Do it!

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Dalai Lama

STOVE UPDATE>>>STOVE UPDATE>>>STOVE UPDATE>>>>>

Folks - at long last the ship with our stoves on docks today! They will need to go through customs and then done to us and then to you guys!

Thanks very much for your business and will be in touch next week.

Kind regards,

Jack.

Just Push On....!

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race”

Oi dreamer!!!

All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.

Brian Tracy

Power!!!

I was going to buy a copy of The Power of Positive Thinking, and then I thought: What the hell good would that do?

-- Ronnie Shakes

Just a joke!

If you're being chased by a police dog, try not to go through a tunnel, then on to a little seesaw, then jump through a hoop of fire. They're trained for that!

Quote of the Day 2

The mind is everything; what you think, you become
Gautama Buddha (c. 563 - c. 483 BC)

Quote of the Day

There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
Tony Robbins

I like that quote. Our office walls are covered with such quotes - it is a great way to feel inspired!

Cheers,

Jack.

Canvas shortage...!

Owning a business is great fun but there is a fine line between pleasure & pain!

Because of the Haiti disaster all global canvas production has gone to the relief agencies for emergency shelters. This has of course a knock on effect to our suppliers so we may come across a tent shortage for a while.

The effect of this may be that if you were wanting a tent from Pathfinder - a small wall tent for example, then you may want to order or preorder one right now just to ensure you have one in time for the show season otherwise you may have to rough again this year!

If you would like further information or to chat your needs through then please just call us - 001258 880298!

Cheers,

Jack.

I hate BT!

Last week we were out about so we put the phone lines on divert to our mobiles. OK - that's easy enough - isn't it?! Yes it is but now we have a fault on our line and can't take the divert off!

So please bear with us whilst BT sort the problem...........!

Stove delivery date!

Folks just had this in from our suppliers with regards to the stoves. Not too sure why the shippers are being slow but this will keep everyone up to date! As always any questions then please just let us know!

Hi Jack- Just heard from the shipper:

"The sailing information, which has changed:

Vessel; Charleston Express
Voyage NO: 72
Sail Date: 2/3/10
Arrival Date: 2/21/10
Arrival at destination: 2/25/10"

Thanks Jack!! We'll keep you posted if we hear otherwise. Michelle.

Welcome to 2010!

Welcome folks.

Yes we have another year ahead of us and it looks like it is going to be as busy as 2009. With the 65th anniversary of the ending of the war this year we have many many events to attend.

So what's new? Just today we have two tent samples delivered - the USA early tan pup tent and the German Two man mountain tent. And we have had the chance yet to get them up but just by looking at them here in the office we have two more exceptional products to add to our range for 2010!

The M1941 have been dispatched to us today so will be with us in 14 days time.

IT IS ALL GO AND IT IS ONLY JANUARY - I need a holiday!

The Plague Returns to Dorset

As some of you may know the plague of the 1300's enter England through the port of Melcombe Regis here in Dorset. Well the bad news is that it is back in Dorset - in fact it is in the A&E HQ! So sorry for the lack of updates but we are all feeling sorry for ourselves - after all we are only men...!

Malvern show....

Thanks to everyone who dropped by the Pathfinder stand to say hello and to buy. Not too sure where the recession is but we sold more than the last two Malvern’s put together. The discounted German tents certainly helped and we do still have some left if you need one or before they are all gone – a very cost effective tent for the new season.

As you know we will have a price rise in the New Year, the VAT is going up and our productions costs are too. So again if you would like a tent at 2009 prices for 2010 then put a 50% deposit down today and a small wall tent, German and British officers tent is yours. Also applies to the pyramidals and large fly sheets.

TENT PRICE INCREASE!!

2010 is going to be another big year as it is the 65th anniversary
of the end of the war so the events calendar is looking pretty busy
again.

Beat the VAT and price increases.

Buy a 2010 tent at 2009 prices!

As you know the VAT goes back up to 17.5% from Jan 1. This along
with the price increase from our manufacture means that there will
be a price increase across our tentage range from Jan 1. We have
soaked up all the price increases to us over the last 18 months but
now with the latest increases we have to change the prices.

But the good news is that you can still buy now at 2009 prices and
all you have to do is to put down a 50% deposit. Or you can but
now at full price - we just want to make sure everyone has enough
notice.


So you can put a 50% deposit down now and the tent (s) are yours.
This secures your tent at 2009 prices.

In stock we have the following:

German Officers tents
Flysheets
Groundsheets

British Officers tents
Flysheets
Groundsheets

Large US flysheets

On a pre-order basis - these go quick to US clients so you may just
want to grab one now. They are having a big event in January which
keeps taking all of our stock.

US Small Walls
Flysheets
Groundsheets

We are at Malvern so if you would like to have a chat then please
drop by.

Kind regards.

Jack.

German tents - grab a quick bargain

OK folks we have some bargain tent news for you.

We are at Malvern next weekend and we will be taking an amount of ‘seconds’/ex demo German tents with us.

Every time we do a new show we erect a new tent – and as we done around 12 shows this year we have some ex demo stock. We also have some stock that we have classed as seconds – nothing structurally wrong with them at all but some may have a different shade in one of the panels and that is it.

So we will be clearing this stock next week and you will be able to buy just the canvas so it will save you a vast amount of money.

Also we must bear in mind that the VAT rises back to 17.5% from Jan 1 and so all of ranges will be increasing in price too. So this is a great opportunity to get a bargain and if you so wish you can come back to us next year for the pegs are poles.

The prices are from £370 - £399.99 which in some cases is a saving of £180!

Please do let me know if you would like us to put one to one side for you?

Kind regards,

Jack.

HOT off the press!

Stoves – just to let everyone know that the stoves are just about to leave from the US so thank you to everyone for your patience. And I don’t think we will have them in time to bring to Malvern but that isn’t too much of a problem as most folks aren’t needing them until the show season starts again - that said we could do with firing one up in the office this morning.

The stove pipes and arrestor are here so they are safe.

Stay tuned for more details!

Customs…your nicked!!

Customs…your nicked!!

Last week I was over in France again delivering tents to our Dutch agent Jean Peirre. Now we do this about once a month and then I usually go to Normandy once a month to delivery to Dead Man’s Corner. They are long days but constructive days as you have to think, clear your mind and get some ‘planning’ done.


But without fail, every time I go through customs I get pulled. It doesn’t matter who else is around – it is just me. You could have a T 54 main battle tank roll through customs and they would just way it through…The see me in a higher van and that’s it! The SAS abseil down from helicopters, armed police pop out of dustbin and the whole of the docks get locked down.

Last week on my way back and clearing through Dover I got pulled and the conversation went like this:

Customs guy (CG) – morning Sir, where have you come from?
Me (Me) – erm Dorset
CG – Sir the ferry has just come from Dunkerque NOT Dorset
Me – oh yes sorry (couldn’t speak at this point as my mouth had dried up) I have just come from Dunkerque..
CG – yes clearly, how long have you been there?
Me – 52 minutes.
CG – 52 minutes – WHAT were you doing there?
Me – meeting a guy in a car park and delivering some stuff…
CG – stuff?
Me – yes stuff
CG – what sort of stuff SIR…
Me – Tents!
CG – tents?
Me – yes tents! In fact we are the worlds leading supplier of authentic WWII tents. We send them all of the world and supply film and TV companies. In fact our Dutch dealer makes major sales, in deed since the beginning of the recession he has seen his sale grow month on month.

Furthermore GBP performance was the positive surprise yesterday, supported by a 'Don't panic' article in The Times and some other pound-friendly writings. The pound gained a cent versus the euro as some economists warned the Bank of Eng¬land not to be fooled into pumping too much money into the economy on the back of Friday’s unexpectedly weak GDP figures. Many analysts said that the economy was stronger than the official figures suggested. Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit, which produces the monthly purchasing managers’ indexes, said he was bemused by data suggesting Britain was still in recession while other European countries were pulling out.

Part of the criticism of the figures was because economists got their predic¬tions wrong, but it also reflected deeper concern about the data’s reliability.

Economists at Goldman Sachs published a detailed research note saying that the GDP figures were not only inconsistent with the purchasing managers’ surveys but that they were hard to square with other official data. Goldman Sachs also said that sterling is heavily undervalued according to purchasing power parity theory.


CG – thank you Sir, please move on now…………..

The new 9x9 command tent!

The 2010 sample is here.

We have been working on the new model 9x9 command tent. This is one of best selling tents and we have sold them all over the world. The picture below is from our manufacturer and we will put some more information up and pictures when we put the tent up here at Pathfinder HQ.

These tents will be strictly on pre-order for the 2010 season. Now that we have dealers all over the world we expect them to go quick - as these guys will take a fair amount of our stock. SO PREORDER EARLY! Price £399.99

Exporting to the USA

Long time coming!

Shipped goods on mass yesterday to our outlet in the USA, D-Day Quartermaster http://www.ddayquartermaster.com As you know we have been selling into the US for a long time but it is wonderful to have the guys at D-Day Quartermaster to handle all of our US sales. And they are doing some great business there!

So the first of many big shipments left Pathfinder HQ yesterday and it looks like we will have to replenish stock pretty soon....Chris stop selling so much!

So Pathfinder will now have domestic stock in the USA and keep your eye out as we are extending the range too.