How do we compare?

We did a little comparison shopping today!  It is so hard for manufacturers to stay viable, to stay in business  in today's economic climate. Everyone wants it for less. The thing is, because of this "must have it cheaper than last year" scenario, the off-shore manufacturers have increasingly taken over our business, putting many companies, "out of" business.

We have been manufacturing wood plaques, shields, trophies and custom awards for 52 years. We love what we do and it shows in our products and our service to our customers, old and new. So today we decided to see how we compare to the prices of our competitors who are in Canada but choose to sell all off-shore solid wood products similar as close as possible to what we sell instead of volume purchasing from us. I was fair and if they had sizes we didn't have I listed them anyway and showed that we didn't sell it. I also made note of the sizes we did sell that others didn't. What we have above other companies who sell Eastern and South American wood products is that we make it here, in Canada, from start to finish. Our wood is purchased from managed forests and we care about our environment and all those who affected by the footprints we make.  We can make any size plaque in any quantity with no minimum orders. Putting out this information has already sparked some feedback but conversation is good. We should be talking to one another about our futures. We did this more for info on our pricing, we wanted to see how we stacked up against those selling the same products as we do, and to remind our trophy companies that we're still here and our prices are good so lets work together to make our businesses stronger.