Thank you. I really appreciate that. That really means a lot. And I commend you for the posts I've seen from you where you're really trying to take your company in the right direction and do things the right way. And I really hope you have a very successful future at it.I completely empathize with your position. Especially in these times where most companies are cutting corners to turn quick profits at the expense of the unwitting consumer. This is why I started following and supporting SNS/CEL/MA. As a small supplement company owner I admire and aspire to achieve the quality and care you put into your products. While I am but a small voice I want others to hear me when I say that these are the types of brands you want to support. The corner cutting companies are ruining the industry and harming (or at the very least cheating) customers. It’s hard. It hurts. But know there are a lot of good guys and gals out there like myself who fully support you, Steve. You were a big inspiration for me to make a compete 180 in my entire business approach. I want to help others even at the cost of potential profit margins. It is my hope that in the long run it will pay dividends for you. Both monetarily and morally.
And I really do appreciate that. We make so many great products, but just not enough people know about them. I see people all the time, sometimes even people that really like us, that don't realize we offer many of the products that we do. I feel like we're a supplement company trying to compete in the age of marketing companies that just happen to sell supplements.
And you're also right in that there's a large segment of the industry now that's trying to make a quick buck and ruining the industry. There have always been companies like that, but the FDA isn't playing anymore. It makes me sad because if a lot of the things in this industry continue the way they are, I don't think we're going to have an industry left within 10 years. And then people are going to be complaining and doing the whole 'it's a government/pharma conspiracy' angle when in reality its going to be that the FDA just gets tired of fooling with the BS that a lot of companies are doing. And I don't think a lot of the people supporting companies like that really realize now that in the future when so many basic commodities are no longer available or they have to have a prescription for them, they're not going to have anyone to blame besides themselves and the companies that caused it to happen.
And I'm the same - as you probably can tell from having a good idea of costs, we operate off lower margins than most companies anyway (while still spending the extra money to be compliant) but still take a much lower margin than even our normal margins on some products in order to make them accessible to everyone - because I really want to help people and I want everyone to be able to afford the products.