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I used to be a consultant... I returned my product... I was 19 years old, and was on an internship...A woman approached me about Mary Kay because I had moderate Acne, and she thought I could "try" the MK products.

Well...I said I would "try" them and see how they worked out, well..they worked great. She then invited me to one of her unit meetings and to meet her director.

Keep in mind this was late July...I was going back to college in mid-August...The director spoke with me, and I said I was highly interested, but was NOT interested in inventory...I went to a Technical School...Mainly engineering...And most of the time I was the ONLY girl out of a class of 35-40 males. I told her I didn't think it was feasible for me to order inventory...

Then she proceeded to tell me she would fly up to my school (9 1/2 hours away from where I currently was located), and do my debut...She would help me sell my product if I couldn't do it....So I fell for the trap...I bought $2400 WS...All that my credit card could hold.

Well I found out that within the year...After only selling 3 basic skin care sets...And having ONLY ONE repeat customer...This was just not the time to be playing around with my money...I really wanted to finish my degree, and finish college most of all. So I called my director, practically in tears because my credit card was NOT getting paid off, I needed more money for school, I didn't know what to do...She told me she would figure something out for me to be able to stay in it and pay off my debt...

Well her idea was to call other consultants and ask them if they'd buy my inventory, most of them said NO...And since I usually abide by things I didn't want to sell on eBay since I was told I couldn't do that...Not an option. So then my director said...Well, just send it back!

So I did...I asked if she could box everything up and send it back...She said sure... Well...She never told me that it was the end of me being a consultant, and that I could NEVER be a consultant again...

Has anyone ever returned their product for buyback and became a consultant again?

I'm still very interested in Mary Kay and 6 years later I have the business knowledge and know how to run my own business...I feel that I would be able to do it, and I really really want to sign up...My husband thinks it would be great for me, but I'm not sure if they'd let me sign up again?

Anyone have any advice?

Thanks in Advance!!!
JenBeck web search for JenBeck - 25 Jul 2004

The restriction against signing up again is part of the Consultant product return policy ... see Mary Kay Career Essentials C web search for Mary Kay Career Essentials C. While that policy helps to protect Mary Kay, I think in this instance, it actually works in your own interest. Here's why:

When you're in direct sales, it is very helpful to be selling a product you believe in... and evidently, you believe in Mary Kay products. But from the perspective of being a good businessperson, you need to do some diligence. This means to recognize the various ways that you could be investing your time and other resources before you commit to anything. Since there are many other possibilities than Mary Kay, it seems likely that one or more of these other possibilities would be better.

The fact that you've instead decided that you want to get involved in this one company's product that you were involved with previously suggests that you haven't seriously looked at other possibilities. If you do, I am sure you will find many alternatives that don't provide you with this conflict based on your past experience with Mary Kay, which by applying your own knowledge and experience, can be more rewarding, both personally and financially.
EliMantel web search for EliMantel - 25 Jul 2004

Have you considered any other company? I am new to this site but I felt I needed to contact you and let you know of an alternative. Have you ever heard of Jafra Cosmetics International? Jafra has been in business since 1956 and is now the fastest growing direct sales cosmetic company in the world. We have wonderful products and need more consultants. The great part, no inventory required, ever! You obviously need product to use at classes but nothing else is needed. To remain a consultant you must make one $200.00 retail purchase every six months. That's it!!!! Many people become consultants simply to buy their own supplies at a discount. Please email me for more info at any time. My email is user aladyofjafra at domain msn.com. I would love to see you succeed with Jafra.
See the answer at Mary Kay Opinion 218 web search for Mary Kay Opinion 218
EliMantel web search for EliMantel - 18 Dec 2004
Jen I am also with Mary Kay and have been for 11 years. I am sorry the Company was not represented to you in the correct way. There have been cases where consultants have sent products back and been allowed to start again. It takes you writing a letter and the Director whose unit you are signing into writing a letter stating what the reasons were that the products were sent back and why you think you are better able to do the business at this time. They take it on a one-to-one basis and decide if you are eligible to restart! If you are still interested, I would love to talk to you about the business and give you the concrete facts. You can reach me at user hairzooyagroups at domain sbcglobal.net. Thank you. Becky

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