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Post by papersilly on Jul 31, 2014 17:51:16 GMT
8/1/14 Someone update us: did anyone go today? what did you get? how was the stuff? take any pics? *****************************************
I guess they couldn't sell off all of their stuff online so they are having a warehouse sale. someone posted their craigslist ad on another message board. here's a cut-n-paste for you:
8/1: CLOSING SALE! Thousands of Scrapbooking & Crafting Supplies! (Middleton)
TWO PEAS IN A BUCKET CLOSING SALE!
2224 Pleasant View Road Unit 6
Middleton, WI
Thousands of Scrapbooking Products!!!
Albums, Project Life, Paper, Washi Tape, Stamps, and more!!!
THIS FRIDAY ONLY! 8/1 from 8am-4pm!!
Everything must go!!!
**Cash Only!
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Post by turangaleela on Jul 31, 2014 17:52:45 GMT
Innnnteresting. I'm within driving distance of that (maybe 45 minutes).
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Post by redshoes on Jul 31, 2014 17:54:42 GMT
I'm not surprised...it's part of wrapping up a business. I wonder if they will (eventually) sell the leftovers to a store like Big Lots or Dollar Store, etc.
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Post by cannes on Jul 31, 2014 17:56:38 GMT
Interesting, but not surprising. I'd imagine that the online sales probably slowed to a trickle in the last weeks they were open online.
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Post by papersilly on Jul 31, 2014 18:10:47 GMT
I'm not surprised...it's part of wrapping up a business. I wonder if they will (eventually) sell the leftovers to a store like Big Lots or Dollar Store, etc. while they may have enough leftover stuff to have a warehouse sale, I doubt they have enough to sell off to BigLots. they will probably keep having warehouse sales until there is just enough left to donate to goodwill or have someone buy out the remaining stock just to clear the warehouse. |
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Post by linda~lou on Jul 31, 2014 18:11:15 GMT
I would love to see what they actually have left. I bet a lot of crappy stuff. Heck they didn't have the good stuff in stock when they were open.
PeaS: I never shopped there, I'm just going by what I've heard
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Post by alibama on Jul 31, 2014 19:12:25 GMT
Wish I was closer I would go check It out just to see what they had.
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Post by peabrain on Jul 31, 2014 19:27:28 GMT
Who ever goes has to take some pics for us, k?
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Post by anniefb on Jul 31, 2014 20:12:45 GMT
Very interesting.
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Post by papersilly on Jul 31, 2014 20:43:35 GMT
I would love to see what they actually have left. I bet a lot of crappy stuff. Heck they didn't have the good stuff in stock when they were open. PeaS: I never shopped there, I'm just going by what I've heard I never ordered from them either. most of the things I ever wanted were out of stock and it wasn't worth the shipping cost for just a couple of items here and there. |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jul 31, 2014 21:48:10 GMT
I wish I was anywhere close, just so I could check it out & take pics!
So..... Who's gonna take the pics? Pretty please.
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Post by miss_lizzie on Jul 31, 2014 21:52:00 GMT
I admit it: I wish I could go. Honestly, I'd probably thank them for having the message boards. I'm not knowledgeable about business, but their site gave me pleasure for years.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2014 21:52:22 GMT
Well ok then.
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Post by AN on Jul 31, 2014 21:59:04 GMT
Sad way to go, essentially a huge garage sale advertised on Craigslist.
I mean, I even took credit cards at my garage sale. How the mighty have fallen. I hope they are able to sell everything, I'm sure they are anxious to move on. I still think it was poor business how they handled closing down the message boards.
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Post by danalz on Jul 31, 2014 22:06:24 GMT
It's only 10 minutes from my house but I have to work all day tomorrow. It would be interesting to see what they have left.
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Post by IPeaFreely on Jul 31, 2014 22:17:06 GMT
Here's the ad they should run:
"Scrapbooking supplies, only ugly shit left. Want to make a scrapbook for that SIL you hate? Or MIL? We've got your supplies!"
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Post by ladytrisha on Jul 31, 2014 22:47:56 GMT
Hmmmm, me thinks that shutting everything down without any notice and ticking off the customers was not well thought out ... oh wait, that's why they're not in business anymore!
We had a LSS close up suddenly (store was run by 2 guys without any scrapbooking experience - so they opened down the strip mall from Joann's ... uhhh fail) ... anyway, they advertised garage sales for months - it was total dreck at the store, I never bothered with the garage sales! I'm sure this will be similar.
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Post by turangaleela on Jul 31, 2014 22:50:20 GMT
If I remember to check it out I'll try to get some pictures.
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Post by nesser01 on Jul 31, 2014 22:54:11 GMT
I think if they hadn't left the customers in the dark as they did, they probably would have had a much better closing sale. I know they did what they had to do and that's fine. But they should have gone about things in a different way. I'm curious too what they have left. If I didn't live all the way in Massachusetts I would go just to check it out. I'd definitely love to see pics though.
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Post by Megan on Jul 31, 2014 22:58:26 GMT
It's interesting they're not doing credit cards - Square, PayPal card readers, etc. are all readily available!
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Post by loco coco on Jul 31, 2014 23:03:05 GMT
I would love to see pics too! I wonder how much product is left?
I found 2peas as a customer first and found the forums second. As the products became less exciting or sold out I still stayed for the forums. I think how they closed was handled very poorly and that is the reason there is still inventory. If they admitted their faults and let everyone know what was going on and that they were closing I think some peas would have placed an order just to help.
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Post by kar on Jul 31, 2014 23:12:44 GMT
I remember when I went to their warehouse sale.......it was great!
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Post by mnmloveli on Jul 31, 2014 23:17:50 GMT
Due to how they shut the boards down, I hope they're stuck with all that stuff for a long time !
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Post by Penellopy on Jul 31, 2014 23:31:17 GMT
I am surprised they haven't set up on Ebay and sell to the highest bidder. Last time I tried to order, the shipping was more than the product.
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Post by edie3 on Aug 1, 2014 0:35:24 GMT
I hope they served Uncrustables!
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Post by Judy26 on Aug 1, 2014 0:52:43 GMT
I hope they have a successful sale and are able to survive as a family. I've been in the position of having a family business go under and it is heartbreaking. They did have a poor business model and could have been more transparent about closing the boards but it still must suck to watch your business flounder and wonder what you are going to do for a living in the future. I wish them the best.
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Post by Elisabeth on Aug 1, 2014 0:57:03 GMT
someone from this board needs to go and take pictures for us  |
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Post by papersilly on Aug 1, 2014 1:04:43 GMT
It's interesting they're not doing credit cards - Square, PayPal card readers, etc. are all readily available! maybe it's cash only as in unreported income?  |
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Post by papersilly on Aug 1, 2014 1:05:50 GMT
someone from this board needs to go and take pictures for us okay, who is willing to take one for the team? |
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Post by katieanna on Aug 1, 2014 1:30:11 GMT
I am surprised they haven't set up on Ebay and sell to the highest bidder. Last time I tried to order, the shipping was more than the product. |
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