Dear BHLDN,
I know I was a Weddingbee and have a penchant for crafting.
But I also know that I'm not the only one who thinks it's absurd to charge people $14 for 20 toothpicks topped with slivers of lotka paper (which even the outrageously priced Paper Source sells for $3.50 for a 20 x 30 sheet).
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| Ribbon tailed pennants |
It is even more ridiculous to charge people $32 for 5 tissue poms. You know, as I know, that all it takes to make these ubiquitous poms is 8 sheets of garden variety tissue paper, which goes for $1. One dollar!
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| Paper pom set |
And these paper dot garlands? For the $18 you charge, I can buy a circle punch
and enough paper to make you 20 garlands. |
| Polka dot garland |
Don't even get me started on the pinwheels or the kraft paper pennant garland.
Between you and me, though, what I really want to know is the name and contact information of the silly people who WERE willing to shell out $$ for their faux-DIY wedding. Because I've got quite a number of things I'd like to market to them . . . .
Thanks. That's all.
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6 comments:
I don't know what's more scary - those prices, the fact that I've never shopped at Anthropologie/BHLDN, or the knowledge that my wedding contains hours-long DIY versions of many of those projects. Yikes...
you tell 'em hot cocoa! i don't do my own crafts, but even i wouldn't buy those at those prices.
Those things are probably for people like me who are "craft challenged", but yikes! Sadly, I think there is someone out there who thinks they MUST have something like this. That's too bad.
holy smokes.. that's redonks! Talk about taking advantage of people. Now think about how they use this same philosophy on the clothes. Makes me sad.
Oh my gosh, you took the words right out of my mouth! Way, way over priced, and they items they're selling wouldn't even be *difficult* to DIY. So really, what are you paying for? Materials? Nope. Labor? Nope. The BHLDN name? Ding, ding, ding!
great point! takes the diyness away from a diy wedding.
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