[GZG] Situation update from GZG....

Hi all,

Apologies for delay in posting another update, I've been spending the 
last couple of weeks frantically doing stuff rather than writing 
about it!

SALUTE went off VERY well, it was great to see so many of our 
customers there and the day went really smoothly - everyone there was 
amazingly patient and supportive of the transitions we're going 
through with the store.
Since returning from the show, I've been working solidly to get the 
last of the order backlog cleared (which included some VERY large 
orders - several in the £500+ range - that got placed in the last 
couple of days before we closed up the old store). I can now very 
happily announce that the whole of the backlog has been cleared and 
virtually* all orders dispatched!

Through all the delays, you have all been incredibly patient, in fact 
out of several hundred orders that took way too long due to our 
hiatus there were only TWO where the customers decided to cancel 
rather than wait (this was fine with me, as it allowed me to bump a 
few others up the queue!!) - so a big thank-you again to everyone.
One particularly good piece of news is that orders to the USA seem to 
be getting though US Customs a bit faster at last - a customer 
contacted me just the other day to say that their packages had 
arrived within a week of them being posted from here, which is pretty 
much back to normal.

So, I am now working on sorting out all the little bits that need to 
be done before the new store can open for orders - barring serious 
problems, I HOPE that we will be able to have it up and running very 
shortly, I will post another update over this coming weekend with 
more details.

Best regards to you all, and thanks for your continued support!

Jon (GZG), 5th May.

* OK, there are actually just a handful still outstanding due to 
various problems - cases where despite repeated attempts, we cannot 
contact the customers, or Paypal payments have not been made, etc - 
if you think you MIGHT be one of these, then do please get in touch 
again in case earlier emails have not been getting through.
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