Over the top
Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 4:56PM
Dave

Making the Engine house a download seems to have been a good idea.  We have sold a couple of them in the last 24hrs.  Remember this is the kit we almost never released because it was so big and too expensive.

August has been a pretty good month so far.  Much needed after the sales desert that is April thru July, where we bite our nails and wonder what were we thinking?  Craftsman model kits made from paper?  But you folks have been there with us, some from the very begining for the last 9 years (almost, Nov 25th).

As of today, August 30th, one day left to the month and I want to ask a favor.  If youv’e been thinking of making an order, a couple of textures, a small kit, your first DVD collection (hay, a copy of everything. doesen’t hurt to ask), we are within a couple of hundred bucks of making August the best month in the last 12 months and that would be cool to come out of the dumps swinging.

OK, I know it sounds like a public telivision fund drive, but like public TV, if we meet our goal, I’m going to put a brand new kit up as a freebie for a week. (Remember when we put the Western store up?  That was crazy.) Something like that.  I haven’t really thought this through.  I was just tracking sales for the month and thought “man, we’re close”.

So we got about 30 hrs to sell an additional $200.  I love crazy stuff like this.

Update on Friday, August 31, 2012 at 5:49PM by Registered CommenterDave

As of NOW we’re at $106.00.  Thanks.

Update on Friday, August 31, 2012 at 8:19PM by Registered CommenterDave

We’ve made it to $135.00 with 4 hours to go.

Update on Saturday, September 1, 2012 at 8:11AM by Registered CommenterDave

Hi Folks, this is Dave.  I know it says Thom, but trust me, it’s me.

Sorry it took so long to give you a final update on the total, but I just got off the night shift and it took a while to get to my computer.

SO, I guess you’re waiting huh?  Well, as usual you folks knocked it out of the park.  Total purchases before midnight were $241.61.  YEAH!!!

I know this was a kind of hokey situation, but it’s never wrong to have a little fun with your friends.  And we do consider you all our friends.

I don’t know what Thom has planned for a reward, but I’m sure it will be something cool.  (He’s probably not awake yet, so he doesn’t even know we made it.)

Thanks, everyone.

Dave & Thom

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