TallTayl Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 On 10/14/2023 at 8:52 PM, Belinda said: Exactly what would that be? I don't really understand how that works. I'm a little dense LOL! I can be sure and ask her. co-ops can work in many different ways. The most common I work on: A) I manage the whole process. I collect interest in a fragrance and order a keg direct from the manufacturer with the original code on my account. I pay for everything directly. I bottle, ship, etc. This method works when the original owner trusts to share the codes, and wants to outsource the whole process. B ) The original owner (DayStar) orders the fragrance and drop ships the keg to me. I pay (Daystar) for the keg and services, then handle the rest of the customer order process, bottle, ship, etc. This option works well for people who want to maintain their codes without sharing the details while outsourcing the most rigorous parts of the process. They work in their profit, I am essentially a contract service provider for them making a % of the prices for my time and materials. C) - Similar to B, except they receive the keg, remove all identifying information from the packaging and re-ship the keg to me without opening it. This is the most secure for the original owner, but is more expensive for the participants per pound as we have to factor in double-shipping for heavy kegs. I sign NDA, etc. as requsted. Basically I am temporary contract labor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belinda Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 On 10/16/2023 at 12:34 PM, TallTayl said: co-ops can work in many different ways. The most common I work on: A) I manage the whole process. I collect interest in a fragrance and order a keg direct from the manufacturer with the original code on my account. I pay for everything directly. I bottle, ship, etc. This method works when the original owner trusts to share the codes, and wants to outsource the whole process. B ) The original owner (DayStar) orders the fragrance and drop ships the keg to me. I pay (Daystar) for the keg and services, then handle the rest of the customer order process, bottle, ship, etc. This option works well for people who want to maintain their codes without sharing the details while outsourcing the most rigorous parts of the process. They work in their profit, I am essentially a contract service provider for them making a % of the prices for my time and materials. C) - Similar to B, except they receive the keg, remove all identifying information from the packaging and re-ship the keg to me without opening it. This is the most secure for the original owner, but is more expensive for the participants per pound as we have to factor in double-shipping for heavy kegs. I sign NDA, etc. as requsted. Basically I am temporary contract labor. I'll ask her if she's interested. That would be great if she is. She was supposed to check her oil supply and bottle up what she has and get back with me but I haven't heard anything from her. I love her sweet pumpkin and Vanilla oils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belinda Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 On 10/14/2023 at 8:42 PM, TallTayl said: Thanks @Belinda. don’t want to pressure her, but I’m happy to co-op for her. I just sent her a message on Facebook about the oils and about a co-op. I hope she reads it and gets back with me. The last one I sent her was 6 days ago and it doesn't appear that she's read it yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belinda Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 On 10/11/2023 at 10:46 AM, TallTayl said: If we are not able to reach Daystar directly, I can see what our labs have that might be super close. Duping is tedious, so the lab wants a pretty high commitment to do it. I would prefer if we could partner with DayStar during this stressful time and get the fragrances the forum membership needs. The process is pretty time consuming, so I totally get why she had to hit pause on the operation.hopefully things settle down for her soon. Sending big warm hugs to her from chilly N. IL. She just messaged me back and said there's just a lot going on right now. She said her husband would be home in a few days and then she'd have someone to help her bottle up oils. I asked her about the co-op and she wasn't interested but would offer Fast Buys every few months so people can stock up. I'll post this in this thread so people can see it. I was sure hoping for a co-op. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belinda Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 I sent Stacy a message about her oils and she's had a lot going on she said but would have help in a few days to bottle up what she has in stock. She wasn't interested in a co-op but said she would offer a "fast buy" every few months so people could stock up. I'm not quite sure what that is but I'm guessing just opening up and taking orders of certain oils maybe? Anyway, hopefully she'll be able to fully open back up soon. In the mean time be on the look out for fast buys and maybe we can all get what we need from DayStar. I sure hope so! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
se2653 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Hello Belinda- any news from Stacy? Do you know when she will be taking any new orders? Thank you so much for helping with contacting her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belinda Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 23 hours ago, se2653 said: Hello Belinda- any news from Stacy? Do you know when she will be taking any new orders? Thank you so much for helping with contacting her! She never got back with me so I just now messaged her on Facebook. I'll let you know what she says. I'm hoping she has some oils left she wants to bottle up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
se2653 Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Thank you!! You’re awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belinda Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 On 12/11/2023 at 8:44 PM, se2653 said: Thank you!! You’re awesome! Well, she read my message but never responded so I'm guessing it's a moot point. I'm not quite sure what's going on. I know people have always had issues with her getting back to them by comments that have been made on here. I don't know why she won't respond. I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt though. Maybe just a lot going on but it would only take a second to say she hasn't had a chance yet. Oh well. If she answers me I'll let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisS Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 @Belinda Her silence is deafening. I'm curious how she's going to feel about her FOs being duped and sold as such. I have a stash of them. I'm considering it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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