| About
High Stick Hockey Jerseys, Inc. High
Stick operates in a commercial facility located in Tampa Bay, Florida,
where production and application of ALL customization takes place
in-house. We maintain
our physical location not only to serve our local customers,
but to operate our business in a professional manner...we are more than a dot-com-er,
and we won't be a dot-gone-er.
It's not uncommon in the apparel printing
industry--especially online--that many
companies operate as middle-men working out of
a home or garage (check out some other companies on
Google Maps and you'll see what we're talking about). Many times,
these companies aren't even assembling what you are buying. They
simply have someone else make it, ship it directly to you, and mark up
the price along the way. Typically,
turnover rates of these businesses is high, and
unfortunately, product quality control along with
customer service can often be very
disappointing. We pride
ourselves on quality customer service and quality products,
and our repeat customers are a
testament to that.
Rest assured that when you order from us, you will be able to place a fill-in
order six months later,
and we'll still be here to serve you. Two years from now
when you're ready to outfit another team,
we'll be here to serve you. We've been
doing this since 1991 and we are still going strong.
Thank you for visiting HIGHSTICK.com
We look forward to the opportunity to earn your custom hockey jersey business.
The High Stick Story
High Stick Hockey first opened
its doors in 1991.
In 1989, I relocated to Florida
from Massachusetts and began
playing ice hockey at a local arena shortly thereafter.
It certainly was great being able to play ice hockey in the
Sunshine State, but something was missing--a good Pro Shop!
That's when High Stick was born. A retail location was opened, providing
hockey jerseys and protective equipment to virtually every hockey player in the
greater Tampa Bay area. The business grew rapidly for the next several years,
but the hockey protective equipment business had reached its peak locally.
Looking for new ways to generate business, HIGHSTICK.com was launched
in 1996. Selling new and used equipment via the Internet proved to be a great
boost initially, but the growing number of Internet and catalog clearing houses
made it difficult to compete. That's when it hit me--why didn't I think of it
before?
Use our internet presence for what we do best--CUSTOM HOCKEY JERSEYS!
That was 1998, and we haven't looked back since. New sales are incredible and repeat
orders stream in on a regular basis--I'd like to thank all of our customers: past,
present, and
hopefully future. The success of our custom hockey jersey business has allowed us to
gracefully
bow out of an overly competitive retail hockey equipment industry, and be ourselves:
THE HOCKEY JERSEY
SPECIALISTS
Regards,
Joe LeColst
High Stick Hockey Jerseys, Inc. |