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Starting a new business is always an exciting adventure. It is also extremely costly. We would love it if you vote for Pookie's Playhouse in the Love a local business contest. The winnings would certainly go a long way to improving the services we offer to you our valued customer!

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Pookie's Playhouse recently received an email from a Facebook friend with a few questions regarding how we conduct certain aspects of the business. We have received overwhelmingly positive support from the community,family and friends. While our business decisions are private we do want our customers to know we appreciate their opinion and we do take it seriously and consider it when making decisions. The name of our friend has been omitted. We are sharing the questions because we know others may have the same or similar questions. The following is my response to the writer. T Good morning ________! Thank you for your input! I read your message and I want you to know we appreciate that you have taken the time to give us your opinion. I would like to address some of your questions. Question #1. " Do you ever consider consignment?" Answer #1: When starting a business, one of the very first things is to develop a business plan and mission statement. Consideration of consigning was part of this process. We decided we wanted to support local artists who have a craft and make unique, one of a kind articles. This would be done on a trial basis. So to answer that question, yes we do consignment in that capacity. These great items are pictured on our page. Question #2. "That (Consignment) might work well with bigger ticket items people might feel like they get a better deal?" Answer #2. Our primary mission is to provide clean, quality items to you our customer in a kid friendly, clean environment, close to home, that reduces our and your carbon footprint on the environment. We included on a trial basis, purchasing from customers to provide another option to you. This service can be discontinued or suspended if the trial period shows it to be more of a liability than asset. Consignment on a large scale bases, as you say for " bigger ticket items" for a Sole Proprietorship is simply not a good business decision. Most consignment stores charge a space fee plus %, to point out a couple of issues that can impact both parties. One important reason it is done that way is because the shop owner is assuming all of the financial risk, rent,insurance and such. We have done our homework on this because it is important to us that we be fair. As stated in our "How it Works" policy, we are a Sole Proprietorship, ran by the owner and volunteer stake holders. We can't compete with Craigslist, ebay, or larger franchised stores up the road. We encourage you to try those options first, or if you feel the offered price is low. Again we want you as a customer! We don't want to alienate you. Topic # 3. " your hours are not so friendly" Answer # 3. We realize our hours don't fit everyones schedule. Unfortunately, the owner and the volunteers all have paying jobs LOL that pay the bills and their employers can't make accommodation of their schedules a priority. #4. I hope I am understanding your statement regarding " Some love not charity could go a long way." Answer #4. We love this community very much. Everyone involved in this process has been a longtime, up to 30 year resident, working in the local hospital as an RN caring for children, adults and grandparents in their time of need, watching some die, watching some born. We have attended local schools and colleges, volunteered in the community and supported local merchants by choosing them instead of a franchise when we can. We are a contributing member to this wonderful town, not a large corporation ran by a CEO who resides in another state or country. We have made countless friends during these past 30 years in a community that spans a 100 mile radius. They enrich our lives. This leads to #5 your last and perhaps most important question. " Why should I mention you to my clients? ". The answer to that question I believe is found in the above, all of those things and more. Also if you were working with a franchise or corporation, you would most likely not receive the type of response I have just given to you. It most likely would have been a canned answer from an automated machine or someone without a vested interest in you or the company they work for. I hope you will come in and see our store for yourself. We want your business, We always appreciate our customers support and feel very blessed to be a member of this community. Our business is just 3mo. old. We are growing and are still in our infancy. It takes a good 1-2 years for a business to grow its reputation and become seamless with service delivery. We are confident the outcome will be positive. Thank you again for your input!

Pookie's Playhouse will be offering educational links from reputable organizations on our Facebook page. We are hoping to provide an easy place for you to find new and factual information. Below is the link. Your opinion matters to Pookie's Playhouse, so please let us know if you like this. http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mayoclinic.com%2Fhealth%2Fchildrens-health%2FMY00383&h=IAQHQikLzAQGlfmwVBhdNHPFJXn9QtuNdwIgKyVgWcp9Ryw&enc=AZMctbKpXwKzXLXPxFKnhri6SPsGLzYGU8_oXL3QpaBrc_d02L0f720vwSuj6BYsQQfj5XcJXFSw28GuPW45SKeK

Pookie's Playhouse will have a daily add online and in the Nevada Appeal starting this week!

Hello all and welcome to my blog. This is my very first blog and my very first entry. I would like to take this time to introduce the purpose of this blog.  I am writing about " Pookie's Playhouse" a children's boutique, located at 113 Rice St., Carson City, NV. We are a small shop that is locally owned and operated.

Pookie's Playhouse opened it's doors on June1,2012, with a grand opening celebration that included gifts for the kid's and a visit with TuTu the clown!

 At " Pookie's Playhouse" we are here to offer a green alternative to the overgrowing " box stores" in our community. We carry some new, some locally made and a wide selection of gently used clothing, toys, furniture and accessories, for boys and girls, sizes  0-5T. Our selection of gently used items are so clean you may think they are new and have been check for safety recalls. We are in our infancy but our plans are to carry more and more locally made items and items for moms like the handmade breast feeding covers we currently have. With this blog I hope to offer stimulating and educational links that are of interest to people who love and care for infants and small children.

We offer gift certificates that are great for baby showers and birthday's. We will be posting our Store Credit policy, How It Works, soon.

We are building a webpage at https://sites.google.com/site/pookiesplayhouse. Our  Facebook page has pictures of our store items currently in stock and a map. The link for our Facebook page is www.facebook.com/PookiesPlayhouse. That is all for now! Hope to see you soon!