Alright,
Welcome back to That Kitsch Itch the official blog for www.kitschitchtoys.webs.com the
UK’s home for retro and vintage toys. Check us out on Facebook ( www.facebook.com/kitschitchtoys)
or on YouTube (www.youtube.com/woolicane),
plenty of different things to look at, get involved in, buy and so much more
still to come.
Two things I want to discuss this week, one is good, one not
so much. Let’s start with the good stuff first. Kitsch Itch Toys is going
global. Now this was always the intention for the site, to slowly grow and
begin selling in Europe then the rest of the world. Circumstances have changed
however, as they usually do, and those plans are accelerating. Presently the
pricing for shipping to mainland Europe is being researched to work out just
the right prices to charge, then it’ll be onward to the USA. By the end of
September we expect every item in the store to be shippable right round the
world. I’m also looking into finding trading partners in both the USA and in
Japan, helping the flow of items both ways. If anyone out there reading this is
interested in becoming a trading partner of Kitsch Itch Toys we would love to
hear from you. Hopefully we can work something out. We’re an approachable bunch and we do love to
foster a sense of cooperation.
Well that’s the good news, now here comes this week’s rant.
I am slightly disappointed that every week I seem to have to have a little moan
about something, but here we go. This company has been set up using the UK’s New
Enterprise Allowance. A great service which lends money to help set up a
business and then gives a small weekly payment to help get you on your feet.
Sounds great right, and in many ways it is. I couldn’t have set this up without
their help. Still, they make you jump through hoops to get it. I don’t mind
that too much, it’s what I’d expect. The trouble comes when they make it
impossible to make it through the hoops like they have done me this time. I
love the royal mail, but I know full well that I can’t rely on it to have
something delivered the next day, not even first class. So when I get a letter
late on a Friday afternoon asking to mail evidence of business to another town
by Tuesday I’m in trouble. By the time things are gathered on the Saturday I’ve
missed the last collection, so it won’t be picked up until Monday, it then
needs to be sorted and shipped out to the right town, it may arrive at the town
by Tuesday, but no chance of it getting to the office then. So they’ve made
sure my payments are stopped, or at least suspended. I’m going in to talk to my
local office about it today, hopefully that will sort things out but that doesn’t
change the fact that they made this an impossible task to complete. It’s like
they don’t want people to succeed. Okay rant over, I just needed to get that
off my chest.
Hopefully next week I’ll be able to trumpet my patreons, I’m
planning to record videos for that this week to explain and entertain my way
into getting to some people to donate. I’m also hoping to have an update about
Flay’s First Adventure next week so yeah, things should be positive again then.
That’s going to do it for this week though, keep watching the usual channels
for some interesting new things coming up, including this week’s top ten video
on Friday over at www.youtube.com/woolicane
I’ll be talking about Superhero movies I’d love to see, but probably won’t it
should be a lot of fun. Check out last week’s episode of Fanon while you’re
there, it features me talking about one of my favourite topics, Doctor Who, Ace
to be more specific. Until next time…
Sithee
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