Archive for January 2008
Online shopping that helps kids
A long time Simon’s Stamps employee has a 4 year old daughter who goes to the excellent Cushman Scott Children’s Center, in North Amherst, Massachusetts. Unfortunately, the school needs money, for building repairs, heat, and teachers’ health insurance (very expensive in Massachusetts.) Of course we made a donation, but the school needs big bucks, which we can’t afford. So we found another way to help, and you can join in.
We’ve created a special website, CushmanMall.com. Next time you’re doing some online shopping, just visit the Cushman Mall, and and click on one of the links to merchants. When you complete a purchase, the school gets a commission, anywhere from 1% to 28% of the total. There’s no extra cost to you – you just visit the merchant’s regular website. Their server keeps track of the fact that we sent you.
We’ve gotten over 80 merchants signed up. They include WalMart, Lands’ End, ebay, amazon.com, itunes, The Sharper Image, buy.com, Target, 1-800-CONTACTS, Academic Superstore, Sierra Trading Post, Overstock.com, Magic Cabin, Lillian Vernon, Sears, Spring Hill Nursery, net flix … you get the idea.
So you can help kids – and we’re not even asking you to write a check! Just visit CushmanMall.com before your next online purchase.
Customer of the Week
A while ago, one of our customers, St. Helena Olive Oil Company, called with a special request. Even though it was afternoon (at least here on the East Coast), they needed some stamps made. And they needed them overnight, for a big project they were doing tomorrow.
Well, we did some quick figuring, and we were able to say yes. We made their stamps, and drove them to the UPS depot at 7:00 PM, just in time to make the truck to the airport.
Well I guess they appreciated it, because they sent us a gift. A big bottle of one of the best olive oils I’ve ever had! It went on our bread, popcorn, vegetables and potatoes pretty much every day. Highly recommended. Check out their website: St. Helena Olive Oil Company. If you’re in the neighborhood, tell Roselle and Peggy that Simon’s Stamps says Hi!
