We no longer keep permanent records of clients’ purchases. Purchases under $25,000 have been reduced to 1%, including shipping. We measure all sorts of things constantly, and mostly are even unaware of it. Measurements are critical to living, buying, selling, and manufacturing. Measurements are common and important in all aspects of life, and […]
UPDATE ON OUR OPERATION. WE HAVE REDUCED OUR CHARGES. NO MORE 1.25% FOR ORDERS UNDER $25,000, BUT NOW A FLAT 1% FOR ORDERS UNDER $50,000. AS BEFORE, 3/4% BETWEEN $50,000 AND $100,000, AND .5% OVER $100,000. WE CAN’T CHANGE THE $25 SMALL ORDER CHARGE, AS IT IS LEVIED BY OUR SUPPLIER, NOT US. ALSO, […]
We have just lowered our rates! We now charge 1% for all orders under $50,000, 3/4% between $50,000 and $100,000, and .5% over $100,000, as before. We cannot change the $25 small order charge, as it is charged by our supplier, not us. No more 1.25% for orders under $25,000. We are either returning […]
I have literally hundreds of columns and newspaper clippings I collected up to about 1995. I don’t do it any longer, but I was going through the files the other day, and found about 35 columns, if I wanted to write about them, and I may do it. As an example, I found three, […]
The Ukraine and it’s separate outpost, Crimea are all in the news now, and rightfully so. Is Putin attempting to reorganize the bankrupt Soviet Union? I doubt it, but let’s take Ukraine first. Briefly, for hundreds of years, Ukraine belonged to Russia. A majority of Ukrainians speak Russian, and the Ukrainian language is very […]