The Pillar Surplus Moment

Hello Blogger Buds!  I wanted to let you guys know about some current events happening at Pillar Surplus. Without following our Facebook or being subscribed to our Newsletter, you may not have heard about our new category on the website.  Some items have been in our stock for way too long, so we’re taking 30% OFF on our parts under the new Clearance tab. Parts are always aging, so parts will always be added. Check in consistently to find things you may need at a discounted price at www.pillarsurplus.com. Pillar Surplus is also having a Quantity Sale.  I f you buy a larger quantity, receive a larger discount!   Buying 6-8 of one of the selected parts below to get 15% OFF your purchase, or buy 9-11 of them for 20% OFF.   Keep in mind, when making these large purchases, make sure you request combined shipping to save even more money. Feel Free to Follow our Facebook, to be kept in-sync with all the products that are selected for this sale, imag...

MY Firsthand Experience of Inventorying at Pillar Surplus   As mentioned before Inventorying has many steps and can become very time consuming. A few days ago, I slipped on my steel toe shoes for once and got to experience a different task at Pillar Surplus. What I experienced showed me the drive my co-workers have to have, to reach success, when inventorying. At first, I honestly thought it was going to be simpler than what my previous blog had said. It was the complete opposite after the first step. The first step was taking notes and making an observation on the brand, measurements and condition. Then we take our own pictures of the part to prove that nothing is being hidden from our customers that will be viewing them on the website. After that we write its new lot number on it or its packaging with a vibrant paint marker and assign it to a bin, to make it navigable when it is purchased. Then this was repeated a couple more times at once for different parts to be ...

What it’s like Working at Pillar Surplus “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out,” (R. Coiller). From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Monday through Friday, my fellow co-workers consistently have hard work running through their veins. The business’s friendly service and our nicely-priced quality parts keep Pillar Surplus on its toes. When offering a variety of items, there are many steps when it comes to inventory. Workers have to gather part numbers from each part, to be documented on research forms for future use. Then they need to be counted and then photographed. Next, more research is done to collect general information and average pricing, so they can list the part on the website, Craigslist and/or eBay. Inventorying can get really in-depth but brings convenience to the customer’s table. When taking these steps, information on the parts becomes transparent. Customers know exactly what they are buying and view the condition of the product before purchasi...

Remembering on Memorial Day James Garfield had once said, “If silence is ever golden, it must be beside the graves of fifteen-thousand men, whose lives were more significant than speech, and whose death was a poem the music of which can never be sung,” for a ceremony honor the 620,000 who have fallen in 1888 due to the Civil War. This ceremony was known as Decoration Day and is now well known as Memorial Day. Every Memorial Day we remember and respect all who have served our beloved country and hear the 24-note bugle call known as TAPS, with synchronized gunshots after a red, white, and blue parade. I wanted to acknowledge the numbers of the men and women who had served for our democracy to help people understand the reasoning more strongly about these services.    Military Members Lost: American Revolution: 4,435 dead War of 1812: 2,260 dead Civil War: 620,000 dead Spanish American War: 387 dead World War One: 116,708 dead World War Two: 407,316 d...

Why Do We Blog? The Benefits Whether you like blogging or not, its popularity still stands. Blogger is simple and efficient but technology itself isn’t so much.   When I did some research, blogging was said to be a great way to stay connected when so much continues to change. But there were lists and lists that came up of how many other great things a blog can do, at a low cost. Every two to three weeks, I try to write Blogger post consistently, but why? Finding this answer is something our fellow readers and myself might find interesting to know. Blogger is a more detailed interaction with people, compared to other social media. Pillar Surplus loves to engage and create relationships with our customers and this social media site along with our newly active Facebook is one way to start. We have written previously, relationships build trust and trust equals a newly founded customer confidence. Along with leads and long-term results, the Blogger traffic can easily ...

What Kind of Earth-Minded Decisions Do You Make Daily?: A Question All Businesses Should Consider  All resources used to create your product or service starts from some form of nature. Businesses easily can put out air pollution, water waste, land pollution, marine and coastal pollution, hazardous material, solid waste, pesticides, radiation, dust (asbestos), lead and oil during production. Without even considering environmental impact, resources can become limited very quickly. China’s industry dominates its economy. With so much carbon coming from businesses, they are becoming indirectly responsible for thousands of deaths of China’s citizens. But let’s move a little closer to home, Ohio, United States. Ohio is the number one state polluting through power plants and through other industries.  36.4 million pounds of harmful chemicals were emitted into the environment in 2010 from Ohio, not including the 4,210 pounds of industrial mercury air pollution itself....

The Key to Customer Confidence  Many factors contribute to the construction of a company’s customer confidence. Enforcing these factors into business does have large importance because customer loyalty, revenue, brand, and competition all rely on customer confidence. Customers are the running blood of all business… So, without their confidence, is your company even alive? Luckily, confidence is something that can be lost but easily gained. You should be seeking feedback, maintaining relationships, transparency, have goals beyond profit and ease of payment.  From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday to accomplish these additional tasks, we assist customers through phone and email. Our employees are eager to foster these relationships with quick response and undivided attention while assisting the concerned customers. Satisfaction will grow and trust will be gained when maintaining relationships becomes one of the priorities on your business’s list. Another way to ...