***To all my regular loyal customers!*** THANK YOU FOR 10 YEARS OF YOUR LOYAL AND FANTASTIC BUSINESS!!! ***THIS IS TO LET YOU KNOW I AM TAKING A MUCH-NEEDED AND LONG-AWAITED HOLIDAY*** ***To give everyone a chance to stock up before I leave soon, there will be a 50% SALE for the next couple of weeks!!!*** June 20, 2015: Hello. This is to let everyone know that I accidentally deleted my website today. I was deleting some websites that I no longer need to keep online and I somehow accidentally deleted my whole "The Root of the Matter" Website! I can not even describe how awful I now am feeling... That was my basically my whole life's work and income and everything I have strived for so many years to develop and maintain etc. Now it is indeed gone. Forever. Period. There were no back-ups or anything like that. It just immediately vaporized as soon as I hit a button which I should not have clicked on. I have been sitting here thinking about this and I am totally mind-boggled how this could ever have happened...it indeed is really like something out of a nightmare for me today. I do not want to go into too much detail but...suffice it to say I am extremely affected by this. After a considerable amount of considering, and soul-searching, and deep introspection today, I have come up with this decision: I have really been wanting to and needing to take a break from work. (I have been running this business for over 10 years now with no holidays at all...) This which occurred is for me some kind of omen or sign or something like that and probably if this never took place, I might have not ever taken a break from working for a long time yet to come. I am now simply going to choose to take a break from work and I am going to finish off my business and do some travelling for a year at least. Here is what this means for all of you my regular loyal customers: I am going to send out an e-mail now to everyone notifying you of my decision to stop selling my products, but instead of simply right away just stop selling them, I am going to allow everyone to stock up on whatever they may require now, for the next couple of weeks, only! (AFTER THAT...I AM GONE, I AM OUT OF HERE!, and indeed The Root Of The Matter will be closed and not selling anything more for at least a year) For all of you, my regular customers, to be able to stock up, here is the offer: For the next couple of weeks all of my products are 50% OFF. Also, the shipping rate is now a FLAT RATE of $8.00 no matter how much is ordered. (for standard U.S.A. orders...) If anybody wants to take advantage of this special offer, PLEASE ACT SOON!!! Because, I will indeed be gone, real soon. Please, do not say that I did not warn you, or give you enough time... Thank you. Ken THE ORDER PAGE **You can also place your order by e-mail or phone if you prefer. I would rather you place your order online, but e-mail and phone orders are o.k. also. Just to let everyone know: this offer is good only for a few weeks. I then am going to leave for a much needed vacation and when I get back I will resume where I have left off today. (and I will contact everyone to let you know when I am back) By the way, not all of my products are in stock anymore. What is listed on the order page is all that is in stock now. Thank you very much and have a nice day. Ken Johnson, Owner, The Root of the Matter CONTACT INFORMATION: (For phone and e-mail orders...) Ken Johnson C/O - The Root Of The Matter 930 Yates St. - #1002 Victoria, B.C. V8V 4Z3 Canada Phone: 250-812-9834 www.therootofthematter.ca E-Mail: kenjohnson@therootofthematter.ca Phone: (250) 812-9834 Business Hours: 8:00 A.M. To 5:00 P.M. P.S.T. Monday - Saturday. ***IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR CANADIAN CUSTOMERS!*** As much as I would love to sell you my products, I am no longer able to sell any of my products to anyone in Canada. Yes, that is correct. Health Canada contacted me and notified me that to be able to sell natural health products (N.H.P's) in Canada I must have a site licence and NPN #'s (Natural Health Product Numbers) as well as other stringent regulations such as being GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) compliant, etc. This is all way beyond my ability to comply with at this time. So I must notify everyone in Canada: you can not order anything on this website. My apologies about the inconvenience and hassles, etc.