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Posted By: Sandi Moses In Response To: I will maybe buy a package to make cross necklaces??? OR NOT??? (Margie)
Thursday, 24 February 2005, at 6:21 a.m.
> Hi,
> Another thing I am thinking about buying, for $69.00, if from a Christian
> website. For $69.00 you get a start-up kit and video about making
> hand-made cross necklaces at home. It says it takes about 5 minutes to
> make one.
> Then, after you have made them, you send them back to this place, and they
> buy them back for $1.25, and re-imburse you a little for shipping.
> I am just not sure how much the supplies are to make more - the starter
> kit to make 25 won't last long.
> A pastor wouldn't lie, would he?
> Thanks
1) The guy IS a pastor of a church in Louisiana. There is a link to the church from the Disciple's Cross website.
2) He WILL buy them back from you if you meet standards, and he sends back the ones that he does not accept so you can sell them at craft shows, yard sales, your own web site, or wherever else you want.
3) I am not real co-ordinated and it takes me longer than 5 minutes to make a cross, but I can see that in time with practice the 5-minute cross could realistically happen.
4) HOWEVER the snag is in the turn-around time once you send in the product. When I called 2-3 weeks ago looking for what I had sent in (Delivery Confirmation so I know when they received it) in OCTOBER, 2004 (!!!) they were just getting to what had come in that week but the quality control person was on jury duty. I have already received one check from them, so I know the whole thing is legitimate, but I really think the size of it got away from them and they are not equipped to handle the volume, inspite of hiring extra people. They have shifted gears more than once (people who have demonstrated that their crosses meet quality control standards now by-pass inspection, freeing up inspectors to check the work of newer people) so they are working to improve, but a five month turn-around time is still not acceptable. They have made other changes also.
5) Selling them at local bookstores is harder and harder because there are fewer "mom and pop" type of stores around. They are replaced by national and regional chains who do not purchase anything except through corporate contracts. You can (and I have) sell small quantities to small stores run by local mega-churches. There is also a new program where if you do convince a larger chain to carry the product you get a percentage of the profit, without having to make them all yourself (whew!).
6) It most definitely is NOT for everybody and I emphatically would NOT recommend depending on the money you will get eventually from selling the finished product back to the company, but I nevertheless am convinced that it is a legitimate undertaking. You make more money selling them locally, anyway!
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