Desk Jockey
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Great State? Too much Koolaid for you! 
So you want Saturday and Sunday service? Do you also provide the same for your clients?

So you want Saturday and Sunday service? Do you also provide the same for your clients?

LOL!Please stop. I feel Olson getting mad. There's a disturbance in the force.
Please stop. I feel Olson getting mad. There's a disturbance in the force.
Great State? Too much Koolaid for you!
So you want Saturday and Sunday service? Do you also provide the same for your clients?
All of you are just speculating about why Ray chose to close.
I am sure that there's a lot more to it than internet competition.
I buy from my local guy (which was Ray) and service my van with my local guy (which was Ray) seldom buy on the internet and disagree with Zee.
I was referring to supporting local distributors, Zee.
Anybody that has an actual location & provides service and products on display and other valuable services, is at a disadvantage when competing on price alone with warehouses.
I will buy from the warehouse guys if I have no choice or if they provide a unique product not available elsewhere. Otherwise I'll pay more to my local disty, as I want them to stay in business and am willing to pay for it.
I totally agree with distributors that will provide better service to their local and loyal clients. They should.
Awesome....just as long as you're not on the 10th floor.God may close a door on you but look around and maybe he opened a window instead for you.
Awesome....just as long as you're not on the 10th floor.![]()
Mine have been painted shut. Had to bust em to get in.my "windows" seem to have bars on them sometimes..![]()
--- but it all works out.
I hear you loud a clear and understand. I don't have a local supplier to purchase from , the closest that I have found is Interlink / Aramsco in Detroit (2 hour drive) , So I order from Larry , John and others as well. But back in the day when we had a local supplier I purchased everything from him. I miss those days of being able to go in to a store front and touch something before I purchased it.
I'd imagine most clients don't give a poop where we get our products.
Distys closed on the weekend? Amazon's not, and they deliver on Saturdays and Sundays. You need a specially type product, quick. You should try it. Try it, a lot!!! It's also a great stock to own.
Most distys in my area wouldn't wouldn't know/remember us if we went back a week after buying a new tm. The salesperson might if it's a slow week... Other than that, doubtful.
Me buying products from the great state of Texas isn't hurting anyone.![]()
I don't fart.God may close a door on you but look around and maybe he opened a window instead for you.
I think he opened the window because Chavez farted... and even God could not handle that...
But back in the day when we had a local supplier I purchased everything from him. I miss those days of being able to go in to a store front and touch something before I purchased it.
You flatuate?I don't fart.![]()
I don't fart.![]()
Ray had a well run, profitable business. Most of us plan on retiring some day as did Ray. The timing is right and he has chosen
to do it now.
Nuff said.
Best of luck to Ray. He's been great for our industry.
That's NOT true. Some people just run at the mouth. You tell them to shut up but nooo the just keep going on and on with no awareness that their continued speech is annoying. They don't understand that they are annoying with their continued diatribe.mouth never stops long enough to build up any pressure, eh??
.L.T.A.
I'm sure Ray was a great distributor, the small distributors are going to have a rough time with all the consolidation in the manufacturing and chemical aspects of this business. They sell a small fraction of the equipment and chemical so they carry no clout and get no consideration for getting their customers problems taken care of.I Meet with Ray today. He Looks great!-- even younger..
his future will be awesome and I'm very happy for him. He is very wise to get out now and the "universe" is sending him good fortune.
Some of his suppliers were treating him like the "red headed Step child" and abusing him while worshiping his competition.
This may have seemed like bad news at the time-- But I think It was a blessing in disguise for him.--
God may close a door on you but look around and maybe he opened a window instead for you.