We have received some emails asking about the buttons at the bottom of our order confirmation emails. Some say they are confusing. We agree. We asked our technical guru to fix it. You are not going to like what he found. It’s not us. It’s Google. Or more specifically Google’s email trying to be smart. …
Keith Specialty Store is a small, family-owned company. We believe in product value and great personal service for both our walk-in customers and our continent-wide internet customers as well. Our motto is “Your small home-town attitude store” and it is more than a motto. It is the way we do business every day with both our local customers and our customers around the world.
That’s the Keith Specialty Store difference This past Saturday, I came into work shortly before closing time. Jim, one of our guys, said “Business was pretty good today, but I talked one guy out of buying a pump and another guy from buying a furnace motor.” This would be about $500 in sales. Maybe in…
It’s not always about the sale or money. In this post you will get some insight into the character of the owner.
Today’s world of text messaging, Face Book posts, Twitter tweets, and smart phones applications have many people using only lower case letters in their communications. This blog entry is to point out a problem that may convince you to use appropriate upper case when you fill in an order form. Consider the example: “apt l06”….
Please be advised that our shopping cart estimates some products. These are mostly large items that require either freight delivery or can not be sized correctly shipping via UPS. We try to set estimates to be close to what actual shipping costs are, but there are times where we just have to guess. When we…
Can I Use PVC Pipe for Air Lines? PVC pipe should never be used for pressurized air lines. Never. You might know someone who has PVC air lines in their garage or workshop but it is an accident waiting to happen. Bump it with a tool or object and it can shatter we tremendous…
The basic answer is: “Don’t do it”. Our flex pipe comes in 100 and 250 foot rolls. The size of the roll can easily be six feet in diameter. That means it cannot ship via UPS or US mail. The only way to ship it is freight, and the cost starts around $100 and goes up from…
Culvert pipe is outrageously expensive to ship. The twenty-foot length creates a problem for almost all of the LTL (Less than a Truck Load) trucking companies. Many trucking companies do not want to bid on hauling it. We therefore encourage you to look locally for a supplier of culvert pipe. If you really want us…
We have expanded our horizons and entered the world of blogging and social networking. The store, started in 1954, has gone through many changes. We have been selling on the Internet for over 10 years. Now, we at Keith Specialty store want to share our experiences, knowledge and expertise. We know about heating, cooling ,…
