glass sales off 20% overall

"Moonraker" wrote in message
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"glassman" wrote in message
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Facts, financial reports, or just a rumor? How can they possibly be
selling as much when Chinese ripoffs are .99 cents a foot? Gotta be
impacting them on SOME big level.

Speaking of Chinese.....

A couple of weeks ago I stopped by Armstrong's warehouse. They were
balls
to the wall getting huge orders picked and packed for several container
load
export shipments to Finland or Norway or Germany or somewhere over there.
He told me where they were going, I just don't remember exactly.



Good thing you weren't doing the shipping Moon!


--
JK Sinrod
www.sinrodstudios.com
www.MyConeyIslandMemories

"JK@work" wrote in message
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"Moonraker" wrote in message
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"glassman" wrote in message
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Facts, financial reports, or just a rumor? How can they possibly be
selling as much when Chinese ripoffs are .99 cents a foot? Gotta be
impacting them on SOME big level.

Speaking of Chinese.....

A couple of weeks ago I stopped by Armstrong's warehouse. They were
balls
to the wall getting huge orders picked and packed for several container
load
export shipments to Finland or Norway or Germany or somewhere over
there.
He told me where they were going, I just don't remember exactly.



Good thing you weren't doing the shipping Moon!


I got the impression it might be the "same" container load(s) that our
erstwhile Canadian "tycoon" was touting a while back. I mean, how many
sea-going containers of stained glass could the Scandanavian area absorb in
a few months?

glassman wrote:

Facts, financial reports, or just a rumor? How can they possibly be
selling as much when Chinese ripoffs are .99 cents a foot? Gotta be
impacting them on SOME big level.

That's what they tell me when I go in to pick up glass. I could be
misinformed, but they keep expanding so I'm guessing not.
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-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com
http://www.bridgetownglass.com
On eBay: http://www.snurl.com/1sfe

Kalera wrote:
glassman wrote:

Facts, financial reports, or just a rumor? How can they possibly be
selling as much when Chinese ripoffs are .99 cents a foot? Gotta be
impacting them on SOME big level.


That's what they tell me when I go in to pick up glass. I could be
misinformed, but they keep expanding so I'm guessing not.

The Chinese are not even impacting the fusing glass market.

Seattle Batch just went tits up. They were marketing Chinese blowing
glass. Seems they couldn't stay on spec.

--
Jack

http://www.glasterpiece.com

nJb wrote:
Kalera wrote:
glassman wrote:

Facts, financial reports, or just a rumor? How can they possibly be
selling as much when Chinese ripoffs are .99 cents a foot? Gotta be
impacting them on SOME big level.


That's what they tell me when I go in to pick up glass. I could be
misinformed, but they keep expanding so I'm guessing not.

The Chinese are not even impacting the fusing glass market.

Seattle Batch just went tits up. They were marketing Chinese blowing
glass. Seems they couldn't stay on spec.


Sweet!

I'm not surprised. Someone was trying to import Chinese glass for
lampworking, it went balls-up after less than a year. Someone else is
trying right now, I expect the same outcome.

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-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com
http://www.bridgetownglass.com
On eBay: http://www.snurl.com/1sfe

Ya know what's really funny? Even the Chinese aren't using Chinese glass
on their cheapie homeshopping club lamps! Wait.... now that I think about it
that make sit even scarier. $99 bucks retail for a lamp with 400 pieces of
glass AND the base included!


--
JK Sinrod
www.SinrodStudios.com
www.MyConeyIslandMemories.com

glassman wrote:
Ya know what's really funny? Even the Chinese aren't using Chinese glass
on their cheapie homeshopping club lamps! Wait.... now that I think about it
that make sit even scarier. $99 bucks retail for a lamp with 400 pieces of
glass AND the base included!

There is something hell of funky going on with Chinese economics. I just
bought a $6 shovel. The hardware store probably paid about $3.00, and
they most likely bought it from a distributor rather than directly, so
the distributor probably paid $1.50. I am having a hard time
understanding how that shovel got here from China for less than that.

--
-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com
http://www.bridgetownglass.com
On eBay: http://www.snurl.com/1sfe

"Kalera" wrote in message
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glassman wrote:
Ya know what's really funny? Even the Chinese aren't using Chinese
glass
on their cheapie homeshopping club lamps! Wait.... now that I think
about it
that make sit even scarier. $99 bucks retail for a lamp with 400 pieces
of
glass AND the base included!

There is something hell of funky going on with Chinese economics. I just
bought a $6 shovel. The hardware store probably paid about $3.00, and
they most likely bought it from a distributor rather than directly, so
the distributor probably paid $1.50. I am having a hard time
understanding how that shovel got here from China for less than that.



Here's the classic joke for you. "I just bought this radio from a store
that's selling them for cost". How do they make any money selling at
cost?"Volume....


--
JK Sinrod
www.sinrodstudios.com
www.MyConeyIslandMemories

JK@work wrote:

Here's the classic joke for you. "I just bought this radio from a store
that's selling them for cost". How do they make any money selling at
cost?"Volume....

LOL!

--
-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com
http://www.bridgetownglass.com
On eBay: http://www.snurl.com/1sfe

Kalera wrote:

There is something hell of funky going on with Chinese economics. I
just
bought a $6 shovel. The hardware store probably paid about $3.00, and
they most likely bought it from a distributor rather than directly, so

the distributor probably paid $1.50. I am having a hard time
understanding how that shovel got here from China for less than that.
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Here's how. You paid $6. The hardware store paid $3 (maybe) If the
distributor paid $1.50 (probably more like $2 as they work on a lower
margin). The Chinese shipped 250,000 shovels over here on one order
which gives them half a million bucks and it probably cost them 50¢ to
make the shovel. Whose making the most money? Oh yeah...when you divide
the shipping between 250,000 shovels it doesn't add but a few cents to
each shovel. Now, rakes are another story......(BAG)