Now berts is Closing :o(

[Jewls819]

I hate to see that happen. i really liked some of thier oils.

[EnvyCandles]

Sad, but not surprising.

[LynnS]

Now another one of my favorite suppliers.AWE just closed a few months ago.Now Berts.Not sure how some of you feel but the candle business seems to be harder and harder.I decided not to do craft shows this year.Not because of not making alot(although I wished I made more) but because of a stalker.I had to go to the police.I can't go into 2 stores without him being there.He is right behind me.I won't go places by myself in the town I used to shop.I was told to get his license number but Hey I just get out of there. People can just order from my site.I am staying home.My husband works weekends so it isn't OK for me to do them.

I am going to have to find alot of fragrances from some other suppliers.Lemon Biscotti and many others I got from Bert were sellers.

LynnS

[Yvelis]

Ohh, no :-(

I found some scents there that I loved and that worked perfect in my wax :-(

[Candybee]

Fillmore has a Lemon Biscotti TDF! Sorry to hear about Berts. So many good suppliers are gone.

[RichardLOZ]

Bloody hell! Why does it seem all to hard sometimes. Bert was so nice to deal with and had some great oils

[Kitn]

It is so sad, she worked her butt off.

[8-GRAN-ONES]

i loved alot of her oils too..

so sad the see her go..

[Mountain Soy Candle]

Wow its a sign of our country's economic state. We are not getting better by any means.

Sorry to see them go. Maybe someone else will pick them up.

Mike

[8-GRAN-ONES]

i don't think picking them up was her problem..

i don't know for sure, but reading between the lines, i think it was her supplier..

for some time now, she has not been able to keep her fo's in stock, on a regular basis..

I would think her supplier was having financial troubles..so therefore caused Berts business to

decline, because of low stock, and probably the economy combined didn't help..

Hopefully she can find another supplier, as Bert was a wonderful person to work with..

Edited August 15, 2011 by 8-GRAN-ONES

[number2of7]

She will DEFINITELY be missed, but I sorta saw this one coming...

[LadyJo]

The site says because of a bad supplier.

If you have problems with a supplier.... shouldn't you look around for a better supplier ?

Jo

[Candybee]

Ordinarily yes. But have you ever tried to replace all your oils-- especially ones that all your customers are counting on? Not an easy thing to do.

[Judy, USMC]

If you have problems with a supplier.... shouldn't you look around for a better supplier ?

I believe Bert was trying to buy oils at a great price so she could pass the savings on to us. She had been looking for another supplier in the same price range for quite a while. But (IMO) it has just become too difficult to find that price range. So many oil manufacturers are raising their prices either because the raw material costs have gone up OR they've increased their prices to get their profit balance back to where it was before the economic hit. I know she enjoyed this business and worked hard to keep it going; must be very frustrating for her.

Great oils at a reasonable price to us may be getting harder to find. Many of the bigger suppliers have raised their prices the past couple of years ... and I expect the newer suppliers who are offering "discount" pricing now will be raising their prices before the end of the year.

Edited August 15, 2011 by Judy, USMC

[dnj]

I totally agree with you Candybee. Would be close to impossible for her to find the same oils that many of us loved and purchased. She is such a great lady to deal with...her prices great....most of her oils are great quality.

I sort of saw this one coming also.....kept hoping I was wrong. I'm so gonna miss her

[kandlekrazy]

I could just cry right now!

[kandlekrazy]

All the supplier are raising prices plus have raised shipping costs, I'm sure most would be willing to pay more for quality fo's. I know it's tough for the small supplier to stay in business these days!

[lsbennis]

Oh nooooo....Bert had some great oils, some of my favorites. This is so sad....

[Sharon in KY]

Sorry to hear she was having problems. AWE said she had a supplier that wasn't supplying her with some oils too. I was very upset with AWE, always being out of what I needed, but when I talked to her she said one of her suppliers went OOB. It's just too much sometimes.

[HorseScentS]

Now another one of my favorite suppliers.AWE just closed a few months ago.Now Berts.Not sure how some of you feel but the candle business seems to be harder and harder.I decided not to do craft shows this year.Not because of not making alot(although I wished I made more) but because of a stalker.I had to go to the police.I can't go into 2 stores without him being there.He is right behind me.I won't go places by myself in the town I used to shop.I was told to get his license number but Hey I just get out of there. People can just order from my site.I am staying home.My husband works weekends so it isn't OK for me to do them.

I am going to have to find alot of fragrances from some other suppliers.Lemon Biscotti and many others I got from Bert were sellers.

LynnS

Wear a camera on a strap around your neck and stand right there in the store and snap his photo, while dialing 911 on your cell phone. Then snap a photo of his car from behind so you get a shot of his tags as he burns rubber getting out of there.

[curlycoat2]

I too have dealt with Bert and this is very sad news.

Her oils were wonderful and she shipped here to me in Oz in flat rate boxes.

I wish her all the best with whatever road she takes, she seemed to be a lovely person

jo

[LynnS]

I always got my orders the next day.She was prompt.Every scent I got from her sold. For the price they were the best.

LynnS