Can you spot the difference?

Good afternoon – here’s something to get your brain working.  Look hard or you might miss it.  What’s the difference between these two pictures of this delicious-looking sunflower cookie?

 

Well, I took a bite out of it, of course!  In fact, that entire cookie was devoured with ease.  I’m a cookie fanatic/expert.  How do you become a cookie expert?  Years of experience!

I was visiting Dandra’s library one day and found that there was an extra sunflower cookie made by Sara (another teacher) that was calling my name.  Why a sunflower cookie?  Yes it’s cute, but Kansas recognized the sunflower as official state flower and floral emblem in 1903 (the sunflower is also featured on the Kansas state quarter, state flag, and the nickname for Kansas is The Sunflower State.)  Mission Repair’s roots are from Kansas as well!

Did you know that Sunflower heads consist of 1,000 to 2,000 individual flowers joined together by a receptacle base? The large petals around the edge of a head are actually individual ray flowers, which do not develop into seed.  I didn’t know that either!  There’s so much to learn here in the Mission Repair Blog.

I’m guessing that is why these succulent morsels were in the teacher’s lounge.  In any case, this sunflower got “plucked” because it went missing…into my personal sunflower storage compartment 😉

See you tomorrow, Ryan

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Yes, we ship to every location in the USA, let’s discuss the best deal.

Hello folks,

We ship using FedEx, UPS and USPS, and with thousands of shipments per month, we try our hardest to make sure that our customers get the best possible prices when shipping broken electronics in and out of one of our locations. We automatically route packages incoming to us to the location closest to you.

There’s a little known “trick” to help keep shipping costs down, let’s discuss. Here’s a screenshot from our checkout page:

The big shipping carriers (i.e. FedEx) charge a bit more to deliver packages to your home. Yes, the majority of our repairs are sent directly back to our customer residences…but if you have your device sent back to your business address – many companies will allow their employees to do so – you will save up to $6 on one way of shipping!

The thought behind this is that carriers know that customers are not always home, therefore they will need to come back to reattempt delivery which costs time and money. Businesses however are typically open “during normal business hours” during the day, and the driver will only have to stop once and make the delivery and have someone sign for it.

That’s another small tidbit, you don’t need to add or pay for a signature request if your delivery is to a business; the big carriers already require a signature for security when packages are delivered to a business, so that’s just another item that you won’t need to pay for!

This entire scenario is NOT special to Mission Repair, however many of our customers don’t fully understand the shipping rules posed by the carriers, so I hope this helps you out.

Postal deliveries are a bit different. The United States Post Office (USPS) handles deliveries in a slightly different way, we can discuss that later.

Happy shipping, Ryan

Mission Repair in Lakewood, Colorado: shipments have begun!

Hello friends,

It’s my last day in Colorado training our new employees today; so we are busy going over the fine details and procedures. Our two new employees here with our veterans are catching on very quickly…

Yesterday we received 13 units at this location and shipped all thirteen. Here’s Kevin with his “stack” at the end of the day. We repaired and sent off a few iPad repairs, a few iPod repairs, and along with these mail-ins, we serviced every walk-in customer that came in as well. So far so good!!

We’re still arranging our nightly pickup and this “test” was a success. I’ve purposely had a few orders trickle in, and when they start receiving a hundred or so a day might be a little stressful, but with the proper training I think they will be just fine! In fact, the shipping area here at our Colorado location is well equipped and nice. I think my main shipping center in Kansas might be a little jealous! Don’t tell em about it 😉

After we close tonight at 7:00pm, we’re headed out to travel back to Kansas. I’ll see you back at the Corporate Headquarters tomorrow!

Take care, Ryan

Mission Repair scheduled to open in Denver, Colorado!

Hello my friends,

We’re happy to announce that our very first Colorado location is secured and we will be opening soon!

Will it be open by Christmas? Well, no, not quite.

We are just finalizing the details and it’s in an amazing location in Denver; it’s actually a suburb of Denver, in Lakewood, Colorado. Just minutes from downtown, Red Rock Amphitheater, the Pepsi Center, the Denver Tech Center and the ever-popular Sports Authority Field at Mile-High stadium.

As far as location goes, there’s not much that can beat it! The new address is:

Mission Repair Express
3200 S. Wadsworth Blvd.
Lakewood, CO 80227
OPENING BEFORE SPRING 2015!

The telephone number and official opening date will be announced by New Years Eve, as we have a lot of finishing touches to complete and nail down. Why is Mission Repair moving into the Denver market? It’s the first step to the master plan and we’ll be announcing 16 more locations soon. Coming to a neighborhood near you!

Thanks everyone, I’ll be back with more great info soon but very soon the Award-Winning iPhone Repair Center will be in Denver. We’ll see you there!

Take care,

Ryan