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Purchasing Use the budget as a guide, but also take into account current campaign issues. Some of your products will just not be moving as fast as you anticipated. It is hard to give a person a lapel sticker and a piece of literature at the same time. Is one piling up? Maybe something is moving ineffectually. Are your sign people getting lazy and wasting the signs? Are people taking a product and hording it or collecting it? Is it achieving its potential level of exposure? Of course, some products will take off. Has fundraising found that the mugs are irresistible to big donors? Your budget will also be a problem because you will invariably get estimated prices wrong. Call us, and we can help squeeze things in, and out, of your budget. You want to the quickest (relatively depending on the situation), the best (always important to demonstrate quality), the most dependable (you do not want your order messed up), and the cheapest (possibly the most important). There is no magic rubric for who has these four qualities for every product. Objectively, buying out of state is not a big deal. All your union representatives care about is that is made in America and that it is union made. They do not care where in America it is made. It costs less from us, because we are bigger and more direct. Occasionally your union representative will allow a non-union product. In that situation it is a major emergency. Want more details (like what comes closest to that magic rubric and why budget numbers are off)? Call (800) 336-4844 and ask for David True Story on Purchasing First day on the job in Texas, I (David) was in the field office and someone says, “I think we are low on placards.” This young man did not check and ordered 10,000 signs, rushed, shipped them to the HQ, and then shipped them out again. It was two major catastrophes in one. We had more placards then we used for the rest of the campaign and we got destroyed with unnecessary rush and shipping charges. DemStore is going to talk overzealous staffers out of foolish purchases. We are running this store to Help Get Democrats Elected. Sure we make some money, but we see the need for experience in the part of a campaign where green staffers are libel to cost you with lack of preparation and foresight, that we can offer. |
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