# I Pit the Pampered Chef Party I went to **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 9, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451 "2007-02-09T03:35:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/141 "2007-02-09T21:03:50Z")
[QUOTE=lorene] I’ve never done Pampered Chef (and the word ‘pampered’ is just _priceless_ in light of the OP’s attitude!), but my impression is that you place an order, give a check, and then wait for your goods to come in. Not that the party rep has everything right there. Wouldn’t that be an awful lot of stuff to carry? Anyhow, maybe the OP figured that it didn’t _really_ matter because she didn’t have the actual stuff. **NOT** that I am saying I agree with that—I don’t! But perhaps she didn’t realize that her order and payment was binding?? As for how stores recoup for bad checks—if you don’t pay up, around here, they can press charges for larceny by check. [/QUOTE] I’m sure she would appreciate the benefit of the doubt…but her OP says that she received the stuff over the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/142 "2007-02-09T21:05:44Z")
[QUOTE=Sarahfeena] I’m sure she would appreciate the benefit of the doubt…but her OP says that she received the stuff over the weekend. [/QUOTE] Duh. I did see that, and lost that fact while reading through 3 pages of accusations, ebaying, tea in China, and bank procedure.. Carry on. Please don’t pit me. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/143 "2007-02-09T21:11:37Z")
[QUOTE=lorene] Duh. I did see that, and lost that fact while reading through 3 pages of accusations, ebaying, tea in China, and bank procedure.. Carry on. Please don’t pit me. [/QUOTE] I can’t say I blame you…I was involved with some of that, myself. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/144 "2007-02-09T21:15:19Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] Kiting is when you write a check you know you don’t have the funds to cover, but will by the time it’s presented to your bank. I never did it at the grocery store when I was younger, on the day before payday. It’s illegal, but usually only prosecuted in cases where there is a lot of money involved. [/QUOTE] Ok. thanks. Ok, thanks. Heh. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/146 "2007-02-09T21:29:59Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] OK, since we have everyone’s attention here and the OP has been sufficiently ostricized. Why don’t banks release _whatever_ funds are available in situations like this? e.g.; if the OP had $187 in her account, then why not pay the check casher $187 NOW and then have the OP owe the balance of $13 plus the bouncing fees? [/QUOTE] Mine does. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/147 "2007-02-09T21:31:56Z")
[QUOTE=Driven Slush] am sincerely baffled about this and bummed out too, I was really enjoying SD and was ready to join. Now what? [/QUOTE] Email **TubaDiva** at tubadiva AT aol DOT com. Chances are they had a good reason for believing you were what they call a “sock puppet”; a member who registers a second account for some nefarious purpose–such as flaming another member without repercussions. Maybe you did this, maybe you didn’t–I’m not in a position to judge. The rule here is one account per person. If this is not the case, you’ll need to contact an administrator such as **Tuba** to straighten things out. Registering a new account, as you have done, is not the way to fix it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/148 "2007-02-09T21:33:30Z")
[QUOTE=Driven Slush] I don’t understand. I’ve been a guest here for a couple weeks, was getting set to join as a paying member and BOOM, suddenly I notice I’ve been banned. Now I had to get a whole new login just to ask this question. [/QUOTE] You could’ve emailed a Mod/Admin to ask the question (be sure you put SDMB in the subject line); now you’re a sock, which _is_ a bannable offense. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/149 "2007-02-09T21:59:06Z")
[QUOTE=catsix] Do you have any actual experience yourself to speak of, or is everything about someone you know and how you’re an expert on the subject because you happen to know someone who does whatever the thread is about? [/quote] Well, I actually worked in both stores I mentioned, if that counts, and I helped my aunt balance the books on occasion. I never claimed to be an expert. I made a statement of what I had seen while working in these places. Based on the (non-nasty) responses that I got, it seems that in both instances, it must have been my aunts who failed to pursue it. ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/150 "2007-02-09T21:59:45Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] Yabbut, now we can turn this thread into a pitting of Pampered Chef parties like I was hoping it would be when I first clicked on the OP. [/QUOTE] Me too!! My three sisters have had them and my friends have had them. I’ve been to Christmas Crap parties, rubber stamp parties, candle parties, chef crap parties, dried flower parties, country crap parties, makeup parties and even a stencil party. I got so fed up with looking at a bunch of overpriced stuff and trying to find the cheapest thing I could find that I’d throw in the closet that I refuse to go to another one. They’re stupid. If you need money that bad, I’d rather hand the person $30 and stay home. ---
**Author:** ![Tabula\_Rasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@Tabula\_Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabula_Rasa)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/151 "2007-02-09T22:07:03Z")
[QUOTE=Caridwen] Me too!! My three sisters have had them and my friends have had them. I’ve been to Christmas Crap parties, rubber stamp parties, candle parties, chef crap parties, dried flower parties, country crap parties, makeup parties and even a stencil party. I got so fed up with looking at a bunch of overpriced stuff and trying to find the cheapest thing I could find that I’d throw in the closet that I refuse to go to another one. They’re stupid. If you need money that bad, I’d rather hand the person $30 and stay home. [/QUOTE] Whoa! The (S)Crapbooking people in your town have been remiss. How can you count yourself as a Charmingly Sentimental Woman of the New Millennium if you have not yet donned pantyhose on a Saturday to ooh and ahh while watching somebody’s cousin demonstrate how to cut a square shape out of a rectangular piece of paper? ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/152 "2007-02-09T22:55:42Z")
[QUOTE=Tabula Rasa] Whoa! The (S)Crapbooking people in your town have been remiss. How can you count yourself as a Charmingly Sentimental Woman of the New Millennium if you have not yet donned pantyhose on a Saturday to ooh and ahh while watching somebody’s cousin demonstrate how to cut a square shape out of a rectangular piece of paper? [/QUOTE] With scalloped scissors…the whole scalloped scissor set is only $64.99 - quite the bargain for as many scalloped designs as you get. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/153 "2007-02-09T23:06:01Z")
[QUOTE=Tabula Rasa] Whoa! The (S)Crapbooking people in your town have been remiss. How can you count yourself as a Charmingly Sentimental Woman of the New Millennium if you have not yet donned pantyhose on a Saturday to ooh and ahh while watching somebody’s cousin demonstrate how to cut a square shape out of a rectangular piece of paper? [/QUOTE] That’s just…poetry. Sheer poetry. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/154 "2007-02-09T23:13:35Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Before I weigh in here, I feel like I need to check first: Is _this_ pile-on okay to join? 😉 [/QUOTE] If you have something different to say than what everyone else has said, yes. Did you forget that part of the thread you’re referencing? I was the first to tell her to return her stolen loot. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/155 "2007-02-09T23:46:16Z")
I refuse to go to all parties of that ilk. Once you make that decision, it’s much easier to refuse because you have set a precedent, no one can have hurt feelings for you refusing _them._ Of course you will be scorned as an anti social tightwad, and they’ll burn your effigy with their damn yankee candles, (honey melon scent,) but you won’t come home filled with cheap taco dip and regret for feeling the obligation to buy friendship in the guise of some ink and a cute little precious moments cat rubber stamp. I am much more of a poker party type chick myself. I buy my friends with beer. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/156 "2007-02-09T23:49:36Z")
[QUOTE=Maus Magill] I’ve seen them at the afore mentioned Sur La Table. I also found one at [chefsresourse.com](http://www.chefsresource.com/kitchenart-adjust-a-cup.html). [Frankenstein’s Monster]Wondercup good![/FM] [/QUOTE] If you are going to recommend the Wondercup, than at least give your hard-earned rubles to the SDMB’s favorite celebrity chef: [Alton Brown](http://catalog.fullpond.com/altonbrown/productdetail.aspx?CatalogName=General&CategoryName=All+Merchandise&ProductID=ABRN+AB1001). I own these. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/157 "2007-02-09T23:50:56Z")
Yankee Candles have multi-level marketing? I thought they sold all of their stuff in their stores (and occasionally Bed, Bath & Beyond and Costco). Party-Lites I’ve heard of… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/158 "2007-02-09T23:56:10Z")
I got some Party-Lites melts (cheapest thing at the stupid party, natch) - they stink, and they last forever. I wasn’t aware that I was buying a lifetime supply when I got two cheap(ish) little boxes. I too have declared a moratorium on people-selling-me-stuff parties. I would also much prefer a poker party. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/159 "2007-02-10T00:01:13Z")
[QUOTE=catsix] I worked at a mom-and-pop place while in high school that didn’t have tele-chek or anything like that, and so when someone became known to us as having written us a couple of bad checks, their picture was up behind the register where the cashier could see it, with a note that said 'Don’t take any checks from: ’ and their name. [/QUOTE] Aaahhh, I see. I never saw pictures of anyone, just lists of names. Thanks. Okay, **Maeglin** , I appologize. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/160 "2007-02-10T00:06:18Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] Yankee Candles have multi-level marketing? I thought they sold all of their stuff in their stores (and occasionally Bed, Bath & Beyond and Costco). Party-Lites I’ve heard of… [/QUOTE] Honey, I have no clue, I was taking literary license. Just like I would not guarantee that honey melon scent is an actual flavor. A friend of mine had the sex party, I was tempted to go, but a bunch of middle aged women fondling 15’ nubbed dildoes does nothing for me. Plus, I am a incorrigible pervert, and I don’t need to shock everyone’s sensibilities. Now if they had a couple of cute guys modeling, demonstrating… ---
**Author:** ![Tabula\_Rasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@Tabula\_Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabula_Rasa)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451/161 "2007-02-10T00:08:53Z")
[QUOTE=dahfisheroo] Now if they had a couple of cute guys modeling, demonstrating… [/QUOTE] …scrapbooking. :: Dreamy!:: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-pampered-chef-party-i-went-to/391451.md?page=9)