January 27, 2008
Kitty’s Cavern Business Changes
We are sorry to announce that we are now running down stock at www.kittyscavern.com with a view to closing the retail side later this year. We had considered this action at the end of 2006 but decided to try and continue. Last summer, a family member became very ill and now needs constant support, we are therefore freeing ourselves of as many commitments as possible, and the Smurf Shop is one of them.
The plan for the website is to turn it into an ID guide as opposed to a shop, and we also hope to continue with the British Smurf Collectors Club online. We are still in the process of computerising all of the records of the Smurf Collectors Club and this job is about halfway through now. Although we are not going to be selling smurfs ourselves (as soon as stocks are depleted), we do hope to use the website as a platform to advise you of special offers from other dealers. The aim is to continue providing a service for smurf collectors, but this just won’t involve actually selling smurfs ourselves.
There is no facility on the website to hold a sale, other than go through every record and alter the price, which would take too long. What we would like to say is that if you have had your eye on any particular items and can’t afford them at current prices, by all means drop us an email and we will see what we can do for you. As time is very limited for us at the moment, we will only offer discounts on orders over £50 in value, but they will on the whole be very good discounts. The main items that can’t be heavily discounted are ones with a V in the item code.
We have finished placing any orders with Schleich, Bullyland. Lundby, etc., so once the existing stock is gone then it won’t be replenished. We do have a lot of stock that has not been added to the website yet though, so new items will be added still but these are from existing stock rests.
There is a very good alternative supplier in the UK now and we will ensure details of all alternative suppliers are placed on the website when the time comes to close the shop.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers for their support over the past 5 years. With the rebirth of the smurfs for their 50th Anniversary, hopefully this means you will soon be able to buy smurfy items more easily from your hometowns.
With smurfy greetings from all the family at www.kittyscavern.com
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