.
Another quick sad story:
A guy that used to work for me saw glory in owning his own business and did the same thing, bought off more than he could chew.
After a couple of years he was bribing school officials for jobs and the IRS was literally knocking at his door, I mean in person and they never do that unless it's dire.
So this guy one morning goes to the office, gets his coffee, sits down at his desk and eats a gun he had in his drawer. For what? money? Unreal I'm still pissed at him for that.
Moral of the story: Calculated growth is good, expanding too big too fast could have disastrous consequences.
Having all the money in the world doesn't make you a success. Producing a good quality product with integrity and honesty will take you farther along in the long run. JMO.
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