The Printing Express: The Right Man for the Job

The two were kindred spirits, as 'Ed' also hated his job with a passion. Ed had purchased the Harrisonburg, VA-based print shop three-plus years earlier, was in full regret mode and made that clear with some colorful adjectives. Printing and Ed, apparently, did not go well together.

"He grumbled a few obscenities and said he'd be interested in selling the f&*#! place," Meredith notes. So began the absolute worst sales pitch in the history of the printing industry. But 60 days and one second home mortgage later (coupled with one-third financing by the overjoyed former owner), Meredith was the proud new conductor of The Printing Express.