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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: pddesertrat on March 08, 2015, 04:22:01 pm
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Looks like Mike at 84 has decided to retire. Word is he has sold his business to The Wooden Teddy Bear (WTB). WTB is based in Portland,Ore. They have been selling Flying Dutch blades for some time. So sad to see the era of Mike's Workshop close it's doors, but I only wish the best for Mike. He was a pleasure to do business with. I only hope WTB can live up to Mike's reputation. Mike set the bar way up there.
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Wishing Mike all the best for his retirement (84 and still at it, Shuts me up for winging at 50 something)
True gentleman and a fair business man.
Lets see if the WBT can match his prices and shipping to the UK Time will tell
Tom Ipswich Suffolk UK
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I also wish Mike all the best! I met Mike several times when I was just starting out. Wooden Teddy is a good, reputable company. Vernon and Keri are wonderful people. I am happy they are the ones Mike passed the torch to. :)
Sheila
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I also wish Mike all the best! I met Mike several times when I was just starting out. Wooden Teddy is a good, reputable company. Vernon and Keri are wonderful people. I am happy they are the ones Mike passed the torch to. :)
Sheila
That is good to read, Sheila. I may have to stop by sometime and meet them. I travel to Portland often.
Have you ever notices that most "scroll saw people" are good people.
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Yes, I agree! Most of us are happy and keeping busy creating. Keeps us out of trouble. ;) They are really good though. :)
Sheila
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I am very happy for Mike and wish him the best!!! (84 year old?) I had no idea. The man is amazing and God bless him!! I just received an order from him on Friday. (must be one of his last) I can also say that I have dealt with the Wooden Teddy Bear several times and they are great people. Keep on Scrolling.
Al
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I just got an order and message from Mike last week. His business will be sorely missed by the scrollsaw community. I hope he will still join us on the forum. His expertise and guidance has been invaluable. Best wishes for an excellent retirement.
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Mike's work ethics and customer service will be hard to beat. WTB is going to have to work hard to even come close to Mikes service. His business will be missed throughout the scroll saw community. Wishing him a happy retirement. Hopefully we will see some of his projects now that he has more time for the saw.
DW
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Mike, Thank you for the many years of great service and knowledge that you have provided the scroll saw community. Good luck and I will miss doing business with you.
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HAPPY RETIREMENT Mike, I will miss you. Hope you join in at the forum from trie to time ;D
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May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You, Mike!
HUGZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
GrayBeard
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Enjoy your retirement, Mike. You've earned it. You will be missed by many here who have come to depend on you for recommendations and great service. Thank you for that!!
John, aka Crabbyboater
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Wouldn't you know it, I was ready to place an order yesterday. I was going to try the blade fastening knobs that Mike had on his site as looked as though they would help my arthritic fingers. Looked on WTB and didn't see them on their site so don't know if they will stock them or not.
Can't blame Mike as at his age, he is entitled to some retirement. I had the opportunity to meet him a few times at some of the scrolling conventions and you couldn't find a nicer guy. He will definitely be missed.
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As I understand it, "Mike's Workshop" will remain, just have a new phone number.
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Kepy,
They have the Quick Lever as soon as they come home. They left late fro Eastern SD going to OR.
Mike
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I will miss mike dearly, I have only ordered from him a few times and his shipping was great within a fw days I had blades in my mail box and haveing a good deal on shipping was great as well, after seeign the shipping rates from WTB I am doubtful I will be ordering from them, from the list they have to order a gross set of blades at 30 bucks thats almost 7 bucks for shipping, to me thats high for blades that could be packed like mike did. Or will be ordering less to cut back on shipping, I have heard another site to order FD blades from but have not looked at what shipping cost are from them yet.
Best wishes mike on your retirement.
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You can still order from Mike's Workshop, the prices are still the same as Mike charged. The only thing different is the phone number.
I have read, stated by Mike that there is going to be a slight increase in the cost of the blades. This is not WTB's doing. Mike was going to have to increase also, because the cost to him increased. He didn't pass on the increase because he was in the process of selling the shop.
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Best wishes Mike, you are truly the best and have always been my go to person for blades over the years.
Ray
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Enjoy yourself, Mike, I'll miss talking with you when I place an order. I think you as a friend. Moonie
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I also enjoyed working with Mike. He always aimed to please and got his orders out quick. Good luck in your retirement Mike. We'll all miss you.
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Thank you Mike for your past services and advice! You are a true gentleman and hope you will still stay on the forum and chat and continue sharing your knowledge.
Tony,aka,Toneman
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Good Morning! My name is Vernon Brown and I am one of the owners of the Wooden Teddy Bear Inc. Yes we would like to wish Mike the best as he has all the time he wants to scroll now! Yes we did acquire Mike's Workshop, but that company will not change. The website will still be the same! As will the prices and the shipping. The only things changing, will be the phone #503-760-1614 and the fax #503-761-2674 PLEASE continue to order just like you always have, and we will try our best to continue to give you the highest quality of service.
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Great news and thank you for the update. I wish you the best and anxious to do business with you. Well I guess I have done business, I ordered from Mike's Workshop just the other day.
Hope you know your Wooden Teddy Bear site is down. I keep getting "No Service" when I try to access it.
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Good Morning! My name is Vernon Brown and I am one of the owners of the Wooden Teddy Bear Inc. Yes we would like to wish Mike the best as he has all the time he wants to scroll now! Yes we did acquire Mike's Workshop, but that company will not change. The website will still be the same! As will the prices and the shipping. The only things changing, will be the phone #503-760-1614 and the fax #503-761-2674 PLEASE continue to order just like you always have, and we will try our best to continue to give you the highest quality of service.
Nice to meet you Vernon and hope i can do plenty of business with you in the near future.
I am only a new scroller and should have an order with you at the end of the month :)
I wish Mike and my fellow scrollers a very happy St Patrick's Day for tomorrow.
Tom (Ipswich Suffolk UK)
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Yes , we apologize! Not sure why the Woodenteddybear site is down. Whether it was do to power outages here yesterday or what. We're trying to get it up and running as soon as possible!!
Vernon
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Good Morning! My name is Vernon Brown and I am one of the owners of the Wooden Teddy Bear Inc. Yes we would like to wish Mike the best as he has all the time he wants to scroll now! Yes we did acquire Mike's Workshop, but that company will not change. The website will still be the same! As will the prices and the shipping. The only things changing, will be the phone #503-760-1614 and the fax #503-761-2674 PLEASE continue to order just like you always have, and we will try our best to continue to give you the highest quality of service.
Awesome news this is good to hear, I will then be looking at ordering from the old mikes website, I will looking at gettign into spiral blades and its great to hear I can order from there.
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Thank you Vernon for the info. Glad to hear at nothing has changed except for the phone and fax numbers. I made an order the day after your take-over of the business and was hoping nothing got lost in the shuffle. Haven't heard from you but Mike said it may take a few days. Thanks again for keeping us up to date.
Al
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Hi Vernon and welcome to the forum. You may have noticed we are very fond of Mike. You have some big shoes to fill. That being said, I have done business with the Wooden Teddy Bear in the past and had very good service. Again, welcome.
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Hi Folks. Thank you very much for all the wonderful responses. I wanted all of you to know that I got a new email address today.
It is now: sdmike@alliancecom.net. sd stands for South Dakota. Again, thanks for all the business in the past.
Mike
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Received my first order from the new Mike's Workshop today. It has probably been sitting in my P.O box for a few days, I haven't checked it since last Friday. Everything A-okay.
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I ordered from Mike the day after he sold his business and received it today from the WTB so all is well. Thanks to Mike for everything and to WTB for your speedy service.
Al
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I forgot to tell all you good folks that I got a new email address: sdmike@alliancecom.net. MY phone number is still the same:605-582-372-32.
The WTB got a new number: 503-760-1614.
I would like to thank all you people for the very nice replies.
SD Mike