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Mask Prices Reduced Again | New Hand Sanitizer Sizes | Our First Radio Ad |Manic Mondays | COVID Stats & News Update<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s Monday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the first thing I thought of when writing \u201cMonday\u201d \u2026 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SsmVgoXDq2w<\/a>.

I really do love 80\u2019s music. They don\u2019t make it like they used to!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t see Monday\u2019s the same as was talked about in this song. The truth is, I LOVE Mondays. I LOVE working and am always excited to see what the week holds. In fact, since I do a lot of sourcing overseas I start my work week Sunday night around 9pm (which is Monday morning 9am China time). In the \u201cold days\u201d (Pre-COVID-19) I would work till 11 or 12 and go to bed. Now, I work until at LEAST 2am, many nights till 3am, and some nights (like Sat night) till 6am. I slept 1 hour and was back up at 7 when my girls were pouncing on me saying \u201cIt\u2019s Mother\u2019s Day!\u201d. Who needs sleep anyway. I guess I can sleep when I\u2019m dead. But I digress \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the upside, after trading sleep for opportunity, it seems like we are really headed into the health & safety supplies business. Costs, and therefore prices, are nuts right now, but demand is high and supply is low, so that\u2019s creating a lot of business for us. The trick will be getting prices down as costs go down and supply and demand normalize, and through that, maintain customers long term. In fact, that is exactly how CablesAndKits was started. We launched at a time when pre-owned Cisco was in high supply and high demand after the dot com crash. That created the need for the accessories to go along with the hardware. I was in the right place at the right time and took advantage of the demand and created the supply. Then, over time as costs came down and competitors crept in, we were able to lower prices to stay relevant. We had our missteps but that\u2019s another story you\u2019ll hear about here and there. Have you found any opportunities in the midst of all the change we are in the middle of?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

I want to point out our new landing page again. We have continued to work on it over the weekend as well as adding new product pages and tweaking here and there. It has KN95 masks, 3Ply masks, Gel and Liquid hand sanitizer, Sanitizer dispensers, Face Shields, Thermometers, and Gloves.
\nWe are also working on a new category called Care Packages. The idea here is that you could upload or send to us a list of names and addresses (of your staff for instance) and we could send a custom-tailored Care Package to them for you! We could include a note from you or your CEO, and really anything you wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check it out. Give me feedback! https:\/\/www.cablesandkits.com\/c\/safety-supplies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I mentioned before, we will have our very first radio ad airing starting today!! If you\u2019re in Atlanta, or listen to 104.7 The Fish<\/a> on the internet, our commercials run today at ROUGHLY 9:05am, 10:32am, 1:59pm, and 3:59pm if you want to listen in<\/a>! Exciting! If this works out we will expand to other stations in Atlanta and then across the nation! (Dream Big!)
I hope you had a great weekend and a have a great week.

– Craig<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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