Community Chat

[Mom2Dogs]

To bad.....I have a lot of baskets .....they were well made and I prefered them over the baskets that the Q sold many years ago.   The parties were popular in my area, a good reason to get together with girl friends but I have not been to a party in many years.

The prices got out of hand in my opinion.

[meallen616]

@beach-mom,

Sorry to read this! I have several of their baskets from neighborhood parties many years ago.  Thanks for the info,

[goldensrbest]

My aunt collected them, i use to go ,with my mom to peterbourgh ,n h , to get their baskets at their outlet,years ago.

[OKPrincess]

I have several Longaberger baskets and been to parties.  Just something else now that’s a thing of the past. 😢 

[debic]

I didn't know they were still in business.   I haven't heard of a party in ages.   I used to have a friend that sold it.   They were well made.

[dex]

I have a couple of the baskets and they do hold up well buy my favourite now are the lock and lock dishwasher safe and microwaveable.I wish they made a few more sizes in those.

[Rockycoast]

Oh wow, sorry to hear this. I attended a couple of my friends home Longaberger parties. Have a few of their baskets. Expensive, but they last forever. I think all home type selling parties are gone by the wayside. Princess House glass items were big in my younger days in our area. A friend was a rep, so I have lots of those items. Are they still in business?

[deeva]

I have a couple of Longaberger baskets but I switched to Peterboro because the were more affordable.

Feel badly for the workers losing their jobs.

[Tuppermore]

I just searched Longaberger.  The website is still up with a flyer that contains their May 2018 specials.  However, there are a number of articles that you can look up that say the company is going out of business.  Very sad.  My daughters, daughter-in-law and I loved Longaberger when the company was booming.  I use the products everyday because I have the dishes and table linens, as well as baskets.  Their products used to be such high quality, but took a real nose dive after Dave Longaberger died.  His daughter just didn't seem to have the necessary skills to run the company.  It is really too bad for the area the company was located in.  It was the main employer.

[pommom]

Sad.  I bought one of the smaller baskets years and used it for mail.  It had a loop attached to the back so one could hang it on a door knob or hook.