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July 2004 - Posts

Internal conflict

I'm a little conflicted these days because I need to be focused on sales and promotion, but I also need to get the online shopping solution for my website up and running. It's kind of difficult to do both; in spite of my relatively technical background, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 28, 2004 8:17 PM by jason | 1 Comments
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My life is a barcode

Thursday I ran over to Staples to hunt for some laser printer-friendly adhesive labels that would be suitable for bar codes that I can stick on the single tubes of my dragon beard candy so that retailers, like Uwajimaya, can scan them. The gift boxes Read More...
Posted Sunday, July 25, 2004 9:02 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Making deliveries and a few pitches

Today I made the first delivery of dragon beard candy to Uwajimaya Seattle, and I expect things will be visible in the next day or so. I have to go back and provide some mockups (empty boxes) for the shelf displays since the Seattle store is worried about Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 21, 2004 8:01 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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As usual, my stuff didn't arrive on time

The good news is that I finally have the remaining portion of my candy shipment. The bad news is that it wasn't delivered in the morning as was last indicated. I had to wait at home most of the afternoon, and then I did my best to get the cartons out Read More...
Posted Friday, July 16, 2004 7:35 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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OK, you can have your candy now...

The FDA provided notification that they inspected my shipment sometime yesterday, and my cargo was released back to Maersk for forwarding. I was supposed to get it this afternoon, but delivery has been delayed until tomorrow morning due to delays recovering Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 15, 2004 2:28 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Failure to inspect

Apparently the FDA has provided no notice of the inspection results, nor even evidence that they have completed the inspection. Supposedly, they have a legal obligation to inspect the cargo within three business days of filing notice of sampling, and Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 14, 2004 8:00 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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A modest success

It really would have helped to have the rest of my shipment, because the first day I sacrificed a lot of full-priced candy in sampling. Word got around, so this got very expensive. Our rule of thumb for the first day was to give a sample to people with Read More...
Posted Sunday, July 11, 2004 7:08 PM by jason | 1 Comments
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A disaster, but thankfully not an embarrassment

Customs cleared a smaller shipment this afternoon, which contains only the small gift boxes of my dragon beard candy. These gift boxes contain 9 pieces of candy each, and the 18-piece boxes are still held up by the FDA. It would have taken a miraculous Read More...
Posted Friday, July 09, 2004 4:17 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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I've got the FDA Inspection, not sure when I'll get my candy blues

I've just been informed that the FDA will inspect my candy shipment; I'm not yet sure when they'll schedule the sampling. I have no worries about the shipment passing sampling inspections, since the FDA did this before on a small FedEx shipment I received Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 08, 2004 11:16 AM by jason | 0 Comments
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Customs is one thing, but the FDA!

I'm now jittery and nervous because the FDA is holding onto my shipment. I'm hoping they will clear it in time for the summer festival, but there's no way to predict what will happen. In fact, there's a good likelihood that, if they request inspection, Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 08, 2004 6:59 AM by jason | 0 Comments
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Almost ready for the fair

Today I received a copy of Yuuyake Shimbun, which covered my trip to Portland and printed an article that also looks similar to my press release. The full-color ad looks pretty good in newsprint; I was a little nervous about that since I know newsprint Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 07, 2004 12:12 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Problems solved

Friday morning I got an account established with Maersk Logistics and I filed the necessary paperwork to allow them to clear my shipment at customs. I was impressed at how on top of things their staff seems to be. They advised me of some corrections needed Read More...
Posted Saturday, July 03, 2004 12:20 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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So that's what "logistics nightmare" means

The last three days I've been struggling with my air freight service, Yamato Transport, as they've managed to royally mess up the shipment of my dragon beard candy. They failed to arrange service on June 30 because of China Airlines had some reluctance Read More...
Posted Friday, July 02, 2004 5:34 AM by jason | 0 Comments
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