Colonel Bills

[Steve J]

I see Colonel Bills are now no longer attending shows after Battleground:

https://www.thewargameswebsite.com/news-from-colonel-bills-20/

[Scolty]

Sad news. I always enjoyed looking at Col Bill's stuff at the shows.

[jimduncanuk]

Sad but unfortunately necessary.

I usually project about half of my show spend in their direction.

[steve_holmes_11]

It's understandable.
Few operations are big enough to maintain mail order and a busy show schedule.
We often forget that Leon heads up a relatively large, hardworking and well run organisation - by wargaming standards.

I've done good business with the Colonel, and expect to continue doing so online.

[Big Insect]

It's understandable.
Few operations are big enough to maintain mail order and a busy show schedule.
We often forget that Leon heads up a relatively large, hardworking and well run organisation - by wargaming standards.

I've done good business with the Colonel, and expect to continue doing so online.

 I also understand that Colonel Bill's suffered a lot of 'theft' at some shows as well. I think I remember seeing a sign on the stand at a show one-year stating that they were a small business and that theft was damaging their profitability. It's sad if that really was part of their decision to no longer attend shows.

[steve_holmes_11]

I also understand that Colonel Bill's suffered a lot of 'theft' at some shows as well. I think I remember seeing a sign on the stand at a show one-year stating that they were a small business and that theft was damaging their profitability. It's sad if that really was part of their decision to no longer attend shows.

Very sad to think of crime intruding into a generally civilised hobby like ours.

[Orcs]

It is a shame when traders stop attending shows.  I can see why they choose this as the costs both of the stand, and attendance plus the impact on normal business is huge.