âExcuse me Rambo I want to show you somethingâ. This was my welcome from the first stall at the local Turkish market yesterday. âWhich do you likeâ he says. In front of me was a stall of Hugo Boss, CK, Tommy Hilfiger aftershaves and perfumes. âHereâs my gift to youâ he put in one box of after shave in my hand, âIf you buy this one for ÂŁ20 this is my giftâ, he said this as he put a second box in my hand and on and on his sales patter went. I came into the market to top up on the fresh fruit and veg and within seconds of entering the market I was standing with two boxes of aftershave in my hands. Worse still I just wanted to run away from him as fast as possible….even if cheap replica aftershaves were my thing the hard sell would have driven me away.
I was relaying the story to Alexandra later when she laughed and said âI think some of our Scentsy customers must have attended home shopping parties run by students of this man, going off the tales they tell me anyway.â She went on to explain how pressure is applied to buy goods âbecause your host wants to make her free gifts quotaâ or that âeveryone can buy something tonight even if youâre not well offâ or her personal favourite âwell you know who your biggest friends are from reading the ordersâ.
With our Scentsy parties, Alexandra and the team are trying to undo some of the damage done to the party plan image from these pressure techniques. âAll the ladies had fun and you didnât pressure anyone â thanks so much for thatâ read one after party text. Another said âI know xxxxx didnât buy tonight but she will be in touch when she is paid and appreciates all your time helping her pick out a potential orderâ. These texts also come with requests to come back again when the new catalogue is launched or with promises to recommend us to friends for parties.
I am sure the tonnes of FREE and HALF PRICE goodies our party hosts get also encourages them to have another Scentsy Party. I also think they look like loads of fun (I am Alexandraâs chauffer to partys etc) with loads of laughter, talking and games/giveaways. Heidi Thompson describes her first experience with Scentsy, standing round talking about memories from smelling the Scents and this is most enjoyable experience is replicated at every Scentsy party I have seen, both in the UK and Ireland.
If you would like to book a pressure free Scentsy party night in your home we promise no pressure, just fun and laughter. Parties take around one to two hours and cost nothing for you to host. If you would like more information on our generous hostess gifts or how you can host a party please drop us a line here. We are happy to travel anywhere to do a Pressure Free Scentsy party.
Well I am off now to run the gauntlet of another market and try to avoid being sprayed in the eyes with cheap perfume.
Wick Free Scott
