brown5052 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I received an e-mail today from Mike's Fragrances N More. I'm really really sure that I've never signed up to receive e-mails or newsletters from this guy. Anyone ever heard of him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 i understand that's who has carried on since Starrville closed ... learned of the place today through Ravens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown5052 Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 I'm not sure how he got my e-mail address. I'm sure I've not signed up for any e-mails or newsletters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megandgarr Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Interesting. I received an email from him today too. I have never ordered from Starville and didnt sign up for his emails or newsletters either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown5052 Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 The website kind of reminds me of Taylored Concepts. I have also never ordered from Starville but I did order from Taylored Concepts. But if I remember right Taylored Concepts was owned by Robert? not a Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I got the email as well. Which annoys me, for some reason. Where'd they get my email address? I never did business with Starville.Taylored was Robert & Kimberly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravens Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 How interesting. I regularly purchase FOs from Starrville, but did not receive an email, lol. Found out he moved about a week ago when I tried to place an order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChandlerWicks Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Ravens sent me some of his "Mike's Creme Brulee". This FO will be in the first candle I offer up for sale. At 6% in 464 it goes thru out the house. I can't wait to try his other FOs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravens Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Ok, now I am utterly confused, and at my age I don't need the extra confusion, lol. I typed "Starrville" and here pops this website that I remember from long ago, and that I thought was owned (or run) by Mike, who moved from the town of Starrville to Tyler (just a few miles up the road).The name was changed to "Mike's fragrances and more".Both websites are working. Would love to know what is happening there. Did the company split (similarly to what happened between GL and JBN) or are they two totally separate/different companies? Going to send an email to Starrville and ask. Anyone know, by any chance?TIA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grama Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 (edited) This is the link to the new Starrville - http://www.shop.tylerstarrville.com/It says their site is a work in progress. Sounds like they have reopened under a different owner to me. I also got an email from Mike's. Thought it was because I had ordered from the old Starrville. Edited July 15, 2014 by grama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravens Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Well, just received an e-mail, which I'm copying & pasting here with the sender's permission. The fog cleared up! Here it is: "You are not alone in your confusion. Starrville was owned by Mike. Glinda and I sold the business to him in August of 2011. In January of 2014 Glinda and I filed a lawsuit to repossess the company. Mike had closed the Starrville location in Tyler so we reopened it on January 27th. We have been in the process of rebuilding the inventory and our customer base. Mikesfragrancesnmore is not the same company as Starrville. We are in the process of restocking our original fragrances from the suppliers that Starrville used prior to the sale to Mike. After about 1 year Mike started to manufacture his own fragrances. This might be why he discontinued some fragrances. All of our fragrances are manufactured by reputable national corporations who quality check every fragrance they ship. Please be assured that you will get the best quality available for the price. Most of our prices are actually lower now than they were three years ago. We do have the High Maintenance in stock now and it is very good.I thank you for your email. If you have friends that would like like this information please feel free to share it with them. I am enclosing a link to the Tyler Morning Telegraph on an article they recently did on us. It pretty well explains the situation.http://www.tylerpaper.com/TP-Business/201315/soapmaking-shop-slips-back-into-original-owners-hands#.U5825xafNFwCopy and paste this into a browserAgain, thank you for your interest,TomStarrvilleSent from my iPad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
number2of7 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Popped in to look at their site. Zero scent descriptions. Not a fan of that. O won't try a company that fails to put that simple necessary info on their site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redraider Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I bought from Starrville with the previous owner's, apparently bought from them when Mike took over, fell for the email he sent saying the name had changed and ordered from him and by my own mistake ordered the wrong fragrance due to a confusing screen page. I offered to pay the freight to ship back what I got and pay the freight to get what I actually needed and was told NO since I was the one who ordered it wrong. He said no other company would switch oils with me if I ordered wrong. I called BS on that especially since I was going to pay all the freight to and from to fix it. That is not customer service in any industry. Then by chance that same day I received an email from the original Starville folks notifying me they were back and running, they had the product I needed in stock and I am happy to say I got what I needed in 3 days. Mike had the chance to keep a customer, he showed poor judgement and I will never order from him again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChandlerWicks Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Well, just received an e-mail, which I'm copying & pasting here with the sender's permission. The fog cleared up! Here it is: "You are not alone in your confusion. Starrville was owned by Mike. Glinda and I sold the business to him in August of 2011. In January of 2014 Glinda and I filed a lawsuit to repossess the company. Mike had closed the Starrville location in Tyler so we reopened it on January 27th. We have been in the process of rebuilding the inventory and our customer base. Mikesfragrancesnmore is not the same company as Starrville. We are in the process of restocking our original fragrances from the suppliers that Starrville used prior to the sale to Mike. After about 1 year Mike started to manufacture his own fragrances. This might be why he discontinued some fragrances. All of our fragrances are manufactured by reputable national corporations who quality check every fragrance they ship. Please be assured that you will get the best quality available for the price. Most of our prices are actually lower now than they were three years ago. We do have the High Maintenance in stock now and it is very good.I thank you for your email. If you have friends that would like like this information please feel free to share it with them. I am enclosing a link to the Tyler Morning Telegraph on an article they recently did on us. It pretty well explains the situation.http://www.tylerpaper.com/TP-Business/201315/soapmaking-shop-slips-back-into-original-owners-hands#.U5825xafNFwCopy and paste this into a browserAgain, thank you for your interest,TomStarrvilleSent from my iPad Ok Ravens, which company has the incredible Creme Brulee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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