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 Posted: 18 August 2010 at 9:07am |
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Dh always gets sucked in by pushy sales people. I usually start humming tunes, it's a real conversation killer and they usually look at DH as if he had better get me home quick!
The hand cream people drive me bonkers. I don't stop, I don't even slow down, I just shake my head and keep walking. I did have one (was with dh who of course stopped) try and grab my hand and force the stuff onto my hand despite me explaining that I can't go experimenting with stuff on my hands.
And my personal opinion on Pixi-photo. Not good, I have never seen a photo of theirs that I have liked and can't get over the prices they charge.
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MissAngel
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Posted: 18 August 2010 at 10:07am |
thats a pixifoto pic. totally happy with
them.
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Alex, Thomas and Lily 
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Posted: 18 August 2010 at 10:16am |
A girl from coffee group got some done of her daughter and they were awful, she spent a small fortune too.
My SIL has had a couple of photos done and again I thought they were awful. They just all look so fake and posed and not very good quality at all. She has quite a few different photos on the wall and the pixiephoto one's stand out, you can pick them straight away.
I got approached at the warehouse a few months ago and when I said no the lady started going on at me and then asked me why I wasn't interested. I was honest and told her I didn't like the quality and would prefer to spend a bit more and go with a professional photographer. It shut her up pretty quick and I was finally left alone.
So yeah, I would prefer to spend a bit more and get a professional to do them.
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Posted: 18 August 2010 at 12:03pm |
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MissAngel that's a gorgy pic of your boy! What a cutie.
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Posted: 18 August 2010 at 5:35pm |
 jazzy wrote:
Nothings for free, lol...I got one done for DS1 & ended up paying about $100
Azhure if you are joining OB then welcome but if you are just adverting your product then best to read the rules as regular posts on here are not allowed to do it. |
Jazzy I don't think she was promoting her product - just giving us some tips...
I quite liked the pixiphoto posted above... maybe it's worth going and seeing what they offer, dunno..
I agree about the handcream people lol!! I just wish that they remembered that they have already approached you 10x. It's the fact there's so many of them and they never remember they've already asked you!! Head down... wide berth...keep walking!!
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Posted: 18 August 2010 at 5:39pm |
nathansmummy wrote:
jazzy wrote:
Nothings for free, lol...I got one done for DS1 & ended up paying about $100
Azhure if you are joining OB then welcome but if you are just adverting your product then best to read the rules as regular posts on here are not allowed to do it. |
Jazzy I don't think she was promoting her product - just giving us some tips...
I quite liked the pixiphoto posted above... maybe it's worth going and seeing what they offer, dunno.. |
funny that a thread that had the last post in march 08 is back & not by a member but by someone who works for them......
ETA...oh & what it looks like to me is that Azhure googled pixi photo & came across this & posted & has not been back to which I made my comment of promoting her product...
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Posted: 18 August 2010 at 5:47pm |
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The photos I had done with them are gorgeous...but that is due to my baby & not there backgrounds or quality. The cost was higher than the standard but I still paid for them as I was happy with them but not happy enough to have them done for my next 2............
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Posted: 18 August 2010 at 5:53pm |
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Alex that's a nice pic, my friends ones were taken at weird angles so kids looked distorted iygwim!
I had the same impression that she was trying to promote the product. I was merely giving my opinion of them with my comment on the last page.
nathansmummy I have worked in sales and imo it is better to respect the customer if you want a sale. Not to hassle them. I do know how rude can people can be though having done telephone surveying though however it is best to remain polite and respectful to them.
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Posted: 18 August 2010 at 6:09pm |
I had a voucher for a free photo with pixifoto. The way they put the hard sell on to buy more I didn't like...but thats business I guess.
The 'free' photo we got has DS reaching for the meat and 2 vegs so it wasn't very good....lol. 
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Posted: 18 August 2010 at 6:14pm |
nathansmummy wrote:
Hey hold on - Azhure is just a newbie... let's not get carried away!! Maybe she has a more respectful approach.
It's hard working in sales especially when you have to meet targets. I don't like pushy salespeople either, but having been in sales I know what it's like on the other side of it too because people can treat you quite rudely... tough job.
Sounds like pixiefotos need some feedback and to improve their service. I was going to go down to Westgate for a pixifoto but now I'm really put off! Sounds as if no one has had a good experience!! |
I haven't joined in the conversation at all but will put my 2c in. To me it looked exactly as it has to the others, that an old thread has been revived surprise surprise by a staff member that is a newbie to the forum with one post count and has never come back to comment further. You said it yourself she is a newbie. I can't remember exactly what people said but I don't remember anyone attacking her personally. I've worked retail, hospitality and call centres so have been on the no end more then once. Its not THAT disheartning unless your mainly commission based. If commission based then thats completely different subject.
I would also hope that azhure is keeping track of this thread and is giving the feedback people have put about the quality of photos etc to the appropriate people.
Your right she could have a more respectful approach but from most peoples experiences people in face to face sales that are selling a product such as the hand creams and pixiephotos are pushy. Knowing quite a few corporate sales people they are a whole different breed and are selling to companies who would have an interest in the product they are selling
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Posted: 18 August 2010 at 6:19pm |
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lol kellie, that is some prime blackmail material for when he is a bit older or for his 21st though
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Posted: 18 August 2010 at 6:45pm |
I always just use Pixi Photo for the "free" photo.
This is the last one i got, which is the best one ive had. It was in fact a free photo because they forgot to charge me. Yes im naughty & didnt say anything lol 
I also hate the way the try make you buy more photos. Im not a push over though so if i dont like them i dont buy them. But yes they are crap for what they try charge.
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Posted: 18 August 2010 at 6:55pm |
Oh that pic is gorgeous Sabrina!
I've had mixed service from Pixi. I've got them done a few times, but the quality isn't that great really. The last time I got them was almost 2 yrs ago of the 3 kids. Because the photographer just keeps the camera on the stand, the angle isn't always good. They had my 3 kids sitting/standing on the white background which was filthy from all the other people that had used it and it showed up in the photos. Some done of just G when she was a baby, her arm is cut off in one if the pics (happened to be my free one).
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Posted: 18 August 2010 at 6:57pm |
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I also don't think that azhure is a "newbie". Very suspicious to join up and post in a very old thread about the place that s/he works at. You'd have to have specifically search out that thread.
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Posted: 18 August 2010 at 6:58pm |
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lol kellie, that is some prime blackmail material for when he is a bit older or for his 21st though |
Hehe that's a good idea!
Sabrina, that is a fantastic photo. I would be very happy to get one that great.
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Posted: 18 August 2010 at 7:25pm |
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Posted: 18 August 2010 at 8:02pm |
The way I found OB was by searching for a review on a Mountain buggy pram & found a post on OB so I joined & asked a question & have been hooked ever since, lol 
MissAngel & Sabrina lovely photos & gorgeous kids 
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Posted: 18 August 2010 at 8:13pm |
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Posted: 18 August 2010 at 11:15pm |
Iv personally never really been happy with Pixie photo , i always find Amelia looks extremly pale in the photos ( she is a very pale redhead child but she always looks sickly , i think its the lighting they use ) also they dont do any touch ups to their photos which for a "proffesional photo " i think is a bit slack . I had one recently taken of her and I together and i looked so old and wrinkly ( crows feet around my eyes , and once again very pale and sickly ) im only 24 and generally look qutie youthful in photos so i dont really think they are good qualty if they look like that and they cant even touch the photos up . I also had a run in with some staff members when they destroyed photos i had partially paid for on accident ( i was paying them off and no where near the time limit- i had about 6 weeks left ) , i wanted my money back but they refused and told me i could only get store credit . since then iv decided not to go back, it also took them over a month to get back to me about that so i made a complaint .
I am a bit soft and ended up spending alot of money on newborn photos of Amelia (over a yr ago ) and some at 6months ( the ones they destroyed) but when i look back at them im not happy with them at all , i see other newborn photos from other photographers and they are soooo much nicer , I have found another photogrepher and am booked in for sept so i am looking forward to some nicer pics . $100 sitting price but all the photo prints are cheap as chips ( like $5 a photo) and she comes to your home and and spends a couple of hours there getting a feel for the child and also in the childs own environment .
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Posted: 19 August 2010 at 8:26am |
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I've never used Pixifoto.
I had nothing against them but after walking past them in The Warehouse yesterday and hearing them sitting around talking and laughing really loudly about their various sexcapades I'm definitely not going to be!
Maybe a bit prudish of me I guess but it was really gross stuff that I heard and I was really glad I didn't have my kids with me at the time.
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