Longaberger Out of Business - Page 4

tipsy · ‎03-11-2010

Sitting here in my kitchen I count 35 Longaberger baskets, & I'm having my coffee out of the pedestal mug & eating my yogurt from the bowl with the fruit on it. (It has mugs & luncheon plates to match). I have tons more baskets, pottery & wrought iron. My neighbor was a consultant & I would spend $150 & then get the most expensive item for half price. I did that for years, & would buy tons of items for gifts as well. It was an addiction, but everything is such great quality & very useful. The pottery baking pieces never crack, craze or chip. I also have some Peterboro baskets, which are much more affordable, but they in no way compare to the quality of Longaberger.

nana59 · ‎05-12-2012

i have many of their halloween-themed baskets....

Spurt · ‎03-20-2010

The companies that sell their wares by having "parties" never seem to last long...........kitchen, jewelry, candles....now baskets....

You feel obligated to buy something for the first party you are asked to attend....thereafter you find excuses not to go to anymore parties....at least that was the way it worked among my co-workers who had friends that sold these various lines.....

BTW what happened to that jewelry line that was briefly on QVC that had been sold at these parties.....and didnt last long and disappeared....Does anyone recall the name of the jewelry?

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puttypiesmom · ‎10-11-2017

This is sad, I hadn't yet had a chance to purchase one! There is no one who can take over the business? Such a beautifully made commodity and no one is stepping up?? What's going on??

CareBears · ‎08-30-2015

Sorry to hear this I used to own a couple of their baskets, but have not attended a party or even seen a catalog in years, but still sorry to hear the news!

blackhole99 · ‎08-22-2013

I owned several of their baskets and purses, even though they were well made they were novelty items and not a good investment IMO. I sold a few on ebay for a loss of course and the rest I use in my home. I know a woman who bought the baskets as an investment, she spent thousands of dollars on them and now is stuck with them.

songbird · ‎03-21-2010

Since I had to google this and had no idea what anyone was talking about.....I've decided even if I knew, I wouldn't buy baskets. I must live with my head in the sand. I had no idea why people bought baskets. There are so many other containers. It's odd. Walking in to a store that only sold baskets. Was that the reason they went out of business?

Shawnie · ‎03-10-2010

@songbird wrote:
Since I had to google this and had no idea what anyone was talking about.....I've decided even if I knew, I wouldn't buy baskets. I must live with my head in the sand. I had no idea why people bought baskets. There are so many other containers. It's odd. Walking in to a store that only sold baskets. Was that the reason they went out of business?

Actually at the time it wasn't odd. Just one in a long line of home parties--going back to Tupperware, a stainless cookware line whose name I do not recall, Avon, Merle Norman, a couple of clothing lines, Pampered Chef, jewelry lines and probably many more. Before the internet shopping era had taken firm root. I still buy Tupperware, but from their website. I only have maybe 15 Longaberger baskets now. At one time I had more, but I downsized. In the eighties and early nineties the home parties were big around here, and a relative was in the biz. Remember this was really a decorative item and This was before the sleek lines of what many call mid century modern, or industrial sheik. Parties were fun, and there was always good food! Probably hasn't been a party around her in 20 years.

CatsyCline · ‎07-24-2013

@songbird Decorating your home with baskets was huge in the 70s thru 80s maybe even into the 90s. The Country Living look promoted baskets hanging cheek by jowl from the half timber exposed beams in the kitchen. Dried herbs and flowers draped here and there for accent. Rustic pine cabinetry and plaid wallpaper, duck and swan plaques and pierced tin light fixtures completed the decor.

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

@missy1 wrote:

What are they going to do with their headquarters?

@missy1 That hasn't been their headquarters for quite a while. They moved out of it and consolidated everyone elsewhere (can't now remember if it was Dresden or Frazeyberg; that bldg. is outside of Newark, Ohio). It was on the market for sale for a very long time, and then was finally bought three years ago (according to an article I just found by Googling. ) From the article: "The structure and its surrounding 21 acres were purchased by developer Coon Restoration for a mere $1.2 million (its original price tag was $7.5 million) in addition to the payment of Longaberger’s back taxes on the building, in excess of $800,000."

By the way, I actually had to once to go a business meeting in that building (many of us came to that area from out of town). It was still owned by Longaberger then although the meeting I went to didn't have anything to do with that company. For some reason, this business meeting was held in the downstairs auditorium of that bulding which, on the inside of the building, looked exactly like any regular office building! From the outside, however, wowza! I've read that it had caused some accidents on the highway that goes by it, with people gaping at the building and taking their eyes off the road. Anyway, my meeting there was very interesting.

Link to the article (if the mods let it stay up)

https://www.curbed.com/2018/1/8/16862310/ohio-basket-building-sold-longaberger