In-Home Merchandise Parties Are Extremely Tacky

There are numerous companies out there that allow individuals the chance to sell things from catalogs and make a profit. The most common of these companies include Avon, Partylite, Southern Living at Home, Cookie Lee, Mary Kay, Tupperware and the Pampered Chef. There are many reasons for my great dislike of these gatherings; however, I believe at this point the only reasons I continue to attend these fake-friendly get-togethers is for social time and free food.

The biggest angst that I find with these parties is that the person who is selling the items is merely soliciting their friends and family members for money. That's right, I went there folks!!!! It may sound low but it's true. When you attend a party you know the person throwing this little shin-dig is in fact making a twenty five to fifty percent profit, and all of that just ends up in their pockets. Wouldn't it simply be easier to send a flier out to all of your friends and family members and ask them to send you five bucks every so often? Fundamentally what is occurring in this imitation "transaction", is that you're paying money for an item you really did not need to begin with, yet you buy something out of obligation for attending the party and the hostess gets their kick back from your purchase. Whatever you purchased ends up merely being a token of appreciation for you essentially giving someone money.

The next issue is that everyone that attends is forced into feeling as though they must purchase something. Catalogs are passed out and you're shown everything from the shiny pages, and brainwashed into believing that your life wouldn't be complete without whatever their product is. You're made to feel that you absolutely need, and can't live without this persons make up, that persons costume jewelry, these overly expensive scented candles, or the outrageously priced frivolous home decoration items. This sick sense of obligation to these parties is appalling, it never ends, and the next party pops up even before the current one is over.