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The Tip is 'Keep eyes open' After reading an article about items made in America I thought about how many times I make purchases without thinking. I'm usually focused on budget and needs. Prior to reading this article on made in the USA products, I rarely thought about the importance of buying made in USA products. This helps create jobs in our country. Now I keep my eyes open and I am surprised how easy it is to find American products. It only takes a few seconds to look. Now I make a point when I am shopping to search for made in America brands. By doing so, I'm able to identify more and more what products are made in America. Even with my eyes open to made in USA I can get discouraged. Sometimes store clerks don't know the country of origin which can be frustrating. If this happens use your eyes to find the origin information yourself. Look at the labels and when you find a Made in USA product tell the clerk so the next time they are asked they will know. Also, when the label is not easily seen I use the other made in America buying tips to help me find made in USA. 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. When enough people are asking for made in the USA products, more stores will begin to carry products that are made here. This technique does work. I also pick and choose the stores I visit. I do this because I have found that some stores are made in America friendly while others are not. Keep your eyes open for the made in USA label and pretty soon you will be able to identify which products are made in the USA. Buying Tip Continued - Read more on Made in America Products by Lacey Door and Millwork Lacey Door & Millwork opened on January 2, 1983. as a prehung door shop serving the Thuston County area. Contractor and remodeler trade was the main source of business, but we also sold retail to the public. 30 years later we are a very different company. In 1994, we began producing Custom Millwork. We purchased a Weining Moulder and some equipment from a Door Mill that was going out of business. Two employees came from that transaction and we began to build doors and produce custom moulding and jambs. Later we developed a Custom Mantle buisness when anouther local firm was getting out of that field. Today our custom manufacturing buisness produces specialty doors and millwork that ships all over the northwest and the Hawaiian Islands. We added a prefinish operation and can custom match colors and stains. Since offering this service we can take a project from start to finish in one shop,with delivery to the job site. With the box stores booming in the 90's we began to see a change in our prehung door business. We service more of the Custom Builder rather then the large spec. contractor. The public still comes to us when they realize the big box stores dont have or know everything! Our knowledge and sevice is a real asset when doing any project small or large. We stock many varieties of rough lumber and can get many exotic wood species. Our employees are highly skilled and offer diversity that is unique to any door shop in this area. |
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