| In Europe the traditional rubber stamp has been | | | | Often the separate ink pad is left open on the office |
| replaced long time ago with self inking rubber stamps | | | | desk which easily creates a mess and worse – the |
| and in the Scandinavian countries only self inking rubber | | | | ink pad dries out. Nobody seems to notice or care. |
| stamps are now being sold. There is a very good | | | | Bang – the rubber stamp hits the ink pad and bang |
| reason – quality. In the UK price has always been | | | | – it hits the document. Nobody can read it. |
| more important that quality where as in Scandinavia | | | | Often documents are legally important papers where it |
| and most other European countries quality comes | | | | is important for legal reasons to be able to read |
| before price. In the UK we seem to say why pay | | | | everything including the rubber stamp impression. |
| more for a self inking rubber stamp that is guaranteed | | | | Nobody think about this since in their mind the |
| for life when we can buy a traditional rubber stamp | | | | impression from a rubber stamp has no importance. |
| that costs 40% less and with impressions almost | | | | History has samples that this way of thinking can be |
| unreadable and only last for a few years? In | | | | very costly. |
| Scandinavia and Europe business people say this self | | | | This is why in Europe self inking rubber stamps have |
| inking rubber stamp is 40% more expensive but it | | | | completely replaced the traditional rubber stamp. When |
| gives fantastic impressions and is guaranteed for life. | | | | you use a self inking rubber stamp you will always get |
| We buy it. | | | | very good impression and no mess if you remember |
| In the UK business people spend lots of money on well | | | | to replace the ink pad as it dries out. When using a self |
| designed and good looking documents to create a | | | | inking rubber stamp people seem always to remember |
| good customer impression. Now they have to stamp | | | | the ink pad has to be replaced when out of ink but |
| this good looking document so what do they do? | | | | when using a traditional rubber stamp with a separate |
| They use a rubber stamp where the ink pad has dried | | | | ink pad no one think about the ink pad has to be |
| out so it is almost impossible to read the impression | | | | replaced when out of ink. |
| and it spoils the otherwise good looking document. | | | | |