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The Tip is 'Don't procrastinate' For years I've been buying ink jet cartridges from a big box office supply store. These cartridges were made overseas and labeled with the well-known brand of a large American printer company. One I remembered a local store that advertised quality cartridges. I had traveled by this local store hundreds of times but never stopped. This time I stopped at the local store. To my surprise I discovered that they carried the cartridge I needed and it was a Made in USA cartridge. Made in Chicago, to be precise, and it was half the price of the imported ones I had been buying for years. The quality is exceptional and they last longer too. Who knew? After that experience, I make a point to stop at every store I can. By doing so, I've been finding more and more Made in America products. Occasionally the clerks don't know the country of origin; this can be discouraging but finding the origin information yourself isn't difficult I've come to realize. Believe it not, there are actually a number of computers made in the US including laptops made in the USA. When the label is not visibly displayed I use the other Made in America buying tips to help me find Made in US. If the store doesn't carry what you are looking for, use Made in America Secrets to find it and tell the manager about your experience at their store. If enough people are asking for Made in America products stores will begin to carry them. Buying Tip Continued - Read more on Made in America Products by Everest Luxury Linens My name is Julie Everson. My husband and I are the founders and owners of Everest Luxury Linens and the creators of NeatSheets. We thought you might like to know a little about us and the unlikely story of how we wound up in the bedding business. This truly is a classic example of how anyone can pursue the American dream and start a business of their own. Thirty years ago, shortly after we were married, I bought our first set of sheets. We were college students at the time and money was tight, so I bought the least expensive sheets I could find. Over the coming weeks and months, we came to realize that we got what we paid for! The sheets fit poorly, the elastic on the fitted sheet was flimsy and lost its stretch within a short time, allowing it to pull off the corners in the middle of the night only to find our faces on the mattress, the top sheet was too small to stay tucked in at the foot or sides of the bed, etc., etc. Needless to say, we looked forward to the time when we could afford nicer bedding! Well, to make a long story short, we eventually purchased more expensive bedding, including some expensive designer sheets, and of course we had high expectations. Unfortunately, more expensive rarely meant better, so we remained disappointed with the general lack of quality and consistency in the fabric, construction and wear of our sheets. Then, one evening we were in bed watching TV and my husband said Why doesn't someone make a fitted sheet with some pockets on the sides where we could put our remote control? So the next day, using the fabric from an extra pillowcase, I sewed some pockets on our sheets. They worked great and we quickly became accustomed to this added convenience in our home. Little did I know this experiment would be a prototype and the beginnings of a new business in our future. As the years passed and we refined and patented our invention, we also noticed in our conversations with family and friends that there seemed to be universally widespread dissatisfaction with the quality of their sheets. Poor quality, poor fit, too expensive, too wrinkly, can't find (or read) the size label, pops off the mattress corners at night, the fabric pills up are just a few of the things we frequently heard. The more we talked about it, the more we realized that all of these problems could be fixed with a little innovation, effort and attention to detail. We became convinced that we could build a better mousetrap and design an exceptional line of bedding that would solve all of these problems. So, after many years of research, time and energy, and with the encouragement of our family and friends, we are pleased and excited to introduce Everest Luxury Linens. Our commitment is to become a leader in the home textiles industry by delivering high quality, innovative products to the market, and by meeting or exceeding our customer's expectations with respect to price, quality, selection and service. We invite you to give our products a try and tell us what you think. We hope to be your source of quality bedding products for many years to come. Julie Everson |
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