I recently spoke with a long time Integrity Toys' dealer who was at wit's end. He had gotten about 100 calls and texts from collectors regarding the dolls that were announced by Integrity but he had not gotten information about who or what his allocation would be. That is an impossible situation for a dealer and for a collector.
Today, another longtime, highly respected dealer terminated his dealership. This dealer is Rudi Palma Teruel.
He wrote:
Am so very sorry to say but after thinking over this situation - we have decided to not go through with it.We have decided to Cancel our dealership as it just means more headaches and breaking hearts than anything.It breaks my heart that the situation never improved for us as a dealer, and after almost a couple of years not getting any allocations for anything, things seem to have gotten worse. Even sadder for me personally, as we have been a part of IT since even before the FR dolls and if you trace back the history, we even got the first ever Dealer Exclusive dolls.Am sorry it has come to this…. but it is what it is - and we just have to do it this way for our Peace of Mind, too!Thank you all for supporting us in the past and for your continued support for other doll lines we offer.
I remember the days when dealers would practically sell their first born for an Integrity dealership.
Is this the result of the mess the current USA administration's war games have caused? It sounds as if it's been going on for years. We can only surmise that it is a combination of factors out of everyone's control. After all, IT wants to sell their product. If they don't have product, the effects are felt down the line.
I know Rudi for a long time, and I know some dreams behind, all I could say is that it’s been so long that Rudi got treated badly by them during the Covid and locked down period(or even before). It’s good that he decided to finish the relationship with IT, Rudi deserves much better than that sucks
ReplyDeleteMy name is Andrea S Morgan and am a collector. I was with the WClub for 4 years and watched the quality of the dolls .go drastically down to the point of me emailing them several times more times than I can count on both hands and toes.. and the prices have go drastically up. . I.e… visible seams in the body. The quality of the clothes and accessories, the dolls ears never been fully pierced among many other things. I didn not enroll in this years WClub. As I look at my collection in the case I’m filled with regret to a certain point and I have a closet full of NRFB dolls I will sell. I feel regret I don’t invest my money in a line like that if Kingdom Dolls. Those dolls are so amazingly beautiful. When I look at my IT Toys Dolls I look at all the things they apparently didn’t see. Or wasn’t important enough to realize the quality had degraded in the time I was with them.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments, Andrea.
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