A Story from Mary
Written by L J on June 3, 2008 – 9:11 am -Your Name: Mary
Date Joined MK : 03/27/2008
When Left MK or Still Active?: Still active, but selling inventory out.
Initial Inventory Purchased: $1800
How were you recruited?:
The director recruited me at a party that I had at my house. My sister-in-law was joining, too, so I thought it would be fun to do this together.
Memorable experience you had in MK:
Calling the repurchasing number to get the form to send my inventory back!
What did you learn from MK?:
It was fun at first…the money I made the first 2 weeks was really good. I made over $500 the first week and over $400 the second week. It went downhill after that. I really got tired of booking parties and having them cancel at the last minute. After continuing to go to the meetings in an effort to receive a cheap MK pin (my initials are MK), I finally “saw the light.” I was off work Memorial Day Monday and God said it was time to quit. I started doing some research, something I should have done more of before joining, and found this site as well as another one. The more I read, the more like a cult Mary Kay looked. But I do love most of the product. I don’t like the lipsticks because I like the ones that last all day! I hate it when I leave lipstick on a glass and have to reapply, reapply, reapply! LOL!
What are you doing now? :
I am a case manager for a private mental health provider and love my job! (Bye the way…job is Journey of the Broke, I believe! LOL!)
Additional Comments:
If you’re thinking of joining Mary Kay, view the video on this site or go to You Tube and look for the 1977 Mary Kay video…talk about the appearance of a cult! I couldn’t believe they had taken a church song, “I’ve got the Love of Jesus Down in My Heart,” and changed the words to ” I’ve got the Mary Kay Enthusiasm Down in My Heart.” That’s when I knew I had made the right decision to get out. I’m still selling as much as my inventory down for the wholesale cost before I send my inventory back because I’ll still get more money than sending it back for 90% of my wholesale cost.
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June 22nd, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Mary,
How true - cancellations are more frequent than those that hold. Now those in the “fog” will say, “double book” just for that reason. Well, I had enough trouble getting 1 to book (very infrequently) and CERTAINLY would NEVER been able to double book all classes!
July 7th, 2008 at 8:29 am
My Sales Director sings that stupid song at all her meetings! With the childish hand motions! Barfaroni!