When I started doing PC here, there was a lady who pretty much dominated the area. We're in a little small town in WV and this lady is from NY or NJ, but a lot of people didn't like her. I personally have no problems with her, she is nice and I hosted a party for her and have been to some of her other parties since I moved here, but kept hearing over and over that people wouldn't go to her parties, therefore I thought it would be a great market for me to jump in so people who wouldn't go to her parties would come to mine.
So, to my dilemma, last night I hosted a party closer to her home turf. She had just done a party a few months ago for the girl who hosted my party. Some of the hiccups were that it took about a month for the guests and the host to recieve the products (I have heard this about 2 of her parties this spring already) and there had been some unkind words spoken regarding the host after the party to a guest from the consultant.
At the end of the party I questioned some of the girls if they wanted to book parties. The first one said, "Well, I am not sure because I agreed to host a party for the other lady, but I'd much rather have one with you. But is that going to be a problem?" So, I told her that technically it could be an ethical dilemma and that I would love to do a party with her, but it was her choice and I couldn't make that decision. THe host's mom also previously booked with the other host, but after the words the consultant said about the host, she said she wouldn't have a party with her. So she agreed to do a party with me. I told the girls that I was booking them off the idea that I had no idea they had booked elsewhere previously. My friend had quite a few people who would not place orders because the last order took so long.
Am I in the wrong? Was there a better way to handle it? I told them that pending that PC doesn't have hiccups at the warehouse, I've never had products take longer than a week from the day I close and send the show. Which is totally true- everything except backorders have arrived in 5 days so far. Apparently the length of time for the other consultant was because she was trying to get the host to get more outside orders and she was waiting for a few small orders she knew of to come in, but none that were bumping the host over into a new "free-item" category.
So, to my dilemma, last night I hosted a party closer to her home turf. She had just done a party a few months ago for the girl who hosted my party. Some of the hiccups were that it took about a month for the guests and the host to recieve the products (I have heard this about 2 of her parties this spring already) and there had been some unkind words spoken regarding the host after the party to a guest from the consultant.
At the end of the party I questioned some of the girls if they wanted to book parties. The first one said, "Well, I am not sure because I agreed to host a party for the other lady, but I'd much rather have one with you. But is that going to be a problem?" So, I told her that technically it could be an ethical dilemma and that I would love to do a party with her, but it was her choice and I couldn't make that decision. THe host's mom also previously booked with the other host, but after the words the consultant said about the host, she said she wouldn't have a party with her. So she agreed to do a party with me. I told the girls that I was booking them off the idea that I had no idea they had booked elsewhere previously. My friend had quite a few people who would not place orders because the last order took so long.
Am I in the wrong? Was there a better way to handle it? I told them that pending that PC doesn't have hiccups at the warehouse, I've never had products take longer than a week from the day I close and send the show. Which is totally true- everything except backorders have arrived in 5 days so far. Apparently the length of time for the other consultant was because she was trying to get the host to get more outside orders and she was waiting for a few small orders she knew of to come in, but none that were bumping the host over into a new "free-item" category.