Last year I set out to reprint the Elemental Forces of Creation Oracle. The first group I had printed in China based on the recommendation of someone who had printed her own deck there.  She had originally learned about this printer from someone else who had several decks printed with them. They both had gotten great service and a good price from the printer she recommended to me.

All went great with my first run and the decks were a success, but this time I wanted to see if there was anything I could do to get the oracles printed in the US. I wanted to lower the environmental foot print the decks made by traveling a smaller distance and to have as green printing as possible. I also wanted to keep the economic flow in the US and receive them sooner than I would if they were coming from China.

Initially, I paid someone to research printers in the US and she found no comparable price. One printer wanted more than the retail price of $24.99 per unit even with printing a 1000 sets. A few months later I began doing more research myself. I looked into many different printers and no one could come close to the price with the same package.

So, we worked at redesigning the package. Then, one US printer had a reasonable price, green standards, and was located in Orlando. Even with that the price for the project, it was a couple thousand dollars more than I would have paid sending the project to my original printer in China. But, I was determined to help the US economic flow and the environmental footprint even if it meant paying more.

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