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SFD

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Jan 30, 2013, 6:08:14 PM1/30/13

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I got an email today from Becman Manufacturing (PC Boards) informing that
they will be closed from 4th to 18th February to celebrate Chinese New Year.

Over the past umpteen months I has received emails from them touting
themselves as an "Australian" company, their address is at Walter Crest,
Lawnton QLD. I don't use them, I unfortunately I deal directly with PCB
companies in China.

So does this mean that we can expect various local companies to choose which
countries holidays they will shut up shop?

I think I will acknowledge each of the World's countries holidays throughout
this year, and take leave for those periods - hopefully I will still have
one or two customers left in December!

John G

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Jan 30, 2013, 9:53:25 PM1/30/13

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SFD explained on 31/01/2013 :

On technical training courses overseas in years gone by we always tried
to take all the Australian holidays as well as those of whatever
country we happend to be in :oÞ

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John G

geoff

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Jan 31, 2013, 2:43:41 PM1/31/13

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"SFD" <s...@127000.00> wrote in message
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So you are suggesting they should not celebrate their own cultural
festivities else "go home" ? Or there should be a law against it ? Or just
that it's a curious factor of life this cnetury ?

geoff

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Jan 31, 2013, 9:35:04 PM1/31/13

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On Fri, 1 Feb 2013 08:43:41 +1300, "geoff" <ge...@nospampaf.co.nz>
wrote:

BEC were always an "Australian" company, and I used their services on
a couple of occasions in the past when their boards were produced in
Brissie. The fact that they now CLOSE for Chinese New Year makes it
abundantly clear that a large proportion of their boards - if not all
- are now outsourced to fabs in China, yet they still charge
"Australian" prices.

Nowadays I get my boards direct from Chinese fabs. That way the
benefit of lower offshore prices comes to ME, not some Oz middle-man.

yaputya

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Feb 1, 2013, 3:16:53 PM2/1/13

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"SFD" <s...@127000.00> wrote in message news:CJhOs.3208$Ow3....@viwinnwfe02.internal.bigpond.com...

>I got an email today from Becman Manufacturing (PC Boards) informing that they will be closed from 4th to 18th February to
>celebrate Chinese New Year.

At least they told you that they wouldn't be able to get anything done then.

> Over the past umpteen months I has received emails from them touting themselves as an "Australian" company, their address is at
> Walter Crest, Lawnton QLD. I don't use them, I unfortunately I deal directly with PCB companies in China.

Give Dick Smith a ring, maybe he'll make a video about it.

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> So does this mean that we can expect various local companies to choose which countries holidays they will shut up shop?

If an OZ company depends on O/S fabrication then how can they provide a service
during the time their O/S supplier is shut?

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> I think I will acknowledge each of the World's countries holidays throughout this year, and take leave for those periods -
> hopefully I will still have one or two customers left in December!

OZ still has a way to go with its holiday regulations, for example the way
holidays are shifted if the real holiday date falls on a weekend etc.

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