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CEO Daily Update – 6.10.2020

June 10, 2020 by Craig Haynie

TONS of Updates – Happy Hump Day, Lysol Spray, 3M N95 In Stock, Cases of Hand Sanitizer, Nitrile Gloves


Happy Wednesday! HUMP DAAAAAAYYYY (never gets old)

This is the first thing that came to mind when I started this email for some reason (my brain is random):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrHxhQPOO2c

What’s your outlook? Is it going to be a bright sunshiny day? 90% is up to you ….

“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company…a church….a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past…we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude…I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you…we are in charge of our attitudes.” 
― Charles Swindoll


TOP NEWS – A MUST READ.

Muhahahah – Explained


Lot’s of good product updates today!

First of all, PLEASE keep in mind that on some of these items we have no control over our cost. If someone offers us something, and we don’t have a cheaper source, we buy it. We add a small markup that is less than our average markup on other items, and offer it to you. If you think the price is too high that’s ok! Simply don’t buy it. We are trying to do our customers a service by finding and offering these items. Please do not email me accusing me of price gouging – it hurts my little feelings (not really).

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CEO Daily Update – 6.3.2020

June 3, 2020 by Craig Haynie

Clorox Wipes, N95 Masks, New Floor Dispensers, and Business/COVID Updates


Happy Wednesday!  
 
It was a big day yesterday! Lots of product updates (above), and lots of interesting and enlightening conversations (below).

First, about the product updates – As you will see above, we are launching Clorox sanitizing wipes, N95 masks, and Floor Stand Sanitizer dispensers all in the same day. Wheew!! I want to explain a little about how “this works” when it comes to things like Clorox wipes and N95 masks. There is no reliable supply chain for these things right now. I describe what it’s like out there as the Wild Wild West. Market price is literally defined by what someone is willing to sell something for, and what someone else is willing to pay. There are no rules, and you act fast or you miss the opportunity. On certain items like hand sanitizer dispensers or bottle pumps, I get those manufactured and we have some control. With things like Clorox wipes or N95 masks, it is a no holds barred sourcing showdown. I have been offered pallets of gloves before, and took 8 minutes to make up my mind, and by the time I did they were SOLD. It was a LOT of gloves. I was sick. So, things like Clorox wipes or N95 masks are like that. Someone offers them to me, and I either grab them or I don’t.

I am going to explain what you will see on the site for those items. For the Clorox wipes in the bag, the “on order” qty is on the way to us. Every time someone enters an order, that qty goes down. So in general, what you see on order should be available for you to buy. For the Clorox wipes in the canister, I have committed to about 2000 canisters, but there are a total of roughly 20,000 available. What you see on the site is the amount remaining from the 20,000 available. As soon as I send this email and orders start coming in I will gauge how many to buy and lock the PO in. So, that is why I am saying ORDER FAST if you want them. For the N95 masks it’s similar. We have a vendor that has them available and I have written a PO for the full qty and will edit it as necessary once we see the demand.

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CEO Daily Update – 5.26.2020

May 26, 2020 by Craig Haynie

Brussel Sprout Recipe | Crohn’s Disease | KN95 Masks Price Drop | Personal Sized Sanitizer


Well well well … Monday Again! Wait, no … Tuesday.

You know we will all be a day off a day the whole week! I hope everyone had a great long weekend though! We got a last minute invite along with a few other couples to a friend’s house to have dinner and hang out around the pool. It was very much needed to have a little social interaction!

A Brussel Sprout Recipe…
They were grilling hamburgers and hotdogs and due to my dietary restrictions (see below), I made my own meal and took it with me. While doing so I accidentally created something I am going to tell you about below. Didn’t you know this was also a cooking show? So, one of the things I can eat right now is brussel sprouts. I like them fine boiled, but I have a funky way of making cabbage that is delicious and make brussel sprouts the same way. Basically, I cut the ends off, and then slice them into about 4-5 pieces. When you do, and stir them, they break apart making ribbons of sorts. So what I do is use some olive oil, put them in the pan, add salt and pepper, and cook them (stirring often) for a little while to sort of get the oil in there. Then, I add some water and stir and cook, tasting until they are as tender as I want them. OH … I forgot it today but I also add just a touch of apple cider vinegar. It’s good, you should try it.

… Accidentally Turned into Cole Slaw
But today, I didn’t feel like slicing till my fingers fell off, so I wondered if I could use the Vitamix to do it faster. I am fairly new to cooking and don’t know what I am doing. I put a handful of the them in there but apparently it was on the DESTROY setting. It made what looked like cole slaw. Hmmm …… I added salt and pepper, a little avocado oil (I would just as quickly use olive oil), and then a little vegan mayo. (I am not vegan, but I have an egg allergy). It was GOOD. I took it to our friend’s house and let several people try it. They all loved it. I shall now work on tweaking this recipe! I feel so fancy!

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CEO Daily Email – 5.19.2020

May 19, 2020 by Craig Haynie

Enjoy the Small Things, 10oz Pump Top Gel Hand Sanitizer, Alcohol Wipes, Cheaper KN95’s, and more!

Happy Tuesday!

The sounds of the birds chirping. The smell of coffee roasting. The endless possibilities that lie ahead of you today. Take a moment to enjoy the day for all the small things!

We have been working like maniacs over here at CK to get and keep the things you need and are asking for in stock. It’s easy to wear slap out so this advice is for me more than anyone!

It rained here Sunday night/Monday morning (and I left my shoes by the pool Sunday night. I NEVER do that, but I did and they were soaked yesterday morning. But I had another pair and I just stopped to be thankful for the rain. Praise God almighty for the many blessings – especially the small ones like wet shoes that come from a relaxing rain, or the sound of a bird chirping, or the pleasures of a cup (or 20) of coffee. Life is short. Enjoy it the best you can!

Here is today’s version of the email update. I keep rearranging it trying to see what I like best. Unless and until I put images in the email sometimes it is hard to describe and get quick attention to the things I would like you to see. If you have any preferences or suggestions please share them with me.

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Filed Under: CEO Daily Updates Tagged With: Alcohol Wipes, CEO, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Fase Masks, Hand sanitizer, Safety Supplies

CEO Daily Update 5.18.2020

May 18, 2020 by Craig Haynie

CEO Email Updates

Captain Picard, Isolation Gowns Launched, Fiber Cables, and Buying Pre-owned Cisco 

Happy Monday!

Did you know that Jean Luc Picard is back in a new series “Star Trek: Picard”? I just finished season one a few weeks ago and it’s fantastic. A friend said “I would listen to Patrick Stewart read the phone book”. I grew up watching Next Generation and I agree. After I finished Picard, while I am waiting for a new season, I heard about and started watching Star Trek: Discovery. Also fantastic! VERY fantastic! I just finished the last episode of season 2 over the weekend. So then I said hmm … what now? I never thought I would do this …. I started watching the original series! I am only a few episodes in but it’s cool to see where it all started! I was shocked to find out there were only three seasons of the original show. So, it won’t take long to get through them and then figure out where to go from there. I may try to watch it all chronologically, including all the movies. If you haven’t seen the new shows I highly recommend them!

Believe it or not, at CablesAndKits, even though safety supplies have been in the spotlight lately, our primary business is technology. For most of our 19 years in business we have been focused in two major areas: Pre-owned and fully refurbished (by us) Cisco Network Hardware (Switches, Transceiver modules, Cisco Phones, etc) and Network infrastructure (Ethernet, Fiber Cabling, Power Cords, etc). Let me tell you a couple things that might change your life …

There is very little reason to buy Cisco Transceivers “new” from a Cisco partner / distributor (“the channel”). With the newest switches and firewalls and such, if you want “SmartNet” coverage, there are reasons why you might want to buy from the channel. Not so for transceivers. It is a pluggable module that has no “software” on it and cannot be covered by SmartNet independently anyway (it is covered by whatever device it is installed in at the time). You can pay $400-600 for one from the channel, or you can buy one pre-owned from us for $35-150 each. Pre-owned can mean “pre-loved”, tested, and refurbished, or it can mean brand new never used in the box. Think of it like this…. You bought 100 switches and 100 (or more) transceivers to deploy on a project and ended up with too many. You can’t return them to Cisco, so you sell them to someone like us. We offer them to our customers at a huge savings over buying from the channel. Another scenario is you install a transceiver, use it for months, weeks, or days, and remove and replace it with a different model. You sell that to us, we test it, clean it, and offer it for sale at a huge savings. In both cases we provide a LIFETIME warranty on these products and a 30 day satisfaction guarantee. What do you have to lose? (The money you are wasting elsewhere, that’s what).

The most common Cisco transceiver bought today is the SFP-10G-SR. You can view the buying options and if you have ANY questions just let us know. If you are nervous about pre-owned, buy new. But I have been doing this 19 years and strongly suggest you buy the pre-owned. If nothing else, buy one and check it out. Back orders are ok – we have PLENTY of these in our supply chain. If you have any needs whatsoever, let us know and a sales rep can help you navigate the options, help you plan your options and delivery dates, etc.

We mastered fiber cabling many many years ago. We have three factories in China where our fiber cables are made and we receive shipments every day. In fact, our supply chain is so well oiled that we order fiber on Monday and it is manufactured and in the building on Thursday. (and Tue->Friday, Wed and Thur->Monday, etc). We have basic and premium options for fiber and our premium cables use Corning Fiber cores and upgraded connectors. Not only can you save a pile of money over the big name brands, you can work with people that can get you anything you need, when you need it.

This link will take you to a 1 Meter, OM3 (10 Gig), LC to LC Standard boot Premium fiber cable. It (and the basic version) is our best seller. From there you can change the different options to get what you need. And, if you want OM4 or OM5 (people do buy them but you’ll KNOW it when you need them) you can navigate to those pages in the top level navigation menu. You can order as many as you need and if they are not in stock they will ship in 3-5 days so order up! And as always, let us know if you have any questions at all.

I could go on and on about the things we sell, and I will try to fit in a product group here or there, but I figured it was my duty to at least mention a few of our top selling product lines! I’ll talk about other product lines and points of interest in future emails. If you have any questions let me know and I can also try to answer some of those in this email.
I’ve refactored the way the email is laid out, and I am sure I will refactor it 100 times in the future. I want to be verbose at times, but I don’t want to let something sit stale day after day if I can help it.


Start here: SAFETY SUPPLIES LANDING PAGE

NEWLY LAUNCHED:

Isolation Gowns are here! We have roughly 60,000 that just arrived and we have 800,000 more coming soon. There are some big orders in the works so if you need them, buy them on the site or reach out to me. I can get as many as needed.

RECENTLY LAUNCHED:

Our new Desktop Hand Sanitizer Dispenser is here. Here is a video of me demonstrating it.

I am still working on wall mount and floor stand models. I will have an update on those soon.

If you know anyone looking for large qty’s of 8oz bottles (for liquid or Gel hand sanitizer, or other liquids), send them here:

View our 8oz sport top bottles with caps. These are available as singles, in cases of 121 (odd right?), and pallets contain 7260 (we don’t have the pallet listed but you can email me or just order 60 cases which is a pallet). Here is a video of me demonstrating it.

Dispenser Pumps for Gallon, half Gallon, and Liter bottles.

Face Shields – They are not blue, they are white. You can see it on my big fat head HERE.

Thermometers should be here Tuesday. You can pre-order now.

Top Sellers:

3-Ply Masks: Quick Ship 3-Ply Disposable Mask | Standard Ship 3-Ply Disposable Mask

KN95 Masks: Quick Ship KN95 Mask | Standard Ship KN95 Mask

Hand Sanitizer: 10oz Gel | 16oz Gel | 1 Liter Gel ||| 4 oz Liquid | 1 Gallon Liquid | 1/2 Gallon Liquid


Do you need shoe covers? I was offered some recently. 400,000 of them actually. There are 300 covers (150 pairs) per box and would be around $295 per box (about 0.98 per cover). Is this something you need?

I am still making progress on 75% alcohol wipes. More info coming soon.

Please let me know how I can be of service to you. If you need assistance with something, advice, or even if you just need someone to pray for you, I am here and listening.

Blessings,
Craig Haynie – CEO
CablesAndKits

P.S. Don’t forget to go follow us on Facebook here: CK Facebook Page.


COVID-19 News for Today

  • Over 1,872,000 people worldwide have recovered and over 346,000 people in the US have recovered!
  • The emotional health of Americans is improving as states move to reopen their economies following weeks of stay-at-home orders, a Gallup survey finds.
  • Fewer than half of Americans (47 percent) say they worried a lot of the previous day, down from 59 percent in a survey conducted in late March and early April.
  • Those reporting having experienced boredom have also dropped, to 41 percent from 46 percent. And those reporting having experienced happiness have risen to 72 percent, from 67 percent.
  • Meanwhile, the number of Americans reporting loneliness has remained unchanged, with 24 percent saying they experienced it “a lot” during the previous day.
  • After more than two months, Italy took further steps Monday to exit its prolonged coronavirus restrictions, allowing restaurants, hairdressers and shops to reopen and public masses to resume. The return of public masses marked the end of a confrontation between the Italian government and the Catholic Church over the timing of that move, which the government had originally scheduled for later.
  • • Four months into the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, tests for the virus finally are becoming widely available, a crucial step toward lifting stay-at-home orders and safely returning to normal life. But while many states no longer report crippling supply shortages, a new problem has emerged: too few people lining up to get tested.
  • • Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary slammed the British government for its handling of the coronavirus crisis on Monday and called plans to impose a 14-day quarantine for international travelers “laughable.” Speaking to BBC Radio 4, O’Leary said the policy was “idiotic and unimplementable,” adding that officials should be taking steps to impose more “effective measures,” such as issuing clearer guidance on face masks. The new quarantine policy has not been easy to understand. Under the rule, those arriving in Britain will have to self-isolate for two weeks — a restriction that some critics say should have been implemented earlier in the year.
  • Chinese president Xi Jinping will deliver a speech to the World Health Assembly on Monday, according to the state-run Global Times, amid global calls for an independent investigation into the origins of the coronavirus.
  • Hundreds of military personnel are reenlisting or postponing their departures from the armed forces this year, the Associated Press reported, as a historic economic downturn casts a cloud of uncertainty over employment and college prospects.
  • Across all three branches, hundreds of service members are signing up for new short-term extensions that offer job security, steady paycheck and benefits — a combination that has all but vanished from the job market during the coronavirus pandemic.

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CEO Daily Update 5.15.2020

May 15, 2020 by Craig Haynie

Safety Supplies Landing Page: https://www.cablesandkits.com/c/safety-supplies

If you received this email from a friend/co-worker/complete stranger and want to sign-up to receive it yourself, you can do so HERE.

Happy FRIDAY!!!!

Forward this email to 10 people or your cat will melt. That sounds a lot like the emails we used to get back in the day. “If you don’t send this email to 10 people you know, you will become infested with Argentinian sweat worms”. I don’t recall any exact examples but they really made my eyes roll. I never went for that sort of manipulation, and I hope you didn’t either. But seriously, if you don’t forward this email to at least 10 people, your cat will melt. haha

I have had so many people tell me today that they heard about us from a friend that forwarded them an email. I think I mentioned this the other day but we got a huge order and when I spoke to the guy he said someone he worked with had sent him the email. He was in purchasing and needed a source. She was a customer of ours personally and sent him the email. So, it got me thinking … we don’t really know who comes from where. So yesterday we launched a feature on the signup page of the site that asks how you heard about us. “I plead the fifth” is an actual option for those that don’t kiss and tell. 18% heard our radio ad, 26% was Google, and 26% were from a friend telling them or forwarding them an email! (and the rest was “other”, “plead the fifth”, etc). That is just one day of data but it made me think – I have got to get you guys forwarding these emails to people!

If you do, say something nice – even if you have to lie (haha kidding. Sorta.). If you received this email as a forward and want to sign up, I added a link to the signup page at the very top of this email. And, if YOU don’t forward to 10 people you know, ……. your cat will melt.

4oz Liquid Hand Sanitizer arrived! It’s on the site and ready to order!

WE LAUNCHED our Desktop Hand Sanitizer dispenser! I am so excited about it. I tested it myself and even shot a video. We are going to get it on the product page and the CK YouTube channel and all that jazz but I wanted to let you see it NOW, so I just uploaded it unedited to my personal YouTube account. Take a look: https://youtu.be/a7uWVLoyYvE

Take a look at the dispenser here: https://www.cablesandkits.com/mc/dispensers/desktop/fam-282/fp-18819/

The 200 we have on order should arrive TODAY. I am ordering more and they should be here in the next week or so. Order as many as you want and we will get them out now or when the next batch arrives!

These are great for gel or liquid hand sanitizer. You can also use for soap. Put them anywhere you want convenient hand sanitizer! Put ‘em on the trunk, put ‘em on the hood. Put one up with the driver, it’ll make him feel good. (Let’s see who gets that reference without clicking the link! 3:00 mark)

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