Willl
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Why is that a concern ?
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Why is that a concern ?
Stimw
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I bought my MM210 and Miller 625 Plasma from BR Welders who were on ebay,they are located in Maryland IIRC, were great to deal with and competive.
Before I bought the MM210 I ask a local all lines welder repair guy about it. His EXACT words "If It's Blue, BUY IT". That was in 2001 and he hasn't been wrong so far!
At the time I could barely afford the MM210 having just started my business but then it paid for itself in less than three months!
Before I bought the MM210 I ask a local all lines welder repair guy about it. His EXACT words "If It's Blue, BUY IT". That was in 2001 and he hasn't been wrong so far!
At the time I could barely afford the MM210 having just started my business but then it paid for itself in less than three months!
IMHO, a company that depends on a free email provider as their means of staying in touch with customers does not view customer contact as being of the highest priority. Any hosting company will add email hosting to that of a web site for an immensely small add-on fee (or include it in the price of hosting the site). There are too many "fly by night" type of companies out there... The ones that are serious about selling through the web take little steps like using a @mycompany.com email address to show a level of trust and professionalism to their perspective customers.
To me, using a free email provider says "My web site looks impressive, but I run this business out of my basement." It's opinion and impression. As someone that's been involved in IT and Internet commerce for a very long time, I know just how simple and inexpensive it is to make your business look truly polished with simple things like this.
Stimw
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As someone who has worked with my hands my whole life I know equipment, I don't know the difference from an I pad and a maxi pad, a blue tooth and a black eye.
I would certainly look past the amature (your assertion) web gaff and see who the company really is. I think I have ordered from the company in Indiana.
When I locate a company online I usually turn to their phone number to order. How they take an order will tell me how they operate a lot more than their email address!
That's exactly why I put up the thread... We're on the same page, I think.
I had a curve thrown at me today. I went down to the local LWS to talk with my contact and pick up a few items. While I was there, one of the guys that really knows the welders recommend that I add into the pool for consideration the ESAB Caddy C200i. Similar price point to the Miller at 1/3 the weight.
The down sides are less well-known, at least in my neck of the woods and 220 only. From the little bit of digging around I've done so far, though, they appear to be amazing little welders. And, with their extremely small size and light weight, they are FAR more portable than the Miller I had been considering. The also appear to run VERY nicely from generator power, which would be a need for me for a little while since it's 220 only.
Willl
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Fair enough, I can understand.
Which one was it ?, they both show as having their own email to me.
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Knowing some people with businesses that do very well and have websites, but still use hotmail, yahoo, etc, it probbaly never occurred to them to switch from the email address that they have been using for 10+ years, or they dont like the webmail interface of their hosting provider and dont want to use a computer based client.
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