I did it this morning! My host for this Friday called me to talk about the recipe demo. At the end of the conversation, she asked, "off the subject, I told my friend I would ask you first. It's okay if you're not okay with this. She makes these cute purses and she asked if she could bring them and put them in a bedroom to sell."
What I told was this: "It's not me that I woud be concerned about but YOUR GUESTS. You've invited them to a PC party, when they get there they find out THEY'VE got to "split" their money or make a choice. I would be concerned how THEY would feel."
She decided I was right, it's not fair to them plus it would take away sale from her PC party ~ so she's telling her friend no. I suggested she have a separate party for that. I gave her words to use with her friend too. "wouldn't you rather have a party just for purses on another date where ALL the sales are for you?"
She told me she had a confirmed 32 people and $300 in outside orders so far and she still needs to call some she hadn't heard from. Plus I asked her to give me a firm count of people bringing another adult (she didn't invite) because I need to bring gifts for them...she said "oh what a GREAT reason to call everyone again!"
What I told was this: "It's not me that I woud be concerned about but YOUR GUESTS. You've invited them to a PC party, when they get there they find out THEY'VE got to "split" their money or make a choice. I would be concerned how THEY would feel."
She decided I was right, it's not fair to them plus it would take away sale from her PC party ~ so she's telling her friend no. I suggested she have a separate party for that. I gave her words to use with her friend too. "wouldn't you rather have a party just for purses on another date where ALL the sales are for you?"
She told me she had a confirmed 32 people and $300 in outside orders so far and she still needs to call some she hadn't heard from. Plus I asked her to give me a firm count of people bringing another adult (she didn't invite) because I need to bring gifts for them...she said "oh what a GREAT reason to call everyone again!"