they held back raises for a few years, and gave very small raises so at least there was something to look forward to. now we are actually doing very well. we are contract manufacturers so as others downsize we are in even more demand, we are now seeing a trend back to the US for manufacturing. I hope that it is going to continue. if you look at the total cost of China including quality cost and shipping as well as time to market instead of simple labor rate it is becoming much less attractive to the bottom line

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2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
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