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07-06-2010, 10:02 AM
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Does anyone know whats going on with rickenbacker? websit is down. Someone told me production has stopped. Does anyone know anything?  |
07-06-2010, 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by bluescatt  Does anyone know whats going on with rickenbacker? websit is down. Someone told me production has stopped. Does anyone know anything? | The website seem to be working for me. It does say "Closed for vacation until July 12th" right on the front page, so I'm guessing everyone's on vacation until July 12th. |
07-06-2010, 10:26 AM
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07-06-2010, 10:38 AM
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John K Custom Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA | | IME, production does indeed stop when all of the employees of a business are on vacation.  |
07-06-2010, 11:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Oregon | | | My freakin bank was closed yesterday, too.
Another great recession loomz!! :scared: |
07-06-2010, 11:34 AM
|  | Real Basses Have 5 Strings! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado | | | Closed for vacation until July 12th
Every year they take off 2 weeks in July.
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07-06-2010, 08:23 PM
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07-07-2010, 09:07 AM
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07-07-2010, 10:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Scotland | | | You know a business is doing well when it can take 2 weeks off in the middle of summer. Some of the privately owned Restaurants do that round here.
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07-07-2010, 10:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Wilmington, DE | | | Many manufacturing plants shut down for two weeks. They use the down time for maintenance of their machinery and tools that are in use the rest of the year. |
07-07-2010, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by KingPriam Many manufacturing plants shut down for two weeks. They use the down time for maintenance of their machinery and tools that are in use the rest of the year. | correct. A manufacturer also can't give part of a manufacturing team a vacation. It will still shut down the line. So.....they all get vacation at the same time.
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07-07-2010, 11:08 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Midwest Ohio | | | I used to work for an auto parts supplier that made frame components. We would have a paid 2 week July shutdown and paid 2 week Christmas shutdown.
The main advantage is to let the maintenance / engineering crews do critical tear down retrofits, and updates that they just cant do during production.
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07-07-2010, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Meddle You know a business is doing well when it can take 2 weeks off in the middle of summer. Some of the privately owned Restaurants do that round here. | I like that logic. It means with all the layoff and shutdowns, our local economy must be booming!  |
07-07-2010, 02:47 PM
| | Supporting Member and fetch player | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Colorado, USA | | | Stop with the logical explanations.
THE SKY IS FALLING!!!
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07-07-2010, 02:50 PM
|  | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | yeah, but were both weeks of vacation matched? or did those fiends at ric corporate skimp on their employees?
what, too soon?
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07-07-2010, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by KingPriam Many manufacturing plants shut down for two weeks. They use the down time for maintenance of their machinery and tools that are in use the rest of the year. | I work at a machine shop, we are also closed this week. It's completely normal, although it's a complete pain in the ass. |
07-07-2010, 03:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sioux Falls, SD | | | So basically if you work in one of those shops you don't get to choose when you take your time off, the choice is made for you.
I would hate that. But I guess it's better than no paid vacation (or permanent vacation, i.e., no job).
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07-07-2010, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by john turner yeah, but were both weeks of vacation matched? or did those fiends at ric corporate skimp on their employees?
what, too soon? | 
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07-07-2010, 07:09 PM
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Warwick bass forum moderator. | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney Australia | | | Why are there so many pointless threads with the word,Rickenbacker,in the title?
They seem to alot fewer in the past couple weeks though.
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07-07-2010, 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by humpy thumb Why are there so many pointless threads with the word,Rickenbacker,in the title?
They seem to alot fewer in the past couple weeks though. | That's likely due to Gibenb... er, *someone* not posting as much.
Come to think of it. Maybe "someone" was actually an employee of Rickenbacker and is on vacation for the last two weeks.
Wait...
What did I just say?
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