Money counters are a great invention. They take a stack of money and count it in a matter of seconds (literally). They are efficient, accurate and take up little space. You will commonly find bill counters in banks, but it is not uncommon to find them in retail stores and other businesses as well.

While using a money counter saves a lot of time, counterfeit money can still be an issue. Many money counters now include built-in counterfeit detectors. An example of this is the ABC-1150 Ultra.

The ABC-1150 Ultra includes ultraviolet (UV) and magnetic (MG) detection. As each bill is run through the money counter, it scans each bill individually. If for any reason ultraviolet properties or magnetic ink are not detected on the bill, it will immediately stop and alert you.

Getting a bill counter with counterfeit detection measures built in used to be significantly more expensive than a standard bill counter. This is no longer the case. Bill counters with counterfeit detection are now very affordable.

The ABC-1150 Ultra is on sale for a limited time at $179. This includes an external LED display. Stop by and check it out.

Binding machines continue to be a popular product, even during difficult economic times. People have and always will need to bind books and reports. Although we already have a great selection of binding machines online, we now sell Sircle binding machines.

This new line of binding machines have many of the features found in higher-end machines, but for a lot less. This includes electric punches, adjustable margin depths, selectable dies and much more. I have personally used these machines and have been overall impressed with the quality.

One Sircle machine, the WB-110 wire binder, impressed me with a couple of features. First of all, it has the ability to bind both comb and wire. This is like getting two different binding machines in one. Second, the WB-110 has a wire opener. I have never seen a wire opener on a double-loop wire binding machine before. Not only does it open the wire, but it leaves the wire in good enough condition to be used again.

Why would you want to re-open the wire? Perhaps you need to add a few additional pages, or remove outdated information. The wire opener will allow you to do this. This is a feature that used to be exclusive only to comb binding machines.

Enough with my rambling. Stop by ABC Office and take a look at the new Sircle binding machines. If you’re in the market for one, consider buying Sircle.