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Millers Blog

December 2007 - Posts

  • Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

    On behalf of everyone at Miller's, we wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday season!

    We will be closed on Saturday, December 22, through Tuesday, December 25, re-opening at normal business hours on Wednesday.  (A weekend, much less a four-day weekend, what in the world is going on around here?!!)

    Also, as you have likely noticed on the website, the Columbia facility is losing power Wednesday evening.  Tentatively scheduled at 7:00 p.m., we'll really shut down as soon as the delivery vehicles leave the premises for the night.  This is necessary to connect the power in our new addition to the main circuitry.  For you all, this means the website and all upload options will be unavailable until power is restored.

    We apologize for any inconvenience there, but appreciate our construction guys holding off until after the busy season and working overnight that day to make it happen.

    Happy holidays, safe travels and Godspeed.

  • Christmas Adoption for The Farm

    Our Pittsburg facility has just completed their annual Christmas adoption for the children at The Farm -- a non-profit agency that provides foster care and adoption for children in Kansas.  This marks the fifth consecutive year that our team members have been "adopting" children from The Farm.

    Starting the day after Thanksgiving, our team members select a card with a specific child's wish list and then set out to make that wish come true!  Thanks to all who participated.

    Here are a couple of photos of the presents in waiting.

    Presents for The Farm

    Presents for The Farm
     

  • Praise for Press

     I would like to throw a little praise at the Miller’s Press team.  The past three days have each been the largest days since we started the Press product line.  Kristy, Stephen, Brittany, Dan, Kylie, Lindsay, Chris, Chris, John, and David are each to be commended for their commitment to completing the work every day, despite the large volume of last minute orders... and I mean LARGE volume of last minute orders!
     
    This picture was taken about 45 minutes ago.   Shows a small percentage of the incoming work orders to be completed today (so arrived yesterday evening or today).  Go Press Team!

     Press Business
     

  • No Power in Pittsburg, Patience Please

    Our Pittsburg facility is currently experiencing a weather-related power outage.  Beyond the obvious, also means that the vast majority of our customer service agents cannot answer the phones.  We appreciate your patience and will update again when there's more information.

    UPDATE:  Ok, so Pittsburg CS can answer the phones, they just can't use their computers, light switches, or electric coffee makers.  Obviously, still limited in how they're able to assist, so still asking for patience.  Thanks!

     
    UPDATE AGAIN:  Power is back, all is well.  Or well-ish, at least.  More winter storms predicted for tonight and tomorrow at both locations.  Ice, ice, stay away.
     

     
     

  • Snow & Christmas Lights

    We had Christmas lights put up on the Columbia facility this year for the first time.  As luck would have it, snowed like crazy on the first night they were on (earlier this week).

    Lights on Building 
    (picture blurry because I was cold)

    Snow and Sleet made me cold
    (Crazy meteor snow)

  • Turnaround

    It never fails to amaze me what our team members are able to accomplish this time of year, especially knowing how busy we are and how hard they are each working on a daily basis.

    I'm fortunate that my wife (henceforth referred to as Sarah) is a photographer and one of our customers.  If I ever want the customer's point of view, all I have to do is remember to ask.  Yesterday, Sarah placed 5 orders with Miller's.  Some big, some small, nothing unusual. Miller’s received the first one at 9:43 a.m. and the final one at 2:34 p.m.

    When I walked in this morning around 8:00, each of those orders was waiting on me (packaged nicely).  I grabbed them to save shipping costs and will bring home this evening.   It's simply stunning service, which I am not the least bit responsible for, which happened on our busiest day of the year (thus far).

    I was planning on writing this post today anyway, but then customer service received the following e-mail:
    "I just finished shooting an annual family portrait event that I do every fall....  This time we shot 51 families.... I have already sent the orders into Miller’s and gotten them back and have over half of them already delivered to the families.  Out of the 51 families that ordered all sizes between wallets and 16x20’s, I didn’t have one single error either on my behalf or Miller’s.  The prints were printed absolutely perfect.  The delivery time was nothing short of phenomenal and once again, Miller’s made me look like a super hero and earned many points to me and my business.  
     
    "I’m not sure how I ever survived before switching all of our business over to Miller’s.  It really was the BEST decision I ever made." -- Tom Holloway -- ProImage Photography; Niceville, Florida.
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