To add to your grain of salt, I've had quite a number of quotes (I'm a consultant) in the last 3 months that have gone nowhere. These are for firms that I've wo

To add to your grain of salt, I've had quite a number of quotes (I'm a consultant) in the last 3 months that have gone nowhere. These are for firms that I've worked with for years that are all of a sudden very tightfisted about projects that they would have shoveled money at before.