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I am so fed up with my Director and her cronie. I wish I could change directors. For those who don't know my background with her the D took a recruit who was looking for me and has given me no support and who has blocked my girls from a fair booth because there was not room...but she has like 4...

Well we had a small leak in our bathroom, now we have nothing in there! DH has found mold and crumbling grout and had to tear out the toilet, sink, tub, drywall, flooring, you name it, it's gone! It's horrible! To top it all off my first recruit is having her grand opening HERE this Thursday...

Aghh, I have been sooo cranky lately. For those of you who don't know my DH and I own a restaurant. I really can't believe how people continue to do stupid things and make such stupid choices. I have this lady that works for me, she has worked for over a year with us. She is single and has two...

OK, so I have a cousin, male, about 4 years older than me, not very bright, and emotionally messed up. We barely got along growing up, but as adults we can talk and laugh together. His wife left him about a year and a half ago, and ever since then I have been his divorce "coach," providing...

grrr.. Is anyone else having problems keeping bookings right now. I'm only in my fourth month of business, this is my first summer. Things are looking very bleak! I haven't had a cooking show since APRIL!! Catalog shows were sustaining me but now I have had 5 of those cancel for this...

This is a bit of a rant, so sorry in advance! :blushing: Jen and I had a show last night with someone who'd bought the rectangular baker at a past show and "wanted loads of stuff" so booked a show. We turned up at her place at 7 for 7.30, and discovered that it was practically a mansion -...

I had a show last night...nine came, $530 in sales, super nice host! Sound pretty good right? Well the bad part was they all never stopped talking to even listen to me a little bit. When this happens what do you do? I just kinda would pause, and wait a while till they shut up and start going...

I'll be the first to admit that the gas prices and rising food costs are definitely affecting our family's budget. And we have made some adjustments to our "normal" routines. But I am so sick of hearing it as a booking/recruiting excuse! I've tried to talk about why this is a perfect time to...

I signed a new gal down in Miami yesterday. She lives about 1 hour and 15 mins away from me. My AD (the one I just broke off from doing meetings with) holds meetings down in Miami as well as up in our county. When I told her my new gal might be attending her cook & book in Miami...she...

I just got a phone call from a customer who attend a show in February of 2007 - when she first received her products (sm and large bar pans) her small was cracked - I did the product adjustment no problem - actually dealt with the host and had it shipped directly to the customers house...

I just got back from the PO. All the prices were down from their board because they all went up. The first class stamp went up just $0.01 but all of their other charges also went up. Priority flat rate envelope is now $4.80 Flat rate priority box is now $9.80 Flat rate large box is...

So, I personally take care of all E-bay listings for my FT employer...I've done this for about 4 years now. Anyway, I've watched E-bay change and prices go up so I mainly just have things in the "store" to reduce costs. We keep our E-bay prices low - same as on our internet site, once in...

So I'm making my calls last night and I called someone who had booked a show then ended up canceling after not calling back any of my coaching calls. She is a Partylite consultant so I was a little put off by it, but she seemed kind of sincere in her explanation as to why. It has been about 4...

Ok so I am still on dial up. DSL and cable are not an option. (if I lived a mile down the road I would not be posting this right now but I digress....) My hubby (and I) do not want to pay for satelite and with our surrounding trees would not be a great option anyhow. Sooooo.. my issue is why...

I need to vent for a moment! I just now started to really try and recruit. At my show last Saturday I had a customer seem really interested. I talked to her, gave her the Your Life Your Way DVD and scheduled to meet with her. She cancelled that meeting and we rescheduled for tonight. She just...

Just need to get some perspective here. I try never to mix family and business because I've found the combination usually doesn't mix. I've tried to help out my family for years and I've always gotten the short end of the stick and I refuse to help my family any more. I end up the bad guy...

Vent Warning: Husband & Kids My husband told me last night that he thinks my PC biz is a waste of time and money. That I have spent more on my products that I have made. That there is too much PC stuff around the house (kit/paperwork/suppiles). He makes "comments" and then says he's...

As far as I know, my only show for March (and I take full responsibility for that problem!) is going to have ONE GUEST! Now this is what is really annoying me about this situation. I have one friend, we'll call Annie, who said she wanted a show in September. She eventually booked for 1/6...

Hi - Sorry I have to vent. I'm sure many of you have been through similar experiences. I met "Gina" at my house of worship a few weeks ago, the day before a fundraiser for the house of worship. She seemed very nice and sociable, and came to the fundraiser. At that time, she told me that...

Ok so I just had a show delivered, not only did the fedex guy THROW one of the 2 boxes in the door, he ROLLED another one on it's side through the door. Then when he left, I realized one of the boxes was opened and there were 23 ITEMS MISSING!!!!! ARE WE EVER GOING BACK TO UPS?? I called HO...

I work full time so it is a hassle to get to the post office during their hours unless I go during my lunch break. (I hate wasting my lunch break on the post office!!) And to top it off, 1 of the post offices in my area closes during lunch hours!! So, I picked up some of those Priority Mail...

OK, here goes nothing.... On the way home tonight, after picking up my son and one of his friends (for some play time) after school. Some gal runs a red light a side swipes me....aaaahhhhhh. If that's not bad enough, I have to call my ex (mumblling not so nice words) and let hiim know what...

What is up with people not answering the phone or returning phone calls? My goal for the year was to up the phone time to get over my phone phobia. I've spent 3 hours on the phone with leads from recent expos and old shows this week and got ONE booking! ARGH! Anyone having tips on figuring...

ughhhhh... Ok so I go to submit an order this am and I notice that the show I "thought" I submitted on jan 25th did not go thru. I am still running PP and everytime I go to submit an order it says can not submit till I update. It does this even if I have updated 3 days earlier! I did not...

I just got home from out cluster meeting. I'm a little upset but when the following happen I couldn't even keep my head up and really wanted to stab my director in the back like she had me. Here we go: My director recruits like crazy and is pushing me to advance to director I'm working on it...

I am coming to this site for a few moments to share and to vent my defeated attitude! I know you all have shared my experience at one point and your career. And if you haven't... that's amazing! I feel like I have sent so many emails and asked so many people about hosting and they have all...

I've only been a consultant since October, and I figured that something like this would EVENTUALLY happen. I had a party Dec. 2nd, and it worked out great...over $500 in orders THAT NIGHT plus more coming in within the next few days before we closed. It wound up being over $1,000. There was...

I am sort of embarrassed to even post this. But I don't know where else to turn... I have been out of work since getting laid off from Staples last February. They moved my dept. out of state. I was there for 6 years. I have had a couple other jobs that didn't work out for one reason or...

Hi everyone... I got 8 YES's from my vendor fair of people that wanted to have a show. One person was so happy to meet me because she was looking for someone to do a PC show... I've called them each 2 times, the people i only had e-mail addresses for i e-mailed them twice as well. NOT...

I have to unload so here goes. My former director, who relinquished and left PC about 8 months ago, called in September and asked to do a show. Set a date. Got a pack, with extra catalogs for her "family who was missing PC". She called and rescheduled to a catalog show and then called again...