Gail Davidson
Gail Davidson
call deserve happening people quite step victory
I don't know that I would call it a victory quite yet, ... but it is at least a step in the right direction. People deserve to know what is happening here.
designers kept neither pricing product retail ringing trying wrong
Pricing was one of our downfalls, ... Neither of us had done retail before - we're designers trying to be wholesalers. I kept ringing around getting every cost, trying to think of everything that was going into the product but I think we did it the wrong way.
left ourselves price stuck turned
As things turned out we stuck to that price but I think we underestimated and we haven't left ourselves enough margin,
bringing canada courts enforce everybody incapable justice law legal nobody seems signed system willing
The American legal system seems incapable of bringing him to justice and there are no international courts with jurisdiction. So it's up to Canada to enforce the law that everybody has signed on to but nobody else seems willing to apply.
launch main mould time wasted
One of the two main things we had going for us was that we had no money, so we couldn't just launch into making the mould because, if we had, we would have wasted a lot of time and money,
business challenge classic designed market million mind mistakes momentum nearly running small suddenly tank turning year
There is still only Mitch and I in the business, which may be one of the classic small business mistakes we've made, ... We're turning over nearly $1 million a year with just two people. The first challenge that comes to mind is that we designed something, got it on the market and suddenly were running a tank business with momentum.
answering lack machine staff suffer
We do have an answering machine but we suffer from lack of a staff member,
advertise biggest bit challenge knowing people ringing saying spend
It's probably our biggest challenge as I feel we've been a bit shotgun, ... We have people ringing up and saying 'Do you want to advertise in this magazine,' and we say 'OK' without knowing the value. How much do you have to spend to get that cut-through?
aware both country issue looked people store talked water
We were both from the country and were more aware of water being an issue that wasn't going away, but when we talked to people about it they looked at us blankly and said: 'Why would you want to store water in your fence?',
above applied bush canada ensures fairly law people properly throughout victory
This is a very important victory ... because it ensures that the proceedings will be scrutinized by people in Canada and throughout the world, to make sure that the law is applied fairly and properly and, above all, to make sure that Bush doesn't get away with torture.