Bonzo
17th June 2009, 10:43 PM
I thought I would share this with you folks as it really made my day.
During a visit to my local steel stockholders on Monday, I asked for 1 metre of 30mm bright round bar.
" Certainly sir, that will be £12.50 + Vat + £1 cutting charge"
I was then told that they were stacked out with work & would not be able to cut it untill next week !!?? :eek:
I left empty handed. :(
Today I broke my bandsaw blade. Back up to the steel stockholders once more.
Out of interest I went up to the cutting shed & asked the foreman if by any chance he had any off-cuts of 30mm bright round bar.
We went down to the stock shed ( Right next to the trade counter )
He pulled a 1.1 metre length of bar from the shelf !!
I said " Ideal that would have done on monday "
We went to the trade counter to pay for it. The foreman said to the manager (loudly) " This gentleman would like to pay for this piece of bar, you know, the one that you did not have time to cut on monday "
You could have toasted bread on the managers face :D :D
Best of all, as it was an off-cut, it only cost me a tenner. Result
During a visit to my local steel stockholders on Monday, I asked for 1 metre of 30mm bright round bar.
" Certainly sir, that will be £12.50 + Vat + £1 cutting charge"
I was then told that they were stacked out with work & would not be able to cut it untill next week !!?? :eek:
I left empty handed. :(
Today I broke my bandsaw blade. Back up to the steel stockholders once more.
Out of interest I went up to the cutting shed & asked the foreman if by any chance he had any off-cuts of 30mm bright round bar.
We went down to the stock shed ( Right next to the trade counter )
He pulled a 1.1 metre length of bar from the shelf !!
I said " Ideal that would have done on monday "
We went to the trade counter to pay for it. The foreman said to the manager (loudly) " This gentleman would like to pay for this piece of bar, you know, the one that you did not have time to cut on monday "
You could have toasted bread on the managers face :D :D
Best of all, as it was an off-cut, it only cost me a tenner. Result