Marshall's #1 - We had dinner in Ocean City, and since we were right there, we popped into Marshall's to see if I could find any RD goodies. I scoured the store and found nothing!! I asked one of the workers if she knew if there was any in the store (and she kind of/ not really knew what was talking about) and said there wasn't. So, I kept browsing, and remembered that I wanted to pick up a new food bowl for Jaxson. Well look what I found in the pet section!!!
So, once up to the counter, I'm all giddy by now, and I ask the clerk (as I put my canister on the counter) if she knows if there is any more Rae Dunn in the store. She said (and I quote), "No, that stuff goes out of here as fast as it comes in. There are a couple of girls who leave their numbers and we call them as soon as we get anything new in." Whatttttt??????? She also went further and said " they buy it all up and resell it on Ebay for a fortune" Whatttttt???????? (I've since looked some of the items up and the canisters are priced in the hundreds of dollars!!!) By now, I'm pretty aggravated, because while I had heard this was being done, to hear a clerk say it, just made me so mad/frustrated!!!!
I later kicked myself for not getting the STAY canister, because I saw it on IG a few days later in someone's kitchen used without the lid as a vase full greenery!!! Duh....STAY....Stay awhile.....OMG....I'm just so not with it!! All I could think of was "hey dog...stay"!! :O( I don't even want to talk about it!:O( And, not to mention, how, I couldn't use it so I didn't buy it just to mark up the price and resell it!!!!
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I was actually looking for some holiday RD for Valentine's Day, but no luck yet!! I do like the MR. mug and usually make Peter's coffee in it, so he has a cute mug too!! :O)
Home Goods - my last chance that day was Home Goods. I headed straight to the dishes section and went all up and down the isles. Finally, I just plain out asked a clerk if they had any Rae Dunn, and she pretty much laughed at me! She said they had had TONS of the holiday stuff but it was gone almost before it could be put on the shelves....well surprise, surprise!! :O( She told me to check out the check-out isle on the mug racks. Yea, like there would be a surplus there....LOL...it's really not funny! Nothing...nada....zilch....struck out completely!! :O(
Seriously though, all I wanted from the store was one stinkin' holiday mug....but Noooooo!!
I ended up getting one Valentine's Day item from another IG girl selling at cost (plus shipping). Well good for her!!! <3 Thanks again @thelittlegreenbean
I'm not a big collector, but I do love an occasional cute mug and at least one holiday item.
At this rate though, my collection will stay very small. I was lucky though that Wanda just happened to be shopping there the week the Spring stuff had been put out and snagged me a bunny mug then later gave me a set of plates for my birthday!!! Yaaa!!!!
So, be on the lookout for these highly sought after pieces of clay.....
they'll either have the old MAGENTA markings on them
or the newer RAE DUNN stamp....
and if you find them.....
you might want to grab a few (but leave one or two for me please!!!! :O)
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Hey! I have quite a few mugs (right now the QUEEN and MOM) and a carrot dish. email me: Brandiwilliford0814@gmail.com
This Rae Dunn craze has left many HomeGoods, TJMaxx and Marshalls associates at their wits end. People are stalking the stores, creating scenes, accusing sales associates of hiding items from the customers --- on and on. It's a NIGHTMARE. As an employee of one of the above mentioned stores I for one am sick of these hoards of women and their uninvited accusations and comments to us as employees. They ARE reselling it at a huge markup and they are liars ---- don't buy it and perhaps it will once again become available to the HONEST people who actually collect this line
Anonymously yours.....a fed up sales associate to the awful people
Amen! It frustrates me as I have just purchased my 1 & only Rae Dunn bowl but the Tj Max workers roll there eyes THANKS TO THE CRAZY WOMEN THAT BUY IT ALL! Shame on you for other people wanting a small collection as they like it! Here is one for you GET A JOB THE WORKING PEOPLE CANT BUY ANY DUE TO YOU GREEDY PEOPLE"nicest word I can come up with"!!!!!!!
Thank you for sharing your story I loved it & hope to maybe find some pieces myself soon
I'm an actual collector for myself only lol.. I can't stand hearing this about psycho resellers.., let us who can't afford quadruple the price a chance at buying. Ugh.
To the Employees of the above mentioned stores. The reason employees are being accused of this is because they are keeping it all for them selves. I personally have seen a video from a friend of an employees pretending to be off work with a cart while another employees brings her out the Rae Dunn. She then goes while on her break and purchases the items. This is not fair!! Not one bit!!!!!!!
I am an employee of one of the stores and can tell you its gotten crazy!! Customers grilling us constantly and even accusing us of hiding it! This just isn't true. The company only lets employee's purchase off the clock. Rae Dunn is an excluded iteam for hold and must be put on the shelf and employee's can only purchase during OPEN business hours. We get hard core crazy RD people that freak out if an employee buys an iteam. We have had to break up screaming matches between customers fighting over RD. Its just super super competitive and any reason people can find to up their odds. They will take and do whatever it takes.
Yes, it is insane. Employees are not allowed to purchase RD on the clock anymore. The customers who stalk will also leave bad surveys because they can't get their hands on the items when they go in. One lady has her friend go in the morning to stalk the store then the other lady will go in the evening. Most people stalking aren't collectors they are re-sellers. Hopefully the craze dies down soon so real collectors can get their hands on some.
Right now it’s out off control with Rae Dunn . There will be a possibility that they are going to stop selling this merchandise in some of Tjmaxx stores cause of the chaos Rae Dunn ladies come to stalk the associates all morning long . Hope it passes so the employees can be able to do there job . And they won’t be harrass
It's very sad that these RD 'shelf clearers' call the corporate offices on a regular basis, making false accusations leveled at employees because they cannot find a piece of pottery to purchase and/or resell. It is the customers themselves who are the problem, NOT the store employees. In their frenzy to buy this stuff, they become rude, angry, and accusatory. They stare in the windows of the stockroom, sometimes waiting around for hours, trying to get a glimpse of any RD being processed and ready to be put on the floor. They follow the employees around the store as they are putting out merchandise, even pull boxes open to see what's inside while the employees are trying to do their job . It's a terribly nerve-wracking thing for store employees to have these stalker-like customers watching their every move. Awful.
As far as employees purchasing the items, when they are off the clock, they have just as much right to shop for what they want as any other paying customer does.
Hopefully this pottery will become unpopular and the insanity will subside. It's very sad that people get so worked up and nasty over a bunch of pottery.
I work for one of the Maxx Group stores. The number of requests from women about RD became so intense and sometimes ruthless. This came to extent that it caused interference to processing trucks and effectiveness of the merchandisers, so much that the company had to develop a protocal to handle them. You are by far not the only one to ask and that is why you get a sour response from associates. After being asked 10- 20 times during a 4 hour period, disrupted from the task at hand, getting behind in the work that is expected of you, you begin to really really hate the product. And we talk about you... we know that some customers don't ask just one associate, but disbelieve one person and ask several. Even had two women compete with flirting and dress sexy to try to get preference. Several coerced young employees to get a direct line to the receiving department and that Department Manager name. Once it got to the point that he was getting 5 calls in a half hour ... the list of things that people have done is just too much. Sorry. But your addiction gets you bundled with a group of people that act absolutely ridiculous about these objects and it is beyond Annoying to some people.
I just have to say, I took my FIRST EVER Dunn searching trip on a Friday afternoon not expecting to find a thing just last week. I have several pieces but have never shopped in store for items myself. It was SCARY! And intimidating! I was so excited to see it live and in person for myself and I got all the things I was wanting and there were SO MANY rude comments from other customers in the store, not even shopping for it and so many more mean looks and eye rolls from employees! They were sitting things out while I was there so I was shopping around and coming back around to see if they put anything new out and the employees kept starring. I found that quite odd since I was staying out of the way and not bothering anyone. I never asked any questions and I got what I wanted and left what I didn’t. It’s sad that someone who genuinely wants to shop for the items gets you treated like you’re one of the bad ones.. and it was my FIRST trip!! So, yes, based on that experience I can understand why some genuine customers are calling in with complaints. You’re there for the customer, no matter how annoying they may be and you shouldn’t treat anyone any different based on what they’re shopping for, especially if they’re not acting like the crazy people.
It was published on social media today the assistant manager at a Marshalls in my area husband is selling a Chirp birdhouse for $ 225.00. That is not right. I could care less about a birdhouse, but nobody can find anything here in this area. I just want to collect because is makes me happy, not to up sell or clear a shelf. I am not sure what I would do if I ever saw a shelf full of items.
As a fellow marmaxx employee we really really hate rae dunn. While yes I am sure there are dishonest employees. Please do not group us all as bad. If you knew half of what we have to put up with because of this cheap pottery. I try my hardest to get it sold and out the door just so the wicked witches will leave. Alot of Rae dunn collectors forgot how to act like an adult!
No, as an employee at a store, we DO NOT hide Rae Dunn. We are not allowed to shop on clock. The only people who care about Rae Dunn are housewives and their husbands whose balls have dropped off. We literally have to have meetings about how to deal with you people. My manager can hardly keep a straight face talking about you, and that's when he's telling us not to roll our eyes when you come barreling in at full sprint at 9:30AM
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