Wth Check Out This Site..can We Say Not Legal..

[carlajanes]

hmmmmmmm....veeeeerrrrrry interesting john!! makes one wonder doesn't it....
~carla

 

[pampered1224]

We were right though. And very illegal if HO is letting their legal department do something about it. And was it removed voluntarily or by force? I still think it was about the registration money and a scam. Pull people in with a very enticing product line and then all the sudden, no products, no money and now no web site. Reason: why not just buy more products? They would have had $50,000 to do so? So who pulled the plug? The people running it because they got what they needed? Or because they got wind of the fact that someone was on to them? Like someone out here who knew we knew and had reported it? Or was it HO's legal department? They seem to have known about it for a bit so... Ms. Marple! Where are you when we need you! Gonna make me nuts for a bit not knowing who did what to who!

 

[esavvymom]

not to mention make you mad because you know someone was scammed out of money...even if it was just $10, or a few other bucks at "auctions". They will possibly be associating that scam with the TRUE Pampered Chef. Scumbags. Plain and simple. Ranks right up there with identity thieves.

 

[NooraK]

We were right though. And very illegal if HO is letting their legal department do something about it. And was it removed voluntarily or by force? I still think it was about the registration money and a scam. Pull people in with a very enticing product line and then all the sudden, no products, no money and now no web site. Reason: why not just buy more products? They would have had $50,000 to do so? So who pulled the plug? The people running it because they got what they needed? Or because they got wind of the fact that someone was on to them? Like someone out here who knew we knew and had reported it? Or was it HO's legal department? They seem to have known about it for a bit so... Ms. Marple! Where are you when we need you! Gonna make me nuts for a bit not knowing who did what to who!

Well, "Pampered Chef" is a registered trademark, so that alone is enough to get the legal deparment involved.

 

[pampered1224]

I mean really a lot of gall! I could not believe what I was seeing as I went through some of the screens. All the references to the PC product names as well. I can't help but wish the worst for whomever. I do not care how needy they may be, crime is not the way to fix their problems. Get off you fat rear end and do something about it instead of hurting others. Geez! Bobbi - if we ever find out who it is, we should go and poke them with Meat Lifters! No blood, just poke em! Or at least paddle their rear ends with the Flexible BBQ turner. I think that would hurt more than the other one!

 

[carlajanes]

i know! it was reprehensible!!!! it's bad enough they get away with it on e-bay but this was really the worst....and john...i have my bbq turner all ready for the rotten scandrel!!!!
~carla

 

[KCPChef]

I just clicked the link and it says the site is no longer available.

 

[smart2cook]

If you look for the consultant, is she still active and able to be found?

 

[lockhartkitchen]

No active website but an email available when searching on PC website.

 

[ChefMarylu]

I clicked on that link from the OP and it says the 'website is no longer available.' Maybe HO was alerted or the Welch's took it down. ?

 

[gaddischef]

Then your director is wrong - we cannot use any part of the name, logo or tagline.

Yes!! This is so right on -- though at conference we were near a group of people with TShirts that their director had bought them with "The Pampered Chef" on it, and they were not Merrill shirts, which I believe is the only approved clothing with the logo on it.

 

[Sheila]

Actually, pg 49 of the policy guide says:

...you must use the proper trademark symbol ™ or ® in the materials you produce...

So it appears if the Director owns a T-Shirt press, made them herself & used the ™ or ® in the title, she's good.The policy does prohibit us from giving the information to a vendor for reproduction. So if she had them made by a local vendor or online, then she was in violation of the policy. But it specifically has the clause about things that we produce for ourselves.

 

[Teresa LM]

So, if I have an embroidery machine, can I make my own shirts as long as I use the trademark or registered symbol?

 

[raebates]

Yes, that's right.

 

[ShellBeach]

Yes! I remember someone a few years back explaining how they made a banner for themselves for a fair. They had a printer that could enlarge stuff and print it out on multiple pages.

If anyone is curious about the website that started this thread, google "secretpamperedchefclub". Look at the first result and click on the word Cached and you can see what it looked like before it was taken down. Google still has a copy of it on their servers - for a while.

 

[lt1jane]

so, if anyone other than myself owns an embroidery machine, PM me. I have the old logo without the tagline. I can convert it for your machine if you let me know what machine or format you need. I won't sell it to you as I can't but I can send you an e-mail with it attached.

Here's what my logo looks like:

 

[flemings99]

Sent you a PM. Thanks!

 

[Shelly Flanagan]

Actually, pg 49 of the policy guide says:


So it appears if the Director owns a T-Shirt press, made them herself & used the ™ or ® in the title, she's good.

The policy does prohibit us from giving the information to a vendor for reproduction. So if she had them made by a local vendor or online, then she was in violation of the policy. But it specifically has the clause about things that we produce for ourselves.

I make my own logowear. Had a few consultants in my cluster THROW A FIT til I showed them I can do it. Now they do it too. lol