@SahmIam wrote:
@Mominohio Thank you for the infor; it's far more than we ever received, beleive me.
Family businesses can be a blessing and a curse; I've seen how it's played out in my own family. Uncle Bob is a nightmare to work with, he messes stuff up, no one likes him, etc; we need to fire him just like we did that other employee for the same reasons. Can't do it. Why? Cause he's Uncle Bob...he's FAMILY. Nightmare.
I'm sure everyone has their version of what went down behind closed doors. It's over and that's that.
As for the pottery: I still don't understand something. A company has the orders to make stuff. Can't keep up with demand so hire more people. Can't. Why? And THAT'S where I think we're all wondering what happened. Were the pottery companies looting their own till? Did they not want to spend the money to get more employees? DId Longaberger want more stuff at cheaper prices?
It's the whole tale of supply and demand and yet, here was demand and MULTIPLE places couldn't come through; why?
Because in my opinion, that's a BIG part of why factory jobs are gone from the US and we need to figure out how to fix that WHY. Perhaps it just came down simple GREED on multiple sides. Who knows.
@SahmIam
I don't know but will put up options for why the huge orders and a pottery didn't/couldn't supply here in the US
Perhaps many of the potteries including that one or those that were supplying Longaberger were aging facilities and the cost of upkeep/purchase/maintaining the equipment or facilities and perhaps coupled with poor management caused them to fail.
Perhaps, because it is hot hard labor, the potteries couldn't get and keep help for what they could/would pay. As we get more technologically advanced and people get more educated, there are fewer and fewer people who will take hot, physical, hard labor type jobs. So maybe the potteries couldn't get or keep the right help to supply large orders or good quality.
Perhaps like Walmart is accused of doing, Longaberger demanded low prices that the potteries couldn't afford to make the product for any longer. The profit margin for them was too small and they literally couldn't afford to make them for the price Longaberger was willing to pay.
And there is always the possibility that Longaberger would say their US supplier(s) couldn't give them the quantity or quality they needed, but really just went overseas for price.
I hope some day, an insider for decades from the company writes a book or does an extensive interview about the rise and fall of the business. I think it would be interesting.
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