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Old 03-08-08, 10:01 AM
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Re: The Great R6 Build


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Originally Posted by yzedf View Post
that is why you source manufacturing overseas. especially when it comes to easy plastic pieces as these. you can get samples in under 2wks from china. and high volume is not such a big deal... especially with all the fast prototyping stuff going on. (i used to work for an importer and did this type of stuff all the time)
Yeah, that works when you order by the container full, but if you only need 100-200 sets it doesn't. I've looked into it too. Until you get to quantities in the thousands or tens of thousands, it's more economical to manufacture here in the US.
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