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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 Charlies Soap Charlie Sutherland Sr. rarely did anything without a purpose in mind. But even he couldn't foresee what would come to pass when he stood in front of our North First Avenue building all those many years ago. In the photo at right, as he stares at the old Mayodan, N.C., fireman's dance hall that he had plans to turn into an oil manufacturing facility, you can just about see his wheels turning. And turn they did. From 1976 until his passing in 1994, Charlie Sr. left his mark on this company: a legacy of dedication to excellence with a personal touch. Charlie JrCharlie Sutherland Jr. Charlie Sr. is most certainly the Charlie of Charlie's Soap, but his son, Charlie Jr., actually created first the oils and then the cleaner that would come to be known as Charlie's Soap. While you may not be able to see the wheels turning in this photo (some prefer to think of it as a screw loose), you cannot deny the gumption of a man who, on his wife Jane's birthday in 1983, quit his day job and took over the small company that had little chance for success. Through scrimping and saving, a little blood and a whole lot of luck, people were finding out about us and starting to ask where they could pick up some of Charlie's soap. It had grown beyond an industrial cleaner for machines and textile quality control, people were taking it home and using for literally everything from false teeth to diesel engines. By 2002, Charlie Jr.'s boys joined the cause and started the long-overdue process of officially branding the product as Charlie's Soap. They took their grandparents' ideals, their father's guts, their own dreams and experiences and turned a small-town shop into a world-class business with product sold to 50 states and 50 countries. So, we must be doing something right! If our grandparents could see what we've become, I'd like to think they would be proud. H.C. Amick Sr. (grandfather on our mother's side and financial guru) would certainly remind us of his motto, With patience and perseverance, you will prevail. Charlie Sr. would probably shout his infamous rhetorical question, What difference does it make?! - See more at: http://www.charliesoap.com/companyinfo.html#sthash.Hz6Js9nv.dpuf |
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