Spin off: Home sales party

Never. However, our elementary school's principal posts that she's hosting "Pampered Chef" parties all the time.

The last home sales party I went was in the 90’s and it was for DOTS. This was before they became Close To My Heart. I was invited to a few others over the years, it somehow always managed to have other plans on that day. lol!

The last one I went to was a Lularoe thing in 2018. I was very, very glad when my friends finally got out of their MLM schemes.

Probably 2010 ish...

I have hosted a few different ones over the years. Mostly Pampered Chef.

I actually kind of enjoyed them. It was never a big sales push from any of my friends, and it was an excuse to get out of the house for the evening and have some hors devours and drinks! LOL

There were some fun ones, and some that were a bit weird.

Most everything is virtual now, and I do buy some Pampered Chef stuff here and there, but my cabinets are FULL!
I have a friend that sells Tastefully Simple, and I buy a few things every year. We love the Almond Pound cake mix - nothing has been as good as that one and their beer bread is good too, although very expensive. You can make that from scratch pretty easy, and there is a local business that makes them commercially and those are good too and a little less.

I can't say I miss in-home parties, but I kind of miss that era. I miss all the cute little gift shops that were around that sold cute decor that wasn't so shockingly expensive. They usually had dip and quick bread mixes available too. Always fun to explore little (and big)town shops. If DH went to a farm show, I'd drop him off and go find the cute little stores. Still can find some vintage shops, but damn - they want a lot of $$ for crap I probably already have! LOL Most have the fast-fashion clothing from China at a crazy high price that you can find on Temu or Shein for a fraction of that cost, and it is so poorly made.

OMG, Princess House. What a blast from the past! When I was in my early 20's a friend sold that stuff...man that was a long time ago. Never went to a party with the others you mentioned OP. Overall, home parties really haven't ever been a part of my and/or my friends' lives.

Anyhow, I'd say the last home party I've gone to would be something scrapbook/card-making related in the very early 2000s. So a good 20+ years ago.

Twenty years or so, and it would have been a Creative Memories or Stampin' Up party.

I'm so glad most MLMs have subsided.

ETA: I spoke too soon! Just got an invitation from SIL to an online Tastefully Simple party. 😂

About 10 yrs ago. I went because it was a close friend. It was called something like Lia Sophia, they sold overpriced costume jewelry.

Stampin' Up! The only true sales party I went to was about 2007. The consultant mentioned that she had a card making group and I joined that. We met every month at her home to make 3 cards. Each month was a different members turn to host. The host brought the snacks and got the rewards from our orders. We had to commit to a minimum order each month which was less than $20 to start and after a few people dropped out got to be about $25 or so. It was fun and lasted 2 or 3 years.

I do not go to parties unless it is something I'm really interested in.  The only exception I've made in the last 20 years or more was for a really good customer of mine.  I purchased bedding and never liked it but it was a small price to pay for all the work I had done on her house.

The last was a Thirty One party held after hours where I worked. That was years ago.

I used to go to tons of home parties. I was a Navy wife living in military housing. Someone was always having a party for some company.

I just bought Pampered Chef this week because my niece was hosting an online party. I bought a stone bar pan. I have a couple of them at my apartment that I use all the time. I bought this one to keep at my boyfriend's house.

I hosted Princess House, Tupperware, Pampered Chef and Longaberger Basket parties back in the day. I tried to invite different friends so as to not always hit the same people. Honestly, I made out like a bandit with the points I got from those parties. Dh's niece signed up to be a PC consultant so I got so much free stuff! I outfitted my entire pantry from the Tupperware one and got a set of pots/pans from Princess House. And I have tons of Longaberger baskets. So, I definitely reaped the benefits of those parties.

In person? It’s probably been close to 25 years. I went to a pampered chef party as a favor to my daughter because it was another hockey mom. I do love the handful of items I bought that night and still have all of them.

I’ve never participated in an online “party”.

There are a lot MLMs in the area I live in. We have a lot of fall craft shows. Almost all of them allow MLMs. Tastefully Simple, Tupperware, Origami Owl, etc. sometimes it seems like 30% of the booths are MLM’. I feel sorry for the handcrafted vendors. People flock to the MLM‘s and spend a lot of money at those booths. I’m not going to support them if they’re coming to a craft fair.

It's been many, many years. The only ones we were really into were Home Interiors. I had that crap all over my house in the late 80s/early 90s. We always served fuzzy navels and the more we drank, the more we ordered. Our consultant loved us.

I have been invited to a few others over the years but I always decline the invitation.