Hello,

I ordered the button machine #100, the cutter and extra buttons. Your product is GREAT! I read the instructions that came along with my machine and within 15 minutes I was making buttons.

If anyone is not sure about ordering the cutter - BUY IT - it makes perfect circles that fits exactly into the machine making your buttons look very professional. I will be purchasing another, I am just not sure yet if I want a machine that makes larger buttons or a magnet maker - which is really nice.

Thanks again for a wonderful product and safe delivery of my machine. Feel free to use this letter so others will try your excellent product.

A very happy customer,

Howard Alonzo

I love my button machine (Model 100). It is too cool for words.

- Tom Curey

AHHHH!!!! THIS IS THE BEST INVENTION EVER!!!!

i already got my button maker, i got off work early today and it was sittin at my door, it got here in what, 4 days?? i was jumpin around like a little girl tryin to get the box open! i didnt even have to read the directions, i popped it open and made 5 pins within 2 minutes!

this thing rocks!!!!

-west-

Dear Dr. Don,

Within the last ten days or so- i have become a customer of yours. My daughter has started her own little button company. But, she does not have her own credit card yet, so Dad has done all the ordering! She is swamped with orders, and everything is meshing together very well. Your product (Model 100) is of very high quality, and makes an excellent product!!!

The real reason i am writing this letter is- Tuesday(2/26) I phoned in an order for 1000 more buttons, and received them only two days later! Santa Claus doesn't even deliver that fast!

You can count on my business for ever!!!!

One satisfied customer,
Jim Bolen---------------------

hi there dr. don!

the buttonmaker (model 100) is awesome! can't believe how simple and
efficient it is! the possibilities are endless! this has enabled us to start
a small business and a big thanks for that!!! your product is FABULOUS!!!!!

take care,
pete!

Hey,

I received the one inch button machine today, and I love it!!!!

It is even easier than I though it would be.

Thank you!!!!!!

Tony

I got the button maker (Model 100) in the mail and i just want to let you know that it works great and that i love it. its super fabulous!!!

thanks a lot.

sincerely,
meghan

Hi Don,

Thank you for the Model 100!

We received it Tuesday afternoon, right on time.

This is AWESOME!

There's just something about buttons. This 1" size is way cool. Can't quite figure it, but they instantly look so polished, so "finished." Mylar plays a key role no doubt.

Now we're on a roll, finding odd and assorted miniature pictures/ designs /whatever, and converting them into tiny wearable art, just for the fun of it.

Once in a while, you get something that is way better, great fun, and even more useful than you expected. For us, this is that.

We thank you.

-- Bonnie

Hi,

I just wanted to let you know that I was impressed with your responsiveness (phoning after I emailed you with a presales question) and the speed at which I received my Model 100 system after I ordered it. It is really nice to do business with someone who does business like I do!!!

The equipment is exactly as described, very well made, and easy to use. The buttons are a new service that we are providing our customers as part of Web site promotional campaigns. Keep up the good work.

Mike Dunton

Dr. Don,

I just bought the Model 225 about 10 days ago! I loved it so much, I stayed up until almost 2 a.m. tonight just making buttons, buttons and more buttons. The amazing part is I HAVE NEVER MADE A BUTTON IN MY LIFE!!! It was so RIDICULOUSLY EASY, that I could see a future in a small business I know I'd enjoy.

I can't wait to get this Model 300 SX for 3 inch buttons. I am a bus driver, and the potential to make some REAL CASH is just staring me in the face. HURRY, HURRY, HURRY and send my Model 300 SX machine!!!

Donna Austin

P.S. I love your website, too. So friendly and helpful!!!

Dr. Don,

I received my new Model 225 yesterday just as you promised.

As soon as I opened the box I knew it was a winner! Not a cheap plastic "scrap producing" badge maker like my Badge a Minit kit, but a solid made "professional" button maker.

It is so easy to use, even for the whole family. I was cranking out top quality buttons minutes after taking it out of the box. The scrap rate on my other system was about 25% The only scrap I've made with the Model 225 is when I tried going too fast and left out pieces.

Right now I am in the process of remaking my current stock of Badge a Minit products (they are going in the trash) so I can can give my customers the quality they deserve.

The cutter you provided is also a gem!

Thank you for answering my e-mails and talking with me on the phone leading up to making the decision to buy the Model 225. As far as I am concerned you saved my business.

My creativity and your machine... the possibilities are endless.

You can use me as a reference any time. Tell your customers to drop me a line. This is a great product at the right price and you are great person to deal with, too. Thank You!

Michael Golick

Hi Dr. Don,

I just wanted to share with you how much I love your button maker (Model 225).

We had purchased a button maker the year before. It took four adults to figure out how to use it, and sometimes as long as 30 minutes to make a button!

I saw your web site when I was browsing. Your button maker looked so easy, and you said I could return it if it wasn't as easy as it looked.

Well we just made over 300 buttons... I showed my 4th grade son how to cut out the circles and make the buttons. Within 5 minutes, he was better than I was...

Thanks for having a button maker that even my 4th grader can use and make great looking buttons.

Renee Ramig
Technology Resource Specialist

Dr. Don,

We absolutely just love our Model 225 Button machine and the fantastic service & quality of products we have received from all of you at Dr. Don's.

Tracy Smith
Club President
Rockford IceHogs Booster Club

Hi Dr. Don,

I bought your button machine (Model 225) and received it last Friday. It's YOUR FAULT I haven't gotten ANYTHING done in this last week! This button machine is just TOO MUCH FUN!

Badge-a-Minit was the only home machine I knew was available. (I bought one for one of my nieces about 15 years ago as a birthday present. No one had the hand strength to make the buttons tight enough to stay together.) So I looked over their site and thought about a bench machine, but God-Bless the internet! I did a search and found your site and, boy! Did it make me change my mind! Even though your machine was a little more expensive, it was clearly a superior machine. I bought the 2 1/4" package and you delivery time was great!

Well, to make a really long story a little shorter, I haven't looked back.

Thanks!

Sandy

I received my button machine (the Model 225) today, and I must say, I am very pleased. I spent more time reading the instructions than making my first button. It works great; it's easy, and the price was very reasonable.

I looked over 3 companies and 5 models before picking yours. I just thought you'd like to know that your excellent website is what did it. The video was great to actually see how easy it is, plus the comparison of directions for yours and badge a minute (which I was leaning toward, but concerned about plastic parts). I opted for the more expensive metal machine since it looked like it would be much easier to use (and time is money), and the reorder parts were cheaper.

In addition, knowing how heavy that box was, I realize how much I would have
been reamed by the other company for shipping.

And my dad was so interested that he made a copy of the sheet with the circles, and he's thinking of his own buttons to make and sell...

Anyway, I was excited to receive it so quickly, and after looking at it, I KNOW I picked the right machine and the right supplier. I'll be looking forward to doing more busines with you.

Meghan Noecker
Friesians in the Northwest

My daughter, Erin Bush, demonstrated both Badge-a-Minute and Dr. Don's Model 225 button making machine as a school assignment last year.

She brought both machines with her and both circle cutters, along
with paper templates, pre-cut circles and completed buttons pre-made
from both machines.

She explained the process of using a computer with software such as word or a graphics program to make the button graphics and explained different uses and ideas for buttons. She stepped through the process up to the point of using a machine to produce the finished button.

Then she asked for a volunteer and showed them the process of the
Badge-a-Minute machine first. The volunteer tried to make one himself
as she guided him through, but the button did not seal very well (Surprise! NOT!) and he was very confused along with the rest of the class.

Then she helped him to make one using Dr. Don's machine! A perfect button in just a couple of steps, no confusion and lots of smiles!

To illustrate the true cost of making buttons she showed them many buttons that had not sealed correctly from my box of rejects made with Badge-a-Minute. After the cost was outlined, it was clear to the class that although the initial cost of the badge-a-Minute machine appeared to be less, in actuality it is not due to the lost stock and the time involved. Not to mention the frustration and the feeling of security in your finished product!

Everyone wanted to make a button! The machine they all wanted to use was, of course, Dr. Don's!!! Erin got an A for her project and everyone really enjoyed it and she is my helper when I make buttons!

Don,

I can sum up our reaction to the Model 225 in one word - WOW!

My wife has probably made 1,000 buttons on the hand held Badge-A-Minit machine. As a result we have become used to less-than-ideal results, but figured it was "OK for what we were doing". Little did we know how easy - and professional looking - home-made buttons could be.

In the course of about 15 minutes, I unpacked the goodies, (sort of) read the instructions, and made a dozen perfect picture buttons. We both marveled at the ease and the finished product...

I am so glad that we found your web site and have this machine.

We look forward to doing more business with you in the future.

Regards,

Jay

Hi Doc,

I received my Model 225 and AC-1 circle cutter yesterday, just in time to
process a 100 piece order of photo buttons. My wife had to take a shot, with the digital camera, of a chorus director at practice last night, because we were not satisfied with the photo supplied to us (we are picky!).

We did not get back to our button work area until 1:00 AM in the morning.

Well, the order was due to be processed and delivered ASAP. I said, with a deep breath, "I hope this button stuff works as good as it looks." (I was a machinist in my earlier days). Well I unloaded the camera into the computer, cropped the picture. My wife printed the the shot "9-up", and stapled three sheets together at a time. I used the AC-1 (circle cutter) to whip through those pages like a hot knife, with eyes, through butter.

The Model 225 button maker was so easy and so much fun, that I left 20 buttons for my 17 year old daughter to do in the morning. After all that and 80 buttons (I let my wife do 2) I went to bed at 2:15 AM.

The Fiskers circle cutter that I had been using has been retired.

The Badge-A-Minit machine may make a good boat anchor. I had it on loan, made five buttons, threw three of them across the room, hit the internet looking for them and found Dr. Don's.

Of the 80 buttons made (including the two made by my wife for her "training") I ruined one mylar. As much as I would like to blame the machine, I must admit I forgot to put in the button face (it WAS 1:45 in the morning!!). I was frugal, though, because I separated the photo from the mylar and straightened the photo edges, and reused it to make a perfect button with tight clean edges.

Try THAT with a Badge-A-Minit!

I quote Jim Carrey, "SMOKIN'!!!!."

Thanks for your help in making this purchase and saving me $200 by correctly identifying our button making needs. I had no idea I would be having so much fun supplying people with buttons.

Dennis Lottman

Hi Don,

I received the model 225 and all the button parts, cutter, and extras yesterday!

Thanks!

I'll tell you, I'm very impressed with you, your websight, and your business. The quality of the 225 button machine, cutter, and parts is far better than expected.

I am very satisfied with my shipment, and in business, that's all we can ask for, but so rarely achieved. When my expectations are exceeded, I am very impressed.

Thanks, we'll do business again soon!

Bob Flanagan
Kingwood Vending

Hi Dr. Don!

I called you on the day I received your machine (Model 225) because I had a small case of "cold feet". I wasn't sure about a machine that wasn't compatible with the Badge-a-Minit. Well, it took all of one button (and photo enhancement ring) to change my mind. I could not believe the professionality. . . it is simply unparalleled with any button I have made previously.

I'm totally sold!

Thanks!

Lisa Peterson

Don!

Could you hear the shouting from the mountain-top in Pittsburgh where you are in Phoenix?

The model 225 I bought from Dr. Don's Buttons is superb!

You were right about everything you've told me--I can't get over how easy it is to use, and the finished product is spectacular! My buttons are now much more professional - looking than when I used my old Badge-a-Minit machine.

Thanks so much for all of your help!

Hugs and kisses :-),

Betsy Manderino

Don,

I was describing to a friend the difference between the old Badge-A-Minit machine and my new (model) 225. I told her it was like the difference between mowing an acre of lawn with one of those push lawn mowers vs. one of those 8 foot wide mowers that the Dept. of Transportation uses.

It's what you should have if you are serious about your buttons. It makes a much tighter and cleaner - more professional looking button.

It's also reduced my button waste to about 10% of what it was - I won't ship a button if it doesn't look right - I have had no problem at all with the transparent button covers on my new machine.

It's also enabled me to do so many more buttons in so much less time.... I've had more time to get more orders

I only wish you had convinced me sooner, Don.

Dr. Gail Hertz

(800) 243-8293