The Workday Booth is now available to Dealers.  Work shifts required
      in exchange for placing items in this booth are determined by the
      value of the item and range from 2 to 4 hours per month.  See management
      for details.

     

      Most Recent Lottery Results:  135 Super Lotto tickets were
      purchased for the April 26 drawing of $17 million;  $58 was won and
      split among the 27 participating Dealers, at $2.15 cents apiece, which
      those Dealers will find in their brown envelopes.  Because winnings
      equaled at least one dollar per entrant, there will be no interim
      drawing this time.

     Amendment to Lottery Pool Guidelines:  Cash winnings that would return less than
     $1.00 to each dealer entered in a regularly scheduled pool (i.e., $12 for 29 dealers) will
     not be disbursed back to the entrants but will be used to play the following (interim)
     week's game.  Thus, the exact same pool of dealers will play the interim week and they
     all get a second drawing for their $5 ticket, and pools will not be intermingled.  Winnings
     that would return a dollar or more to pool entrants (i.e., $25 for 19 dealers) will be equally
     divided and no interim game will be played.  Winnings from the interim game, no matter
     how small, will be disbursed to pool entrants before the next regularly scheduled drawing
     occurs.

     For each Lottery Pool participant, your share is in your file in a brown envelope. 
      Please keep the envelope there for future disbursements.  (Think positive!)

  

     COMCAST AD NOW IN ROSEVILLE:  Since December
     our TV ad is running in Roseville on Fox News 7 days a week,
     9 am - 4 pm.  Also running on Lifetime Network and AMC movie
     channel.  166 commercials per month.
   Midway's web site is available via midwayantiquemall.com
     as well as .net; both will remain active and lead to the same site.

     

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   Free Advertising:  If you have the ability to check your Sales Reports, you
       are equipped to post your own ad on the Internet at www.craigslist.org.
       Open an account using your e-mail address and a password, read the
       basic rules carefully, follow the instructions and post away.  It is all
       FREE and will run for 7 days or until you delete and/or change it.  Be
       sure to mention that Midway is open every day 10 to 6, mention layaway. 
       Do not put our web site address; it is prohibited.  You can add pictures. 
       We can help if you have any questions. 

          

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  Frequently/Recently Requested/Sold Items
     Butterfly pins (26 sold in one day)
       Western & horse stuff (other than knick-knacks) still hot.
       Armoires!  Especially small ones
        Small dressers and lamp tables
      Coins
        Black, cast-iron pots/pans  
        Banks
        Lockets, with or without chains
        Musical instruments continue to sell well -- still getting requested!
        Old black typewriters in good condition
        Matchbox, Hot Wheels and other metal vehicles
        Sterling silver items
        Glass is (finally) selling well, especially plates.
        Transferware dishes
        Dictionary stands
        Tea carts
        Egg plates
        Raggedy Ann/Andy stuff
        Rooster stuff
        Post Cards & old photographs
        

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              MORE IMPORTANT REMINDERS:

           Please take the time to review your Dealer Agreement to refresh your knowledge of
  Midway's policies and procedures, with emphasis on the following:

           Keep your floor space area uncluttered!  We now have everything from
            dishes to books sitting on the floor.  It adds up to a messy impression and, per
            your Dealer Agreement, exposes you to legal liability in the event of a customer
            (or mall employee) injury within your space.  Wheelchair access is also hampered.
            This applies as well to cumbersome objects placed above average level of reach.
            Many shoppers will not even attempt to enter a messy booth.  We will soon be
            citing the worst of the cluttered spaces and requiring a Spring clean-up.     

           Include your complete Dealer number -- including initials! -- on all price tags.
              Sales are being misdirected as a result of cashiers having to look up or even guess at
              Dealer number/initial combinations, which delays customer check-out and, of course,
              deprives you of sales.  Our steady increase in sales volume requires that we be as efficient
              as possible at the front counter. 

           Please do not ask or expect the cashiers to perform favors that result in
         deviations from Midway's customer and dealer discount policies. 
              We are firm on the $100 minimum for customer discounts ($50 for Dealers).  You may give
              better discounts to customers on your own items, but you must be present to do so.  Asking
              one or more of the cashiers to automatically discount your items jeopardizes their jobs and
              may result in the rent reduction program being rescinded.

          

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