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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 Aspen Reels 105 South Pacific St. San Marcos, CA 92078 Phone: 760.744.2122 Toll Free: 800.437.9079 Fax: 760.744.5167 E-mail: sales@aspenreels.com Established in 1946 as a one man machine shop in Duarte, CA., Barrel Service Company today is a contract manufacturer with 40 employees located in North San Diego County, CA. in a 22,000 square foot building on 5 acres. Barrel 1946 Sixteen CNC Lathes plus four Machining Centers are the workhorses in our shop. These are complemented by horizontal and vertical conventional mills and two large automatic band saws. IMG 0150 Many of our family and friends here at Barrel Service are avid fly-fishermen. As a result, in 2009, we came to realize that our shop capabilities and resources could be used to create very capable and yet affordable fly fishing reels. Therefore, we've used our 60 years of contract machining experience to build a product that is of very high quality without an outrageous price tag. The low price of our reel does not indicate that we cut any corners in its construction. There are no castings or weak plastic parts anywhere in the assembly. It is cut completely from solid aluminum just like the most premium reels on the market. |
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