In the beginning with nothing more than a 3"
stika machine (yes that is 3 inches) we were determined to start a sign shop
out of our home located in old town Norco. See there was some confusion with
our sales rep (since we were his first customer) and us (since we didn't
have a clue on what was needed). He was so excited to have a
sale that he didn't understand what our goals were. But after trying
to do our first order we found it was quite difficult do with a mere 3inch
cutter. So, we contacted our sales rep and he put us through to his
boss and he said, that what we had purchased was not at all what we needed
"duh". Well they wouldn't take it back or give us credit so we still
have our little 3inch stika (barely used and never to go anywhere). It is
now on display in our commercial location at 405 Sixth St. in Old Town
Norco.
This little bump in our road
to success was just that little. With no
immediate resources we turned to our family for an investment and with no
hesitation, our wonderful parents lent us the money to get our second
machine, a whopping 15" cutter. Guess what we still have it, too.
We used it for about 4 years and then it was time for an upgrade, so we
purchased a 24" printer cutter, wow what a difference. We were able to
do so much more and was so busy that we needed to buy a second machine to
keep up. So here we were again in need and again with no hesitation
our wonderful parents invested a second time. Our trip was going just
fine, until June 28, 2000 when we were burglarized. The thieves got
away with half our equipment and all of our software. WOW what a shock, that
this could happen in the quiet town of Norco, boy were we naive. Thank
goodness for insurance, we were back on our feet in no time, with new
equipment and software.
Shortly after, we started doing embroidery, because
a lot of our great customers were requesting it. Then, it wasn't long
after we began offering screen printing to go with everything else.
The next thing was offering our customers professional flyers, ncr,
door hangers, mouse pads and misc. items. Thus this is when we coined the
phrase "YOUR ONE STOP MARKETING SHOP".
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With an almost endless array of possibilities, we are
now embarking on vehicle wraps, flags, posters and many, many, many more
products. I'm sure our future endeavors with our current and new customers
will benefit all of us.
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