Your Name: Allison
Date Joined MK: 03-28-2009
When Left MK or Still Active?: Still active but in the process of leaving
Initial Inventory Purchased: $1800 (biggest mistake EVER!)
How were you recruited?: I ignorantly recruited myself by going online and finding a random consultant and emailing her. Not my brightest idea ever, it turns out.
Memorable experience you had in MK: The first time I ever called my SD on a blatant lie. She told me that I could accept a 12-month fellowship in another country and still make money off my team, even though I couldn’t actively sell. Big fat lie and we both knew it.
What did you learn from MK?: Always listen to your gut, especially when an older, well made up woman is trying to push thousands of dollars of products on you and is not letting you get a word in edgewise.
What are you doing now?: Nannying for the cutest little boy. They are paying me $12 an hour to come watch tv and sleep here (the baby is in sleep by the time I get here after my full time job). Ive made over $600 alone doing that this week, which is more than I EVER made in MK!!! And its way more fun!!!
Additional Comments: After arguing with my SD about returning my product to the company, and having her lie to me about MK, I decided to take a shower. When I went to put my MK night solution away after I was finished, I dropped it on the tile floor and it shattered (why they put it in a glass bottle, I will never know!). A large piece of the base flew up and slashed my leg. As I’m standing in the middle of the night solution and my blood is running down my leg mixing with the solution I realize- my blood runs just as red (not pink) as everyone else’s. That was the last straw for me.
Allison,
OMG! How awful that you got cut (again) by MK! Hope you returned your product for the 90% back! Join us in the forum by clicking the button on the top left! We discuss a lot of differing topics from dinner/kids/hobbies/latest news, and more!
Just wondering why would you join if you were going to be out of the country? Believe me you can make a lot more money just selling Mary Kay (and not recruiting anyone) than $600 a week. I’m sorry that you dropped the bottle and the glass cut you but I’ve been with Mary Kay on and off for 15 years and I still love the product and the percentage we earn off a sale is much higher than any other similar direct selling company offers. Sometimes I became preoccupied with different things going on in my life but then joined again when reintroduced again to the great products. ANY business that you embark in is going to take effort, consistency and time to develop a customer base. Did you ever sell anything while in Mary Kay? Did you attempt to? The product is fantastic and very reasonably priced. Also those customers who use Mary Kay products are very loyal to the product. I can’t help but feel you just didn’t give it your best effort. You could have continued to babysit (in the U.S.) and sold Mary Kay also. It only takes a few minutes to make a sale. I don’t even have to hold facials to make sales because the product has a great reputation and is reasonably priced. Good luck with babysitting!
Claire T says:
August 1, 2009 at 8:09 pm
My director told me the the night and day solution bottle were acyrlic, not glass, so they would never break. Obviously that was a lie.
Hello Allison,
I feel like you were in a rush to post on here which is cool but I feel there is more to the story. Can you explain more of your story? How long before you were out of the country did you sign up? I am interested to hear more.