tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12387810.post752623286970210760..comments2023-10-11T02:30:20.723-07:00Comments on ScrapBizness: Yours, Mine or Ours?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12387810.post-36732545751539795392009-03-14T08:09:00.000-07:002009-03-14T08:09:00.000-07:00Honestly, I'm totally shocked that the anonymous c...Honestly, I'm totally shocked that the anonymous comments here seem to think that it was acceptable for a company to do what they did. You really think it's okay to not provide products or catalogs to consultants for weeks and months? You REALLY think that's good business? If you do, then you need to sharpen your business skills. I work with many vendors now and when someone doesn't deliver and causes you problems like that, you find another vendor. You don't sit and wait with your happy face on because your customers couldn't CARE LESS.<BR/><BR/>I don't know what IRW did in the final years, but being HEAVILY involved in the industry, I heard things that weren't always flattering. I'm sure there were continued bumps until they were sold to Xyron and maybe even after that - I don't know. <BR/><BR/>I fail to understand, why when it's so easy to get a business license and find reliable suppliers, that people will take the abuse some direct sales companies throw at them at times. Even the massive policy and shipping changes that happen at the best of companies are often designed to benefit the company and close loop-holes of profit that some consultants figured out and were taking advantage of.<BR/><BR/>I'm not bitter, I never was. I'm just trying to educate people as to the fact that you should never let a supplier hurt your business. Those of you who were IRW consultants, where are you today? You've got nothing. Doesn't that make you mad? Everything you've worked so hard to build up is GONE and you're back to square one in a very tough economic time. Why doesn't that bother you?Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572858082950100600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12387810.post-25908059252840783702009-03-14T02:35:00.000-07:002009-03-14T02:35:00.000-07:00I think you all are missing the point. Kim is sayi...I think you all are missing the point. Kim is saying instead of spending your money by joining an organization which you have NO CONTROL over, why not take your hard earned cash and buy a business license in your state & county and start your OWN business & run it YOUR way. <BR/><BR/>Sure, it's not as EASY as plopping down some moola and having someone hand you a plan and then go try to work it. When it's your own, the success & failure is totally on your own shoulders. Join an organization, like Scrapbiz, so you can network, get ideas, share thoughts, get industry updates, etc. But at the end of the day, the direct result is totally your profit instead of 20% that direct sales companies give you.<BR/><BR/>Try looking at it from that perspective. You still get to do what you love - scrapbooking - and 100% profit is YOURS! Not some other company.Jan Fosellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00576602048636289597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12387810.post-17399003283455640632009-03-13T15:06:00.000-07:002009-03-13T15:06:00.000-07:00I don't know IRW or any consultants but after read...I don't know IRW or any consultants but after reading your post, I won't be visiting Scrapbiz. I won't do business with someone who seems to find joy and justifies being so negative to other's losses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12387810.post-36893184556461347342009-03-13T12:34:00.000-07:002009-03-13T12:34:00.000-07:00I think it all depends on what you call success. ...I think it all depends on what you call success. Money is not success to me b/c what do you have left in the end. Changed lives are what I determine my success by. The thing about IRW it that was VERY successful in changing lives for the better. I haven't been with them for about 6 months or so b/c I am going back to school but it changed me for the better. Before I wouldn't have had the esteem to chase after that dream. I really hope that one day you come to realize that success is so much more than the bottom line of business and it is about the lives of people. I see you don't understand that quite yet because you wouldn't have said such nasty things and for that I am sorry. I hope that now they are closed you are able to let go of your bitterness. This post reeks of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12387810.post-58116564940138074432009-03-12T19:25:00.000-07:002009-03-12T19:25:00.000-07:00They had their ups and downs since my experience w...They had their ups and downs since my experience with them - as every company does. My past experience is irrelevant as an endorsement or deterrent to anyone today because it DID happen so many years ago. But, it's relevant BECAUSE it has been repeated many, many times in our industry by many companies. You lose your business when these companies close. You're left sitting with orders, crops, customers, etc. and have to start over again. The model is difficult to sustain even in the best of times. I am hoping IRW consultants will think twice before they jump on board with another company. Some are more stable than others but most have had their rough spots. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for your perspective.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572858082950100600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12387810.post-11614780154313775412009-03-12T19:06:00.000-07:002009-03-12T19:06:00.000-07:00I think I must agree with the previous poster. Al...I think I must agree with the previous poster. Although I am not affected by the company closing, it does seem rather harsh to say half if not all of what you said about them. You say you were with this company 7 years ago? You should let bygones be bygones... I am sure your shoulders would thank you for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12387810.post-19559842408890817962009-03-12T17:49:00.000-07:002009-03-12T17:49:00.000-07:00This is a really horrific post to be publishing wh...This is a really horrific post to be publishing when there are many I Remember When Instructors who are affected by the closing and all you can do is bash them, and other direct sales companies while promoting your own business. Shame on you for pushing your own agenda while criticizing those companies that are at least extending a hand to POSITIVELY interact with these people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com