After Thirty Years, Dura-Craft Dollhouses Inc. Went Out of Business in Early 2005-- Dura-Craft No Longer Produces or Sells Their Dollhouses or Parts
Dura-Craft Dollhouses Inc. went out of business in early 2005. Dollproperties.com is now the only supplier of the remaining Dura-Craft Dollhouse Kits.
(PRWEB) June 19, 2005 -- In early 2005, Dura-Craft Dollhouse Inc. closed its
doors to the world. What was once a major supplier of dollhouses is now an empty
warehouse. All of the machinery, being of a vintage age, was sent to the metal
scrapper for recycling. Having been one of the top dollhouse manufacturers for
over thirty years, it's sad to see them go.
There are still many
Dura-Craft kits out in the millions of households worldwide, but few remain for
sale on the open market. Dura-Craft went bankrupt in 2005, which unfortunately
means there are no extra parts available for free, as all of the excess parts
were distributed long ago.
There is light at the end of the tunnel. Http://www.dollproperties.com happened to step in line to buy
the remaining Dura-Craft inventory from the Dura-Craft plant. They own a
significant amount of Dura-Craft Dollhouse Kits. Since http://wwww.dollproperties.com isn't Dura-Craft and does not
have a connection to them in the least bit, they can only provide free parts to
their existing clients, people who have purchased from them before. But, at a
small nominal fee, they can provide non-clients with parts as well.
In a
recent interview, Cody Wagner, the operations manager for http://www.dollproperties.com said that, "DollProperties.com
isn't and never has been part of Dura-Craft, nor does it have any relation to
the Dura-Craft manufacturing facility, but it can provide people with parts." He
also went on to say that for every part distributed http://wwww.dollproperties.com has to open a dollhouse kit and
part it out, and that, there is no way http://www.dollproperties.com can just take a loss and give
these away for free, unless someone purchased the kit from http://www.dollproperties.com.
DollProperties.com
encourages people to become a client with the website. They are the only
dollhouse website on the Internet that offers free shipping on everything, no
matter what the price. How do I know? I have done the research.
DollProperties.com is the highest volume dollhouse website on the
Internet. They are child approved and child safe. Secondly, where else can you
buy an Alexandria, Madison, Hillsdale, Chelsea, Bellingham, and San Franciscan
from? They are the only remaining source for Dura-Craft Dollhouses. But Cody
also said the numbers are limited.
As most collectors are aware, when a
dollhouse company goes out of business, the remaining inventory gains value very
quickly. I encourage you to checkout http://www.dollproperties.com, as they are honest and
reputable. They carry Dura-Craft, Real Good Toys, Greenleaf, and Corona Concepts
with free shipping on everything.
If you are not a current client of http://www.dollproperties.com, you can still get your
Dura-Craft dollhouse parts for a reasonable price of $12.00. Just enough money
to cover up to ten parts, a box, labor, and shipping. It appears that there is
no real profit in this type of transaction, as the price of the parts could
outweigh the $12.00 very fast. A part is worth a fraction of the whole kit's
value.
To buy parts if you are not a http://www.dollproperties.com client go to http://www.dollproperties.com/product.asp?0=203&1=209&3=1870.
If you are a client, get your parts for free by e-mailing them at e-mail
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I wrote this article to support this great
website. After doing a review of many dollhouse websites, I found http://www.dollproperties.com the easiest to use and navigate.
Secondly, they are the most popular dollhouse website on the Internet, with
naturally spidered hits averaging over 5,000 a day. No pay-per-click needed by
these guys, they are top rated across the Web. For General Hobbyist News, I am
Jeff Riley.
Contact:
Charles Rhodes
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