The dreaded task… counting all the HUGE boxes of discounted toys we received for Eurofurence. …to see what’s left and what was sold. Cross-referencing that with the sales we made for consistency. Making lists for the manufacturers we received these toys and finally preparing to ship all of them back.
It was a lot of effort and we had to count serveral times but we made it. Also we placed our order to restock Bad Wolf toys and small bottles of Cum Lube right away.
For our restocking-order with Exotic Erotics we’re still waiting for one reply from the them.
…and with that, Eurofurence has finally ended for us. Now we all have to get back to our boring, daily tasks again.
The most dreaded task every year. Counting the inventory when we return from Eurofurence. Because it means pulling all the boxes we just shelved out again to be counted.
This doesn’t always mean having less of a toy then we thought but often enough one more then what the computer says. Things to get misplaced, especially when travelling with a metric ton on dildos to literally the other side of the country.
The 3 biggest manufacturers are done, so we can place our orders to restock. All the other ones will come during the week. One at a time.
We returned from Eurofurence last night and just returned the trailer a few hours ago.
Obviously the work isn’t done yet. First order of business: GET SOME SLEEP.
Some tasks are already done: All boxes have been returned to their proper shelves. We checked all open online-orders and will package them today. Amazon has been reactivated. The blocks in the YiffyToys online shop informing customers that we are away on Eurofurence have been deactivated again. The majority of waiting invoices and bank transactions has been handled. (oh joy, more paperwork) Started a spredsheet to see how much we paid and earned during EF27.
We still need to: Do a final count of the cash. Perform a full inventory count. Add the toys received from Neotori during EF to our inventory. Place orders with all manufacturers to restock ASAP. Handle some returned parcels waiting. Handle some paperwork that was waiting in the mail Tally up all the earnings and cost. Refuel and clean the truck.
Given the amount of toys we have this year for the Bargain Bin on our Eurofurence Dealers Den table, we will initially stock it with a selection of the best stuff but not all of it. Instead it will be restocked daily.
So come back on day II and day III to see all of it. Especially if you are a Eurofurence Sponder with early access to the Dealers Den on all days.
Note however that we will be closing an hour early on the last day.
This blog posting will be updated to reflect the latest information.
Preorder your toys (Also the ones to look at)
Like every year, we can only bring a selection of all the 300+ toys in our inventory.
If you want to see a specific toy in person, please inform us. This way we can make sure to bring it
If you want to buy a specific toy and pick it up without shipping cost, please order in advance using the shipping method „pick up at convention“.
Otherwise we can not guarantee that we have packed it and that nobody else buys the last one before you get your chance.
Please use an email address that actually exists.
If you did not select „Germany“ then the price may be slightly off because 19% German VAT applies instead of the VAT-rate of your country.
If you want to pay on-site, please select to have it pre-payed by bank transaction and just don’t send any money. An invalid credit card or Paypal address would cancel the order.
After Dark Dealers Den
Like last year, you can find us in the After Dark – Dealers Den, which will be a sectioned off area in the top, left corner of the Dealers Den.
Of cause there will be a bargain bin again. In addition to flops (toys with minor defects) and one-offs (toys made in a wrong colour, firmness or duplicates) by FurryStyle, we will also feature a lot of one-offs by Sidewinder Creations and Bad Wolf this year.
Due to having so many toys for the Bargain Bin, we will do a daily changing Bargain Bin. Every day there will be a different Bargain Bin with different, discounted toys on the table.
Status
TL:DR – there is a LOT of work going into such a tiny Dealers Den table on the other side of the country.
There are a lot of tasks to juggle but luckily this isn’t the first time. So we have divided them up into things that need doing a month before, to weeks before and one week before the convention. As always reality has a different idea and things to get delayed. Especially things being shipped too late to actually arrive on the day we communicated very early.
✅ = done ⚠️ = not yet done 🚨 = there is a problem
✅ Dealers Den booth is done (flame retardant fabric, printed table cloth, …)
✅ trailer rental, motels along the 2-day route to and from Hamburg, parking, unloading, loading, con-hotel, car service and new tires have been done
⚠️ most additional cargo we take on for the Eurofurence stage events is ready for loading
🚨 something came up and we must take an additional day to pick up cargo for the EF stage in 2 additional cities along the route
✅ FurryStyle and GLC are fully stocked.
✅ reordered all their toys in storage to bring the most demanded toys and for all boxes we bring to be full
✅ new toy announcements have been posted
✅ banner in the shop about being away for EF has been posted long ago
✅ POS-app, cash and card terminals need to be prepared
✅ credit card payments have been updated and tested to actually try to connect to a terminal
✅ Exotic Erotics arrived on Monday. (We planned for it to be here on Saturday)
✅ reordered all their toys in storage to bring the most demanded toys and for all boxes we bring to be full
✅ labels for regular products printed and applied
✅ Bad Wolf shipped on Friday noon. We wanted it here on Saturday but with DPD it arrived on Wednesday. At that time we wanted to have already sorted everything, printed the catalogues and started to pack the trailer to drive off very early on Friday.
⚠️not yet reordered all their toys in storage to bring the most demanded toys and for all boxes we bring to be full
✅ tally list of BW Bargain Bin toys received, sale prices calculated and printed
⚠️ sale prices labeled on all toys
✅ labels for regular products printed and ⚠️ applied
✅ Sidewinder Creations arrived on Tuesday (instead of Friday).
✅ Sidewinder toys for the Bargain Bin have been packaged where needed
✅ Due to the large number of Bargain Bin toys everything has been changed to have 3 Bargain Bins. One for each day.
✅ tally list of SW Bargain Bin toys received and printed
✅ labels for regular products printed and applied
✅ Primal Desires toys have arrived on schedule
✅ reordered all their toys in storage to bring the most demanded toys and for all boxes we bring to be full
✅ labels for regular products printed and applied
🚨 Catalogues/price lists can only be printed after we have actually received and counted all toys
✅ new front pages reminding people to not take these home
✅ showcase all toys that are new since the last Eurofurence in the first 5 pages
Just a reminder for everyone. If you are interested in any specific item (doesn’t matter if you want to buy or just look at it), please place an order for it in the Yiffy.Toys shop or tell us. This is to guarantee that a) we actually pack it for Hamburg and b) it’s still there when you get to the front of the queue at our Eurofurence (After Dark) Dealers Den table.
The car is getting new tires at the moment. We may have to add a lot of boxes of non #DealersDen show-related cargo for EF because someone else will not be able to drive. Glad to help.
Various toy deliveries
#FurryStyle is fine, as always.
The stuck #ExoticErotics delivery for #Eurofurence is unstuck and just arrived in Frankfurt Airport.
The #Zetacreations delivery is in customs and we will pick it up, once the car is done.
LizardLars has promised to ship today.
#BadWolf is still manufacturing.
So is #Sidewinder.
Not restocking #FlurbMe before EF to not add to the chaos, as they will have their own table back to back with ours.
Dealers Den booth
We forgot to upload the images for the Eurofurence cellphone app and did that last night.
All parts of the actual booth are done. However there was an information that no electric cartwheels can be used in the dealers den. So we have to move all it it by hand instead of using our electric pusher for stacks of Euroboxes.
We finally finished the work on our new Dealers Den booth for Eurofurence. Given the large number of toys we offer on-site, it looked more like a warehouse last year. So we improve it with custom printed (B1 flame retardant) tablecloth and covering our shelves in permanently B1 flame retardant fabric. We’re also getting rid of the old velcro fasteners in favor of push buttons. The printed catalogues for use in the waiting queue are also thicker, allowing for larger images/texts. There will be less table-space but more space for us to move and fetch the toys.
Toys
Sadly one large toy delivery is still stuck with Global Post in Carol Stream, Illinois, USA. It hasn’t moved for 2.5 weeks, since the 23rd. Toys from Bad Wolf arrived today. Zetacreations is still in transit at Teterboro Airport. FurryStyle is already restocked and Sidewinder Creations should easily be on time too.
Since the Eurofurence Dealers Den rules require „all table cloth used for covering or decoration purposes“ to be certified B1 flame retardand, we had to get a custom table cloth printed. (Just impregnating is specifically named as not compliant, even though that’s exactly what the printing companies do).
We still need new cloth to cover our shelves, since the current one is not flame retardand either. We already have the tools to attach them with sturdy studs instead of self-adhesive velcro this time.
PS:
If you want to inspect a certain toy in person during Eurofurence or already know what toy you want to buy after seeing it, please place an order with shipping „pickup at convention“ or write an email. This way we can make sure to actually bring the toy to EF (we can only bring a selection of models) or reserve one for your order.
All the sales at Mephit Mini con have been done. Toys are stored, where they belong. Everything has been counted. And shipping is done too.
However it’s not yet time to relax as we just got the confirmation of our spot in the Eurofurence Dealers Den!!! So lots of preparations on that front.
