Full Version: How many choices of trophy columns to offer?

From: Pete (AWARDMASTERS) [#4]
 15 Jun 2005
To: joyce (JLADY) [#1] 15 Jun 2005

Sell the customer the color they want. When you buy a car do you let the salesman pick the color? If you do not have it in stock, you should be able to order a case and in most instances get it next day (unless your shop is in a really remote place). If you do this, you will build your stock slowly as you need it. The above advice to use Plastic Plus is good. I would add JDS to that list. One or the other should have a distribution center near you and both ship the same day as ordered most of the time.

From: Rodney Gold (RODNEY_GOLD) [#5]
 15 Jun 2005
To: Colin (MATROPHY) [#3] 16 Jun 2005

I also steer folk away from columns , there are so many better options to get height and I find columns pretty tacky. We stock a brushed gold , silver , some metallic primary colours and a few nice marbled ones. In my site under wholesale are the components we use
Tubes
http://www.tokerbros.co.za/new_page_22.htm
and also various "risers"
http://www.tokerbros.co.za/large.htm
http://www.tokerbros.co.za/small.htm

From: Frazee1 [#6]
 18 Jun 2005
To: ALL

For those of you that show mainly just risers, what if the customer wants a 24" or so trophy? For the ones of you that don't want to stock supplies being in this business, just send your customers to me when they want a trophy with size!
We carry mainly PDU and keep the catalog out to show customers every choice available as far as figures, column etc. When a customer wants something different, we pull out all the other catalogs and search. Sometimes we may not make as much money from buying column we don't normally stock but we have made another customer satisfied.
We buy checkrings by the case (2000) at about 5cents or less each. $98.00 a case I think. Ferrules we buy by the bag (500). Threaded rod by the 1000. We stock around 15 or so different sizes.
Just a tip...... I have shelves in the back of the shop area near the miter saw that I keep the column on. I use the boxes that marble comes in to put the smaller peices in. On the ends of the box I have what color and model/name. When I get ready to cut an order I try to use the scrap first. Also as far as using the styrofoam boxes for column I use it for trophy figures as well. I used my vinyl cutter to letter them with "school" "baseball" etc. Those boxes stack nicely and there's always plenty of them.
Keep in mind, if the customer halfway knows what they want and they don't see it at your store, they are GONE! John

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