Totally in love with my new fringe bag from Asabea Ayisi. Kudos.
I must say that I really love the matching handbag and slippers the Mrs got. Will definitely recommend this brand to others
Thanks a million Asabea Ayisi.
The Asabea Ayisi brand produces quality bags, necklaces, purses, capes, slippers, brooches etc. We also organize training workshops for emerging designers
I WON’T RECOMMEND THE ASABEA AYISI BRAND TO ANYONE I CARE ABOUT
…both Adelaide (the business owner) and Asabea (the media person) are very rude. What happened? They were impolite to me on various occasions in the course of one transaction but let me limit my experience to the below account. I was on my way to Ghana when I thought it would be nice to own my first made-in-Ghana cloth bag and neckpiece. I wanted them custom-made from a certain fabric (as opposed to buying already made ones) because I needed them to match a dress made from the same fabric. More importantly, I had met a merchant in Montana who is interested in partnering with a Ghanaian accessory manufacturer to place bulk orders for sale. My cousin graciously gave me a number for the Asabea Ayisi brand. The mistake I made was to assume that my cousin is a satisfied customer: it turns out that she only got the number through a Google search.
Despite assuring me that I would get the bag and neckpiece for an event on Saturday, 16th July, they failed to deliver them. While I was wearing the dress that Saturday morning (without the neckpiece and handbag that were supposed to go with it), Adelaide, the business owner, had the shocking presence of mind to tell me, in the most discourteous of tones, that ‘Look, I can refund your money’ and then ended the call after I asked her if she thought I had any use for the money under the circumstances. It is at this point that I started asking some of my contacts if they knew about the Asabea Ayisi brand. Unsurprisingly, there is a common thread in the responses I received so far - that Adelaide is very rude and behaves as though she is doing patrons of her brand a favour and so they no longer patronise her services.
On Tuesday, 26th July (ten good days after 16th July), I received a call from a courier who works for the Asabea Ayisi brand. He delivered only a bag. The bag was not made according to the specifications I requested. Also, it was made with red leather that does not, in any way, match the colour scheme of the fabric. I am still dumbfounded as to why she chose red leather, especially since I sent her a picture of what my overall look ought to be. When I opened the bag, there was an envelope containing ghc60 with a note scribbled thereon that reads: ‘GHC60. Refund for necklace. That couldn’t be made’. I have placed several calls to the Asabea Ayisi number I had hitherto used in communicating with both Adelaide and Asabea, but so far, neither of them has answered my calls or returned the missed calls.
The likes of Louis Vuitton have not become household names around the world by being rude to their patrons. Ghanaian service providers, and in this case, the Asabea Ayisi brand, can and should do better. I feel obliged to let the unsuspecting public know this: the Asabea Ayisi brand has done well by establishing an online presence (which is why my cousin easily got its number). However, the people behind the brand are rude, and I am not the only one complaining.