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"Hi, Friends!

Long time no talk...I've actually been pretty busy with my new business. Funny you should ask about it, because I think you'd be interested in what I'm doing.

You're pretty unhappy at your job, aren't you

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[chinkerfly]

I can give you an inside scoop on Mary Kay, I attempted to sell it right after high school and while I did pretty well, I gave up after I started college and the prospect of approaching strangers didn't gel as well as I would have hoped. They sorta have a pyramid thing going in that if you recruit someone you get something similar to a commission. To be exact, when I bought my inventory, my recruiter would get a check equivalent to 5% of what I bought. And then if you have quite a few recruits your "team" basically works together and if they sell a certain amount in a quarter then the person at the top (essentially the recruiter) gets perks like the Pink Cadillac that Mary Kay is so renowned for. (you can also get a White Jimmy or a Red something or other, all GM) They're not really high pressure about it though, at least not in my region, I'm sure there could be individuals out there who are really hard core about recruiting. For the most part the message they preach is more about teaching people good skin care and the product sells itself. The way people make money is less off recruits and more off the returning customer base. Something to note, I actually approached a Mary Kay rep about becoming a consultant myself, no one recruited me.

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that's the same reason i think passion parties are legit too...because their products are good enough that you don't have to recruit actively, people will come to you.

question - how much inventory did you have to buy? like, could you just buy after people order, or did you have to keep a running stock (i.e., sunk money)? i heard about a water filter-selling pyramid scheme where my friend's friend ended up with a garage full of water filter inventory that he never moved.

[chinkerfly]

you could buy after people ordered, I kept about $1000 worth of inventory with me most of the time (which isn't really all that much) just because if you bought more than $500 at a time or something you get it at 50% off. $250 was like 25% off. I have lots of left over stuff from when I quit so now I just give it away to friends. :)