As if recovering financially from Breyerfest isn't enough, Breyer is now offering their Christmas in July event, full of a bunch of clearanced warehouse finds, most of them holiday related. Unfortunately there are no Collector Club specials with this sale. This sale is leaving many collectors wondering... where is our online Breyerfest orders? Why are they having a sale when they are already swamped with orders from Breyerfest? I too am looking forward to my Rhendish Draft and 4 pack of stablemates, my only online purchases this year. Breyer had announced they're shipping celebration horses and event stablemates only right now, just like they did the last couple years, with the store specials following after that. A couple of you will be getting a couple event stablemates from my 4 pack when it gets here.
While I'm sold out of Rotating Draft Surprises, I did find some older surprise models that I've added to my Model Horse Store for those who missed out. Sometimes I get surprises in collections I buy and then forget about them. I'm not taking payments at this time unfortunately. So I'm trying to figure out how to do Breyerfest pickups next year. While many were happy with the way it was done this year, broken up into payments, and honestly knowing ahead of time what I was receiving instead of worrying about my spot in line helped greatly for myself as well, I still had issues. Some people pre-ordered in January and then moved by July. The wait list was really kind of pointless since the models I ended up with as extras were ones most people on the wait list didn't want, so I'm definitely scrapping that next year. Maybe doing them a bit later in the year would help, possibly once I know which models I'm getting. This will be a bit expensive since I would have to pay for all tickets out of pocket when I typically charge model price + half cost of the ticket ($42.50 this year) and pickup fee to help with travel expenses to the event. However this would eliminate the need for a wait list since I know exactly how many models I'll have and the address issue. I really try hard for y'all. Nothing breaks me worse than opening an angry message from a buyer so I'm coming to the community for guidance if I'm going to continue doing pickups. What do y'all think? Do pre-sales in January and break it into payments or closer to Breyerfest and pay full amount? Let me know in the comments!
Hal
7/22/2022 08:25:24 am
I LOVED the way you did pickups this year! You were very communicative throughout the whole process. The deposit system worked well for me and the expectations and payment schedule were clear and easy to understand.
Andrea
7/22/2022 10:19:56 am
Thank you so much for offering the Breyerfest pickups!!! I received my box from you yesterday and absolutely love them :)
Sarah
7/23/2022 11:35:53 pm
I really loved how you did the pickups! The split payments worked well and made the entire process stress-free for me personally, as I knew when to expect to pay the other half and when shipping would be due. The policy was super easy to follow as well! If it’s something you decide to change come next year, however, by all means - do what is best and easiest on you!
Sarah
7/24/2022 04:10:22 pm
My pickup was not smooth. I emailed to change my addy for a week with no response. I finally received a response stating that models would ship to new addy. Then box shipped to the wrong addy and I spent another week trying to email to get sender to change addy/intercept package. As a buyer, what else do you want me to do when I try and try to make contact, then no contact, then told new address in system, only to have box go to wrong address? Then to get box with minimal packing material for SM's. I only ordered here because my other pickup person wasn't selling the individual SM's. This experience has left a bad tase in my mouth and I'm not sure I'll be ordering again.
Diane K Glover
7/24/2022 10:00:28 pm
Thank you so much for offering pick-ups for those of us who can't make it to Breyerfest ! I prefer pay up front and early so I know what I'm getting, , but whatever system works best for you! Comments are closed.
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