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I have a friend who's sister has hosted a couple of parties for me. She'll also place orders every once in a while. This customer lives in an apartment, she doesn't drive and we have opposite work schedules. So whenever I've had something that I've had to deliver to her, I've given it to her...

I am almost in tears. :( I am a new consultant and closed 2 parties last night. I added up all of my commission 2 or 3 times and got 1252. I just looked and am short 81 cents. :( :( I am so so sad. Actually more like sick to my stomach. I felt like I worked so hard and wanted to get my starter...

Ok I don't like to complain, but today this just burns me. I had placed an adjustment on 4/8. Customer got a broken batter bowl and was missing her basting brush. On 4/10 I got an email stating it was approved and would be going out in 1-2 business days. So today (4/17) I was on the phone...

I need to vent. I know that HO is going through issues right now...but it is still frustrating. And I think I am just in a bad mood! :grumpy: Contacting HO: I have to say this is the worst part of PC right now. Actually, it has been bad since before the holidays when the hold times were...

I received a piece of mail yesterday that really upset me. Basically it was a 1099-R from a job I had doing demos at the grocery store here. Anyways, it was sent on January 29th and I just got it yesterday, but that is not what irks me so badly. What really gets me is that it had been...

So my friend that is suppose to be BEST sells party lite. In the last 6 months I have held 3 shows for her. Well the last one was a catalog show and I got like 200.00 in orders but needed 250.00 to be a show. She said I can add orders of ladies at my work to help you. Well a few days goes by...

I have a Consultant on my Team that is really starting to concern me. She is competitive, which can be a good thing, but now I think it is starting to cross an ethical line. Recently she told me that her mother was trying to collect some orders for a catalog show at her office. She said her...

I have a show tomorrow night, and I have worked with this host before. She had a decent party last time, but wasn't happy with her sales. She didn't do much of what I coached her to do last time.(mailed the invites late and didn't do any RSVP Calls) She said she wanted to have another better...

How can I prevent this in the future? I had a hostess who used to be a Pampered Chef consultant. She knows how this works. She invited 40 people to her show tonight and assured me there were 10 confirmed guests. When I arrived, she changed to "4 confirmed guests" but she's sure more will...

I just need to let this out. Let me start out by saying that I am having a pity party and I have had too much pity to drive home from the party so I need your help! I think the biggest thing bothering me right now is that I FINALLY got team members to go with me to a Belinda Ellsworth...

:grumpy:I'm ticked off and just need to get it out so I can get on. I entered re-promotion on Jan. 1st. One of the reasons I wanted to promote to Director was the second set of products through the Director perk incentive. Well I earned it. September through December I had $1250+ in sales...

I know I have to bless and release, but I can't do so until I vent - not to anyone at work, though - it has to be to someone who'll be sympathetic but totally removed from the situation. I've been with this company almost 4 years. I am the ONLY person in the finance department now who has...

I HATE POTTY TRAINING! my son (will be 3 in march) son is in that phase where he won't tell me. infact, a little back story for you, he has been late on the speaking thing, but he is starting to catch up... i think. i held a real 2 yr old conversation with him yesterday on the phone. i'm so...

I'm guilty of it myself but seriously if you wanted someone to email you about replacing a part to an item would you not be sure they could read the email youleft???????????????????????????? I've tried 3 variations of what I think it could be all 3 undeliverable! I'll ask my DH to see what...

Oh my bar pan how did I love the? We had been together for 6 wonderful years filled with Chocolate chip cookies, Chicken tenders and breakfast braids. You will be dearly missed! My lovely dear husband.... was washing dishes (I was folding laundry) and decided since there was no room left...

Geez, things must go in waves. I have a good friend who ordered off of the outlet. Her box arrived OPEN! Suprisingly the only thing missing was the Cake tester, so I will just replace it form one I have from last year. I am glad she is a friend and was understanding. My Supply Order came...

Okay- I will try to make this short. On my way home from NDA I was delayed 1 hour. As I sat in the airport having a glass of wine, a young couple sat at the table next to me. They noticed my PC bag and the woman says how she's wanted to have a show, yada yada. We discover that we are...

I work for a company which has an office 48 miles from my home. September 2007 my then-boss realized it was ridiculous for me to commute 1.5 hours, minimum, each way, and told me to work from home - which I've been doing for over a year. My current boss started this past May, and it was...

UGGH I am stuck hosting a Lia Sophia party in Dec. YUCK!!! Honestly hosting a party would never be up my ally no matter what the party (which is funny seeing as I'm a PC consultant right) but I dont really like any of LS jewlary anyway. But the consultant is a new consultant she is doing a...

I am feeling so down the last little while, I need to vent! I have not been feeling like getting on the phone and my lack of commitment to my biz is showing. So, once I have vented here, I will turn a new page and get back on track. I have been lacking in the host coaching department. For...

I just did a fair today that was the absolute worse fair I have ever seen let alone participated in. It was a fundraiser for an Alumni thing. Anyways, they charged $40 for the space and selling it as a shop til you drop kind of fair. What they didn't tell anyone was the reason this was...

Just wondering if anyone else experienced something similar following the big end of the month blitz... I did an open house with the new catalog. Had $950 in sales. 6 boxes were delivered today. Well box #4 was missing 3 separate items! Medium Square Bowls, an Ice Cream Dipper and a...

I submitted a show on the 24th. It has shown picking for a few days now. Yesterday (the 30th) it still showed picking even though the Shipment page said shipping shows rec'd the 25th. So I called to make sure there wasn't a problem with the show, etc etc. When will it ship? They don't know...

:mad: I went to my son's M.S. back to school night last night and I ran into the mother of my older son's friend. And we started talking and she asked me what I was up to and I told her I was doing Pampered Chef. She said she stopped at a stand at the Farmer's Market that displayed PC (it...

I have a host for next week's show. She works nights and I work days so it has been hard to connect! She wants to see some of the recipes we have been discussing (won't go there-long story) so I email her the recipes and tell her I'll call her on Tuesday (her next day off so we can talk in...

OK, I met this lady at an expo I had a booth at and invited her to a show that was nearby. She was possibly interested in making some $$, so a potential recruit. She came to the show and really enjoyed herself, ordered some items...all good. She calls me earlier this month and decides she...

I have been having issues with everything lately but my last two PC shows have been the icing on the cake! Actually..... they started all of this mess! The first girl has done a PC show for me before,she is a little touchy, so you have to be careful around her or you can easily get on her bad...

So I have a past hostess who does a multi-vendor sale every year at her home, about 50 people walk through during the day. It isn't the BEST I have ever been too, but it is decent enough. So she called me a few weeks ago about setting up this year on Sept 27th. Well I have booked NOTHING for...

This afternoon I went to pick my boys up from day camp. As they are packing to leave, I notice one boy has paint all over his brand new lunch bag. (Only sent the new one b/c his old got tossed for being so gross with stains, etc. Forgot about camp this week or I would have kept it.) So...

Ok, here's the story, I had a host cancel on Wednesday for my Sunday show. I had an inkling it would happen because she wasn't returning my calls and she has a history of this. Grrrrr, it just makes me so mad because I KNOW there were hosts that wanted weekend dates in July. Here's the email...