Originally Posted by
ibkickinit
You were given no approval to start anything. You were very accommodating about a fast timeline, and took it upon yourself to order tooling without a contract or even verbal approval. I have no beef with you, and I am sorry you have one with me. Go check your messages from that RFQ. I promise you don't have one saying to go ahead. You'll know when to begin my job. You will get a message from me to the tune of 'We have a deal, proceed. Deposit funds have been sent.'
Sorry I couldn't make that deal happen. Again, +1 to you for being an upstanding guy willing to fork out your own money to be in a position to pull off the timeline demanded of the job. I often do the same for my clients and it is a gamble. Just don't bust my balls over it.