dcroome2005 Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) It's one that I attended 2 years in a row and had great success. Gave my business card and said I would love an invite next year.There was a scentsy rep there. I picked up a few of the tarts and omg- they are FUGLY.. Look like they need a second pour and the nasty look of the wax when I flipped it over to see the bottom cubes. EWWWW I am so not impressed with them.Then Partylite. Dear God-- To think about 15 years ago I thought they ROCKED! They had some jars on clearance and I saw one that the wick was WAYYYYYYYYYYY off to the side and NO warning label at the bottom. I asked how much for that jar which was like maybe 4-5 oz at the most ( it didnt say ).. She said, Oh it was $ 12 and now its down to $ 10. I said " why is it marked down?" She said it was because it was older. I then ( Not being able to contain myself) asked if she could lower it because the wick was way off. She said Oh hun.. That is just because it needs to be trimmed and once you light it , it will go back to the middle. :lipsrseal I so bad wanted to argue it but I said, ah ok nevermind then.. And :tiptoe: off to other booths. My husband told me that I should come back to this place next year because I could blow them away with prices and the looks alone of my product. It really made me feel good about how I make candles vs these huge companies that just PLAIN SUCK! BTW- I heard the the Scentsy Rep say to a customer " We are # 1 in candles and Scentsy will probably put Yankee out of business within 2-3 years." *faint* Edited October 22, 2011 by dcroome2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitn Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 LOL at light and the wick will go back to the center... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Yeah, I'm sure Yankee's really worried...riiiight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IwantItgreen Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 I heard the the Scentsy Rep say to a customer " We are # 1 in candles and Scentsy will probably put Yankee out of business within 2-3 years."Got a feeling Scentsy will be put out of business first. And it might very well be me and you who do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcroome2005 Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 (edited) Got a feeling Scentsy will be put out of business first. And it might very well be me and you who do it.I sure hope so!!! Edited October 23, 2011 by dcroome2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EccoLights Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 It never surprises me at what some say is "quality" as the shows... and the whole Scenty and PL thing going on here just reminds me of why we do jurierd (sp) shows only. Would reply a bit more but still having the first cup of coffee... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 I have always thought if we all got together and formed our OWN company .....we would knock both Scensy AND Yankee out of the water. We would have little "factories" all over the world with very little overhead. Anyone game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjdaines Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 I have always thought if we all got together and formed our OWN company .....we would knock both Scensy AND Yankee out of the water. We would have little "factories" all over the world with very little overhead. Anyone game?Kind of like a candle coop? If we could get bulk supplies at a cheaper price that would be one benefit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 The main thing obviously, in a big candle company is advertising. If you get the right advertising the sales will follow. Advertising costs LOTS of money. So members would have to "chip in" to make it happen. That is where it gets sticky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcroome2005 Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 Would everyone be responsible for certain things ? Like so and so pours these, another person pours these, someone else does this and someone else does that? hmmm .. Got me thinking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
001 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I was actually thinking of this very idea and I was working on getting a plan in order. It would be something like a co-op. We'd need to form a plan and we'd have to have some rock solid structure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emahleem Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I'm nowhere near ready to introduce my candles or tarts to the public but when I'm a pro, I would definitely get involved. If you guys are serious about this, I'd be happy to help with planning and organizing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oceangazer1 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I had a 2 day show this past weekend and one lady asked me if my candles compared to Yankee's and I said I hope not. She looked at me like what?I said mine do not soot like Yankee's, they throw better and they don't die out! LOL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn624 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I finally sniffed some Scentsy samples the other day (one of the volunteers at work was having a party and asked if I wanted to buy anything. I just giggled.), but I figured it was a good time to smell the thing that so many people get all "squee" over. I was NOT impressed, very weak scents, and some of them smelled downright nasty. Over priced burners too. I just don't understand the draw, I guess it's the ungodly marketing budget and the legions of hypnotized salespeople. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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