dansnow Posted February 2, 2015 Report Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) A woman that came to our booth at a craft fair last year recently contacted us about participating in a fundraising event for her daughter. Seems she's been chosen to participate in a program called People to People and will be going to Europe as a student ambassador. We were told she expected 10 vendors, there was no booth fee, but if we did well she was hoping we'd feel inclined to donate. Sounded interesting. Well, today we were informed that it looks like there would be only 3 vendors counting us. Our wood crafts, a textile artist and a Mary Kay distributor. Ummm, As far as we can tell there hasn't been any advertising except by word of mouth, and it looks like it might be held on the second floor of an older building. At our age shlepping our goods and displays up stairs is not an option. And the booth size is weird, 12 x 6 and it's only for 4 hours. We tried a venue that was limiting itself to 3 or 4 craft vendors, and refused to put out any signs about there being craft vendors inside. The results were as one would expect, dismal. So Lin and I are trying to find a way to gracefully say thanks but no thanks. 2 hours of set-up plus an hour of breaking down, plus gas to and from, (though it isn't very far) plus 4 hours there for possibly no sales? Edited February 2, 2015 by dansnow Quote
Phantom Scroller Posted February 2, 2015 Report Posted February 2, 2015 Just say I'm washing my hair that day. Roly Scrolling Steve 1 Quote
jerry1939 Posted February 2, 2015 Report Posted February 2, 2015 Or say, "That's the day I am due in Court." jerry Phantom Scroller 1 Quote
Multifasited Posted February 2, 2015 Report Posted February 2, 2015 Due to cumstances far beyond our control and too personal, to go into, we have to decline your gracous offer to Take part ,( in your event ,Thank you for considering us, Good Luck and God Bless! ( PERIOD) Scrolling Steve, Phantom Scroller, Rob Roy and 1 other 4 Quote
Fab4 Posted February 2, 2015 Report Posted February 2, 2015 Due to cumstances far beyond our control and too personal, to go into, we have to decline your gracous offer to Take part ,( in your event ,Thank you for considering us, Good Luck and God Bless! ( PERIOD) This sounds about right to me. No need to lie or feel guilty about declining their offer. Well said Multifasited If all else fails,see post #2 and #3. Fab4 Scrolling Steve 1 Quote
Dan Posted February 2, 2015 Report Posted February 2, 2015 Carl put my words into a politically correct way of saying "no". BTW, many years ago my son was accepted to go to Australia with People to People. As I was reading their qualifications (good grades, good conduct, and a likely candidate to represent the school and U. S.) I laughed and told them they have the wrong kid on all accounts. The week after our first meeting my son was suspended from school for horse playing (I think the school called it something else). I think the program is great for kids that actually meet their criteria and can afford to drop $$$$. Quote
Phantom Scroller Posted February 2, 2015 Report Posted February 2, 2015 Due to cumstances far beyond our control and too personal, to go into, we have to decline your gracous offer to Take part ,( in your event ,Thank you for considering us, Good Luck and God Bless! ( PERIOD) or Because we're washing our hair. Quote
LarryEA Posted February 2, 2015 Report Posted February 2, 2015 Our time is precious, we have a lot of commitments and usually reserve our sales for our Family. If it were I... "Ask Emily Post" Quote
Multifasited Posted February 2, 2015 Report Posted February 2, 2015 or Because we're washing our hair. Have you looked at your posted image lately ,and I thought delicately was mentioned !LOL Phantom Scroller 1 Quote
wombatie Posted February 3, 2015 Report Posted February 3, 2015 Sorry we double booked or what Carl said. Marg Quote
dansnow Posted February 8, 2015 Author Report Posted February 8, 2015 (edited) After all was said and done, we got softhearted and agreed to go. Got there, got set up, and then for the next 4 hours sat there as two, count 'em, TWO, people came in to look. It was supposed to last for 4 hours but after 3 we made our apologies and packed up. We look at it this way, we got practice setting up and tearing down, Edited February 8, 2015 by dansnow Phantom Scroller and Lucky2 2 Quote
Multifasited Posted February 8, 2015 Report Posted February 8, 2015 I am , so Glad you worked it out to their satisfaction and got some practice too all for free ! Quote
tomsteve Posted February 8, 2015 Report Posted February 8, 2015 Why make up lies? Seems simple to say," I truly appreciate the offer and thank you for it. However i have to decline the invetation at this time." Quote
EarltheScroller Posted February 9, 2015 Report Posted February 9, 2015 You can feel good that you honored your initial acceptance for the event. Personally, I think that counts for a lot. Your word is your word. Remember way back when and a handshake sealed a deal? No backing out? That's what you did and you can be proud you did it. Quote
thatknobtony Posted February 11, 2015 Report Posted February 11, 2015 I would have gone with the old hemroid flare up story. Who would want to watch you squirm all day? Quote
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