This is the exciting new page to keep you up to date with Madcatwoman Enterprises's work. We like to call it the "work in progress" page. Check in regularly to see what we are working on.
20th October 2011
We are currently putting together a Facebook page which will contain up to date news, a section on properties of gemstones, the new arrivals, latest news etc.
At the moment, it is still early days, but you can find the bare bones of the page here:
This years Christmas posting dates have been released on www.royalmail.com. Any orders placed after these dates will probably not arrive in time for the big day, so please order early.
UK Wed 14th December Standard Parcels Sat 17th December Second Class and Recorded Signed For™ Tue 20th December First Class and Recorded Signed For™ Wed 21st December Parcelforce 48 Thu 22nd December Parcelforce Next Day, Special Delivery™ Fri 23rd December Special Delivery™ with Saturday Guarantee
International Surface Mail Fri 30th September Non-European destinations except Middle East, South Africa, Far East, USA and Canada Tue 4th October Middle and Far East (except Hong Kong and Singapore) Tue 18th October South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, the USA and Canada Tue 8th November Eastern Europe, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Malta and Iceland Tue 22nd November Western Europe
International Airmail Mon 5th December South & Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Far East (including Japan), Australia and New Zealand Fri 9th December Eastern Europe, USA and Canada Mon 12th December Western Europe British Forces Post Office (BFPO) Fri 2nd December Airmail to Operational BFPOs Thu 15th December Airmail to Static BFPOs
Events throughout the world affect our business in many ways. Floods in far-off countries mean the gem mines have to be closed, and in some cases abandoned. Droughts in others mean that mineworkings have to be abandoned as the workers would have no access to water. Earthquakes cause mines to collapse or be restricted until remedial safety work can be carried out. We buy our stock from many countries around the world, such as Australia, Brazil, Czech Republic, Chile, India, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, USA, so many things can change which could result in some items being out of stock.
New items coming soon:
* boxed gemstone collections
* boxed bead sets - letter beads, elastic - all you need to get started on a mini-business of your own making personalised bracelets
* new gemstones and tumblestones including some out-of-the-ordinary Tiger Glass, Tremolite, Verdite, as well as the exotic rough Pink Star Ruby, Ruby and Emerald.
* birthstone gemstone chip earrings
* wholesale lots of earrings - nice mixed lots for fairs and fetes
9th September 2011
We currently have increased our gemstone/tumblestone stock so we have around 100 different varieties of stone available at any one time and these are selling great especially in larger wholesale quantities of 20 and 100. We are trying to get these online here as soon as we possibly can. We now have newbie stones available (and sometimes difficult to find stones) such as Laguna Agate, Selenite Roses, garnet, jet etc.
We have also increased our seller profile on eBay (username: madcatwomanenterprises), thanks to all our buyers because at the present time we have achieved Power Seller status and Top Rated Seller with 99.8% positive feedback rating of over 2,800. Our biggest problem with selling through eBay is people are expecting delivery to the other side of the world in only three days, or if there is a problem, we are not being told by the buyer so have been left unaware of problems until after non-removable neutral feedback has been left. Without communication, we don't know if there's a problem, so please talk to us - we don't bite! If your item hasn't arrived (check www.royalmail.com for delivery times for how long your item should take to arrive from the UK with you), then please tell us! We ensure items receive the correct paperwork to get through customs, that items are properly described, air mail stickers attached for priority service, and to try to avoid our customers being landed with customs charges as much as possible. Helpful advice is always welcome.
We are also still selling on Bonanzle, Ecrater and Folksy, although the range is smaller as these are more specialised market places.
BACK IN STOCK AT LAST!! Guatamalan Worry Dolls - and even better, we have managed to source these as Fair Trade items where the traditional Mayan workers are paid a fair living wage for their work.
5th May 2010
Things have been extremely busy lately so apologies for no recent update. However, the great news is that we have now brought out a great range of fun, humorous and original t-shirts. These will be added to the website in the near future, but in the meantime, the ever-increasing range can be found at the following place:
Please note however that the t-shirts that are more of an adult nature can only be viewed on this site by registering a credit card with them, to prevent them being viewed by minors.
16th January 2010
2009 was an amazing year for Madcatwoman Enterprises. First, we were one of three local finalists in The Mall's Make Your Mark competition, for new businesses in the area. We followed this up with opening a shop in town on a six month trial basis. Finally, we launched a lot of new lines in time for Christmas, and have been absolutely run off our feet ever since! The Christmas season was totally insane, and with all hands on deck, and we managed to get every single item ordered for Christmas out on time, with almost 100% being sent out within two working days of an order being placed.
We have lots of brilliant plans for the coming year.
The first change of the new year is that we have now stopped trading on Ebid auction site. In spite of Madcatwoman Enterprises plugging this site in excess of five years, it hasn't resulted in any extra trade coming our way. It is sad when the only advertising an auction site gets is from its sellers, when the site's owners were not prepared to put the same amount of effort and money into publicising their own site. Also, more restrictions were being brought in so often that we felt we were no longer valued as sellers (who also promoted the site in online forums, surveys etc), so reluctanctly we closed our online store there and removed all our auctions.
We are hoping to work on a new range of items to put on Zazzle and other similar sites in the Spring.
We are working hard at pulling together the new wholesale section of the site which will be open shortly. We have had lots of new tumblestones come in which we need to categorise, we have a couple of new pirate-related items to add to the site, and a lot of promotional items which have sold brilliantly on Ebay this Christmas. We are also looking at the possibility of bringing out a range of original and novel designs - but only when we have a spare minute or two!
We are also currently creating a brochure/catalogue which we are hoping will be released in late Spring, where all our items can be sold to people who prefer to deal with companies offline or who don't have internet access.
So, there is an awful lot going off this year, and we'll keep you updated about it all.
6th August 2009
Some cute jewellery items coming over the next couple of days, including "Cute 'n' Kitsch" range (think skulls, glow-in-the-dark, handpainted wooden beads, dolly mixture, cute fish or dice items), unofficial Severus Snape bracelets and necklaces, unofficial Twilight bracelets, all handmade and designed by Madcatwoman Enterprises and not available anywhere else. Also "Let's Go Retro", a small range of 1980s-style earrings (the decade that taste forgot) based on Sandra@madcatwoman's own 80's collection!
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1st April 2009
It has been a busy few days on our two week stint at The Mall, but here are some photographs of our Madcatwoman Enterprises stand there.
We have details of current dolls in stock, how many are available, or if none are currently available, what the current waiting time is for completion. We hope that you find this new feature helpful. Please note that when there is a new Harry Potter movie out, demand will be extremely high, so please order early to avoid disappointment.
DOLL STOCK LIST - last updated: 9th September 2011
Item code
Item description
Current stock levels
Current waiting list for this item
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Albus Dumbledore doll
2
in stock
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Rubeus Hagrid doll
1
in stock
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Remus Lupin doll
3
in stock
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Sirius Black doll
2
in stock
hpdlvld
Voldemort doll
1
only available to order - contact sales @ madcatwoman. co. uk for more information.
hplmdl
Lucius Malfoy doll
1
in stock
hpmcgdl
Minerva McGonagall doll
1
only available to order - contact sales @ madcatwoman. co. uk for more information
hprsktrdl
Rita Skeeter doll
1
only available to order - contact sales @ madcatwoman. co. uk for more information
hpsndl
Severus Snape doll
0
only available to order - contact sales @ madcatwoman. co. uk for more information
hpdlmdy
Alastor Moody doll
1
in stock
hpdlbll
Bellatrix Lestrange doll
1
only available to order - contact sales @ madcatwoman. co. uk for more information
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Nymphadora Tonks
0
only available to order - contact sales @ madcatwoman. co. uk for more information
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Lily Evans/Potter
2
in stock
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Many of the items on this site are handmade to our exacting designs and available only from Madcatwoman Enterprises and made only by Madcatwoman Enterprises. These items are not available anywhere else. If you are unsure whether the items you are purchasing from elsewhere are genuine Madcatwoman designs, please contact us for clarification at the email address given previously. Thank you.
