*fabulosity*
New Member
Okay, I've been on the forum for a couple years. I like ordering products and trying new things. I will pretty much try anything that looks like it may work for my hair (within reason). You guys know that. I'm a product junkie. I have a lot of products and I frequently review products and post my feedback here. I have ordered from virtually every online "handmade" vendor mentioned on the board. I am the best kind of customer, I get my stuff and if I like it and the customer service is good.. I post my experience. If I get it and I don't like it and doesn't work for me for whatever reason, I post my experience. That's what the forum is designed for.
There is one vendor that I haven't ordered from, Claudie's. I can't remember who introduced this vendor to the forum and it doesn't matter. But I have been moved to speak on this vendor. The reason I stayed away from this vendor is because she does not have a professional website (as far as I know) and is not listed on etsy. In order to make a purchase from this vendor you need to visit her fotki page (a photo hosting site; not set up for e-commerce) in order to view the products and place an order.
Now, I would never do that to place an order. For me, at the very minimum, a vendor that wants to attract my business, has to at least be on etsy or have a website. That's how I choose who I want to try. The presentation and product packaging has to look aesthetically pleasing. This is what draws people in and why companies spend so much money and time "branding themselves". The ingredients can be fantastic; but I personally am not going to order anything that looks unprofessional. That's just me.
We provide our experiences here to share with eachother, that's how a lot of the handmades are advertised... by member reviews, raves, rants.. etc. And each member chooses to buy items based on a different set of criteria.
I have candidly commented in threads that there's no way I would go through fotki and buy anything because I think it's unprofessional. It's not personal to Claudie; I wouldn't purchase anything from ANYONE through fotki.
Well I guess she's a lurker in the U1B1 thread.. where I give most of my informal reviews. I got this PM'ed to me.. copied from Claudie's facebook page...
It is time I speak out. Denigrating remarks ARE on a forum about me. There is
NOTHING Fabulocity about her. It is NOT the first time she has done this. She is
NOT my customer. I
an NOT ghetto, my parents did an excellent job. I am NOT going to Etsy, etc. I
will open my website when it is fixed. I paid for my website, I pay $95.00
m...onthly to host it. I PAY for my Fotki, I can use it in whatever manner I
please.
Claudie if you're out there.. this is my feedback.
1.. me choosing not to buy from you because you don't have a professional website and are not listed on Etsy is NOT "denigrating" you personally. It has nothing to do "with how your parents raised you"
If you're going to be a vendor around here; you need to understand that not everyone is going to like your business even if you had the BEST website and the BEST products. And that's ok. Hopefully the people that like you continue to support your efforts and your business will thrive. However, posting comments like this .. directed at posters (me) who haven't ordered from you.. and now never will.. professional website or not... is highly immature.
2.. Some additional constructive tidbits..
If you're going to be in business, you need to get a tougher skin. We discuss the good and bad of every vendor we interact with around here... good customer service, bad customer service... products that work and products that don't. Your job as a vendor is to reach your target market and expand your business. Making immature comments and being thin skinned will only shorten your business' life span.
With that being said. I wish you the best in your business endeavors and if you have any other comments that you want to direct to me personally; you can certainly PM me...I am happy to give you additional feedback that I think may assist the manner in which you conduct business..
In closing..
As a vendor once told me.. all publicity (good or bad) is good publicity.. so here is yours.
Regards,
*Fab*
There is one vendor that I haven't ordered from, Claudie's. I can't remember who introduced this vendor to the forum and it doesn't matter. But I have been moved to speak on this vendor. The reason I stayed away from this vendor is because she does not have a professional website (as far as I know) and is not listed on etsy. In order to make a purchase from this vendor you need to visit her fotki page (a photo hosting site; not set up for e-commerce) in order to view the products and place an order.
Now, I would never do that to place an order. For me, at the very minimum, a vendor that wants to attract my business, has to at least be on etsy or have a website. That's how I choose who I want to try. The presentation and product packaging has to look aesthetically pleasing. This is what draws people in and why companies spend so much money and time "branding themselves". The ingredients can be fantastic; but I personally am not going to order anything that looks unprofessional. That's just me.
We provide our experiences here to share with eachother, that's how a lot of the handmades are advertised... by member reviews, raves, rants.. etc. And each member chooses to buy items based on a different set of criteria.
I have candidly commented in threads that there's no way I would go through fotki and buy anything because I think it's unprofessional. It's not personal to Claudie; I wouldn't purchase anything from ANYONE through fotki.
Well I guess she's a lurker in the U1B1 thread.. where I give most of my informal reviews. I got this PM'ed to me.. copied from Claudie's facebook page...
It is time I speak out. Denigrating remarks ARE on a forum about me. There is
NOTHING Fabulocity about her. It is NOT the first time she has done this. She is
NOT my customer. I
an NOT ghetto, my parents did an excellent job. I am NOT going to Etsy, etc. I
will open my website when it is fixed. I paid for my website, I pay $95.00
m...onthly to host it. I PAY for my Fotki, I can use it in whatever manner I
please.
Claudie if you're out there.. this is my feedback.
1.. me choosing not to buy from you because you don't have a professional website and are not listed on Etsy is NOT "denigrating" you personally. It has nothing to do "with how your parents raised you"
If you're going to be a vendor around here; you need to understand that not everyone is going to like your business even if you had the BEST website and the BEST products. And that's ok. Hopefully the people that like you continue to support your efforts and your business will thrive. However, posting comments like this .. directed at posters (me) who haven't ordered from you.. and now never will.. professional website or not... is highly immature. 2.. Some additional constructive tidbits..
If you're going to be in business, you need to get a tougher skin. We discuss the good and bad of every vendor we interact with around here... good customer service, bad customer service... products that work and products that don't. Your job as a vendor is to reach your target market and expand your business. Making immature comments and being thin skinned will only shorten your business' life span.
With that being said. I wish you the best in your business endeavors and if you have any other comments that you want to direct to me personally; you can certainly PM me...I am happy to give you additional feedback that I think may assist the manner in which you conduct business..
In closing..
As a vendor once told me.. all publicity (good or bad) is good publicity.. so here is yours.
Regards,
*Fab*
Last edited:
for real
