How Should I Handle This Situation Involving Reselling Items From TEMU
This weekend I am going to have a vendor booth set up at an outdoor music festival and my mother, who will also be attending, has put me into an awkward situation.
My mother enjoys attending and supporting all of the events that I set up booths at, which is great. However, for this coming up event, she approached me just the other day with this massive haul of items that she bought from Temu... with the intention of me putting them up for sale at my booth.
These items are an array of light up headbands, Bracelets, wands, etc. Which are a great idea for a music festival, sure. But they are all horrible quality and more importantly, NOT HANDMADE BY ME.
For reference, I only sell handmade sewn, crocheted and embroidered items and my booth. So these light up items would totally look out of place (not to mention I would barely even have room for them). Additionally, they're obviously junky items from TEMU, that it would be so apparent to customers and other vendors, and it will most likely even deter people from my booth! (And I wouldn't even blame them).
Its not like I could easily just not put out the items. Because my mother will be attending the whole night and will most likely be hanging out by my booth for a great portion of that time. She already wasted over $100 on these items and is expecting some money back. So if I straight up told her no, she would have a serious problem with me. (I also have already made my stance on re-selling temu items VERY CLEAR to her beforehand when she mentioned the idea of it to me a few months ago).
I just feel so stumped. The event is this weekend and I have $100 worth of landfill-ready junk from temu that is going to absolutely ruin my booth if I put it out. Any advice on how to handle this situation would be MUCH appreciated.