Anyone Tried Bazaar at Orchard Central
 

Just trying my luck to see if there are anyone who has tried the bazaar at Orchard Central? Any positive or negative feedback would be much appreciated.

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Don't bother to try Orchard Central. The organiser (Events Moment/Max Diva) is the worst that I have encoutered for the past 5 years. He did not tell the vendors that Orchard Central has so many rules and regulations before the bazaar started.

There is also no written agreement between the organiser and the vendor. In the middle of the bazaar, he tell the vendors new rules, like cannot have hand written signboard. Then he tell us to move to another location in the middle of the week. Then he tells us that our clothes are not so suitable and so we have to move. Then he tells us that even laminated signboard are not allowed to be placed ( at first it was hand written). Then he tells us that all the apparels vendors are not allowed to sell anymore apparels and ask us to leave immediately.......etc....

Also, no effort was done to bring the crowds into the shopping mall. Orchard Central is generally a quiet mall. The organiser did not even bother to put any poster or banner outside the mall to indicate to the public that there is an event inside the mall. I am utterly disappointed !

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Orchard Central is a dead town. For your info, the management is Far East Organisation (FEO). Most FEO mall really cannot make it. Guess they are not that good in Shopping Mall. Look at Square 2, Central, Far East Plaza, etc.....they are all dead.

Hope you learn your lesson and skip Orchard Central in future.

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There is NO crowd at Orchard Central. It is dead even on weekend!:confused:

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Hi,

I had tried the Bazzaar at Orchard Central before... Personally i will think that if you are talking about a few hundreds bucks, that should not be a problem, but overall it still got to narrow down on what is the products you selling as well. :laff: :laff:

Beside what i think the rental is at a reasonable rate, and i find that the organiser is very friendly and helpful and always available at the event area. And if you are saying the place is a no good, but most of the time when i want to rent the booth, it got book out real fast.

I totally don't agree with what you had said "URBANBOY".. Maybe is your products that is not good enough for the place i guess, and you said you been doing bazaar for 5 years.. :laff: :laff: Guess seriously, u need to touch up on your VM, especially when you are selling in Shopping Malls in Orchard. :D

And i have fellows friends whom is doing bazzaar is sharing the same thinking as i do. :clap:

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Hi Darlenz, 1st I need to know what are you selling.. For me,I just finished my one week bazzar at Orchard Central for the 1st time.. I do heard rumours that Orchard Central is a very quiet place with no crowds at all but I still go ahead and try..
I met a lot of new customers who had purchased my handmade items and the sales are quite ok for me..
To my surprise there is crowds on weekdays and more crowds at weekends.. The crowd normally come from 313 Somerset and Centrepoint Underground Tunnel.. Weekdays is more for lunch and dinner crowds but for weekends is more for family crowds..
And the organiser of Orchard Central are super friendly.. He will greet you with a smile when he see you and sometimes he will ask you how is your sales today? The bazzars area are very comfortable with air con and great music.. Each booth are catered to your store name and it is very super kawaii.. To me it look like a cute house :):) The rental are reasonable and it is not a rain or shine event.. I will encourage you to go and give it a try..

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Hi xavieralin

i sell handmade products too. Are there really a crowd who would be interested. Where can i get more info about this bazaar?

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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 :) Most of you were there 2 weeks ago. Urbanboy might be one of the vendors who got affected and for that, I do understand.

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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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 :) Most of you were there 2 weeks ago. Urbanboy might be one of the vendors who got affected and for that, I do understand.

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.

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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 :D

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 :D

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, pls be honest here as we are all sharing info. Pls 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.:confused:

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.:coffee:

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.:mad:

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. :mad:

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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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Dear Xaviera,
So, you are asking to give a chance to the organiser. Certain things can forgive and certain things cannot. This has to do with integrity and professionalism. Are you saying that if the organiser asked you to remove all your earrings and not sell them, you will do that and still smile and still give the organiser a chance ???

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Dear urbanboy, before I sign up any bazzars, they will ask me what am i selling.. I told them I am selling handmade accessories.. If they allow me to sell at the bazzars, I will sell.. But if the organiser ask me to remove all my ear rings and not to sell them, I will for sure ask the organiser why I cant sell..

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Hi all,
Just to give my honest opinion... :)

I had a one-time tryout at Orchard Central B2 bazaar from a Friday to Sunday once in May this year, was my 2nd time having a booth. Here are the pros and cons i feel about the bazaar and place.

Pros:
- Organizer was friendly and prompt in answering my queries (email), there was always a reply from Fanny shortly after my query.
- Names of booths personalized for all stalls
- As my first few times doing booths, orgainzers gave some tips on how to improve my design and even helped to borrow "props" to help us out. :)
- Customers who are interested in your products there are willing to spend as they have higher spending power.

Cons:
- afternoon slumps after lunch and before dinner time
- Orchard Central has strict regulations like must use black cloth as table lining, must open at 11am and close at 9pm... etc.

Overall, i think it is worth a try. For my first try, I actually manage to cover my rental, earn and gain publicity there. :) If you are looking to gain exposure and advertise your items, i think its a great place to try.

I go to bazaars at Scape now more often as my products target more teenagers, and the crowd at OC is more to tourists, family and middle aged customers.

And of course, any experience is a good experience. - my opinion.

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Those who have PM me and offer me your advice, I appreciate it. Those who still wants to proceed to join the bazaar at Orchard Central, do so with caution. They are having one at level B2 from 1st June - 17 June and there is no publicity done from the organiser (Eventsmoment/Max Diva). Not even a small banner or poster to be placed outside the Mall. I will never go back to Orchard Central as long as they are still there.

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Hi to all,
For example Gucci now have sales. Will they paste such big sign sales on the store? Same for orchard central it is not up to the organsier to decide. The organsier only listen n act on it.. Don't keep on pressure the organsier as I feel this is very unfair for him to judge on this.. Every Bazzars we go we will always have problems here n there but we must learn how to forgive n forget then we can able to run other Bazzars..trust yr own judgement rather listen.

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To compare between Gucci and a bazaar has no meaning at all. Gucci are branded and all their stores are listed in the shopping mall directory. How can you compare this way?
Anyway, lets just move on and not stick to this topic anymore. If anyone does not want to take the risk with the current organiser, just skip the event. Those that want to give it a try, feel free to try at your own risk.
By the way, I drop by Orchard Central B2 this afternoon, it is completely dead. Saw 2 vendors even fell asleep :D

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the Japan Fair that was held in June last year was good. I wonder if there will be another one this year.

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Not too sure about the Japan Fair but there was another organiser that organised something call the International Fair where all the vendors are mainly foreigners and the products that they sell are upscale market. He no longer organised at Orchard Central anymore.

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How can you compare an apple to a durian aka Gucci vs Bazaar?????

FYI, Gucci will only spend their advertising budget on direct mailers to notify their customers about the sale and such sales are mostly by invitation only.

Even if the bazaar organiser is not allowed to display banners due to various reasons (eg. no approval from landlord or BCA), I'm sure they can think out of the box to try other forms of publicity (distribution of flyers by the street, sending emails or direct mailers to the neighbouring offices, obtain permission from landlord to paste posters in the lifts within the mall, etc.) to help boost the traffic to the bazaar area right?

As for the last minute decision by organiser to remove products - vendors are allow to demand for an explanation or compensation, especially if the product to remove is your main trade and you have already registered with the organiser. It's for the organiser to go settle with the landlord if the removal is requested by the landlord.

To the organiser - I know that it's no easy job to organise a bazaar as you need to strike a balance to please both the landlord and vendors. Consider providing your landlord a list of products your vendors are gonna sell at that bazaar, get the landlord to endorse it to avoid some last minute unreasonable request like removal of certain products. Cos I know some landlords are easily shaken by their very fierce tenants. Tenants will blame anyone and everyone when their sales don't meet their target and they will start their unreasonable demands on their landlord. The only thing the landlord can do is to "bully" YOU (the organiser and vendors) by removing those products mentioned by their tenants. With the endorsed product list, you, as an organiser can fight and protect your vendors and also yourself. Never allow landlord or their tenants to bully you or your vendors!! :coffee: :coffee:

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In the first place, there was not even any contract or written agreement between the organiser and all the vendors. There were no prior agreement that mention that the organiser has the right to remove any products or vendors in the middle of the bazaar. I actually did asked the organiser (Eventsmoment/Max Diva) why he has to remove my products but there was no answer given at all. I am not the only vendor affected. There were at least 5 other vendors who were affected. Maybe we can group together to take action against the organiser.

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For your info,I am a Gucci member and there is no direct mailers except for new launch of new items.. I am just giving for example.. Okie let's say takashimaya talking hall at B1..There is a huge sales of fit flops..There is also no notice or banner that there are huge sales of fitflops right?Is you must walk past then you will know right? Same as OC.. The bazzar are already in a very good location at Level 1.. Customers walk in will sure see the bazzars..

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Van Van, you cannot based on afternoon crowd to confirm the crowd is dead. Maybe they had finished their peak hour and they are resting.. Do you know what is the meaning of compare? Means it is just giving for example only..

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Anyway if you want to try at Orchard Central you may go ahead and try.. No harm trying at all if you really want to sell your items..

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You are comparing the crowd between Taka and Orchard Central :D Do you know how big is the difference in terms of crowd between Taka and Orchard Central ?

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Beztech,do you know the meaning for example? Then you think which shopping centre should you give for an example at Orchard Road?

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Have been considering OC bazaar too but after reading this post and checking the place personally on this Tues lunch time, doesn't seem very encouraging imo. The booths concept do look good but the location @B2 does not have much sales potential as the traffic there is rather pathetic i must say. Only ppl who use the linkway to centrepoint or dine at restuarants there will head down to B2 & probably check out the bazaar on the way. Agree with Urbanboy that more visibility can be done to drive traffic to B3 bazaar otw the public will not know there's a bazaar there unless u're in the loop on bazaar schedules around SG. The traffic n visibility cannot be compared what the push-carts have on OC level1.

Understand the frustration that Urbanboy encountered and i do agree that there's certain level of unfairness on the issue which could be mediated and handled at a much more professional level. Well as vendors, we just have to learn from experience and move forward since what has happened can't be changed and sharing your experience here will help shed some light to others & it's up to the individuals to make their own assessment. just my 2 cents worth;)

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Xaviera, in the first place your comparison is wrong. You are comparing between an event space organiser to a flea market / bazaar organiser. You should compare bazaar organiser to another bazaar organiser. Let me enlighten you:

Urban events - they advertise at blogshopasia, have standing posters at the venue.

T Cartel - advertise at newspaper and have standing banner

Forfleasake - have poster at surrounding area during event

SPOC solution (Singapore River Market) - have posters and marketing materials.

Ape Works - have large posters and have staffs giving out brochure to public on the event itself.

Flea Bazaar- at least standing poster and EDM to huge database

From what I have read throughout this posting, the current organiser at Orchard Central have NOTHING related to publicity unless you can enlighten us :)

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Didn't expect my simple enquiry ended up being one of the most talked about post. After reading everyone's post, I guess I will give this place a miss for the moment. There is still other organisers and venues to go at the current time.

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Hi Beztech,

1st you need to see the locations.. Each different organiser will need to seek approval whether can any advertisements can be put up at the locations..

Thank you for your information as I am not the organiser but a vendor at Orchard Central..

My main aim is to sell my items at OC and I am happy with whatever I have at Orchard Central..

If you are not happy or whatsoever thing you may contact whoever in charge to answer your questions or why not you can also become an organiser as to feel it by yourself..

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I have mention previously, this is not the first time that I am a vendor at Orchard Central. The other 2 previous organisers at Orchard Central had hire part timers to hand out brochures outside the mall. They also had Posters at the entrance of Orchard Central. The BIG problem with Eventsmoment/Max Diva is they DON"T bother or make effort to do any publicity at all !

Your last post on the publicity inside Orchard Central Main Website is a complete JOKE ! How many people actually go inside the Orchard Central website to find out whether there are any events there?

Xaviera, you do not need to keep defending the organiser. If they are wrong, they should admit it, apologize and move on. They did not even apologise in the first place. That is their biggest problem. They are also NOT honest at all....creating a new nick "lebeautiecorner" to praise themselves......utterly amateur. Organiser creating a new nick and pretend to be a vendor...

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Hi JLiew,Wa.. I am impressed of what you had written.. Are you also a vendor at OC too?

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Urbanboy,you have your own unhappy reasons with whosoever person but I am not trying to defend anyone at all.. I am just based on what and how I feel about bazzar at OC.. This is your personal feud between you and whosoever..Why you need to let the whole world know and yet you know the reason why you cant sell your apparels at OC??They already told you but yet you said you are not given an ans.. I am so confused what you are trying to say.. At the 1st place you know or you dont know whether why you cant sell your apparels 1st or not??

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Urbanboy,please do not be sensitive that I am trying to side who..

In order to run bazzars by other organisers,as a vendor we only can listen to what the organisers have to say in order to stay alive in this bazzars world..

We as a vendors is to earn $$,not to create any problems for yourself and the organiser..

Since you are so unhappy,why not you learn how to forgive and forget and contact the person above the organiser and see what he/she have to say?Then you will feel that you will not be so angry..

I encourage you to call as you will for sure know the answer and I will be patiently waiting for your answers to be appear here in this forums..

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Hi all,

Firstly, let me official introduce myself. I am Jack Liew, organizer for Orchard Central right before Event moment. Urbanboy and some regular vendors will know me. As for publicity for orchard central, I choose the way of giving free popcorn or candy floss for shoppers to attract their attention to the mall. I had my regular vendors to do social marketing for weekend market @ orchard central. I would say, different organizer use different ways of approach for their marketing. There is no perfect ways, but if a way that had proven it works. I will stick to it. Apparently most of my vendors that work closely with me, enjoy working with me over the period that I am the bazaar organizer for orchard central.

Secondly, thanks JackL7 for imposing me to post whatever you are posting here. I would love if you use your own identity to post such comment on forum. I would not denied on whatever is being told in this thread as everyone have the freedom of speech and opinion on "Internet".

Thirdly, please do give the current organizer, be it event moment or any other organizer that are organizing bazaar at orchard central a chance and support as it is not easy task to organize a bazaar in Orchard Central. The crowd is pretty bad that's why I lower my rental so my vendors are able to break even and earn some profit after that. When I took over orchard central, a lot of my regular vendors do not wish to attend as the crowd is extremely bad. But after awhile, vendors start coming in and result proven. In order to drive crowds into a shopping mall, we definitely need helps from both management and existing tenants/vendors to work things out.

Lastly, I am going to look into this matter seriously. If JLiew7 still using my identity to post again, I will not hesitate to take any LEGAL ACTIONS against the person. Please do not test my patience.

Thanks all.

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Xaviera,
I did not receive any reply from the organiser on why I had to leave in the middle of the week. If you do know of the answer, maybe you can let me know. I only know that I paid for the entire week and sales had started to increase slowly through the week and out of no where, the organiser say I have to leave immediately on Fri night. I was not the only affected vendor. If my products is not approved in the first place, why let me start in the first place. I paid for extra stocks for this event, paid for transport and suddenly have to leave when the weekend is approaching. Can I actually sue the organiser for lost of income?