[gmdboston]

Originally Posted by R1slowflyer

Overseas is not an option for an affordable prototype. trust me, it costs you more when you deal with a large company because everything that pete said is true, now think that 20,000 dollar mold and the set-up charges all for a run of 10-100 then that mold is useless. A prototype is just that. It is NEVER what you see in production there are always changes, some of which are substantial, so to say that oversees prototyping is cost effective is way off.

Whats great about sourcing your prototype work to a small co. in the states to is you can save thousands if not millions in R&D. you can have a quick turn product for a set price in a short amount of time, saving you the cost in hours and mistakes. I have personally overseen projects that in the end have the saved a company thousands of dollars because they can send the work out with little to no overhead and expect a working product to test and work into production lines.

Overseas is not the answer in any case, just getting parts from overseas is weeks worth of lead time. nevermind having to send over a design and be working within a budget and a time frame. I can see runs of hundreds of thousands and you need affordable production even in the millions, but to facilitate a small market and prototypes overseas is not the answer



BTW- union bike looks great keep the updates coming! You work at a fucking bike shop, wouldn't there be daily progress? WTF!

Plus there is some thing to be said about doing business with some one that is close enough for you to be able to get both hands firmly around their neck!