Help?? From someone in France please!

[moodymand]

Edit: I now need the help of somebody located in France who can purchase this item and send it to me in the UK (all costs paid of course!!)
It is here, on the site Price Minister: http://www.priceminister.com/offer/buy/161522482/doudou-peluche-chat-blanc-qui-miaule.html#sort=0&filter=20
I have messaged the seller but a few days later I got a message from the site saying my message "could not be sent". I don't know why.
Any help hugely appreciated - thank you!
End edit!

Hey all, I'm just hanging round Arena while I am waiting for my ponies to sell... I figured here would be a good place to ask for help on this.

My friend's young daughter has a plush kitty, it is starting to get grubby and holey and she would like a new one. Her daughter is very young and you know what young ones are like... she would really like the exact same plush, however my friend now can't get hold of one here in the UK. It is made in France by a company called Gipsy. Have looked online and can't find it. Here's a photo of the one she has now:

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(Not a great photo, can perhaps get a better one later)

It has a paw badge sewn onto its chest, when you press it it meows. The label says Gipsy and it is made in France.

If anybody (in France or elsewhere) can get ahold of one, it would be awesome. Of course all costs will be paid including shipping.

Let me know if you think you can help!! Thanks

[Chimerick]

Hi have you tried pick click? Its a visual search for both etsy and ebay. I can try here on my end. Not sure how much luck I'd have in the US. I wouldn't mind helping anyway I can. Just a quick question is this a vintage plush animal? Does your friend know the store she received the animal from? Sometimes you can email them, and they help out.
I'll try entering the brand into my search engine, I will let you know if I get any hits.

[moodymand]

I'll check which store she got it from. No I have never heard of Pick Click! Thanks for the help Chimerick. I can't help thinking I'd get more response if I posted on a different forum... but it's a Wanted, so I guess it has to stay here 

[Chimerick]

Hey! my bad its picclick only one k. I randomly stumbled across it one day, and thought wow this makes life so much easier! I can offer a few more sites if that helps. Some cater to vintage toys, not sure how old this plushie is?
Good luck finding out the store! Thats usually the best bet! I'll keep helping in the meantime on my end. Keep me posted!

Tasha.
PS. I would try on all the forums you're apart of! No harm in trying! Could get lucky!

[moodymand]

Hey thanks Yeah I might try it in an offtopic forum.

And she says she won it at a fair! The fairs travel, moving on every couple of weeks. So it could have been sourced from anywhere. It's not a vintage toy.

[Chimerick]

This little guy is tricky to find! Are you having any luck? I have tried picclick for france and the UK. However you and your friend, know this plushie a little better than I do. It is possible I have overlooked him while scrolling. Have you tried those searches yet?

-Tasha

[StoryDreamer]

Did you find any information about the company itself?

    Company Name :
GIPSY SAS
  Address :
6 Rue Gué Maingot 61370 Echauffour Echauffour -FRANCE
 Phone :
+33 233 34 41 77
 Fax :
+33 233 84 89 31
 
Maybe you can contact them.

[Chimerick]

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Doudou-2-chat-blanc-marron-17cm-GIPSY-/350765138979?pt=FR_YO_Bebe_Jeux_PeluchesDoudous&hash=item51ab3b4423

No I haven't but that info helps! I'll see what I can do! I don't speak french, but again I'll try to help as best as I can!

PS: I wanted to share this link with you! Just so you know we are getting warmer!
Tasha.

[moodymand]

Thanks so much guys for the help! Picclick is confusing me, there's too much to scroll through, I tried to narrow it down!! Could not see the cat there anyway. I also did search ebay.fr, it seems you have found a similar plush Chimerick. I guess it's a good idea to keep checking french ebay, seems a likely place for it to turn up.

And thank you StoryDreamer too! - I will pass the info on to my friend!

[Pumpkin]

I found her on a site but I don't know how that is working.

http://www.priceminister.com/offer/buy/161522482/doudou-peluche-chat-blanc-qui-miaule.html

She doesn't make the sound anymore, that's broken.

[Aquarel]

It says no store has her for sale and there' s a button if you 'would like to sell the same thing', I'll see if I can spot her around here

[Pumpkin]

Hey that's strange, I could still bought her a few minutes ago. And there was a second photo and there was a nottice that the button didn't work anymore.  A pitty 

Never mind I had her in my basket hahaha.

[Aquarel]

http://www.priceminister.com/offer/buy/161522482/doudou-peluche-chat-blanc-qui-miaule.html#sort=0&filter=20

that's the link you'll need, no?

[Pumpkin]

Yes that's the same link but stupid me had the cat put in my basket. It's okay now 

[moodymand]

Wait... is that available to purchase?? I am not good with languages and I do not know the site... anybody willing to purchase it for me? I will of course pay all costs and a little extra for your help!

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