Getting annoyed by Hyena Cart

MomInFlux · 11-29-2005, 04:50 PM

I used to really enjoy Hyena Cart, but lately, the stocking calendar has just gotten so cluttered and annoying. I enjoy all the new stores, but do they have to stock Every Single Day? Especially when there's nothing new to stock? Am I the only one bothered by this?

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CadenJames062503 · 11-29-2005, 05:09 PM

I have noticed how cluttered it is lately! For some of us though it is easier to stock when we can. So that is why we might be there so many times! As soon as we stock a item even if it is just one item that is immediately available it puts us on the calendar!

meritodd1221 · 11-29-2005, 05:12 PM

I'm guilty of changing the dates on an item to get our store listed more than one day. There's just so many stores now that I didn't want to get lost in the mix. I didn't realize this was annoying to people.

coco4cloth · 11-29-2005, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by meritodd1221

I'm guilty of changing the dates on an item to get our store listed more than one day. There's just so many stores now that I didn't want to get lost in the mix. I didn't realize this was annoying to people.

Doesn't bother me. I know how hard it is for wahms these days!

meritodd1221 · 11-29-2005, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by coco4cloth

Doesn't bother me. I know how hard it is for wahms these days!

Thanks, I appreciate that!

Sophiasmomma · 11-29-2005, 06:30 PM

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I'm guilty of changing the dates on an item to get our store listed more than one day. There's just so many stores now that I didn't want to get lost in the mix. I didn't realize this was annoying to people.

HUGS Mama I like looking everyday even if its just one new thing at a store

witchbaby · 11-29-2005, 07:42 PM

i like it! i love clicking through all sorts of stores and finding things to fall in love with i never would have looked at before!

mom to 3 boys · 11-29-2005, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by MomInFlux

I used to really enjoy Hyena Cart, but lately, the stocking calendar has just gotten so cluttered and annoying. I enjoy all the new stores, but do they have to stock Every Single Day? Especially when there's nothing new to stock? Am I the only one bothered by this?

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I COMPLETELY agree.

I know it is cheaper and easier for WAHM's, but man.. it is almost a turn off to go there and see soooooooo many of the same thing...

punko5 · 11-30-2005, 08:36 AM

sorry you feel that way. I'm not guilty of it, but I give WAHMs a huge pass on things... honestly, I am sure most are not making even minimum wage and whatever strategy they use to get some sales is fine with me. I know for one that I have probably pinned/fairied or gifted at least as much as I have sold and I am sure most wahm's are the same.
Being a wahm is often time consuming/and frustrating... and then to go to wal-mart and see machine made things for soooo cheap.. it makes one wonder.. why even bother being a wahm??....
so let's let them slide.... yk?

Butterflymom · 11-30-2005, 02:17 PM

I agree with punko.... but, I guess I am one that has just stopped checking out Hyenacart altogether because it's so saturated.

If the stocking calendar was pared down to just true, once every whatever-number-of-weeks stockings, then the stocking calendar would be less overwhelming and I'd check it out and shop.

Spark · 11-30-2005, 03:31 PM

I guess I didn't realize that this was happening. But, it sure does explain why the days got SO FULL. As a customer, I'll often go to a store that is supposed to stock and if I don't see anything new, I was just figuring that they didn't fulfill their commitment to stock on that day.

I'm thinking that listing a store without actually stocking a single thing is ultimately more hurtful for the WAHM community at HC. What happens when you ACTUALLY do stock a store full but shoppers get tired of clicking and clicking through stores they've already visited with the same stock at the same prices? Then, you have to pretend stock again later just compounding the problem.

At the same time HC customers getting overwhelmed and confused trying to figure out who is actually stocking something new. Sure some don't, but I think we have to acknowledge that if Brenda and Angelica were brave enough to admit in a public forum that they're put off by the empty stockings... there must be many many others that feel the same, but just not willing to put up with the potential of being flamed.

Yes, WalMart makes things cheap, but they really don't listen to their customers as lovingly as WAHMs do. That's one reason I choose WAHMs over WalMart!

Boobiemama · 11-30-2005, 05:02 PM

I am a bit annoyed if a shop shows up on the calender and there is nothing new. BUT maybe the wahms who are on there often are like me and only have time to stock a couple things at a time. I would save things up and do a weekly stocking, but sitting and posting many items at once is time consuming and a bit of a chore when you have 3 kids interrupting you.
If it annoys you so much, dont look.

MomInFlux · 11-30-2005, 05:11 PM

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If it annoys you so much, dont look.

Yup - that's what I'm doing more and more, and that's too bad, because I really love to support WAHMs. I am a WOHM and I don't have a lot of time in my day to go through every single store to see if something is new. I also love how supportive MDC is of its WAHMs, but it's really tedious to never be able to post anything slightly critical for fear of "offending" the WAHM community.

Claire - I think you described it really well. And

- do you look great or what?! I wish I looked so good in late pregnancy

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punko5 · 11-30-2005, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MomInFlux

Yup - that's what I'm doing more and more, and that's too bad, because I really love to support WAHMs. I am a WOHM and I don't have a lot of time in my day to go through every single store to see if something is new. I also love how supportive MDC is of its WAHMs, but it's really tedious to never be able to post anything slightly critical for fear of "offending" the WAHM

ouch.

Jecca · 11-30-2005, 06:34 PM

I don't post much these days......
I love hyena cart and I love the stocking calender, but I too get frustrated to see that a wham has posted and there is nothing new or just one thing and I know how it is to sell things and it's hard to have the time to put stuff up but atleast more then one item would be nice, i also think it would be nice and not sure if it's possible to have the time listed on the calender because i might not even worry about it until the time or not look at all if I'm not going to be around and things go fats know what i mean?
but it is frustrating to be like wow so and so's gonna stock and then they don't have anything new,
though I have to say hyena cart has made things allot easier for me to shop.

there are many many good points!

meritodd1221 · 11-30-2005, 06:44 PM

wow -- didn't think this was such a heated issue. For some WAHM's, the hyenacart calendar is their ONLY means of advertising, especially if they are just starting out.

But, point taken, I guess.

meritodd1221 · 11-30-2005, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Spark

I guess I didn't realize that this was happening. But, it sure does explain why the days got SO FULL. As a customer, I'll often go to a store that is supposed to stock and if I don't see anything new, I was just figuring that they didn't fulfill their commitment to stock on that day.

I'm thinking that listing a store without actually stocking a single thing is ultimately more hurtful for the WAHM community at HC. What happens when you ACTUALLY do stock a store full but shoppers get tired of clicking and clicking through stores they've already visited with the same stock at the same prices? Then, you have to pretend stock again later just compounding the problem.

At the same time HC customers getting overwhelmed and confused trying to figure out who is actually stocking something new. Sure some don't, but I think we have to acknowledge that if Brenda and Angelica were brave enough to admit in a public forum that they're put off by the empty stockings... there must be many many others that feel the same, but just not willing to put up with the potential of being flamed.

Yes, WalMart makes things cheap, but they really don't listen to their customers as lovingly as WAHMs do. That's one reason I choose WAHMs over WalMart!

Just out of curiosity, how low do customers expect WAHM's to "reduce" their prices on instock that doesn't sell? Prices already don't pay the WAHM much per hour, if you look at it that way. Add in the really high quality yarn that some WAHM's use... and we can only afford to reduce so much.

I understand not liking cluttered stores, or stores full of things that have been there a while, but if they don't sell, what are the WAHM's supposed to do?

Maybe silly questions, but we are just starting out, and I guess I'd like to better understand what customers are expecting.

BCmamaof6 · 11-30-2005, 06:56 PM

I think you mamas have made a good point.

I just stocked for the first time last week & am not planning to stock again for at least a week (depending on when my next batch is done, photographed, uploaded, resized & I have time after the little ones are in bed to list them! LOL!)

I had also noticed lately that the same stores are stocking on several days (in a row, some of them).
Now I know why...and more importantly that it is annoying to stalkers...point taken here...I'll be sure not to do that.

I'm sure other WAHMs will appreciate knowing also. WAHMs don't want to offend the shoppers that keep them in business, right?

meritodd1221 · 11-30-2005, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by BCmamaof5

I think you mamas have made a good point.

I just stocked for the first time last week & am not planning to stock again for at least a week (depending on when my next batch is done, photographed, uploaded, resized & I have time after the little ones are in bed to list them! LOL!)

I had also noticed lately that the same stores are stocking on several days (in a row, some of them).
Now I know why...and more importantly that it is annoying to stalkers...point taken here...I'll be sure not to do that.

I'm sure other WAHMs will appreciate knowing also. WAHMs don't want to offend the shoppers that keep them in business, right?

totally right that we don't want to offend or annoy our customers. I for one didn't realize that it was annoying to people, and will be sure not to get the store listed on the calendar unless there are new things available that day. Just didn't realize it bothered people.

**Jilian** · 11-30-2005, 08:32 PM

It doesn't bother me. I have a lot of respect for WAHM's and get excited when I see a lot of stocking going on at HC. I worked at home for about 6 mos (secretarial position) and know how hard it is. I don't know how you mamas do it!