Utopia Talk / Politics / nasty ceo drama

The Children rank	Sat Sep 29 23:17:47 2012 so i just watched shark tank season 4 episode 3. And then there was this bitch from fuzzibunz, who bitch about china stealing her product and how her business is now almost completely sunken to the ground. she ended up with nothing in the show, but i immediately did a search on google and lol and behold, diaper drama like no before. So apparently even though she blamed china on the show, the drama has very little to do with china actually. it turns out she has like dozens of competitors destroying her and she is cant compete. she blames china manufacturing and some hong kong company but it turns out that the hong kong company is run by a non chinese woman. and then it also turns out that there is a particular nasty e-mail that this bitch send to her retailers demanding that they do not support charlie banana, the hong kong company, and she got blasted for it in return. she had to send a second e-mail correcting everything she claimed (or she would have gotten sued hard). here is the email. _______________ It is with a truly heavy heart that I write this email. We have always strived to be a company that operated with high morals, ethics and truly do care about all of our retailers. We don’t attempt to mislead you, we are honest and we (to a fault) expect others to operate the same way in business. We received an email today from one of our retailers about a “new product” that is being launched called “CHARLIE BANANA” which is a very VERY similar product to our One Size Diapers made by a company called “Winc Design” that is based in Hong Kong. I would like to ask you to kindly decline the offer to sell this product….and below I will tell you why. I have never asked this before of any of our retailers and will likely never have to ask it again. Please read on for the explanation. A year and a half ago I was approached by a woman by the name of Gaelle Wizenberg who ran a company called Winc Design. She had “big plans” for FuzziBunz – wanting to achieve “FuzziBunz world domination” as she called it. She wanted to be the exclusive distributor for the product both international and more important to her in the USA! She wanted only the BIG BOX accounts – and did not want to fool with the “little people” as she referred to the other 99.5 of my retailers. My “wahm retailers” were way too small for someone like “her” to deal with so she would “let me keep them” as she put it – whatever – there is strength in numbers, a concept she would never get. She had her eye on the big prize “Target, Walmart, Babies R Us” I allowed her to be the international distributor – although she constantly wanted the USA. And we constantly disagreed as the integrity of the product (NOT being sold in Walmart) was far more important to me than big profits. Ms Wizenberge was not satisfied with our manufacturing (neither were we for that matter) and helped set up the product for manufacturing in China with a very reputable factory there that could handle the quantities we needed. She called herself now our “MANUFACTURER’S AGENT” and would now take 15% of what we produced for all of the ” HELP” that she was giving. As I trusted her – I agreed so we could set up manufacturing and get the quality and quantity that WE needed for all of our accounts. Ms Wizenberg continued to inch her way into the FuzziBunz structure – during this time I (Tereson Dupuy) myself and without any help from her invented the now “One Size Diaper” using the replaceable elastic system that is now PATENT PENDING which we WILL defend once it is granted. Although people close to me told me “do not trust her – do not trust her” I listened and insisted she would never take my ideas and make her own (although honestly I thought the same). I ignored my own instincts and those of others for the sake of not wanting to “assume” anything negative. Again, I see the positive and good in people more so than the bad. I should have listened. But she was a manipulator to the highest degree so I bought into “you can trust me Tereson” mantra. Not soon after we started manufacturing in China we started seeing problems with our PUL delaminating. As our AGENT she should have made good on that. She REFUSED to admit any fault on her part and left us stuck replacing over and over and over again bad PUL – which we continue to do and honor to this day as we DO believe in customer service and making what is wrong right. We decided at that point to go “Factory Direct” using an in house agent to take care of our account there – we have been VERY pleased with that and we eliminated the 15% agent fee and have been able to make our diapers more affordable now for our retailers. We have also worked directly with the factory to fix the PUL problem – something that we (the factory and I) accomplished. Shortly after ABC last year – and due to many factors that I will not go into – suffice it to say “irreconcilable differences” we (I) decided to go our different ways. I had a feeling that she would come out with her own “pocket diaper” brand and try to compete with FuzziBunz – however I did not think she would stoop so low as to copy our One Size design. She is now making a brand IN THE SAME FACTORY that is making FuzziBunz (whole other story) and is using OUR numbered and replaceable elastic system and she is MARKETING THIS TO YOU! as the CHARLIE BANANA brand. You will also see from her a direct knock off of our hanging diaper bags, diaper totes and wipes. The factory is just embroidering her logo on the products instead of mine. Now, to answer your question no I am not happy with the manufacturer and I am dealing with that in my own way. However the best thing that YOU can do to help is to say NO to CHARLIE BANANA! There is already so much competition amongst diaper companies in the states – but at least I can say that we are all somewhat respectful to one another not to clearly just take the product, take the manufacturer, take the pattern, take the know how, take the material sources and slap another logo on it and contact the accounts of that person and try to sell them the same product. I think Ms Wizenberg underestimates the intelligence, ethics and loyalty of our retailers. I really am sorry to have to write and send this email. It is sad that everything that people “assumed” and “expected” about this person has come to fruition and even worse! I don’t want you to do business with this person because she blatantly and with no remorse has stolen from me but moreover because she lies, cheats and will never back up any warranty that you may bring her way. You don’t deserve that. I appreciate you taking the time to read this email. And I would appreciate moreover, your support in this matter. With Kindest Regards, Tereson Dupuy, CEO http://the...ie-banana-vs-fuzzi-bunz-issue/ this dumb bitch is desperate.
The Children rank	Sat Sep 29 23:37:18 2012 she so nasty and desperate, she is lying through her teeth. blaming how china stole her shit and on shark tank she even claimed her sales would go through the roof if her supposed lawsuits are won. but in the email she even admitted she has no patents, only patents pending and she is a small player in the industry.
CrownRoyal rank	Sat Sep 29 23:37:48 2012 That's great. Good stuff. Fuckin A.
The Children rank	Sat Sep 29 23:48:52 2012 now this s what i call PWNED. if you talk the talk, you should take the walk. but as it was clear that she could not back any of the stuff she claimed, she had to retract everything. PWNED. __________________ Despite what I wrote in my e-mail, the truth is: · I was wrong to suggest that Winc Design is simply taking our products, including hanging diapers, diaper bags, diaper totes, or wipes, and simply embroidering its logo on them. · I was wrong to suggest that Winc Design’s products infringe on any of FuzziBunz patent rights or other intellectual property rights. · I was wrong to suggest that Winc Design will not fully honor all of its product warranties. · I was wrong to suggest that Gaelle Wizenberg stole my ideas, manipulated me, cheated me or lied to me, as I have no reason to believe that she has done any of those things. Not surprisingly, my false accusations and statements have hurt Gaelle Wizenberg and Winc Design and I have personally apologized to Gaelle for my actions. She has made it clear to me that she regards such accusations seriously, and, to the extent that she learns that anyone repeats them to anyone, including especially her customers and distributors, she will have no choice but to pursue appropriate legal action to protect herself and her company.
CrownRoyal rank	Sat Sep 29 23:51:45 2012 Terrific
The Children rank	Sat Sep 29 23:54:09 2012 buddha bless china.
CrownRoyal rank	Sun Sep 30 00:03:49 2012 Nice! Fuckin A
Aeros rank	Sun Sep 30 00:14:47 2012 Whats going on in this thread?
CrownRoyal rank	Sun Sep 30 00:15:43 2012 Wonderful.
The Children rank	Sun Sep 30 19:30:36 2012 why is this fking idiot spamming all my threads.
Canadian rank	Mon Oct 01 04:38:09 2012 Excellent.
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