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Post by scrapmaven on Jul 11, 2014 1:15:56 GMT
Now they have stuff in stock?
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Post by Bridget in MD on Jul 11, 2014 1:22:43 GMT
It was pretty dumb to close down the boards while they were trying to have a firesale. Keeping the boards open would have driven TONS of traffic there while everyone lost their minds and tried to make plans to go elsewhere. The way it went down, we all lost our shit and went to Facebook - no reason to go back and look at Two Peas because nothing new was being posted. The final dumb nail. ITA with this - they cockblocked themselves
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Post by lindywholoveskids on Jul 11, 2014 2:42:49 GMT
Btt - interesting!
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Post by kristalina on Jul 11, 2014 2:48:48 GMT
I wish I knew that yesterday. I didn't think of it til late so I was up til 2 am reading and saving peamails. Yea, me too. I spent a good part of the day trying to copy bunches of recipe threads on my old cranky work computer. It was really NOT fun!
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Post by azredhead on Jul 11, 2014 3:26:54 GMT
i would think too - it would make people madder and madder. It just doesn't sit right in the business world.
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Post by stampinchick on Jul 11, 2014 3:39:47 GMT
I saw the email earlier today and my first thought was that they've seen how quickly so many former Peas moved to this board and have seen how many people think it's a shame that all of the content of the galleries will go away. I'm wondering if they are buying time trying to find a way to keep the galleries and not the store. If they don't have the store maybe the ad revenue would be enough to keep the galleries. Then again, you would think they would have thought of that option in the first place. I just have a gut feeling that there is more to the delay than still having inventory to sell.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2014 3:40:14 GMT
I'm another that wish I would have known they'd extend the time. I was up day and night for days with just a bit of sleep in between copying stuff I wanted to save. I would not have been in such a hurry and gotten my rest if I had known. I am still tired out!
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Post by leftturnonly on Jul 11, 2014 3:55:20 GMT
I completely understand why they closed down the boards when they did. Some posts on some of the threads on GS over the last couple months discussing what was going on with the site got pretty nasty and disrespectful. I can't imagine how ridiculous they would have been once the announcement was made. I just took a trip down memory lane on some of those threads. Disrespectful? You need to go and refresh your memory, too. Dropping the discount to virtually nothing overnight with no notice? 2Peas respected their best customers. Allowing multiple TOU violation threads to remain on page 1 while locking and deleting any thread that so much as questioned management, and when that wasn't enough, they BANNED some of those posters for 24 hours. Without notice. 2Peas respected their best board posters. Need I go on? How about refusing to address the poor CHA showing, and the total unresponsiveness to sincere questions about getting new product to the store? SMH......
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Post by chaosisapony on Jul 11, 2014 4:54:50 GMT
I'm not surprised, you can't expect to unload stuff at only 30% off. They should be increasing the discount as they get closer to closing that way people actually buy stuff. The price at 30% off is not much better than I could get any day at ACOT and I know I would get my order.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jul 11, 2014 4:59:32 GMT
Have to wonder if some 2Peas inventory will start showing up on their etsy sight besides their exclusive items??? I placed an order and it arrived in perfect order and was shipped quickly! I think that too many are being way too harsh on the peas owners!
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Post by greenlegume on Jul 11, 2014 5:03:44 GMT
eh . . . they're getting what they gave.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2014 5:05:31 GMT
Have to wonder if some 2Peas inventory will start showing up on their etsy sight besides their exclusive items??? I placed an order and it arrived in perfect order and was shipped quickly! I think that too many are being way too harsh on the peas owners! You are hilarious. They have had years of bullshit given to their customers. You are lucky, many of us were not. They reap what they sow.
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Post by **Angie** on Jul 11, 2014 5:18:08 GMT
But I'm guessing the boards are closed to new comments, right? Yep
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Post by DinCA on Jul 11, 2014 5:50:39 GMT
I saw the email earlier today and my first thought was that they've seen how quickly so many former Peas moved to this board and have seen how many people think it's a shame that all of the content of the galleries will go away. I'm wondering if they are buying time trying to find a way to keep the galleries and not the store. If they don't have the store maybe the ad revenue would be enough to keep the galleries. Then again, you would think they would have thought of that option in the first place. I just have a gut feeling that there is more to the delay than still having inventory to sell.
That would be nice but if they were nice, they wouldn't have shut the boards down without any notice and they would have given the GGs more than an hour's notice. And if they were nice, they would have responded to the questions and the comments of concern (and a lot of them were very sincere). So, no, I don't think it has anything to do with being nice. It only has to do with the almighty dollar. They are simply staying open longer to raise more cash.
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Post by LovMelrose on Jul 11, 2014 13:23:51 GMT
30% off is nothing for a liquidation sale. If they really want to get rid of product they need to offer 50% or more.
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Post by Laurie on Jul 11, 2014 13:40:15 GMT
I completely understand why they closed down the boards when they did. Some posts on some of the threads on GS over the last couple months discussing what was going on with the site got pretty nasty and disrespectful. I can't imagine how ridiculous they would have been once the announcement was made. I disagree. If they had worded their notice in a proper (respectful) way and left the boards open I think peas would have been more apt to order. Instead they basically gave a big FU to their customer base and now have to reap the consequences. When I first joined 2 Peas Jeff and Kristina were a lot more accessible. I think they were (are?) good people who let the quick success of their business go to their head. Ultimately it appears it was their demise. However, I am not all that convinced we are seeing the last of them. I keep wondering if this is a necessary step before they can do something else. I think Jeff, Kristina or both will pop up again.
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Post by workingclassdog on Jul 11, 2014 14:31:11 GMT
I think their 'sale' is pretty crappy... 2.49 item for 1.99 or whatever.. that isn't a close-out sale. .50 cents would be a close-out sale. Blah. I am still mad.
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Post by cannes on Jul 11, 2014 14:50:46 GMT
Very interesting, indeed. They need to really slash their prices if they want to call it a close-out. 30% off is not it. They should have started there and then kept increasing the discount.
I also agree that the way they went about closing things down probably stopped any potential sales. You close down the message boards that bring the traffic and make your customer base angry by basically giving them the middle finger and you expect that same group of people to buy your remaining inventory? SMH.
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Post by cynipidae17 on Jul 11, 2014 15:03:34 GMT
I think that two peas will be open beyond the 24th if they don't start increasing the percentage off. 30% people might pay for brand new just released product, but not for product that has been sitting around awhile.
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Post by chasetsun on Jul 11, 2014 17:47:20 GMT
I think shutting the boards down hurt their traffic and chances of selling all their leftovers.
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Post by SwissArmyBeth on Jul 11, 2014 18:42:44 GMT
Have to wonder if some 2Peas inventory will start showing up on their etsy sight besides their exclusive items??? I placed an order and it arrived in perfect order and was shipped quickly! I think that too many are being way too harsh on the peas owners! Of course it shipped quickly- they didn't have that many orders to fill.
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Post by BuckeyeSandy on Jul 11, 2014 19:20:36 GMT
But I'm guessing the boards are closed to new comments, right? Yep
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Post by keknj on Jul 11, 2014 20:09:13 GMT
I think shutting the boards down hurt their traffic and chances of selling all their leftovers.
I agree totally. What incentive do people have to visit the website?
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Post by stampinchick on Jul 11, 2014 23:31:28 GMT
I saw the email earlier today and my first thought was that they've seen how quickly so many former Peas moved to this board and have seen how many people think it's a shame that all of the content of the galleries will go away. I'm wondering if they are buying time trying to find a way to keep the galleries and not the store. If they don't have the store maybe the ad revenue would be enough to keep the galleries. Then again, you would think they would have thought of that option in the first place. I just have a gut feeling that there is more to the delay than still having inventory to sell.
That would be nice but if they were nice, they wouldn't have shut the boards down without any notice and they would have given the GGs more than an hour's notice. And if they were nice, they would have responded to the questions and the comments of concern (and a lot of them were very sincere). So, no, I don't think it has anything to do with being nice. It only has to do with the almighty dollar. They are simply staying open longer to raise more cash. Don't get me wrong, if they are considering keeping the site minus the store I don't think they would be doing it to be nice. I think they would do it because they would see that they could make some money from it.
I agree with the others that when they closed the boards without notice they turned away a lot of traffic that would have shopped their sale. Kind of like a clothing store going out of business and setting up barricades preventing people from parking in their parking lot. Very few people are going to visit the store if they can go to another store with ample parking and prices not much higher than the sale prices.
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Post by timewarp2 on Jul 11, 2014 23:41:47 GMT
I think shutting the boards down hurt their traffic and chances of selling all their leftovers. exactly... it's like shutting the store front down and holding a sale in the back alley... across town.
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Post by ingrid on Jul 12, 2014 0:51:16 GMT
I think shutting the boards down hurt their traffic and chances of selling all their leftovers. exactly... it's like shutting the store front down and holding a sale in the back alley... across town. They probably wanted to curb threads speculating on why they're shutting down. With the whole "no-refund or return" thing they announced, I'm sure the GS board would be post after post about packages not being received if they were even just a little late or product being screwed up, which would only discourage more people from ordering. They were pretty quick to throw up the Garden Girl bat signal or completely shut down a thread if there was any criticism aimed at the company over the last year or so. They'd have to moderate the boards 24/7 in the wake of the announcement that they were closing if they wanted to keep the questions and complaints quiet.
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Post by lumo on Jul 12, 2014 1:28:50 GMT
I think that this was all part of a grand plan to eliminate the boards, especially the red-headed stepchild that was NSBR.
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Post by leftturnonly on Jul 12, 2014 3:38:21 GMT
exactly... it's like shutting the store front down and holding a sale in the back alley... across town. They probably wanted to curb threads speculating on why they're shutting down. With the whole "no-refund or return" thing they announced, I'm sure the GS board would be post after post about packages not being received if they were even just a little late or product being screwed up, which would only discourage more people from ordering. They were pretty quick to throw up the Garden Girl bat signal or completely shut down a thread if there was any criticism aimed at the company over the last year or so. They'd have to moderate the boards 24/7 in the wake of the announcement that they were closing if they wanted to keep the questions and complaints quiet. GG Batsignal.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 3:56:17 GMT
I wonder if they are going to re-open somewhere under another business name. Why keep selling at such high "discount" prices? When most places liquidate they have severe price drops. Heck, even most LSS's sell the scrap racks and everything else in the store. And why open an Etsy store with their exclusive items if you still have a store front online? That really baffles me.
Maybe they were looking to sell the business again and couldn't do it. That's why they shut down some threads and not others? As to not taint their name any further?
I don't know...I think this story isn't ending just yet.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 6:15:26 GMT
Well, it ended for me. Their "sale" sucks, and at those prices + shipping, why would I take a chance and buy something? I have plenty of other outlets that don't end with a risk of my calling VISA to dispute a charge.
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