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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 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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