I ran a website based biz selling action figures and dolls, non mainstream stuff, ebay as the advertising and referrals from a few of the designers as well. Had to give it up as it was just too much with a full time job and didnt fancy the gamble of relying on that alone. It was cheaper to buy at american retail import and pay tax than it was to buy from suppliers in the UK[or to sell uk versions back to the US] for alot of the stuff and I had a good network of folks picking up the rarer stuff for resale over here. Even now I am still selling off the leftover stock on ebay and like the website most of it goes over to europe. Germany, spain and italy were the main places must be a shortage of forbidden planet style shops there.
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