Heute per Email erhalten.Ab Juli übernimmt Sideshow den globalen
Vertrieb von PCS.Man zieht aus Fehlern die Konsequenzen u.geht mit
Sideshow eine Partnerschaft ein.Man lagert also den
Kundenservice,Bestell u.Liefervorgang aus um sie mehr auf die
Produktion zu konzentrieren.Viele unangenehme Vorfälle,die nicht in
Ihrer Verantwortung lagen,führten dazu das man anstatt 10 Statuen
im Monat zu produzieren nur ca.1-2 veröffentlichen
konnte.
Hier die ganze Mail..
Exciting Announcement from CEO Anthony Adams and EVP Mark
Martin:First of all, we would like to thank all of our great fans
and customers! Everything we do, we do for the passion of our
fans and for the love of the hobby as we are collectors as
well. Without you, none of this is possible and we appreciate
your unwavering support.We have made a lot of changes over the last
nine months. We have changed our production process as well
as moved to new factories.
This has allowed us to catch up on delayed statues as well as
increase our product quality as evident by the recent releases of
Ryu 1:3, Conan 1:3 and Zangief Ultra, just to name a few. We
moved the company to Charlotte, NC and launched our very successful
Facebook Group for our fans to gather and discuss PCS collectibles
as a community. Also, we completely redesigned our website.
Now, all this is great, but we have also had a few challenges.
At the end of 2016, we successfully completed production on 10
statues and they all shipped to our warehouse in the US in December
2017/January 2018. Our intent was to schedule one statue per
week, so we would have the capacity to unload the containers.
A great plan but U.S. customs had other plans. Almost all the
containers were held for inspection. Some were held for a
couple of weeks, some well over a month. This caused us to
have multiple containers arriving to our warehouse every day for
two weeks.
The whole team participated in unloading the containers, which
caused delays in shipping and customer service. Around the end
of March, due to circumstances outside of our control, we lost a
customer service representative. Although we were able hire
another representative in mid-April, it takes time for a new hire
to learn about or product and customers. This Company was built on
delivering 1-2 statues per month, not 10 statues. This
combination caused us to get extremely behind on customer
service.
We deeply regret this current inconvenience to our customers, as it
is not in line with our own expectations for our company. So,
what have we learned? We are great at making awesome statues
and collectibles. Alternatively, we have struggled with
customer service and shipping. What do you do when you are
great at art, want to focus on the art, yet still make sure our
amazing fans have a great overall experience including customer
service and shipping? In our case, the answer was to partner
with those who have mastered the process and have excelled at it
for years
.At this time, we are pleased to announce that PCS Collectibles has
come to an agreement with Sideshow. Sideshow is the industry
leader in direct to customer sales, distribution, customer support,
and shipping, just to name a few. Not only has Sideshow been
a leader in our industry, they have been a great partner to PCS –
taking a personal interest in our success. Starting in July,
Sideshow will become the online and global distributor of PCS
collectibles on their website Sideshow.com.
So what does this mean for you?
Well, to start, future pre-orders and remaining in-stock items are
now available directly on Sideshow’s website. PCS will be shutting
down the ability to order from our current website shortly.
The first items you will see launched exclusively at Sideshow will
be the WWE Ultimate Warrior, Ryu Ultra and FINALLY 1:6 scale Street
Fighter figures to name a few. You will be able to
RSVP for those items during SDCC at Sideshow.com. Sideshow
will need some time to prepare their customer support team for this
transition.
Immediately following Comic-Con Sideshow will handle all customer
service requests and shipping of PCS products. Prior to that time,
you can still contact us directly.Once this process is complete,
information on your open orders will be made available through
Sideshow.com.
Amongst the many advantages of shopping with Sideshow, you will
finally be able to see all of your pre-orders online as well as use
and earn reward points on PCS items!You will be able to call, email
and chat with Sideshow for questions concerning your existing and
new orders. Sideshow’s 20+ Customer Support staff are available
every weekday from 6am to 6pm PST – yes, that is 12 hours a day!I
know this might be a lot to process, but we feel this is the best
way to give our fans the greatest experience possible. You
don’t buy just the collectibles, you also buy the
experience.
The experience extends from the rush you get when preordering that
special piece, to talking to customer support, to the joy of
opening the long-awaited item when it arrives with that new statue
smell. You will still get the same great quality and products
from PCS while getting the great customer experience from Sideshow.
This will also allow PCS to go back to what we do best,
focusing on making cool collectibles!More details to come as we
approach the July transition.
Your Fellow Collectors,
Anthony and Mark
popcultureshocktoys.com