Mary Kay Opinion 235

I am one of those women who bought a full stock of inventory. I spent $15,000.00 so that I would have everything in stock. The only thing is I don't have it just sitting around collecting dust. I have been selling it. If you get out and treat your career with Mary Kay as a 9-5 job everyday your product moves. Mary Kay is not a sham and if you have your priorties straight you can make something of your business or you can sit back and continue to complain. Also if you decided before you buy your product how many hours you won't to put into your business you won't end up with more than you can handle. I tell all the ladies I recruit this and it works for them. I wish you the best.

LT--

So let's suppose that someone does treat their Mary Kay career as a 9-5 job, buys all this inventory, and it still doesn't move. Do you promise not to say it's for lack of trying?

Remember that YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY and, ignoring all the other objections that might be raised and accepting your statement at face value, then this person, who bought inventory based on what you're saying, would be right to complain.

For the sake of discussion, assume that I explained to my director how much time I intended to put into my Mary Kay businesses, she advised me to buy a certain amount of inventory, I put in the time and effort, but it just wasn't working. Now, I realize that my director had a conflict of interest and as far as I am concerned, she had me buy all that inventory because it benefited her financially.

Of course, I knew at the time that buying that inventory would benefit her. But I was so confident that she had my own interest at heart, that I followed her advice. Now I feel I was just a sucker!

And you know what? I was a sucker. My director is no more trustworthy than a used car salesman assuring me that the car they're selling me is in perfect running condition.

This problem can't be fixed as long as the person you rely on for advice benefits by you following that advice. NEVER EVER rely on the advice of your director. You need a source of advice that isn't influenced by the conflict of interest.

If you don't know someone personally who's knowledgeable about Mary Kay who you can trust, you'll have to check on the opinions you find on the internet. And I'm sorry to say it, but you have to be very careful about any positive reports, because people feel a need to justify their decision to continue to stay in Mary Kay and to prove they're better than those who aren't in Mary Kay.

That leaves you with only the opinions of those lazy complainers who purchased thousands in inventory that's collecting dust in the basement. If you want to become one of them, well then, go ahead and buy that inventory!
Eli Mantel - 09 Mar 2005

There are many women who have followed all the Mary Kay training instructions and still failed. Just read back through many of these posts and you'll see lots of reasons why MK doesn't work for most people. Do a little more research on the internet about direct sales/network marketing in general and and you'll find plenty of evidence to explain why most fail. Treating it like a 9-5 job does not guarantee success. Mary Kay is nothing more than an exciting career as a door to door salesperson.
Monica J

- 09 Mar 2005

LT: I am going to ask you for details. You must have made your director VERY happy with 15 K of inventory - shoot, that's car production and not to mention the HUGE BONUSES she got on that production alone (if it is wholesale) - they begin getting bonuses at 5,000 unit production. What you failed to tell us is WHEN you got your inventory and HOW MUCH you are selling, say, each week. I can tell you exactly what I make in my 7:30-4 job EACH WEEK, so you apparently are working it like a J.O.B., so let's hear how each of your weeks go since you claim to work it like a 9-5 job. How many hours do you put in (had to put in alot to unpack a huge inventory) vs. how much you made on SALES (not your recruiting commissions). How many customers do you have?, etc. My problem is with most MK women who come on the boards and start calling people names (complainers) (oh, and I think that is a VERY RUDE attribute for such a 'positive MK person) and don't disclose facts about what they have earned. Sure, we've all seen the 'HIGH COMMISSION CHECK' - please don't bore us with that - I would just like you to enlighten us with facts about your claim of success in MK.

Looking back on this site, there's only ONE person who has partially disclosed what she makes in her MK. Yet, the ones who come on here claiming this is a great opportunity, etc., rarely, if ever, speak about what they make. They always refer to it as a 'business' - so talk money! What's so hard about that?- unless there's nothing to talk about. Sure, you BOUGHT 15 grand in inventory - so what have you done w/it???

Perhaps you should search the internet and study out multi-level-marketing or network-marketing businesses and see if you see any similarities in MK. You can easily type in mk-mlm on the internet and see what the system is. They say they have a different 'compensation' plan, but a duck is a duck. It's networking, YES. You recruit. Part of a 'networking' business. The reason I bring this up is that mlm/networking businesses pretty much run the same way. Few, very few at the top, many at the bottom, more out - that's what it is. I think if people would realize what the 'structure' of this business is, they'd have a different attitude about 'working this business'.

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