Recently, the Association of Women Surgeons celebrated forty doctors under the age of forty for their achievements in the field of surgery. My eldest daughter, Linda, was included in the list and, according to their statement, will be profiled in-depth shortly along with each of the other luminaries. Considering there are just shy of 14,000 women surgeons in the United States, I’d say that’s a tall accomplishment and one we’re very proud to acknowledge that takes into account all of the schooling, work and effort she put in to achieve this professional nod. Well done Linda!
Incidentally, Linda is an accredited trauma surgeon at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas. Three years ago, she was promoted to Medical Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU). So, if this was November 22nd, 1963, well, just saying…
After talking about it for some time, it finally appears as if we have a date for our move to Florida – January 1st. Our new home will likely be completed by the end of November, but packing up and attempting to move 1,100 miles during the busiest time of year is simply not in the cards. It wasn’t planned to take this long so this is probably the best course of action we can take given the issues confronting us.
Our original plan was to run a clearance sale just before our move, which was supposed to occur last month. The delay isn’t anyone’s fault and is largely due to the inability of our builder to obtain certain finished materials from China in the wake of the PRC’s Zero COVID policy. Be that as it may, we will now run our clearance sale during the peak holiday shopping season, which will hopefully lessen the amount of “stuff” we have to transport. And with hopefully lower transportation costs, we won’t be confronted with a huge fuel surcharge on top of everything else.
So what does this mean to you? Beginning Thanksgiving we will be running a 25% off sale that will continue through the holiday season and end, more or less, right before Christmas. Said discount will only apply to in-stock merchandise and may not be applied to back ordered or pre-order merchandise. In light of the new MAP enforced policy for recently released Hobby Master products, we will have to adjust their prices accordingly.
When the sale ends, we will stop shipping out product and use the holiday lull to pack up our remaining stock in preparation for our move to Florida. I’m not certain when we will resume shipping. Depending upon the mover, it can take them up to three weeks to actually make it down the eastern corridor to our new digs then several more days before we are set up and ready to resume business. Obviously, we will delay any inbound shipments until such time as we can accept them. Of course, you may place new orders on our sites during this hiatus, however, it is with the understanding that they will not be reviewed or addressed until we are back up-and-running in January.
Please do not ask us to apply this clearance sale discount to any orders you are contemplating placing in the near term. For now, the prevailing discount of 15% will remain in place until Halloween. Also, we will not hold any merchandise until the clearance sale has begun. Keep in mind we sell limited edition collectibles so if an item or two sells out before the clearance sale, well, then you’re out of luck. Lastly, any orders that combine in-stock and pre-ordered merchandise will simply be cancelled outright. During the holidays we simply do not have the time to explain this to every customer and with the increased activity we anticipate this sale will generate there is no point in reiterating everything that has already been discussed. Sorry, but there’s only so much we can or are willing to do. Peace out!
