Before booking, let us proffer some conceivable queries
with the following illuminations:
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What does the name of the secret society, “Mild-Zanie Checks” mean? |
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| * | It is an anagram of our last name, MacKenzie-Childs. Wink. |
| * | For our next trick we will work out a palindrome! |
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What do I get for $2500? |
| * | You get a Gift Certificate worth exactly $2500. |
| * | Every penny of the $2500 you send now applies directly to purchases of your choice (rugs, lighting, furniture, ceramics, glass, gifts, trinkets, object d’art — the decorative arts unfurled by Victoria and Richard). |
| * | Your subscription will never need renewing. After using up your store house of $2500 and you see something else you would like, at any time, just order it and pay only for that item. There will not be a renewal process with another prepayment — you are in, forever. |
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What distinguishes the Charter Subscribers from the lot? |
| * | There are only 200 Charter Memberships available. |
| * | Charter Subscribers are those who have had the foresight and faith in artists Victoria & Richard MacKenzie-Childs to proclaim the quality and reliability of their contribution to decorative arts in this century, just as they buoyed the last one. Thus we honor these enduring collectors with unlimited subscriptionships. They shall never have to renew their subscriptions! |
| * | When the second tier of subscribers are admitted, those folks shall have to renew their subscription fee when their subscription is spent up; our Charter Subscribers will not. The second tier members will join at a significantly higher rate. |
| * | You will have the opportunity to preview and procure all new limited edition product (signed, dated, and numbered). . . . The “limiteds” will vary, but some products will be in such limited quantities that only Charter Subscribers will have the opportunity to see them and have a go. As the numbered works will be sent out chronologically, it follows suit that the lowest numbers shall profit the earliest orders. |
| * | These friends receive invitations to our Mild-Zanie CheckSociety Boat Ball, where you will be the focus of our celebration. Me hearties, ye shall always be named for your prescience, élan, and your generous spirit. |
| * | Charter Subscribers earn the esteemed title, “Check Mate” (definition: emerging victorious!) |
| * | And, of course there are the saddle shoes, hair-coloring tips, and shhh, the secret handshake. |
| * | There are only 200 Charter Memberships available. |
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For Subscriber Number 201 and beyond, what are the terms? |
| * | Subscriptionship = $3,500 Gift Certificate Purchase (Charter Membership is $2,500). |
| * | Membership is for one year. (Charter Memberships never expire.) |
| * | If, within the year, you use up your $3,500 Gift Certificate, additional purchases may be made using a credit card. |
| * | Subsequent years' memberships are, until January 2008, a purchase of a $500 Gift Certificate |
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If my friends did not receive the Message-in-a-Bottle, would they be able to subscribe as Check Mates? |
| * | Yes! If the Charter Subscribers are comprised of you and 199 of your chums . . . Good on ya’, Matey! |
| * | If you would like to see the Message-in-a-Bottle, you can read it here. |
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Why subscribe now? |
| * | Because the cow jumped over the yardarm? |
| * | Because you’ll be part of our hand-picked crew, Matey. |
| * | Because you are the foundation of a great artistic venture. |
| * | Because there is camaraderie on a maiden voyage, which can never be replicated. |
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Que hora es ? |
| * | By the Captain's clock it's time to set sail. |
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