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Originally Posted by Senusret I
Some of our certified vendors have got to be somebody's cousin in the national office. I do try to support the vendors at convention, but there were two in particular that either had shoddy workmanship (and I was SO disappointed in her -- we had bonded the previous year) OR had incorrect or questionable stuff on them. I recall a t-shirt that didn't have the correct number of founders on it.
ETA: APO doesn't seem to have a vendor/licensing policy. I am hoping to arrange something with 3 Sisters Embroidery as I really like their work.
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I may've told this story before:
I was at a leadership conference almost 10 years ago and this Soror had a table. She was selling items at about $10 more than the 'nalia store a block away was selling them. So I told a couple of the people at the table that there was a black owned spot like 5 minutes away. The Soror was understandably annoyed with me and said "I'm a certified vendor, Soror."
Certified vendors are a great idea but that doesn't mean they can overprice.