WOhOooo mysimplifieds YAY!

Hey peeps!

Finally we are on mysimplifieds...one of the easiest, made convenient site for bloggers like me to post up items for sale. Guess what? they are even helping in setting up PayPal for the users...minus all the hassle! Wat with the complicated and a zillion and one steps to register and me forgetting the so many passwords which I have, this works for me ^____^ Me likey ! And you can also list your items on the affiliated portals such as TIC (Tongue In Chic), KLUE, JUNK, etc. Me double likey!!

And these good guys are throwing in special promotion transaction fee on PayPal now...find out more on http://www.mysimplifieds.com/

Do support A Fish I Like on mysimplifieds ya :) Click on:

http://www.mysimplifieds.com/user-profile?u=35029

Oh yeah...we are one of the featured stores too! YAY!!!

Luv,

Kairi + Peanut Butter

Fish Has Bags

A little bit off the track, I have started all this blogging frenzy several months ago, all in the name of helping out a friend who is trying to venture into online business, selling 100% leather handbags...well and of cos with curiosity always killing the cat but in my case, fortunate enough there wasn't any casualties, it was more like a pet project for me. Back then, when the ranting mood is switched on or the 'writing worm' has caught up with me (that is how I used to explain to my boyfriend), I would start blogging and that leaves me having more than one account...blogspot, wordpress, virtual diary and even using the traditional notepad...AhHAHAH but I will always lose the momentum after a few posts. So now that I have finally found a reason to update a blog regularly, it isn't so bad after all ^__^ One thing leads to another and not long after, I have decided to create my own blog, a virtue online store for vintage, simply because I fell in love with vintage and I still am falling in love with these gorgeous dresses!

Since, managing 2 blogs is virtually a waste of time and effort, I have decided to move these fabulous bags, making them available right here! *TaDaAa*!!!

Like it? Find them all at

Catalogue Shisso Kawa 100% Leather Handbags

This ain't vintage but this is good stuff eh... >.<

*MwaAAHhh*


Kairi + Peanut Butter

The World is My Oyster...but where?

Where to now? *teeeheee*

Maybe Bangsar again? Maybe we will give it a shot in Subang SQ? Curve? Oh, I have a briliant idea (at least I think it is a rather briliant one :P) which is to organize a junk sale right in front of my house...obviously that will not happen, not unless I feel like freaking out my parents and giving Peanut Butter a chance to slobber up everyone. So yeah, I guess for now I will need to think of the possible bazaars which A Fish can go where no parents will freak, no excessive saliva from Peanut Butter and with lotsa lotsa happy people shopping for happy things...YAY!

But where??? O_o

Any ideas? Anyone? Help me out here and leave me some comments. In time like this, I reckon more brains will work better compared to the one sad brain I am depending on...which is kinda sluggish now (imagine => looks kinda green and slimy). Well, if you are shy, then PM me on bloggerunited or email me >.<

And before I forget, to all Muslim friends, have a wonderful Hari Raya and non-Muslim ones, enjoy this looong lovely weekend ya!

*MwAaaaah*

Kisses + SlUuRrrps from Kairi & Peanut Butter

I will try not to make this sound like an award speech ya >.<

But Thank You Thank You and Thank YOOOOUUU for making it happened last weekend. For those who came all the way to show some love and support...as lame as it may sound, no words can describe how much it meant to me *sniiff*...REALLY...and for those who came just to say *HI*...you guys rock too!

You know how it feels when you think that one phase of your life ended and another one begins, you are quite certain that you will have a different path and you will pretty much move on, make new friends...let the whole cycle thingy begins? Well last weekend's bazaar has proved me wrong indeed, people whom I think will never cross my path again, not only did they turn up, but they were also being so supportive at what I am doing and I even closed some sales from them (Yesh I gave discounts ahahaha). To me, this is effort, no matter if they are living in town, around the corner of Bangsar mall or are just 2 miliseconds walk away.

And Thank You Thank You and Thank YOOOOUUU to Your Shopping Kaki and Fashion Clicks for adding us into your big happy family of bloggers! Watch out for more updates on these review blogs...we are taking in by storm babeh!

Your Shopping Kaki: http://yourshoppingkaki.blogspot.com/ (We are one of the links on the right sidebar blogrolls. Category is Vintage)

Fashion Clicks: http://fashion-clicks.blogspot.com/2009/09/friday-shopping.html

p/s: Guys, I know I suck big time keeping in touch...my bad...won't do it again...me proomise....me good now...

*Mwacck + Kisses + Sluuurps*

Luv,

Kairi + Peanut Butter

2 cents from A Fish

If you were to ask me how does it feel like being a vendor? Having an online business? I would say it's bitter sweet baby...

It's sweet when you see that people are happy wearing, flaunting, twirling in the dresses you sold to them, to see that your blog clicks are increasing gradually even by the minuscule of RM0.001 cent *_* but then it can be quite a hard blow when you close your accounts at the end of each bazaar realizing that not only you are unable to cover your rental for the weekend...in fact you are making a loss (Haiiikssss!) I don't take failures very well....sigh...

The experience I had in Square Market Bazaar was well..bitter sweet but it was all worthwhile...

During that short weekend, I have customers complimenting that I really know how to talk..to persuade (ahem...thanks to my excellent customer service background in previous company and well..I can be a smooth talker if I want to eheheheh ^_^) And many of them were very encouraging...quickly labeling me as 'a very enterprising young lady' and being courageous enough to try breaking the conventional perception of us vendors as lowly educated, simple-minded or from the 'low-class' group. There was also an incident that almost moved me to tears when a customer gently squeezed me by my arm...telling me how much she loves that dress she tried on but it was a little too tight for her and she is certain that I will be able to succeed in this business of mine, wishing me the best of luck before walking away. I guess these little gestures count for me...a lot! And these are my reasons for not quitting.

"The organizer always wins"...interesting heh? This is a question that a vendor threw to us at the closing of last week's slow weekend. Believe me, this organizer is not some sort of scam and I am not starting any bitchy-ranting here...this is just my 2 cents worth.

I am still a newbie in this bazaar thingy but I have seen and heard a lot of vendors expressing their dissatisfaction over these organizers who are the only few players in this scene. I have witnessed poor promotion planning whereby there was no banners to be seen around the bazaar area, no flyers, email or SMS blast of communication to reach the buying crowd. There was also unreasonable rules and regulations being put to vendors, for instance of only providing ONE chair for each booth, failed in being a little less rigid on the rule to a vendor who did not bring her own chair...I am not saying that this vendor is not to be blamed but what's done is done and she forgot to bring her own chair, can't there be a work-around for this instead of having her half-sitting, half squatting on her own luggage? How hard is it to politely remind this vendor to not repeat this mistake or give a stern warning that there will be no next time in doing a favor for her...we are talking about a chair...how blardy hard is it to find a chair in a shopping mall? But noooo...the organizer made its (pointless - in my opinion) stand, successfully sending a clear message of don't-mess-with-me strict organizer but it has also successfully created an impression of a popular bazaar with vendors sitting on the floor or sharing chairs in a high profile shopping mall...get it? Also, vendors are only given the option of either having one clothes rack and a table or 2 clothes racks with no table and the place given for each vendor can actually accommodate more than that. I fully understand and more than willing to cooperate when it comes to say cleanliness of the venue, not taking up other vendor's allocated space, etc but gawd...let it be reasonable!

Organizers and vendors relationship is interdependent so why can't we work together to achieve a win-win situation? Having an organizer which takes care of issues with the bazaar venue management and secure crowd to come for the bazaar with proper promotion and communication and we as vendors having a place to market our items, make sales or just having a place of opportunity to shout out to all the nice people out there that we exist, our blogs exist, to proudly promote our own online business or physical stores.Or is this just me and my defining bimbo moment...?

Me & my happy customers ^_^

From a Fish

Ever wonder how a fish sees us?

Exactly.