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Pearl Clutcher
Not my circus, not my monkeys ~refugee pea #59
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Jun 25, 2014 19:51:11 GMT
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Post by back to *pea*ality on Jun 26, 2014 17:40:18 GMT
Makes sense - now spill!!!!!
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Post by SwissArmyBeth on Jun 26, 2014 17:40:30 GMT
Julia said it best: Big mistake. Big. Huge. I have to go shopping now.
(somewhere other than 2Ps...)
Wow. That's really funny. I bet they regret that move!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2014 17:44:27 GMT
Julia said it best: Big mistake. Big. Huge. I have to go shopping now.(somewhere other than 2Ps...) Get out of my head.. I was just thinking the same thing! Verrrrry interesting. I'd love to hear more GG secrets! |
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Post by Lexica on Jun 26, 2014 17:53:49 GMT
Between paying the GG in product before the public could get it, and having a "secret" site to gossip about all their customers (- anyone remember that fiasco? I caught a small bit of it, but was shaking my head at their stupidity) it's a surprise that it lasted as long as it did.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2014 17:55:54 GMT
It is a wonder they hung on for as long as they did given this info!
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Post by spitfiregirl on Jun 26, 2014 18:22:23 GMT
Between paying the GG in product before the public could get it, and having a "secret" site to gossip about all their customers (- anyone remember that fiasco? I caught a small bit of it, but was shaking my head at their stupidity) it's a surprise that it lasted as long as it did. Gossiping about customers was not what the private board was all about. Yeah, there was some stuff said, but not much. What the public saw during that slip up was a blue moon occurrence. It was scrapbook business, layout sharing, private life sharing Message board. I'm being honest too. There were many many nice gg's. I left with many friends, ladies with good hearts. |
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Post by melanell on Jun 26, 2014 18:52:18 GMT
I didn't know that...honestly it would have never occurred to me because that seems like a really bad business model. Oh wait...it was. Agreed. Lack of stock is why I rarely shopped there. It's why a lot of people didn't shop there. |
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melissa
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Post by melissa on Jun 26, 2014 18:57:24 GMT
And, don't forget, there were other private boards aside from the Garden Girl board. They were just duller and didn't get any attention.
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Post by annabella on Jun 26, 2014 19:06:33 GMT
No didn't know that! More dirt please!
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Post by knit.pea on Jun 26, 2014 19:20:55 GMT
Maybe we will see a lot of the "old timers", since their Board is gone too?
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eastcoastpea
Prolific Pea
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Jun 27, 2014 13:05:28 GMT
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Post by eastcoastpea on Jun 28, 2014 4:48:35 GMT
Sitting here like a therapist, with my chin on my hand, saying, "Mm. Go on. Tell me more. It might help if you unburden yourself."
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Post by monicad on Jun 28, 2014 5:01:50 GMT
Wow. I remember how excited I'd get when the new projects would go up, but I'd be so bummed that everything was out of stock. I agree with the others--not a smart business move.
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Post by slicksister on Jun 28, 2014 5:12:47 GMT
Loving this inside info.
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Gennifer
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Post by Gennifer on Jun 28, 2014 8:14:38 GMT
It was more when I was a GG, around 2008/2009. It seems like it was something like $50/layout, but definitely not less than $25. At that time, you had the option to be paid via credit or cash. As a digital girl, I could download whatever supplies I wanted free, so I elected for the cash.  My confession: The first thing I did when I had access to the private board was try to look up the threads from GardenGirlGate, but there was only 6 months archived. My second confession: 2Ps had a generic "garden girl" login/password so that we could post on the blog, and after I left, I totally would log into the private board using that info every month or so, just to see if there was anything exciting going on. (There never really was, sadly.) |
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Post by pmk on Jun 28, 2014 9:23:40 GMT
I didn't know that...honestly it would have never occurred to me because that seems like a really bad business model. Oh wait...it was. Agreed. Lack of stock is why I rarely shopped there. It definitely explains why there was never new stuff in stock! |
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CeeScraps
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~~occupied entertaining my brain~~
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Post by CeeScraps on Jun 28, 2014 10:11:55 GMT
So, they had a store that was primarily used to pay the GG's and it was against the rules for us to talk about or mention other stores and their products! That would be stores with inventory we could purchase.
Yeesh......
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Jun 28, 2014 10:32:50 GMT
AAARGH! But... isn't the official story that we, the customers, bad scum that we are (sorry, were) are responsible for those lovely boards going "Poof"? Aren't we supposed to be the problem? We are (were) unreasonable, not willing to spend and support.... some of us needed to be put in time out, banned, and so on. Good grief. Victim-shaming was apparently alive & well, practiced by TPTB at 2Peas. Karma.
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Post by oktrae on Jun 28, 2014 10:42:16 GMT
Add to it that they had a bad habit of not paying manufacturers and quantities certainly were limited.
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Post by melissak on Jun 28, 2014 10:43:12 GMT
Very poor management "skills". Diane I agree! |
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The Great Carpezio
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Post by The Great Carpezio on Jun 28, 2014 11:01:43 GMT
I knew about the credit, but I guess I never put two and two together. Lol
I believe you about the board too--having heard the same before from "those in the know." It's inevitable that some chatter about message board posters was going to happen, but I don't believe it was the intention or the norm.
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Post by leftturnonly on Jun 28, 2014 12:01:38 GMT
Add to it that they had a bad habit of not paying manufacturers and quantities certainly were limited. I never heard this, but figured it must be so after the last CHA and they got no new products. |
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Post by spitfiregirl on Jun 28, 2014 15:35:04 GMT
It was more when I was a GG, around 2008/2009. It seems like it was something like $50/layout, but definitely not less than $25. At that time, you had the option to be paid via credit or cash. As a digital girl, I could download whatever supplies I wanted free, so I elected for the cash. My confession: The first thing I did when I had access to the private board was try to look up the threads from GardenGirlGate, but there was only 6 months archived. My second confession: 2Ps had a generic "garden girl" login/password so that we could post on the blog, and after I left, I totally would log into the private board using that info every month or so, just to see if there was anything exciting going on. (There never really was, sadly.) I think I would have worked harder if I got to make some real cash! Lol! I think they got in some trouble for paying in credit..maybe IRS or their accountant said that paying by credit was not good. So they switched. I can't remember but I think I was a gg around 2004? |
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Post by epeanymous on Jun 28, 2014 16:00:03 GMT
Ha ha ha. That business model clearly worked out well for them.
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Post by tinafb on Jun 28, 2014 16:06:02 GMT
Yikes! It's shocking that they lasted so long with that kind of practice!
I actually did shop there, back in the days when I first joined. But then they jacked up the shipping costs and decreased product availability, so it just wasn't worth it anymore.
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georgiapea
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Post by georgiapea on Jun 28, 2014 16:17:53 GMT
A classic example of shooting oneself in the foot! I worked for a scrapbook store at one time creating layouts and doing classes. The owner selected the main paper I was to use. It was always paper that didn't sell well and then she would balk at my efforts to use product to enhance the pages. Like I always trim my printed paper and back it with full size solid color 12X12 cardstock. She wouldn't ok this because that cost too much. So the goal was to teach customers to produce pages as least costly as possible? This concept does not sell product! Embellishments had to be kept to a minimum too.
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Post by alissa103 on Jun 28, 2014 16:26:36 GMT
Ha ha, Jennifer!!! I love you & your confession. That's awesome.
GeorgiaPea, yeah, that's how it worked for every. single. LSS I designed for (and as we move a lot, I designed for a bunch). I always had to work with the paper that wasn't selling so great to help move it. Or I had to make a class or kit up out of it. Something to help move it. Which makes total sense and it really did help get the product selling.
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ReneeH20
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Jun 28, 2014 16:00:48 GMT
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Post by ReneeH20 on Jun 28, 2014 17:17:54 GMT
SMDH at the fact that they actually survived that long with such a poor business model.
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scrappinghappy
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“I’m late, I’m late for a very important date. No time to say “Hello.” Goodbye. I’m late...."
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Post by scrappinghappy on Jun 28, 2014 17:27:38 GMT
A classic example of shooting oneself in the foot! I worked for a scrapbook store at one time creating layouts and doing classes. The owner selected the main paper I was to use. It was always paper that didn't sell well and then she would balk at my efforts to use product to enhance the pages. Like I always trim my printed paper and back it with full size solid color 12X12 cardstock. She wouldn't ok this because that cost too much. So the goal was to teach customers to produce pages as least costly as possible? This concept does not sell product! Embellishments had to be kept to a minimum too. That and the 2 peas stuff. Didn't any of these owners ever take marketing classes or business skills classes? |
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Post by leftturnonly on Jun 28, 2014 17:41:34 GMT
A classic example of shooting oneself in the foot! I worked for a scrapbook store at one time creating layouts and doing classes. The owner selected the main paper I was to use. It was always paper that didn't sell well and then she would balk at my efforts to use product to enhance the pages. Like I always trim my printed paper and back it with full size solid color 12X12 cardstock. She wouldn't ok this because that cost too much. So the goal was to teach customers to produce pages as least costly as possible? This concept does not sell product! Embellishments had to be kept to a minimum too. That and the 2 peas stuff. Didn't any of these owners ever take marketing classes or business skills classes? They went to the Donna Downey Business School and majored in Customer Appreciation and Goodwill Building. |
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tracylynn
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Post by tracylynn on Jun 28, 2014 17:52:20 GMT
They went to the Donna Downey Business School and majored in Customer Appreciation and Goodwill Building. Ha!!! |
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