There comes a time.

There comes a time in every ones life where a life changing decision has to be made.
I think maybe that time has come for me after 57 years of work. most fun ,some not so fun.
Over the last 2 months I have made some rookie mistakes that some one who's business affects others should not make.
I'm 71 and have the usual physical problems the road hard and put away wet life style earns you.

The bulk of my business has been servers most weigh between 165 and 600 lbs. I can no longer handle these like I could just a short year ago.

Don't get me wrong, I love this business, wish I had discovered it 20 yrs ago, but, as I said, when my mistakes start to affect others some deep soul searching is in order. Plus now that some one else is creaming the goodies from my servers I have to ask the question. Is it worth it to manhandle a 600 lb server for a 8 or 12 dollar mother board.

As a middle tier buyer the profit margin is so low it does not allow for even a small mistake.



Is it time to hang it up? That is really a rhetorical question sense my decision has probably already been made. I don't have the deep pockets to provide the proper service to my customers, so when I make even the slightest mistake it cost us all, me in $$, them in time.
This is not something I can accept with good conscience (how ever you spell it)
I will keep my hand in for a while until I figure out something or, a service I can both provide and handle properly in my present condition. I already have a couple of Ideas in mind.

In today's market I just cannot do the work my self to my satisfaction and apparently can't hire it done. Over the next week I will settle the few business bills I have and stand back and take a long hard look at what I can do and most importantly, what I can't.

Sincerely,
Michael C. Wier