"Joe AutoDrill" wrote in message
news:JGmje.11113$Y36.1933@trndny05...
We all work with metal in some shape or form (or are reading the group for
some other reason). I assume that many of us look for machinery from time
to time as proven by the many posts about what (insert generic object
title here) to buy.

When looking for specific info, some people ask here... Some people look
in trade publications... Some people visit the net / MSC / McMaster /
ThomasRegister / etc. eBay is sometimes a viable search area too since
many of us look for used or low cost equipment either for kicks or
sometimes just for spare parts, etc.

For our company, I hit the trade publications and web sites as often as we
can afford to. We also work very hard to have a high page rank and many
"doors" to our business via web site(s). We are on Thomas's web "thing"
as well as Zycon and a few others. Am I missing some other avenue to
advertise metalworking - or in my specialized case, production drilling
machinery?

Would love to be able to grow the business... But want to make sure I'm
not missing some great opportunity to advertise somewhere just because I
don't know about it. Rather than doubling my efforts in the areas we
already know are working, I'm seeking for new ideas on where to put my
time and effort...

So, I ask the question... Where do YOU look when you need equipment?

I'm going to post this separately on a woodworking group too because we do
get leads from that industry as well. However, most of the posts there
are low cost items compared to what we buy... Your answers will be more
relevant to me in my opinion.

Regards,
Joe

(Sigfile removed to make sure nobody mistakes this for spam)

There are a few companies that use eBay as an advertising tool. Every time I
am looking for a new or used piece of equipment I research it on eBay and
newsgroups first and use the info gleaned from the search to investigate the
tools and the companies that make them more thoroughly. I have yet to
purchase any machine tools from eBay but I have bought used from online
auctions and the new tools from local dealers. I don't consider a link in
your signature to be spam.
Steve