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Anyone Tried Bazaar at Orchard CentralThis is a thread in the Feedback On the Retail Supply Chain forums.I am consider a regular vendor at Orchard Central Bazaar. Maybe I can share my honest opinion regarding the place ... |
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![]() I am consider a regular vendor at Orchard Central Bazaar. Maybe I can share my honest opinion regarding the place to all interested vendors especially the recently concluded bazaar 2 weeks ago.
Pros 1) Air Cond and very comfortable 2) Table booth has your company name or brand name 3) Very cheap rental. 4) You can leave your products overnight. Good security. Cons 1) Organiser very strict because management insist must open from 11-9pm 2) It is long hours so if you are alone, you might get sleepy during the weekdays afternoons 3) No hand written signboard 4) You cannot use canvas to cover up your booth every night. 5) If you are selling apparels, your apparels must NOT look too CHEAP. You cannot use hangers that you buy from NTUC cos it looks too cheap. 6) Organiser DO NOT control the amount of vendors selling the same category of products. The last bazaar that I attended 2 weeks ago consist so many apparels and accessories vendors! 7) Be prepared to accept new rules and regulations during the bazaars. I agree with Urbanboy to a certain degree and can understand him. If the organiser feels that your products are not suitable to be place at a certain place (even though your sales is good), he will ask you to move to another location. This is a big turn off because you have setup your booth in the beginning of the week and sales is good and then organiser say you have to move to another location. The last bazaar that I attended at Orchard Central, half way through the bazaar in the middle of the week, the organiser ask all apparel vendors to remove their apparels and are not allow to sell them. This is also the first time I have seen any organiser do that ![]() I am sure many regular vendors of Orchard Central will know what I mean ![]() As for lebeautiecorner, you do not need to defend the organiser. If Urbanboy's product is not good enough, the Organiser SHOULD have told him that in the first place and not allowed him to join the bazaar in the first place. Maybe you were not affected and that is why you do not have any issue with the organiser. If you are selling accessories, just imagine halfway through the event, the organiser say your products are ugly and not nice and you have to move to another location, how would you feel honestly? If I'm not mistaken, Urbanboy issue is with the organiser and not about sales and whether Orchard Central is a good place or not. Also, Orchard Central has a few event organisers so not all event organiser are like that. Finally, this is the first time that EventsMoment is organising the bazaar at Level 1. Give them a chance cos they will surely improve through time. |
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![]() Hi HutOfPresents,this is also my 1st time selling at Orchard Central and I am surprised that the respond for handmade is quite good.. The customers over there love handmade items.. But it is the price that you will be selling is more concern..
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![]() I used to join the bazaar at Orchard Central 2 years ago. Business was bad and I did not continue. The mall is a dead town and that is the reason the management decided to hold regular bazaar at Level 1 to "hopefully" boost the crowd into the mall.
Anyway.....that was 2 years ago. It could be different now. The only thing that I bother to post at this thread is that I find this thread very interesting. Surely Urbanboy is not happy with the organiser of the events and he vents his frustration in the thread. But what made me laugh is the reply from someone by the name of "lebeautiecorner". You say you are very happy with the organiser as he/she is very friendly and helpful to you. You also mention that you find it difficult to rent a booth as everytime you enquire, it is fully booked. This is what you have quoted. I did some checking. Below are the findings Join Date: 15-06-2011 Posts Total Posts: 1 (0.00 posts per day) Find all posts by lebeautiecorner Find all threads started by lebeautiecorner Referrals: 0 My Reputation: Points: 10 : Private Message: Send a private message to lebeautiecorner BIZHUB PROFILE -->>> Additional Information Group Memberships Name: Fanny Location: Pasir Ris Occupation: Employee Or you can contact us at Contact person: Jonathan or Fanny Contact number: 9106 3072 / 9026 9643 Email: eventmoment@hotmail.com ACRA No: 201209479D Payment: Full payment for immediate confirmation. Refund Policy : Please refer to agreement In case you are still blurr, I have search the profile of lebeautiecorner and the name of this person is called Fanny. When I check on the organiser (eventmoment) contact person, guess whose name came up ![]() You are the organiser and what you are saying is that you are very friendly and helpful. And everytime that you want to book, somehow there is no more booth available even though you are the organiser ![]() As I have said, I find this post very funny. Organiser needing to create another nick to protect their reputation. Whether you are a good organiser or not, time will tell. In the meantime, please be honest here as we are all sharing info. please remember that an organiser should have good integrity. |
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![]() Honestly speaking many of my vendor friends have tried out in OC advise me not to go to there, they said that place is dead and a crazy organiser does not honour his words,he can just stop you for selling your goods with no reason.
![]() Scape organiser is good and businesses there are very good, selling price must be dirt cheap hardly can cover rental in fact I loss money never never want to return to Scape bazaar is outdoor and so hot and I felt like a beggar myself not worth going there. ![]() Bazaars (Bedok point and United Square) runs by blogshopasia business is quite good but organiser sulk! I had tried to book a place from them many times but they are not interested in replying enquiry emails.They want you to pay first regardless they are available booth if they are no available booth they take their on sweet time to do a refund I was told by my friend that used to rent their booth. ![]() I preferred UrbanEvent organiser Kevin he has many helpers to help out in the bazaar and are very friendly but he sold the the bazaar business (contacts) to Blog shopasia. ![]() |
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![]() Dear all,to be frank with you all.. Before I go and sign up for the OC bazzars,I also heard my friends who are selling there warned me not to take the bazzars at OC cos it is very quiet and their things never sell.. But I still go ahead and try my luck.. Very thankful customers will still buy your things if they like your things.. Even 313 Somerset office staffs or working staffs in 313 Somerset they will also buy from me too.. Price also must be reasonable and sometimes give them some free gifts.. I am waiting for the next bazzar at Level 1 from the organiser which their B2 bazzar had already fully booked..
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![]() Let me state the facts so that everybody will know what exactly happen. The bazaar 2 weeks ago was not my first time in Orchard Central. I have joined the bazaar at Orchard Central at least 3 times previously under another 2 different organiser. I have no problem with the previous 2 organisers except for the latest event organiser (eventsmoment/maxdiva).
My problem is not with the place but with the organiser. They are not professional at all in all their dealings. As I have said previously, they keep changing the rules almost everyday during the bazaar 2 weeks ago. First they say I have to move to another location. Then, they say I cannot used handwritten signboard. Then, they say I cannot even used a printed signboard. Finally they say I cannot even sell my apparels at all on a friday. Do you think this organiser is professional at all??? Since XavieraLin bother to reply 2 times in this thread, let me ask you a question. What happen in the middle of the week the organiser told you that you are not allow to used your LED lights for your accessories? Then when sales is supposed to pick up towards the weekend, he tells you on Friday that you are not supposed to sell your earrings anymore and have to leave. How would you honestly feel? Hope you understand. Orchard Central does not have extremely great crowds but if you do have your regular customers and the occasional crowds from Orchard Road, you will still be fine. Still will have some profit depending on what you sell. As I have mentioned, I have join under 2 different organiser previously and did not encounter such unpleasant incident like the one organised 2 weeks ago. Just my final piece of advice for those considering Orchard Central bazaar in future. Please check out careful who the organiser is before joining the event. This is the most important lesson that I have learned lately. Eventsmoment has no credibility at all. |
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![]() Hi Urbanboy, I know how you feel but sometimes we also need to understand how the organiser feel too.. I was also been told that printed price also cannot display too and I have no choice to take down.. I did ask the organiser why I cant have my printed price banner..It is something do with image..Dont want to look like pasar malam..What I can do is to print something smaller price to price my ear rings.. I do understand how you feel but we also have to give this new organiser a new chance to improve.. Every organisers have their bad and good points.. As a vendor we are at their locations so we have to obey the rules of their games.. I am not pointing anyone but I feel we must give this new organiser a chance..
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