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The community of Newport Washington had a large event hosted by Treasures on Foxwood Aug 8th and 9th 2009. An event for antiques, collectibles, vintage, art, crafts and much more.
A huge amount of time, money and effort was involved in getting 70 vendors from all over the Pacific Northwest to gather for this successful community event.
Local businesses who choose to participate in the community event paid for a spot like any other vendor.
The exception was a small five and dime hardware store located off the same mile marker at South Shore road.
Those of us who live in the community were already more than familiar with the fictitious "yard sale" signs posted along highway 2 intended to mislead weekend travelers to a yard sale. Only to find themselves at a run down five and dime hardware store.
This same Saturday Builders Hardware store decided to not participate within the community event like everyone else. Instead they opted to create over sized fictitious and misleading "antique/collectibles for sale" signs. Posting them right next to this community event on highway #2.
Saturday Builder owners intentionally created a misleading conception that their hardware store a mile off the highway was the actual Newport community event. Leading people off the highway to their store, they would then scream out and wave their arms at the confused visitor inviting them in like some kind of carnival worker trying to attract people to a game booth at the carnival.
The bewildered visitor would ask where the Newport Community event was. The owners of Saturday builders would tell them, "oh there is nothing going on down there, we have all the old stuff right here"! Or get this... They would tell people, "If you stay here for five minutes and shop, we will tell you how to get there"!
Saturday Builder Hardware store of Newport Washington leached off the advertising, marketing and promotional investments of this Treasures on Foxwood hosted community event.
Coming down at days end on Saturday the 8th bragging about how they had over 80 sales as a result of their misleading, leaching, self centered, and low handed techniques. Going on to say how disappointed they were that the event was scheduled for Sunday too. As that meant they would have to make it a work day at their business. Would not want to miss even one day of leaching and profiting off this event........ Just a shame it was on a regular day off.. Means they had to get out of bed and walk down to the cash register. Another day of screaming and waving bewildered drivers onto the property. Having to coax and con them to stay....
It is the hopes of this blog entry to convince the Newport community to boycott Saturday Builders. Express your discuss with their attitude of greedy, selfish and self centered business ethics.
The one really nice event that this community has seen in years and this disgusting hardware store and owners made every attempt to take full advantage of the event, event hosts, community, and all 70 vendors from around the Pacific Northwest who participated.
This blog entry is just the very beginning of building community awareness of the low handed community business..
Hopefully the owners of Saturday Builders will consider joining in as a part of the community next year. Pay for a vendors spot at the event, and earn a profit as a result. Rather than leaching off the back of a hosted event within the community, and not take away from the visitors and vendors.
A huge amount of time, money and effort was involved in getting 70 vendors from all over the Pacific Northwest to gather for this successful community event.
Local businesses who choose to participate in the community event paid for a spot like any other vendor.
The exception was a small five and dime hardware store located off the same mile marker at South Shore road.
Those of us who live in the community were already more than familiar with the fictitious "yard sale" signs posted along highway 2 intended to mislead weekend travelers to a yard sale. Only to find themselves at a run down five and dime hardware store.
This same Saturday Builders Hardware store decided to not participate within the community event like everyone else. Instead they opted to create over sized fictitious and misleading "antique/collectibles for sale" signs. Posting them right next to this community event on highway #2.
Saturday Builder owners intentionally created a misleading conception that their hardware store a mile off the highway was the actual Newport community event. Leading people off the highway to their store, they would then scream out and wave their arms at the confused visitor inviting them in like some kind of carnival worker trying to attract people to a game booth at the carnival.
The bewildered visitor would ask where the Newport Community event was. The owners of Saturday builders would tell them, "oh there is nothing going on down there, we have all the old stuff right here"! Or get this... They would tell people, "If you stay here for five minutes and shop, we will tell you how to get there"!
Saturday Builder Hardware store of Newport Washington leached off the advertising, marketing and promotional investments of this Treasures on Foxwood hosted community event.
Coming down at days end on Saturday the 8th bragging about how they had over 80 sales as a result of their misleading, leaching, self centered, and low handed techniques. Going on to say how disappointed they were that the event was scheduled for Sunday too. As that meant they would have to make it a work day at their business. Would not want to miss even one day of leaching and profiting off this event........ Just a shame it was on a regular day off.. Means they had to get out of bed and walk down to the cash register. Another day of screaming and waving bewildered drivers onto the property. Having to coax and con them to stay....
It is the hopes of this blog entry to convince the Newport community to boycott Saturday Builders. Express your discuss with their attitude of greedy, selfish and self centered business ethics.
The one really nice event that this community has seen in years and this disgusting hardware store and owners made every attempt to take full advantage of the event, event hosts, community, and all 70 vendors from around the Pacific Northwest who participated.
This blog entry is just the very beginning of building community awareness of the low handed community business..
Hopefully the owners of Saturday Builders will consider joining in as a part of the community next year. Pay for a vendors spot at the event, and earn a profit as a result. Rather than leaching off the back of a hosted event within the community, and not take away from the visitors and vendors.