Rolling Along

After all that editorializing about the failure of Hollander Glass the other day, I felt that while we feel we did an adequate job outlining the effect this will have on all of us, we also need to perhaps better alleviate any anxiety people may have about getting supplies from here on. (Wow, some run-on sentence that was, but really, it didn't seem to be really sounding like... oh, there he goes again... Vanna Opal).
The closing of Hollander Glass has had virtually no effect on us glad to say. Yes, we did buy some glass and supplies from them, but at a lessening rate once the founder Bill Dick and Family sold to the present and now failed owner. The only downside is that if we fall out of stock on an item now we might have to wait a month or two. Hey, wait a minute, never mind, that was happening anyway when Hollander was still in business! 
Oh well. But of course there's always the price saving from buying locally from Hollander, right?  Nope. We bring in glass at an average saving of about 20% over what we would pay at Hollander.
Ok. Well then for sure it's got to be the selection, right? Uh, maybe not. Hollander dropped all Bullseye (fusible and not- try Bullseye Direct now), Oceana, most gluchips, French MNA, German GNA (no problem, the very popular Clear we have in stock... Vanna), Edco Copper Foil,  and had virtually no inventory of Kokomo and Youghiogheny, Glastar grinders and tools, Inland grinders and not one single piece of Swiss Cheesed Glass (oops, they never had the rights to carry that line anyway as it has always been exclusive to Fantasy In Glass... Hellful Vanna).
So, Hollander Glass Canada is no more. It might rise from the ashes like a phoenix, under new ownership one day, but the current regime has used us all up and has left the building.
Mikey and Figimodo continue to do the Happy Dance...