http://la-story.com/2005/11/beijo-for-handbags-beijo-for-the-holidays/ LA Girl in the Know and on the Go! Thu, 16 Apr 2015 19:58:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 http://la-story.com/2005/11/beijo-for-handbags-beijo-for-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Tue, 20 Jun 2006 02:17:38 +0000 http://la-story.com/dev/?p=134#comment-142 Love Beijo Bags!!!! Love the designers philosophy and her integrity. I rep the line, and have for a year and a half, I started out small, but as the demand grew, so did my inventory. I have made a good deal of money on the sales, and the customer service is top notch! Thank you Susan Handley for this opportunity!!!!

]]> http://la-story.com/2005/11/beijo-for-handbags-beijo-for-the-holidays/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Thu, 08 Dec 2005 08:04:47 +0000 http://la-story.com/dev/?p=134#comment-141 I use to sell these bags. They are great bags but the company screws the reps. They make the rep buy a ton of purses (translation thousands of dollars invested) and sets the price a few dollars higher than wholesale. I would reccomend getting them online. You will pay close to wholesale price. Plus, people will figure out soon that to make a decent living at this you need to sell thousands of bags a year and keep a TON of inventory and they will end up getting rid of them online just to recover SOME of their costs. It’s a shame because the designer is talented but lacks significant business experience and know how. In reality, the designer’s customer is not the end user (the women who purchase one or two bags) it’s the distributor who has to buy the bags from the company and then try to get rid of them to make their profit. I just reccomend getting them online.
As for Oprah, last I checked she has LOTS of money and LOTS of space so she wouldn’t really care how they are sold, she (as do I) think they are cute but will she really care about the little rep who lost $ on the deal? No and I don’t blame her.
Host or go to a party if you want but those are so overused and most of the time the rep won’t have the style or color you want. You will like the purses but have pity on the rep, she’s making just a few bucks off the purse your paying alot for.
Food for thought…I asked my “District Sales Director” how you move up in the company, she said “you gotta buy your way into that position”. Translation, the more $ you make the designer, the closer you move into the “inner circle”.
PS- If you don’t like your bag, too bad…per the website, no refunds!

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