| Aubrey | 02 Jul 2014 6:38 a.m. PST |
Just spotted on Peter Pig's website that they have set up a satellite distribution point at a florists a mile from Bovington tank museum. Basically you make your order through Peter Pig's webcart in advance and pick it up from the florists (with a 10% discount for doing so – it says that this is a thank you for saving on postage costs). 'Killing two birds with one stone' seems such a great idea to me. Are we going to see more of this kind of thing in the future? |
| blacksoilbill | 02 Jul 2014 6:43 a.m. PST |
Interesting mix of product lines – 'would you like petunias or panzers?' Reminds me of the shop sign a friend spotted in North Queensland – chainsaw repairs and ballroom dancing lessons! |
 Extra Crispy  | 02 Jul 2014 6:46 a.m. PST |
Nice idea but may not be very workable as a business model. What does the flower shop get? Just the extra traffic? It might work with a related business (hobby or craft shop for example, or a comic book store). I'm guessing the flower shop owner is a friend, and it doesn't cost them anything…. |
| Wombling Free | 02 Jul 2014 7:15 a.m. PST |
If I were the florist, I would be advertising apology flowers to wargamers: "Yes, darling, I got some figures but I also bought you these flowers." Alternatively, buying an arrangement for your partner could be used as a cover for smuggling more figures into your house, especially if the florist can provide a means of disguising the figures too. |
| corporalpat | 02 Jul 2014 7:40 a.m. PST |
Works well in a country like England, but the US has just a wee bit more territory to cover!  Besides, many game stores already offer to order the figures for you and you pick them up at the shop. A local Model RR store even used to do that for me. |
| Maddaz111 | 02 Jul 2014 8:14 a.m. PST |
hmm lets see … Honey I just drove fifty five miles with you and the kids to drool over some tanks. I have just had five great hours wandering around touching and climbing inside tanks. I know … on the way back home … I am just going to nip into this florists here… Look at these flowers I picked up for you, (don't look at the big parcel I am smuggling into the boot… ) |
YogiBearMinis  | 02 Jul 2014 9:42 a.m. PST |
If I were on a vacation trip from the USA, and of course I am visiting the tank museum, you better believe I would take them up on this offer. Not sure how many of us Americans or other gaming tourists there are, however … |
| Zargon | 02 Jul 2014 10:26 a.m. PST |
Now if they could get it to the florist here in my area, ;) |
| Vespasian28 | 02 Jul 2014 2:28 p.m. PST |
Florists wire is also useful for 15mm spears so there's an extra line for them. Bonsai for realistic terrain? |
| mashrewba | 04 Jul 2014 12:31 p.m. PST |
I remember buying some Hinchliffe stuff at a flower shop called Jacquelyn's Jardin in Cumbernauld near Glasgow in 1974.
They were under the counter… |
builds a pond for his campaign.