Closing Quotes
16 years ago
Quotes are closed again, from now through sometime in late February (probably). I'm not sure of the exact date when we will open quotes again because we will need to get a feel for the new queue when it opens, but I'll announce the date sometime in late January or early February.
Quotes that have been received before now will still be answered, of course. I'm a good bit behind on them, so please bear with me if you've been waiting.
Quotes that have been received before now will still be answered, of course. I'm a good bit behind on them, so please bear with me if you've been waiting.
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I've got one of those quotes in-waiting.
Take time for you then
Good luck with the current bunch
Why do you close quotes instead of/in addition to closing the queue? Does it do something that still doing quotes with a closed queue wouldn't do?
With quotes, I actually still get overloaded and backlogged. I tend to get something like 10 emails a day on average, and each one takes me anywhere from 5-20 minutes to answer. That a lot of time per day when I should be working. Generally, also, I only get to about half of these emails a day, and so a backlog builds up over time. If I only have requests open for a defined period time, I can concentrate on emails for a while, and then when I close, clear the backlog and concentrate on my work.