Yargh and glee

[bladespark]

The landlords are still being butts about the cat. They seem to have no provision at all for somebody having one cat die, or otherwise be lost, and getting a second one. I was told that this situation was "not normal" and that they had no paperwork for it, and would have to type something up. Which would take them until tomorrow, of course. (Because, you see, we'd be planning on having Rosie, JJ's cat, over here, and then decided to get a new cat isntead.)

How hard is it to type up, "no longer has X cat, now getting Y cat?" I mean sheesh!

In good news though, I was contacted by the Windstone folks about being a dealer, and it looks like we're go! Now I just have to try and get a second table at FC, and attempt to get one for AC as well. Whee...

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[kainhighwind-dr.livejournal.com]

Um, and what the hell does it matter which cat it is and how it got there?? One cat=one cat. Sounds like a lot of nonsense to me. Talk about weird... at least it sounds like you will actually be able to get one now, if a little later than intended.

Oooh, so you decided to become a dealer yourself. I thought about doing that myself if only to get my hands on some. *LOL* But I figured there'd be some sort of minimum annual purchase requirement, and didn't feel like setting up the rest of the selling aspect would be worthwhile. Cool. Have fun with that eh?? Now you can get pieces REAL cheap....

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

There's no purchase requirement, but you have to prove that you're an actual retailer, with a storefront/convention booth/other means of selling that's not the internet.

And you have to sign an agreement stating you won't buy them just to collect them yourself, or sell them below the official retail prices.

[kainhighwind-dr.livejournal.com]

Ahhh I see. Yeah I figured there had to be some kind of limitation some way or other. So even just periodical sales at conventions and such is sufficient? That's nice and flexible for you, I'm sure. Having to count perpetual inventory on taxes and such is a pain in the butt. But then again I guess you have to do that with the costume materials anyway...

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Though it's not too hard. I have a folder full of income reciepts, and another one with expenses reciepts, and I just total them up every month. Though this year I think I'll get an accountant to do the actual tax filing, I find it annoyingly tedious.

[kainhighwind-dr.livejournal.com]

Actually yeah, if you're not really keeping books for any loan purposes etc., then I guess you don't need to report inventory on your taxes. Getting my bookkeeping research mixed up with taxes.

I got an accountant last year as soon as I realised how many details there were and how he could help decide what deductions are appropriate and such so I am less likely to be audited. I used to do my taxes alone, but I kinda like the idea of handing everything over. Organised, of course. ;) And you can write off the cost of the accountant's fees on your taxes (in Canada, at least). Yahoo!

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure I can here too. Any directly business-related expenses get to be written off. And I have a LOT of those...

[sharpsight.livejournal.com]

N) Are you allowed to sell them over the Internet (at sufficient prices, of course) as well?

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Yes you are, you're just not allowed to have the internet be your sole means of selling them. (The idea being that the Windstone people themselves sell the limited edition pieces on line, and there are dozens of other stores also selling on line, so you're competing with already established dealers and they'd rather you didn't. They're very big about not having their dealers compete with eachother, you can't be a dealer if your storefront, for example, is too close to another dealer's.)

[sharpsight.livejournal.com]

N) Ahh. Got it (also: good).

*considers for a few moments, reevaluating part of the matter as a result of the 'competition' line of thought* Why do they mind what prices the Windstones are sold at? If the dealers buy the Windstones from the maker/s at the same price no matter what, then doesn't the price sold at on the open market only affect the dealer's profit margin? (Attempting to keep prices high doesn't clearly make sense if they're willing to sell Windstones through dealers (at all) for a given price.)

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

It has to do with their desire to support the small local retailer. A large chain chan afford to have a smaller per item profit margin, but a small business cannot. So they fix the price to favor small business.

Which is fine by me!

[sharpsight.livejournal.com]

N) Ahhh. Got it. *nods* Thank you for the information!