eugenia Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Cute country candle, right? Love the top. It has "Country Canning" embossed on it. Cute, prim style label.Here's the bottom. Made in China. :lipsrseal No warning label, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEP Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Whoa! Where did that thing come from? By law it is supposed to have a warning label at least. Do you think it has a leaad wick too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgirl Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 WOW.. .Not good at all !!! Does it list the manufacture on it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 I guess I'm not, because I'm used to seeing such all over the place. It's just another one of those head shakers. Now what would thrill me is for all of us to be so successful and pay attention to details (instead of omitting them) so there is no need for imports such as these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenia Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 WOW.. .Not good at all !!! Does it list the manufacture on it??It says NOTHING, not even the scent name. Where I live, people often leave stuff outside with "free" on them. I assume it's a gift someone did not want. There were two candles, here's the other one, made in the USA. Old Williamsburgh Candle Corp, Brooklyn, NY. Check out the wick placement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hope Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Old Williamsburgh Candle Corp, Brooklyn, NY.I saw some of their 8 oz. square mason jars on sale (not clearance) for $1.00 each. That's some crazy sales volume they must have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudsnwicks Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Those cheap imported dollar store type candles are often like that. No wonder people don't pay attention to burning instructions even when they're there - they simply aren't used to seeing, reading and following them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystical_angel1219 Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Fugly to the extreme and downright tacky, IMO. People leave stuff that is free? Where? I wouldn't open any random mystery box laying around here in this state. Too many freaks out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairieannie Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 That top candle looks like a mcCalls candle to me, except I think theirs have the scent name on the front.. so maybe it's just a cheap knock off. I have one here, and it's got a warning label on it. Doesn't tick me off.. it's just more of the same. All we can do is hope that the extra effort and care that we put into our products will pay off. And if it doesn't, we still have peace of mind. I guess that's better than the alternative.. at least for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenia Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 Fugly to the extreme and downright tacky, IMO. People leave stuff that is free? Where? I guess the giftee agreed with you, LOL.I live in a pre-war apartment building with parquet floors, picture frame walls and 12' ceilings, lots of space. It's a fabulous town, but I could never afford to buy a home here. Schools are great, DD is a fantastic student, so here we are. People leave stuff outside, or in the front hall on one of the tables. One year, we were away for Easter. DD left I note on the front door stating "Mr. Easter Bunny, you can leave my basket right here", with an arrow pointing downwards towards our door mat. Imagine my surprise when we got home from our trip to discover Mr. Bunny's basket, right where he was instructed to leave it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scent Cellar Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 I think the jar that says Country Canning is a McCall's Jar. I have an empty jar like that and I use it for potporri on my end table... I didn't see the candle when it was new as I picked the jar up at a rummage sale because I thought it was interesting looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystical_angel1219 Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 I guess the giftee agreed with you, LOL.I live in a pre-war apartment building with parquet floors, picture frame walls and 12' ceilings, lots of space. It's a fabulous town, but I could never afford to buy a home here. Schools are great, DD is a fantastic student, so here we are.Your apartment sounds very charming and beautiful.I know how pricey NJ is, big time. My last fiancee wanted to build us my dream house, and the price was astronomical. He lives in Point Pleasant. I really didn't want to move to Jersey, to be honest. My house is almost 3000 sq ft not counting a full third story and big basement.I am used to having a lot of room for clutter (I mean supplies ) . This house is very old, over 100 yrs with real cherry wood and leaded glass. To move me from this into some overpriced new build in another state would have been traumatic, to say the least. Not to mention the whiney ass that comes with it. LOL!!It could be cool to have things laying around free.Never happen here. We do have garbage pickers, and I mean tons of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon in KY Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Does bother me that they can get such nice jars at a good price. Wouldn't I love haveing a classy jar and still be able to sell at a great price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Soap Diva Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Not good! Not good at all! Yes, it ticks me off! Bernie:angry2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybersix Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 It's not a big surprise! Saturday I went for a "candle hunt", I wanted to see candles prices in some shops. I found only two shops carring candles. In the first a small container candle (in a very simple container, it seemed a water glass with no lids) was sold for 12.9 euros ($16.7). Off center wick, wax splashed on the top of the container, no label with burning instruction, weigh of the candle and burning time.In the second shop (a cheap shop) I found a 3x3 pillar coming from china, sold for 5.60 euros ($7). it was plain and light blue. No labels. So first of all, crappy candles are everywhere, you can find them free or for just $1, we should pay a lot for them, second.. if someone can pay such prices for an ugly candle, can sure pay something more for a good quality handmade candle (as mine:grin2:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoldehearth Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Cute country candle, right? Love the top. It has "Country Canning" embossed on it. Cute, prim style label.Here's the bottom. Made in China. :lipsrseal No warning label, of course.Wow, you can see the wick tab is not even glued on and it looks like there are pigments all over too. No it wouldn't tick me off, it would only encourages smart customers to buy local quality candles!!Shannon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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