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Believe it or not, there’s a few things we can tell you, that could make a BIG difference to your buying experience when you find yourself considering the options available to you within this sector of the promotional gifts market. Take the humble coffee coaster for example. Here at RT Promotions we have a fairly comprehensive range of coasters on offer on our website, in excess of fifty in fact. They range from cheap and cheerful paper coasters, to plastic, acrylic, PVC, metal, leather, vinyl, gnalvic and glass – and we’ve probably missed a few!!! They all have their particular features – some can be printed onto in full colour, whilst others can only be printed in ‘spot colours’, some can even be embossed or engraved. But, we can hear you ask – why do we need to TALK to you about them?
Which coffee coaster do we like best?
That’s easy – it has to be the PVC coaster – as shown here. It’s virtually indestructible and can be moulded into almost any shape.
We’ll give you an example. There’s a promotional coffee coaster on the market, that’s been a best seller for years. RT Promotions has sold tens of thousands of them – and we’ve not had one single complaint. The manufacturer claims the coasters to be ‘virtually indestructible under normal use’, but we always warn our customers not to get them too wet. A bit odd don’t you think? A coffee coaster is going to get wet, spillages are going to occur, after all, that’s partly what they’re designed for isn’t it, to keep the spillages away from your desk or table? Hence the need to ‘talk to the experts’ – us!! This particular coaster will be destroyed if placed in the washing up bowl. It will probably be irreversibly damaged if liquids are allowed to get under the base – and yet, it’s claimed to be ‘virtually indestructible under normal use’….. we must emphasise, the coaster has a lot going for it. It offers great colour reproduction, and is available at a great price. When we have customers visit our showroom, they almost always select this particular coaster from amongst the many samples we show them, and even when the clients are made aware of the coaster’s weakness, they usually proceed to purchase it regardless – but we often wonder how many people buying this coaster from other promotional gift suppliers are made aware of these facts in advance? One things for sure – if you don’t TALK to them/us, you’d never know.
Another coaster distorts and bubbles when you place a hot drink onto it!!! Can you believe it, a coaster that’s readily available, but which breaks when used for it’s intended purpose!!! We’ve removed this particular coaster from sale, it’s no longer on our company website, BUT – it’s still available from other companies, and being sold in the thousands.
So you see, that’s the point about talking to us – talk to seasoned experts in promotional products, and you’ll be advised properly.
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