So, a friend of mine had a fundraiser for her kid's preschool that involved Thirty-One products. Eventually I bought their famous All About Benjamins wallet and was pretty happy with it :)
Few months later hosted my own online party. Tried to tell my rep that I don't really have a huge circle of friends and those who are in my circle are not very likely to buy....I don't think she fully believed me! Well, the day of the party came and I invited 34 of my Facebook friends - the suggestion is between 30-50, and I simply don't have 50 to invite. Out of the 34, a few left the online party right away, finally a couple confirmed. A little discouraging you might say...but I did warn my rep ahead.
I did order a few items and a those few who confirmed made an order as well, so yay, I had the smallest qualifying party - yay for me!!!
I ended up getting a fold out bin that I am using as a laundry bin. I've been searching for a laundry bin for a while, and Thirty-One has a design I liked. I have to admit though,,,,,for over $60 the bin is still growing on me, I was slightly disappointed at the quality. Not it's badly made....but it just doesn't seem like an item I would ever spend $60 on if I saw it in a store.
I am also slightly disappointed in the insulated cross-body bag. For $25, I find the bag rather thin....Walmart has insulated bags for less and they are thicker - hubby has one so I know it keeps things cool quite long. I suspect with my Thirty-One insulated bag I will have to use an ice pack no matter what - which I am not keen on, I already haul quite a bit of weight to work on a daily basis and yes the ice pack is not super heavy, but every gram counts...
As a hostess of the party, I was able to get another All About Benjamins wallet heavily discounted - pretty happy about this purchase :)
All in all, the products are not bad...they just aren't worth the price to me. Plus I have to admit am not keen on the whole MLM scheme. I am happy to shop locally and I am happy to help local stay at home Moms with their income, but MLM usually doesn't give the income people dream about.
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