There are only THree NPHC sorority

[sigmadiva]

Originally Posted by bluethunder

... it largely boils down to being discredited. It's a respect issue. To a great extent, people still talk about BGLOs as if there are only TWO sororities and and FOUR fraternities. If you aren't a part of whichever group has the most notoriety or the most members, people pretend as if you don't exist or as if your existence has meant very little...not just in the paraphernalia shops,

I think in terms of the random greek store vendor / owner we are mixing apples with oranges. I honestly don't think the vendors really care about discrediting a group per se. I think for them it is really all about numbers. The more members a group may have the more likely that vendor can sell more stuff to that group. For him / her it is just supply and demand - the more demand, the more he will supply.

For our case here in Houston with the Kappa store owner - he should have known better. But he flat out said that he would not do anything to ensure he has current para for us, so we said buh-bye!! And when I talked to him personally and expressed my feelings, he gave me the same attitude, then I told him I'd order my para on-line, he was like . I was like 'yeah, I really don't need your store. I was just trying to support a Black owned business, but since you won't support us, we won't support you.'

but also in the scholarly literature concerning African American organizational history, and on campuses around the country. And it's not because we all aren't doing AMAZING things in our communities just like everybody else...

Now this is another issue. I was talking to this ug and I told her I was a SGRho. She was like, 'oh, is that one of those non-greek greek orgs?' I said no, we are part of the NPHC. I thought her response was kinda sad considering she was pressed to try to join this other NPHC org. She should have done her research about all of the D9 orgs.

Somebody tell me I'm lying: you can have a campus with a chapter of five SGRho's and a chapter of three Omegas; nobody will ever think twice about the size or "strength" on campus of the Ques, but everybody and their mama will talk about "all two of them" SGRhos! (Lawd, I'm venting my undergrad frustrations!)

That's because people would rather believe hype than fact.

[DSTCHAOS]

It depends on the area. Around here, a shop that invests in a lot of SGRho and Iota 'nalia would have that 'nalia there for a verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry long time. A promise to buy more if he invests more isn't enough to most vendors. He can't hold you all to that promise. He can just go by what he knows to be true, especially if there is (what he perceives to be) a relatively small amount of SGRhos who are promising to patron the shop.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

It depends on the area. Around here, a shop that invests in a lot of SGRho and Iota 'nalia would have that 'nalia there for a verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry long time. A promise to buy more if he invests more isn't enough to most vendors. He can't hold you all to that promise. He can just go by what he knows to be true, especially if there is (what he perceives to be) a relatively small amount of SGRhos who are promising to patron the shop.

i hear what you are saying, i think even in the more populous areas of where SGRho is (and i have no data that says where that is lol), we still get the short end of the para stick. it may prove to be somewhat profitable to have a few awesome products in my letters to keep my interest and more likely to buy your stuff. i understand that said vendor may not want to stock too much SGRho para, but at least be consistent. there are TOO many items that i would have liked for myself, but to have it in XYZ in multiple quantities and in my letters in NONE, that's the beef I have.

if anything, perhaps we are better suited to vendors as customer loyalists, being that you are way more likely to find even the most basic items in AKA or DST at 9 out of 10 stores/websites. hell, what if i just wanted to pick up an umbrella or a basic pin? i can't do that. i have to pick and choose who i go to even for the simpler items. forget cute bags and things. i'm just suggesting that if the word on the street is Vendor A ALWAYS has SGRho para, and good stuff at that, business may pick up in that area.

but of course if your concern is bottom dollar, then you go with whoever buys your stuff up.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by tld221

i understand that said vendor may not want to stock too much SGRho para, but at least be consistent. there is TOO many items that i would have liked for myself, but to have it in XYZ in multiple quantities and in my letters in NONE, that's the beef I have.

I agree wholeheartedly.

And you want them to have more than SGRho keychains and license plate covers.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

I agree wholeheartedly.

And you want them to have more than SGRho keychains and license plate covers.

because there are only so many lettered keychains one can have. heck, there are only so many keychains one can have, period. unless youre a teenager and need 50-11 keychains, plus two lanyards and a photo frame.

and yeah. im not driving right now so license plate covers, meh.