The biggest debate... what are your feelings on selling kandi.?

Kandi_Kerunema 4/11/2012 04:35 pm 5067

I feel that kandi is an art and every artist loves to be rewarded for their hard work... and some backgrounds just can't afford to give away kandi... the materials aren't free.... I'm just saying....

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Halodiablo
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Jan 3, 2013 10:46 am

thanx CellularMango ^.^ but its true, if ur so plur then u'd b able to respect and accept those that sell. might b what u do, but y hate and spread negativity because u dont agree with it. ppl are free to do what they want and when the world at large can accept that then we'll all b alot better off and on the kandi being kandi note; i dont think its kandi if its not rave. im not going to hate on those who make stuff or call ppl out for not raving but i pose a question; if u dont rave but call what u make kandi, what gives u the right to say what is and isnt kandi? regardless if its sold or not. no one put anything less into somthing they sell then somthing they give away, in fact they'll prob put even more into it since its being sold and represnting themselves and their work. just food for thought. much love to all the creative minds of the world and all of u!!!

MirrorEyes
Member

Jan 3, 2013 8:28 am

Cellularmango, well said

bvbangelll
Guest

Dec 28, 2012 4:41 pm

Personally I do not sell kandi but I dont see a problem with it! Its such a simple matter that is turmed into somthing that is wayy to confusing. Eityer you do or you dont sell it. Your choice. I dont think that the really young kandi kids (i have not been to a rave simply because i live in a very small town and my parents dont want me to) that are very new to the scene need to calm down with the plur stuff, and just accept that some people sell and some dont.

CellularMango
Old School Member

Dec 28, 2012 2:58 am

I've tried to stay out of this topic for so long, but it's everywhere and so annoying honestly. It's a thing that won't go away though so-- I was thinking of something before I read the other comments and then I saw that HaloDiablo said what I had in mind: "i do see that the younger folks have a bigger problem with this issue though. most of us older folks have a give and take attitude on the matter (1st gen kandi kids)... if u dont rave but just make kandi, y take such a radical approach to the though of ppl buying kandi lol". I was thinking before I saw that that most of the people who have this terrible-awful opinion of companies and individuals who sell are more often than not way younger leading them to be those who don't rave [not all, though]. I hate to turn it into the whole "raver/non-raver" thing and being younger [because I made kandi/"kandi"/beaded jewelry for four years before I went to an event], but in my eyes it kind of looks like it comes to that nowadays. The older individuals who have participated in the rave culture are way more calm about the whole selling thing than the super-mass of 12-15 year olds who have [in my opinion honestly] seemingly taken over. They take PLUR to an extreme that I wish didn't exist and in that extreme, the attitude of PLUR-ness they believe they're giving is immediately demolished. HaloDiablo was right again in talking about wearing it to school. I mean if you're going to advertise the mess out of it and write "PLUR" everywhere, expect people and companies to be curious and jump on the bandwagon. I mean, didn't we all jump onto the kandi band wagon in one way or another? I don't know. It's such a simple matter that it's complicated as heck. A personal thought from a blog post I did the other day that may or may not tickle the fancies of people: "People need to stop caring that people sell. It’s not a shame. It’s life and business. People need to grow up and get over it. You don’t buy kandi. You buy jewelry. You don’t trade jewelry. You trade kandi."

heyyaMomo
Member

Dec 27, 2012 10:07 pm

I sell larger pieces (cuffs, 3D's, pendants) that some people may not know how to make. I don't sell tradeable singles, because it takes the meaning out of trading singles.. No one in my scene knows how to make much of anything, so when I find someone I can trade a cuff with, I know it's home made, and mine are the same way. I don't make stuff just so lazy 'Bro Ravers' can give it away (there are quite a few college bro ravers who are just in it for the drugs and alcohol and how many types of drugs they can take and survive.. they anger me a lot, they're the reason why so many things get shut down around here). I make items that are meant to be treasured and loved and never to be lost or given away.

ChazSpazzed
Member

Aug 16, 2012 8:31 pm

At the end of the day, no one can stop you from selling kandi. Kandi kids migt give you a bunch of shit, and call you a poser, but they cant stop you. But, there is altenatives to selling kandi. Like buying charms and chain bracelets and make and sell charm bracelets.

Kittygoesrawr
Guest

Aug 16, 2012 7:00 pm

I sell mine to my friends, but I respect those who think it isn't right. It's not a cheap hobby, and I don't want to spend all my money on Kandi and not get any back.

BlueCherryPlur
Guest

Aug 16, 2012 2:04 pm

I personally feel as though in my heart, selling Kandi isn't right, but I'm fine with it. Like, things such as bags, purses, super complicated things, those are what I would sell. But when it comes to regular bracelets and such, then I'm not calling them Kandi when they're being sold. More of a bead bracelet.

TheWindexKid
Member

Jul 26, 2012 10:28 am

I'm perfectly ok with selling stuff, in fact I have my own only store, however I do not call it kandi. Kandi has a deeper meaning than just selling bracelets so I'd feel wrong if i called it kandi. SO I just call them beaded bracelet or what have you. I sell because I need money like no ones business, not for supplies or anything like that, I have bills and I don't get paid enough to support myself. So for me it's a source of income.