Kasra Kamooneh

Review of Greenerprinter

Classic greenwashing! Well at least there is some ...

Classic greenwashing! Well at least there is some humility in saying Greener I guess..
I used this shop a few times for some business printing. First few jobs, things went well. Reasonable prices and the work was delivered as expected. After they moved from their Berkeley address, I hired them to print some company brochures for my business. When they delivered the brochures, they had shrink wrapped them with plastic. I did not understand why that was necessary and furthermore, the brochures had become bent on one side from the tight assembly. Naturally, I was not happy with this because I did not ask for any unnecessary packaging and well, the brand new brochures where bent!
I brought this up to them and proposed they do a reprint without any wrapping and I also proposed to buy the less than perfect brochures at a reduced cost to avoid waste for all parties. All hell broke loose then as they started projecting that I was some kind of opportunist?? That seemed weird and unnecessarily offensive!
My situation did not get resolved, they never did the reprint and I now have less than perfect brochures but I never returned again for a printing job there. I mean how does this print shop get credit for somehow being green? All printers that I know have recycled paper options for their customers. Does GreenerPrinter use less toxic chemicals or something? Just seems like more of a business tactic rather than an authentic concern for the environment. I am a building designer and contractor with more than a couple of decades pursuing green techniques and approaches. In our business, there are vast opportunities for doing work that keeps the environment in mind but a commercial print shop claiming they are green seems far-fetched. Anyhow, I should be a bit forgiving because greener is greener but still it does not seem fair to other like businesses that their competition uses green-washing tactics. Anyhow, I hope they improve their attitude towards business and their customers and fulfill their greener intentions.