It’s has been awhile since we’ve posted anything of note, or anything at all for that matter. We hope you’ve taken some much needed vacation and spent time with family. Now that school is back in session, we hope you are prepared and have a great fall season!
http://www.parents.com/kids/education/back-to-school/
This is an article that goes against what our stereotypical thoughts are, although with a degree in economics well back in my rearview mirror, it makes a lot of sense in talking about people as (relatively) rational actors.
I also make the connection that as a small business owner, I am like a bank with AP and AR, sometimes more than my local branch.
I’m always skeptical of one size fits all kind of statements about business, but there are some insights in here to make us feel hopeful or a bit anxious about our own business culture:
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/296241?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds
If you aren’t familiar with TED Talks, you should check them out. For me, they provide all kinds of ideas and are thought provoking across many topics. True confession, I have to kind of watch them off and on, or I can feel a bit overwhelmed by the information. Here’s a few specifically selected for entrepreneurs:
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/296116?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds
Collins Endurance Ink (TWK-2010H) has become one of our best selling Collins ink over the past several months, close to overtaking Max 2 as the second best selling Collins Ink at ink4mail.com
Max 3 is still our most popular Collins Ink, but Endurance may be headed in that direction.
For those of us that have kids who are of the internship age, this is some helpful advice, I think. Seems kindof common sense, but sometimes reinforcing that in writing is a good thing.
As we struggle with the balance of the various pressures on our lives, family, work, faith, friends, it is hard to maintain perspective.
Here’s an article about one man’s experience and approach…
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/295615?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds
Competition is always better!! Unless you’re the business being competed against. It looks like there is another player in the high end handset market …
We’ve had numerous instances since we’ve been in business to see non oem cartridges marketed as originals by either HP or Collins Ink. Being the most popular cartridge we sell, the HP c8842a Versatile Black is by far the most common culprit.
It used to fall primarily under the category of “if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is”, where the name said HP, but the pricing said “no way”. That seems to have changed a bit, where more of the non HP cartridges are priced more similarly to an OEM HP cartridge, making it harder to tell, especially by us from here at a distance whether it is a legitimate HP cartridge or not. Most of the time, I would guess that we don’t ever find out, because the purchase is already made before we get to look at the competition.
If you have a question about whether the cartridge you are purchasing is a legitimate OEM, please give us a call. We try to very clearly mark on our website what cartridges are OEM (anything listed under our Hewlett Packard section) vs. remanufactured (Color Labs section).
Let me be clear, I am not knocking remanufactured cartridges, we’ve been selling them for years, and many of our customers have very good results from them. I am disappointed in those marketing remanufactured or refilled cartridges as OEM.
Thank you for your loyalty, we appreciate it. If you have any questions, please ask.
