Frustrated Consultant Misses Out: No Confrence Secrets!

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Discussion Overview

This thread centers around a consultant's frustration regarding the inability to access new product information after missing a conference. Participants share their experiences with the Chef Success website, discussing the value of the subscription fee and the resources available on the platform.

Discussion Character

  • Opinion-based
  • Anecdotal
  • Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant, identifying as a consultant, expresses disappointment over paying for access to the site and finding no "conference secrets" as expected.
  • Another participant shares their experience, stating that the $5 fee is justified due to the valuable resources available, including business tools and support.
  • Several users mention the importance of the community and the friendships formed through the site, suggesting that the value extends beyond just product information.
  • One participant highlights the site's resources, claiming it offers a wealth of information that can benefit consultants' businesses.
  • Another participant emphasizes the need to wait for official announcements regarding new products, as per the site's guidelines.
  • Some participants defend the subscription cost, arguing that it supports the site's maintenance and provides significant value in return.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Views differ regarding the value of the $5 subscription fee, with some participants feeling it is a waste while others find it worthwhile for the resources and community support it provides. No clear consensus emerges on the overall satisfaction with the site.

Contextual Notes

The discussion reflects the experiences of consultants who have varying expectations of the Chef Success website and its offerings, particularly in relation to accessing new product information after a conference.

Who May Find This Useful

Consultants who are considering subscribing to the Chef Success website or those who have recently joined may find the shared experiences and perspectives relevant.

tabnat80
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:mad: I am a consultant who couldn't go to the confrence. I got on the chefsuccess website to see what the new products were and couldn't because I wasn't subscribed...So, I paid the $5.00, which is ridiculous by the way to pay just to chat, but as I was saying, I wanted to see the new products. So I saw a thread that said confrence secrets. So, I subscribed. and Nothing! THere were no secrets there. A waist of my 5 . By the time the new products are mentioned on here, my director will be home and have pictures.
 
Hey, give this site a try for awhile. It is awesome, and worth way more than $5. It costs Greg way more to maintain this site (no pop-ups) then what he collects from us. Greg and Deb are respectful to PC and have asked us not to talk about it until all three waves are over. Some of us do already know though. If you would like to know, give me your email address.

See? You will get what you wanted after all! Just ask and someone on here will always come through for you.

This is an awesome support group with a bunch of awesome people. Welcome to the family!
 
I'm sorry you are disappointed. The $5 isn't just for chatting. There are tons of ideas and files on here--theme show invites, different recruiting/hosting ideas, so many business tools $5 is really a steal! But if you want to know more about the new products, please shoot me an email at love2cook05@gmail and I would be happy to let you know what was announced.
 
Well, hello there! Welcome to the site!

The administrators of this site have made it perfectly clear to all of us that we are not allowed to divulge the secrets from conference until the 3rd wave is over, which is sometime on Wed. afternoon, 7/18. They will make an announcement and then we can chat away. This comes down from Doris Christopher herself, who asks that no discussion of new products, promotions, etc. be discussed on PC loops - period.

The $5 is to help defray the cost of supporting this site - there are a lot of costs to administering a website daily (fees, etc.) and the people who make this site possible would be paying them out of their pocket, which is a lot to ask. I don't think $5 is a waste of money at all, especially with the amount of insight, guidance and support I've seen on this site in the short 2 weeks I've been active here.

So, take a look around, read up on the threads here, and make that $5 work for you instead of complaining that you wasted $5 to see something that the rest of us can't see, either!!
 
and......there is alot more than just "chat" on this site! If you really check it out you will find a TON of valuable resources for your business. The files section alone is worth it's weight in gold........it's the easiest PC site I have found for finding important info, flyers, order forms, show theme outlines....etc....
 
Very well said, Cathy!
 
And Becky!

Man, you guys post quickly!
 
The fliers I've been able to download from here and all the support has been worth way more than $5!!! Give it a try for a while and you wont be disappointed. There have been recipes that I've needed in a pinch and couldn't find anywhere till I got here also.
 
tabnat80 said:
:mad: I am a consultant who couldn't go to the confrence. I got on the chefsuccess website to see what the new products were and couldn't because I wasn't subscribed...So, I paid the $5.00, which is ridiculous by the way to pay just to chat, but as I was saying, I wanted to see the new products. So I saw a thread that said confrence secrets. So, I subscribed. and Nothing! THere were no secrets there. A waist of my 5 . By the time the new products are mentioned on here, my director will be home and have pictures.

Sorry you feel that way. I have been a faithful Cheffer for 1+ years now and by no means feel it is a waste of money. I value the friends and fellow cheffer cluster mates I have here on this site. Sometimes when I can not get a hold of my director or other consultants for questions, there is always somone here who cares and is willing to listen or help me out in any way they can. So please give it a try and do not judge until you have been here a while. I hope you will change your mind.
Schel
 
Tabnat80-

You mean to tell me you will spend $5 to learn what the new products are a few days early but wouldn't spend $5 to learn a wealth of information to promote your PC business!!
All I am going to say is shame on you!!!!
 
The $5 is WELL worth the friends I've made! :):):):)
 
You signed up/posted back in 2005 and then come in 2 years later to complain?!!!!

tabnat80 said:
:mad: I am a consultant who couldn't go to the confrence. I got on the chefsuccess website to see what the new products were and couldn't because I wasn't subscribed...So, I paid the $5.00, which is ridiculous by the way to pay just to chat, but as I was saying, I wanted to see the new products. So I saw a thread that said confrence secrets. So, I subscribed. and Nothing! THere were no secrets there. A waist of my 5 . By the time the new products are mentioned on here, my director will be home and have pictures.
 
The $5 was instituted about a year ago, so the $5 would have been a recent payment.
 
tabnat80 said:
:mad: I am a consultant who couldn't go to the confrence. I got on the chefsuccess website to see what the new products were and couldn't because I wasn't subscribed...So, I paid the $5.00, which is ridiculous by the way to pay just to chat, but as I was saying, I wanted to see the new products. So I saw a thread that said confrence secrets. So, I subscribed. and Nothing! THere were no secrets there. A waist of my 5 . By the time the new products are mentioned on here, my director will be home and have pictures.

I'm in a seriously bad post-menopausal hormonal mood (don't laugh you all, you're turn is coming.....well, except maybe for KG), but this has to be the most short-sighted post I have seen.

A 'waist[sic] of my 5'? I just tallied up my commission checks and then divided that by $20 (I'm a Gold Supporter...Go Greg!) and then multiplied that by 100 to get a general Return on Investment: 0ver 50,000% baby. If I had paid just $5, it would have been over 200,000%. Now that's an over-simplified calcualtion, but it's enough to make my point.

I have both a great director and hospitality director (and great cluster-mates....hooah Debi), but this is THE BEST PLACE to find ideas, flyers, tips, answers, show themes, et al. Oh, did I mention the support, camaraderie, humor, and generosity of spirit that's here? Priceless.

Okay, end of rant. Even when tempers fly, a cheffer is a cheffer. So good luck in your business and come back to visit anytime.

(I'm a nice person...really)
 
legacypc46 said:
I have both a great director and hospitality director (and great cluster-mates....hooah Debi), but this is THE BEST PLACE to find ideas, flyers, tips, answers, show themes, et al. Oh, did I mention the support, camaraderie, humor, and generosity of spirit that's here? Priceless.

Okay, end of rant. Even when tempers fly, a cheffer is a cheffer. So good luck in your business and come back to visit anytime.

(I'm a nice person...really)

I agree legacypc46

Honestly, in today's world of 'instant gratification'... :rolleyes: you have been offered the information you requested. So give the site some time and you will be recanting. :p

This site has been the best tool for my business... and the cheapest!!!
 
legacypc46 said:
I'm in a seriously bad post-menopausal hormonal mood (don't laugh you all, you're turn is coming.....well, except maybe for KG), but this has to be the most short-sighted post I have seen.

A 'waist[sic] of my 5'? I just tallied up my commission checks and then divided that by $20 (I'm a Gold Supporter...Go Greg!) and then multiplied that by 100 to get a general Return on Investment: 0ver 50,000% baby. If I had paid just $5, it would have been over 200,000%. Now that's an over-simplified calcualtion, but it's enough to make my point.

I have both a great director and hospitality director (and great cluster-mates....hooah Debi), but this is THE BEST PLACE to find ideas, flyers, tips, answers, show themes, et al. Oh, did I mention the support, camaraderie, humor, and generosity of spirit that's here? Priceless.

Okay, end of rant. Even when tempers fly, a cheffer is a cheffer. So good luck in your business and come back to visit anytime.

(I'm a nice person...really)


Hey Leggy! We've all (except KG, John, and Jason!:p) been there! (hormonal, that is!:D ) and we know you are a very nice person!

I think that was a post from someone looking only for a freebie about Conference - if they decide to stick around then they will find out what an incredible place this is....if they don't, well then - their loss!;)
 
If you are so dissapointed and do not think you will get your money's worth why don't you ask Greg and Deb for your money back? It makes more sense to me to do something rather than whining to us for attempting to follow Doris's wishes.

It really bothers me that we have become such an impatient society! For crying out loud it is only a few more days. It's not like it's some big secret that you will never find out because you didn't go to conference.

This year was the 2nd I was able to attend in the 5 years I have been elligible to go. While I to was anxious to find out the years I was not able to go and did look arround online to find info, I did not ask anyone to go against the wishes of our company founder, and I certainly did not complain about the fact I was not able to find anything!

I know I will ruffle some feathers with this post but it's simply how I feel.
 
etteluap70PC said:
If you are so dissapointed and do not think you will get your money's worth why don't you ask Greg and Deb for your money back? It makes more sense to me to do something rather than whining to us for attempting to follow Doris's wishes.

It really bothers me that we have become such an impatient society! For crying out loud it is only a few more days. It's not like it's some big secret that you will never find out because you didn't go to conference.

This year was the 2nd I was able to attend in the 5 years I have been elligible to go. While I to was anxious to find out the years I was not able to go and did look arround online to find info, I did not ask anyone to go against the wishes of our company founder, and I certainly did not complain about the fact I was not able to find anything!

I know I will ruffle some feathers with this post but it's simply how I feel.

No ruffled feathers here Paulette!;)
 
Hey Paulette!

It was nice to meet you this week. and, no ruffled feathers here either. btw, since when does a cheffer worry about ruffling feathers?
 
Linda- I keep meaning to post that I didn't recognize you right off at Kitty's because you're so much prettier in person than your av. It was so great to meet you!
 
All I am going to say is VBulletin is very pricey but well worth it and I have no problem donating $5 a year to help pay for it!I own a very small message board and wish I could have vbulletin software for it instead of the free stuff I am using but I cant justify that kind of money out of pocket right now.
 
chefann said:
Linda- I keep meaning to post that I didn't recognize you right off at Kitty's because you're so much prettier in person than your av. It was so great to meet you!

I thought so too Ann!!!

Linda.... I couldn't put it into words that night (I was a bit frazzled from my travels...) but that's what I meant when I said you looked nothing like your picture.:D
 
etteluap70PC said:
I thought so too Ann!!!

Linda.... I couldn't put it into words that night (I was a bit frazzled from my travels...) but that's what I meant when I said you looked nothing like your picture.:D


Wow Linda! And I thought you looked pretty in your Avatar picture.....you must be a real BABE! I'm still so bummed I didn't make it to the MNG!
 
etteluap70PC said:
I thought so too Ann!!!

Linda.... I couldn't put it into words that night (I was a bit frazzled from my travels...) but that's what I meant when I said you looked nothing like your picture.:D
Thanks, you all made my day! (I think you two have a girl crush on me)
 
ChefBeckyD said:
Hey Leggy! We've all (except KG, John, and Jason!:p) been there! (hormonal, that is!:D ) and we know you are a very nice person!

I think that was a post from someone looking only for a freebie about Conference - if they decide to stick around then they will find out what an incredible place this is....if they don't, well then - their loss!;)

Thanks Becky. Hormones are everywhere right now....need to keep them in check at tomorrow's show....oh lord, I can just imagine....!

You're doing a wonderful job, by the way, of keeping the overall tone of this thread nice.:)
 
So, I paid the $5.00, which is ridiculous by the way to pay just to chat, but as I was saying, I wanted to see the new products. So I saw a thread that said confrence secrets. So, I subscribed. and Nothing! THere were no secrets there. A waist of my 5 .

ARE U KIDDING ME????????

I'm from canada so i actually paid more than $5 when u convert, and would do it again in a heart beat!!!!!!!!!!

and when u break that $5 down it is $0.42 PER MONTH which is just over 1 PENNY a day, which by the way is a tax write off!

and like everyone esle has said the fliers section alone is worth far more than that.

give the site a chance you'll see its worth far more than the $5 and you'll be happy u spent the $5
 
tabnat80 said:
:mad: I am a consultant who couldn't go to the confrence. I got on the chefsuccess website to see what the new products were and couldn't because I wasn't subscribed...So, I paid the $5.00, which is ridiculous by the way to pay just to chat, but as I was saying, I wanted to see the new products. So I saw a thread that said confrence secrets. So, I subscribed. and Nothing! THere were no secrets there. A waist of my 5 . By the time the new products are mentioned on here, my director will be home and have pictures.

Wow - who peed in your Post Toasties this morning? I mean, really.

Thanks Gred and Deb for this site. I'll gladly pay another $20 when it is time for me to renew. It has been worth every penny.

And another thing, missy. I don't just "chat" on this site. I've made friends that I'll carry with me for the rest of my life. I've reduced the learning curve in my business by months and months because of the information here. I've never had to wait more than 15 minutes for an answer to some question I've had -- I'm lucky to get an answer in 24 hrs from my upline.

I understand you being disappointed that you didn't get what you wanted. But rudeness really isn't called for.

Oh, and the new products are INCREDIBLE. Customers are going to be going WILD! It was an AWESOME conference. You should have been there.

ETA: Now that I think of it, I paid several HUNDRED dollars to get an advanced view of the new products - and you complain because you didn't for $5? Things that make you go hmmmm.
 
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OUch! My butt is still hurting from being chewed by some of you. I"m sorry if I came across as witchy, I have a fussy 13 month old with a double ear infection and I thought when I saw that post about the confrence, I would get to escape my day for a minute with some good news to refresh my brain. Anyways, I'm feeling better now. Thank you to those of you who contacted me. I will give the sight a chance. NO more regrets or nagging about the $5.00. SOrry
Tabitha
 
Now that that is all out of the way, welcome Tabitha! I hope you find this place as welcoming and helpful as I have!

Sorry to hear about the little one and ear infections. Thank GOD for antibiotics working in a reasonably (in hindsite) period of time!

Glad you're here!
 
I'm actually surprised by some of the biting responses from us cheffers. I guess when posting you have to be careful how your posts will come across to those reading it. Apparently, we bite heads off when we disagree. Some of this thread was worse than the animal thread. EEK! I believe most of the time and almost all of the time we are nice people.
 

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