Angela Realized It’s Cheaper to Buy Your Own “Star Consultant” Prize
Your Name: Angela
Date Joined MK: April 30, 2009
When Left MK or Still Active?: Active
Initial Inventory Purchased: Just the kit
How were you recruited?: My friend sent a mass email telling everyone in January stating the commission was 50%. I never knew this and I certainly didn’t want to keep paying full price so I asked for more info. Her director called me up and kept houding me to sign, but I didn’t have the $99 on hand to buy a kit. That’s when payment options were mentioned, etc. Huge red flag! I held off, but still wanted to give it a try if I was able. The minute I did sign up I was asked to listen to a Calling Tree option about inventory purchase. How did I miss that in the fine print?? I had just had a baby and wasn’t working and my husband was leaving the military so the money definitely wasn’t there and wouldn’t be there for a while.
Memorable experience you had in MK: The day my recruiter called to tell me she was losing her team because she wasn’t getting he sales in. Our director, who is hell-bent on having a Cadillac by Christmas, told her to go sell plasma, have a yard sale, and take out a loan from the bank to buy some inventory. It’s getting really bad because it’s close to the 15th- End of Quarter! Oh no! *hearty eye roll*
What did you learn from MK?: People who really do want the best for me won’t pressure me into making bad decisions that really only benefit themselves in the end. I’m so thankful for websites like these that help women though the toxic pink BS that’s heaped on daily.
What are you doing now?: Exploring other options. I just emptied out my kit and am keeping things for personal use. I’ll just quietly go inactive (hopefully it’s possible?) I have no problem with the products just some of the people and their questionable practices.
Additional Comments:
The prizes. Seriously? Right now there’s a Motorola® Bluetooth® Speaker for the car in the Star Consultant brochure if you make 3,600 Emerald. I just bought it for my husband for father’s day for $90. I didn’t have to have inventory or badger all my friends or Satin Hands strangers at the mall. I just went out and bought it myself.
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Congratulation!! You have the job that you deserve, the life style you decided, and a splendid future as a result of thr way of your thinking, the succes mean, you have to get up every time you have a failure, and use those experiences as a steping stone, there are opportunities for everybody but not everybody is for the opportunity.
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Angela,
I am so glad you didn’t get hounded into a huge inventory purchase! You do what YOU feel is right for you and your family! If they start calling you and bugging you, just ask about the 90% buy back quarantee – that’ll shut em up! You are SO right about buying your own “prize”. If you are selling megawatts of MK and are ordering anyways, that’s fine. But the “Prizes” are DEFINITELY NOT worth ordering for. I agree, pick your color, size, whatever, and buy it yourself! Join us in the forum! We have a load of topics other than Mary Kay!
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BYE!
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thanks, ladies! I just sold the remainder of my kit on Ebay-all the mirrors, DVD’s, the lovely faux pearls of sharing… It feels so good to have everything out of the house.
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CONGRATULATIONS…..SO GLAD YOU GOT RID OF THE JUNK…
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I sooo agree with you. I am a brand new MK consultant. Information was withheld from me at the very beginning. For instance, the fact that you have to sign up for the ProPay in order to take credit cards. Or the fact that is it more than the “3-6 hours” per week to earn X amount of money. I spent so much time on organizing, learning the product, getting referrals etc. Now don’t get me wrong.. I love MK and the values she stands for. If I am fortunate enough to recruit someone, I will ensure they have all the information available to them so they can make an informed decision and not place a Huge inventory order just so I get the commission. I am practicing the “Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You” philosphy, which I think has been thrown out of many Pink Cadillac windows……
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I love reading stuff like this! It makes me smile, and laugh! First off, you dont HAVE to order inventory, and I’m sorry that you had a “hounding” recruiter, but I don’t treat my recruits that way. In Feb ’09 I bought my starter kit, and I came in with a STAR inventory order, and did nothing! $1,800 in MK sat there in boxes. My husband and I were living off credit cards at the time, trying to get through our lease, racked up almost $8,000 in debt, and were forced to move back in with my parents in April. I could tell you my whole story, but wont. To sum it all up, the end of June I decided to make use of the fortune i had spent on product. My husband and I now live in a perfect apartment, and are looking at houses to buy, and as of Nov. 30th I have earned my Mary Kay Career Car. So from July-November (5 months) I have earned my car. No pushing, no shoving, no lieing, just sharing the opportunity. You say you can just buy star gifts, well duh! Its a goal you know, and something you spend $90 on, I got for free. No, I didnt pay $3,000 for it, I didnt pay anything for it, hence the word star “PRIZE”. I happily worked my my business this quarter, which ends in 3 days, and will finish at the Pearl level. So I will get to choose a Pearl “PRIZE” and its not because I paid $4800 for it, its because i was doing my job, earning a car, and thats where i landed. So maybe, if people got off their ass and started spending as much time working their business instead of blogging about their pathetic lives and how MK is a scam, maybe they would be making money too.
Happy Holidays!
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To MK Lady, thanks for sharing a portion of your story. So happy for you and your family. Congratulations on your success. I just earned the $100 gift card from the 2nd quarter prizes and cant wait to redeem it for something special! I agree with all you have said. You just have to get out there with the people! I have earned my car too and am setting my goals on the queens court of sales zebra ring. Its not about building people, its about growing people! Kudos!
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That is really funny to read. If you could sell in e-bay things which you think you need not, why you could not sell couple hands sets to earn a little money?
We all learn how to do this business and yes there such situation when we did not understand what exactly do you want, please excuse us. Anyway you are independent consultant and should not think that anybody from MK is your boss, just do what is best to do for you. If you remember: Faith, family, career 
Mary Kay business is not very easy business as you have to work with women, but it also is very interesting work because you never know what she will decide. I have a very wonderful women who are my clients and they love products of MK, but honestly i thought my brain will be explode while we find eyeshadow which she want and when we find it she will want something new
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Yes, you’re an independent consultant, but MK Inc. is still your boss because you are bound to run your “business” the way they dictate or else they will terminate you.
Being an independent contractor or a franchisee is still not the same as running your own business. When you truly are your own boss, you can choose to market and run things the way you choose.
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