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BUSINESS, FASHION, LIFESTYLE, TECHNOLOGY EDITORS

 

FUN TO COLLECT LAUNCHES NEW GIFT REGISTRY WITH UNIQUE PARTIAL PURCHASE FEATURE.

 

Temecula, CA, May 13, 2002. Fun to Collect (www.FuntoCollect.com) today announces a new gift registry service designed to simplify gift buying.  Fun to Collect is a top-rated on-line retailer of quality collectibles and hard-to-find toys.

 

Customers can create a list of gifts that they would like to receive by using the convenient Add-to-Registry buttons located on Fun to Collect’s web site.  Friends can then log on to view the gift list and make a purchase.  To avoid duplicate gifts the gift list is automatically updated with each new purchase.  The Gift registry takes the guesswork out of gift buying and allows gift givers to buy the perfect gift conveniently.  (See http://www.felicite.com/registry.cfm?demoftc-9734).

 

“Buying a gift for our customers is not always easy since they have such diverse interests,” says Bill Miller, owner.  “The gift registry will solve this problem by allowing our customers to list the items that they want so gift givers will know exactly what to buy.”

 

One unique feature of the gift registry is the ability for gift givers to make a partial contribution towards any gift.  This way, the cost of expensive gifts can be shared.  The system automatically keeps track of partial payments and who made it, and completes the order only when the full price is collected.

 

“Some of our collectibles can cost several hundred dollars,” explains Bill.  “The Partial Purchase feature will make it possible for our customers to register a nice gift and have their friends share the cost.”

 

The gift registry also contains many useful features designed to enrich the gift-giving experience.  For example there is a guestbook where gift givers can leave messages and an on-line photo album for sharing pictures.  To maintain privacy, an optional guest password can be used to limit access to friends and family. 

 

Fun to Collect selected Felicite.com (http://www.felicite.com), to develop and operate its gift registry system.  Felicite.com is a leading provider of private label gift registry systems for on-line and off-line merchants.  Its system can be quickly integrated with a merchant’s retail store, web site or mail order operations, and has a number of unique features such as partial purchase (patent pending).

 

“We liked the extra features offered by the Felicite.com system, such as Partial Purchase and the On-line Photo Album.  Their system was also very easy to integrate with our Yahoo store,” says Bill Miller.

 

Fun to Collect is a leading on-line retailer of quality collectibles and hard to find toys and ranked by Yahoo as a Top Rated Merchant.  Unlike competitors, Fun to Collect stocks all products in its warehouse in California and ships all orders either the same day or the next business day.

 

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