Some of you may be interested in watching a little video I put together. Our plan doesn’t allow for video on this site, so please feel free to follow this link.
Please letuse know what you think.
Month: May 2016
Thank You
As a new business we are of course beset by a few challenges. Acquiring stock for the rental side of our business was always going to be tricky as it requires a significant outlay in terms of capital expenditure. An outlay that takes some time to recoup and this can lead to cash flow challenges. A problem for any new enterprise.
I am happy to say that we have been greatly assisted by a number of members of the trans community who have donated product to us. These donations have been a huge help to us as it gives us a basis of stock to rent out without incurring massive expenses and has allowed us to add to this stock gradually with new wigs, clothes and shoes.
Some of our donors have asked to remain anonymous but those who have not will be acknowledged here:
Cara Cross
Anonymous 1
Anonymous 2
You are all very kind and we really appreciate your contributions.
Update re rentals
Hi everyone
Please check out the pricing page for an update with respect to rentals (reproduced below).
Please check back in a few days to see our photographic catalogue of items.
Rental
We have wigs, dresses, shoes and costumes available for hire. We will be publishing a ‘catalogue’ of these shortly and will of course update the catalogue as and when new acquisitions are made.
We charge a rental fee and a cash deposit is required before hiring any goods. As I am sure you understand we risk losing goods through damage and the deposit is charged to defray any possible losses. The deposit charged will vary in accordance with the quality of the goods in question and the risk profile (wigs are more easily damaged than dresses for example). As and when we acquire different quality goods we will adjust the deposits accordingly.
Items can be rented for a maximum period of 72 hours, but with notice we can extend this in special circumstances. Please Contact Us so we can discuss this.
Prices
Product Quality Code Deposit Rate per day (or part thereof)
Wigs 001 R400 R100
Shoes 001 R250 R100
Dresses 001 R250 R100
Skirts 001 R150 R75
Tops 001 R150 R75
Please note that we do not hire out lingerie, makeup or accessories.
A long overdue update
As you all know we have been having considerable difficulties finding a suitable venue for Priscilla’s Services. We have also been very much aware that some people are desperate for our services and that we needed to make a start on our venture. We were also very nervous that if we bought a venue before we had signed up clients we could find ourselves in the situation where we had over estimated the size of the market and that we may therefore risk losing a lot of money (property is not cheap).
We have therefore made a few adjustments to our original business plan, but crucially, we retain the basic premise of offering:
secure, safe storage
a discreet and private environment
a place to dress
additional ‘ad hoc’ dressing related services
To this end we have decided to store our clients clothing on our property. We have a secure site on our property which has space for lockers and a wardrobe. If space runs short we also have some storage in our house. Once we exceed this additional storage capacity, we will either purchase a property for Priscilla’s Services (if we have sufficient clients), or we will rent off site storage until such time as we can justify purchasing our exclusive use venue. This approach reduces our risk, speeds up our time to market and brings some cost savings, which means we can reduce the costs to our clients.
The plan is that we will store all your clothing, wigs, accessories etc for you. When you want to dress we can either simply bring it to you or we can book a venue for you (we have a range of venues that will offer varying pricing and a scale of ‘luxury’). Depending on your need for privacy, we can offer a range of services in this regard that will preserve your anonymity. At the most private we would do the booking in our name, arrive at the guest house and check in with your clothes, wigs, shoes etc. We would lay it out and make sure all is ready for you. We would then meet you off site where you could leave your car. We would then accompany you to the guest house and see you to the room ensuring you never need ‘bump’ into anybody. Your anonymity is preserved and there is no paper trail to you. Your car would be in a very public place and nobody need know anything. We would then either leave you to do whatever you wanted, meeting you later to take you back to your car and then we would check out, or we would assist you with our dressing services (makeup, accompanied outings etc). The dressing services, booking of rooms etc would all be additional costs and would be done on an ad hoc basis depending on what is required by you.
We want to be as flexible as possible and meet our clients’ individual needs. This will of course all get a lot easier when we have our own venue but for now we need to start somewhere, start providing services to those that need them and start helping those that need our assistance.
Please also note that we have started building our collection of rental stock. We have wigs, shoes and dresses for hire and are always building our collection so please get in touch so we can assist you. Please note that for hygiene reasons all wigs are washed after every use and we do not hire out lingerie. All underwear (including gaffes, bras, corsets, garter belts, hosiery etc) will need to be purchased by you. We are happy to assist you in this regard with our personal shopping services.
We are looking forward to hearing from all of you. Please let us know what you need and we will do our very best to assist you as soon as we possibly can.
