I would recommend (my personal opinion) that people be wary of Smart Machine Tool. The best way to move toward selling us a machine is to sell us parts and establish a working relationship with us. I thought that was humorous as that required an investment and a leap of faith on an unknown quality provider of a relabeled Goodway machine. The guy told me that if we bought a Smart machine we could buy parts to support that machine.

This really supported the thought process that he was just scared of having to support the machines at all, or couldn't functionally support the machines. I offered to be a special order customer of Goodway parts through SMART with 3 month or so lead times, and the guy on the phone said he didn't want to support Goodway customers, just customers of his re-labeled Goodway machines. Possibly we don't have a confidence in dealing with Goodway, and if that's the case what are we doing selling Goodway machines. We don't have confidence to actually support the machines we are selling (AKA we're in the business of selling machines, not supporting or settup to support them).Ĭ. We don't have enough parts for our existing customersī. It sounded like parts support with Smart was really thin, at one point the Smart representative said, 'I wouldn't want to sell you a part and have a Smart customer need that part.' I read that as two things:Ī. I was hoping to purchase parts from a local vendor that spoke English and understood American cultural norms like getting a quote to a customer and supplying a good or service in exchange for payment. I called Smart and confirmed the Smart Machine Tool SL20 YS is the same machine as the Goodway GLS-2000-LYS we have. Fundamental company data provided by Morningstar, updated daily.I have some Goodway CNC machines and am located 40 minutes from Smart Machine Tool in Pewaukee Wisconsin. Stock quotes provided by InterActive Data. The gurus listed in this website are not affiliated with, LLC. The information on this site is in no way guaranteed for completeness, accuracy or in any other way. The information on this site, and in its related newsletters, is not intended to be, nor does it constitute investment advice or recommendations. Past performance is a poor indicator of future performance. In no event shall be liable to any member, guest or third party for any damages of any kind arising out of the use of any content or other material published or available on, or relating to the use of, or inability to use, or any content, including, without limitation, any investment losses, lost profits, lost opportunity, special, incidental, indirect, consequential or punitive damages. Gurus may be added or dropped from the GuruFocus site at any time. The individuals or entities selected as 'gurus' may buy and sell securities before and after any particular article and report and information herein is published, with respect to the securities discussed in any article and report posted herein. Under no circumstances does any information posted on represent a recommendation to buy or sell a security.

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