
The holiday shopping season has begun. You can’t pick up a newspaper, watch
television, listen to the radio or surf the Internet without being inundated
with ads for the best holiday deals ever. For me, the tradition is that the holiday
train starts rolling the day after Thanksgiving, but that’s another story.
My thought for today was prompted by a news item I saw last
night. The focus of the story was how to avoid being fooled by holiday sales
offers that “sound too good to be true”; how to detect scams and determine if a
company is legitimate. Sad, but true;
it’s a story that needs to be told every year. I mean, seriously, how many genuine Coach purses have you bought for
$25?
Truth is that when you peel away the top layer, undo the
wrapping and take a closer look – what you see is NOT always what you get.
And that brings me to my point.
Sentry products are safety products; built to protect
people, equipment and facilities from damages caused by impact from industrial
equipment and vehicles. There are other
products that look like ours; the same color, the same height; at a visual
glance they look the same. But peel away the outside layer and you definitely
recognize the difference. The way they are designed, manufactured, the
materials used, the testing they undergo all factor in to making one of the
highest quality, toughest, most reliable safety
products you can buy. Are they more expensive? Yes, they are. I’m proud to say
that because you get what you pay for and safety products are not where you
should be looking for bargains. The consequences can be dire.
Safety is serious business. When you are purchasing safety
products to protect your people, equipment and facilities, look below the
surface, get past the exterior and make sure that what you see is indeed what
you get.
Posted by MJ Thomas