Do you attend product parties when you don't have money to spend?

Pampered Chef, Party Lite and Tastefully Simply are a few of these parties.

I hate being invited to these parties because I don’t have the money to buy these items that I don’t even want. It’s just a bunch of stuff that I don’t need. I understand the hostess needs money, that’s why she’s having these types of parties, but I hate being put on the spot like this.

Do you attend when you don’t have money to spend? What looks worse, attending and not spending money, or being that person who never attends? I live in a very small community and I don’t want to be that person, if you know what I mean.