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MK Ash was fond of saying that you “can’t sell from an empty wagon” in business, meaning you have to have inventory in your store to sell. That makes perfect sense.

But I don’t think it adequately explains why MK Consultants have to plunk down hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars to purchase “initial inventory.”

There are many home party companies and most of them do not require their representatives to stock inventory.

AVON, one of Mary Kay’s competitors, allows their reps to take product orders from customers and then place the order for product with the company. The customer receives their order about two weeks later. Many other companies, like Tupperware and PartyLite, work the same way.

A member of our site sent us a current copy of the Mary Kay Request For Repurchase form. This is the form the Repurchase Department sends out to verify the amount you are eligible to return for the 90% buyback. This Consultant was eligible to send back over $11,000.00 retail! Yikes.

Request For Repurchase Form

Thought you would enjoy this classic video featuring Mary Kay Ash herself!

I remember well the “recruiting interview” I did with what ended up being my third team member.

I went over all the usual stuff and then asked her if she had any questions for me.

She said, “It all sounds great and I’m really excited about Mary Kay. But there’s one thing I don’t understand. Why would you want to recruit me? Wouldn’t I then be your competition? It seems like that wouldn’t be something you’d want to do.”

Yikes!

We have obtained the full complaint filed by Mary Kay against Touch of Pink Cosmetics and owners Amy and Scott Weber.

Here is the entire 71 page complaint, in pdf form.

Mary Kay Inc. v Amy L. Weber, Scott J. Weber, and Touch of Pink Cosmetics

Mary Kay Inc claims that Amy Weber sold Mary Kay products on eBay and thus violated her Mary Kay Beauty Consultant Agreement. Mary Kay Inc. issued several “pleas” for Amy Weber to stop selling on eBay and when she didn’t, Mary Kay Inc. terminated her Mary Kay Consultant Agreement.

Women’s Wear Daily is reporting today that Mary Kay Inc. filed suit Wednesday against a former Consultant.

Mary Kay Inc. is suing Touch of Pink Cosmetics, a Mary Kay liquidator and reseller of Mary Kay products, for Trademark infringement.  Their website is touchofpinkcosmetics.com

You can read the details of the filing at the link below:

Mary Kay Inc. vs Weber et al

Mary Kay Ash founded the Company on the Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”So let me ask you this: Do you like being lied to?

You see, a lot of women who were in Mary Kay had a big problem with the fact that they had to tell little and not-so-little lies just to get appointments or recruits. For instance…