The few remaining netmakers here in the USA struggle between keeping the trade alive or caving in to outsourcing. They buy stuf from whomever and where ever. I have to compete with companies whose websites cost more than my truck.
I've learned the hard way that just because you KNOW what you are doing and can deliver.some guy can show up with a really nice presentation and sway the customer his direction. I wasn't exactly looiking for free, just a place for me to start learning about using 3D.