for me personally, looking for or working with a local supplier would not have done didly for me. granted, when i had a decent local supplier, it was 15 years ago. back then us VLM'ers were laughed at publicly and thrown in the stocks.
ok maybe not that bad, but at a local CAD day or any supplier event really, you didn't go around bragging about your new Low Moisture "miracle" machine.
i am sure nowadays the rest of the industry has finally caught up with the times (to a degree) and now you would probably just get a simple dirty look or 10.
but no, from my experience, the local supplier is worthless. better deals can be had online. WAYY better deals. at least for us VLM'ers. unless you live near Tampa of course...
ok maybe not that bad, but at a local CAD day or any supplier event really, you didn't go around bragging about your new Low Moisture "miracle" machine.
i am sure nowadays the rest of the industry has finally caught up with the times (to a degree) and now you would probably just get a simple dirty look or 10.
but no, from my experience, the local supplier is worthless. better deals can be had online. WAYY better deals. at least for us VLM'ers. unless you live near Tampa of course...