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Sherri Is Trying to Make Mary Kay Work for Her

L J — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:42:09 +0000

Your Name: Sherri

Date Joined MK: 01/15/2008

When Left MK or Still Active?: Active

Initial Inventory Purchased: 4800 (nieve) Big mistake

How were you recruited?: Lovely facial I though would be given to me!

Memorable experience you had in MK: My Jan 2009 Skin Care Class! I couldn’t do it quick enough. No one listened, everyone complained, rude and disrespectful!

What did you learn from MK?: Alot and paid the price as you can see by my inventory! That is what happens when you put faith in someone you think is looking out for you because I had not clue in sales and feel I was taken advantage of! Don’t come into MK with a large inventory until you know how your sales are going to be and how you work it. Only buy 1 or 2 of the new products until you find out if it selling. Just be cautious with how much you buy. Mary Kay is not bad company it is the people you come in contact with who are making it bad. People definately disappoint you, which includes customers, referrals, directors. Not all of them but alot of them. Difficult to know who you can trust in MK, there is alot of misrepresentations with leaving things out. Some not being completely honest. with things. Very shocked with alot of it because I truly don’t believe Mary Kay would have run her company the way I have seen it!

What are you doing now?: Continuing my full time job and trying to make Mary Kay work for me!

Additional Comments: Just trying to hang in there and ge as mucht info from as many as I can to make this work! Being the honest person I am and being true to myself!

Allison’s Story

L J — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:29:34 +0000

Your Name: Allison

Date Joined MK : August 6 2006

When Left MK or Still Active?: May 2007

Initial Inventory Purchased: August 2006

How were you recruited?:
By an old friend who had just got herself started in Mk.

Memorable experience you had in MK:
My first big party. It was fun but I learned quickly that MK was not a job for me.

What did you learn from MK?:
Organizational skills

What are you doing now? :
Trying to figure out a way to get rid of all this MK product stilling in my house.

Additional Comments:
Don’t bother trying to get your products repurchases if it’s been over a year since your last order….just tried and I got a “sorry but can’t” from MK.

A Story from Suzanne

L J — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:24:18 +0000

Your Name: Suzanne

Date Joined MK : August 29,2007

When Left MK or Still Active?: December 2008

Initial Inventory Purchased: $600

How were you recruited?:
I as at the local curves and there wasa consultant from Mary Kay. I asked for a sample to get a darker color cream to powder due to my Tan. Shared the opportunity with me.

Memorable experience you had in MK:
working so hard and my director benefiting and I get nothing for it.

What did you learn from MK?:
Lot of nepotism wtihin my unit. I was not a personal friend fo the director.

What are you doing now? :
Still at my current job and liquidating all my section 2 product now.

Additional Comments:
Very manipulative company and would cut your heart out., A director who is afraid to recruit and gets upset when her friends are upset and the heck with the rest of the unit.

Another Message from Someone Who Thinks We’re MK Inc.

L J — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:35:48 +0000

It’s always entertaining when we receive messages from visitors who think they’ve reached the official Mary Kay site. I thought this one was particularly fun.

For 28+ years I have been a faithful Mary Kay consumer. Placing my last order a couple of months ago enlightened me to the fact that I can longer purchase your products. I realize that the economy has affected us all and most products have taken on a “they won’t really notice” agenda.

Well, I’m not in that “stupid” category of consumers, after all the years of using your products, that I could not see that you have drastically reduced the size of most/some products (eye shadow pallets while also changing the compact so the old ones do not fit). I realize we all have to downsize but, come on, this is a little too much to bear. It’s a shame as I really did enjoy being able to order a product I liked and not having to go into a store, but… your prices/sizes in today’s market outweighs my option to stay at home and shop! Thanks for the good years.

I hate to tell this person, but I doubt MK Inc. cares.

Why Didn’t Mary Kay Inc. Warn Liquidators Before Suing?

L J — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:40:05 +0000

Why is it that instead of issuing a “cease and desist” order or a similar warning to the people selling on eBay, that Mary Kay Inc. just went ahead and filed lawsuits against these sellers?

Why didn’t they give these people a chance to stop their selling if they wanted to?

Why didn’t Mary Kay Inc. use the VERO program set up by eBay to address the alleged violations of their trademark and copyright? If sellers were violating these guidelines, set up to protect companies, then Mary Kay Inc. can simply file notice with eBay and the offending listings are removed. Apparently what Mary Kay Inc. is alleging is beyond VERO. If sellers aren’t using copyrighted or trademarked material or images in their listings and not trying to sell counterfeit products, then there isn’t much to dispute with eBay.

But instead of giving these sellers a warning, Mary Kay Inc. brought down the hammer.

If Mary Kay Inc. discovers that their active consultants and directors are selling products to those who then sell it on eBay, then what? Do they terminate those consultants and directors? Do those people then become examples, used to scare future recruits into behaving?

And what responsibility do those buying excess inventory for resell have to check out the person selling it to them? If there were an underground counterfeit TimeWise factory, maybe that would be reasonable. But as it is, all they know is that it is someone who was probably at one time in Mary Kay. Why should those sellers be required to find out if that person is active? Mary Kay Inc. can claim that by purchasing inventory from their active consultants that resellers are interfering with their business. But actually…they may be helping MK’s business: after all, with more room on their shelves, these consultants can now buy more merchandise directly from the company and keep the inventory loading machine rolling.

It will be interesting to see how this all plays out, no question.

MK Inc. Thinks Touch of Pink is Bad? This MK Reseller is Stealing All of Their Copyrighted Pictures!

L J — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:58:22 +0000

I’ve been trying to get the word out to resellers of Mary Kay that MK Inc. is filing hundreds of lawsuits against liquidators.

In doing so, I stumbled across this Mary Kay reseller who is advertising on eBay:

http://www.pinkbargains.com/

They have a fancy store that’s much more professional looking than Touch of Pink.

And ALL the photos in their store appear to be Mary Kay Inc.’s copyrighted photos! It looks like they’re stealing them off the Mary Kay website!

Not only that, but ALL the descriptions of the products are copied verbatim from Mary Kay’s website!

Here’s someone who is REALLY violating Mary Kay’s trademark and copyright. Wonder if they’ve gotten slapped with a lawsuit yet?

Mary Kay Inc. Sues Another Inventory Liquidator!

L J — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:18:05 +0000

I received an email from a Mary Kay inventory liquidator that she was served with a notice that she was being sued by Mary Kay Inc.! I guess Touch of Pink Cosmetics has some company now.

This liquidator is a power seller on eBay and has been selling there since 2002.

According to the document this liquidator received,

” Mary Kay seeks to obtain testimony from ***** (which the method of getting the testimony is a request for the court to get my computer!!!) to determine the identity of Independent beauty consultants in order to file suit against them for breach of contract.
Also they seek to obtain such testimony to investigate a potential claim for tortious interference with contractual and business relationships and Texas common law trademarks.”

Apparently MK has now decided to go after the major sellers of all their excess inventory flooding the market. All the products that their former consultants couldn’t sell. All the products that their directors are purchasing month after month to keep their directorship. All the limited-edition products that they promoted that didn’t sell.

I’m no lawyer, but I don’t understand how once a consultant has purchased inventory that Mary Kay can tell them what they can do with it forever.

Regular businesses have overstocks of merchandise all the time. It’s the reality of retail. Ever heard of Big Lots? That’s where all the stuff that didn’t sell in regular stores goes.

If you’re selling Mary Kay products on eBay or an online store…please be aware of what’s going on. If you receive any notices from Mary Kay Inc, please let me know.

You know I’ll keep you posted on this!

Like Many Consultants, Lydia Has Too Much MK Credit Card Debt

L J — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:46:48 +0000

Your Name: Lydia

Date Joined MK : 2/28/2008

When Left MK or Still Active?: Still Active

Initial Inventory Purchased: 1800

How were you recruited?:
Through a friend.

Memorable experience you had in MK:
Love to get together with other positive thinking women. I really enjoyed giving gifts to my relatives & chruch ladies.

What did you learn from MK?:
How to run a business wisely & with integrity. How to listen to those around you with experience.

What are you doing now? :
Regretting how I ignored my husband’s advice & how much debt I acrewed on the CC. I need to sell back a lot of product. Or do about 5-10 trunk shows!

Additional Comments:
I believe that there is a smart way to run any business, it just depends on what level you want to be at & how much time & energy you are willing to commit to this business. PLEASE KNOW that when you purchase any amount of inventory that you are comitting to do that much work in your business to even recoup sales to pay for product. Do not think that you are at a profit level until ALL of your product is paid for.

“Anonymous” Is Glad She Didn’t Join MK

L J — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:19:14 +0000

Your Name: Anonymous

Date Joined MK : Never

When Left MK or Still Active?: Never Joined

Initial Inventory Purchased: 0

How were you recruited?:
I was invited to a MK party which was hosted by a friend I had fallen out of contact with. I don’t wear much makeup, but purchased some bronzer & eyeshadow to be supportive. She invited me to hang out and I was really excited to catch up and rekindle an old friendship…but guess what? All she wanted to talk about was MK. I gave her reason after reason that I didn’t want to join, but, even when we’d wander into non-MK conversation, she’d randomly ask me to repeat my reasons for not joining. For the next couple weeks, she kept inviting me to her weekly meeting to be a “model”. I had done my research, so I finally gave her a very firm NO and pointed her in the direction of this site and PinkTruth. She gave me a lot of excuses, then stopped talking to me. So much for wanting to be my friend

Memorable experience you had in MK:
Not joining!

What did you learn from MK?:
That Mary Kay does not value friendships or critical thinking.

What are you doing now? :
Working a great job in my field! It will never make me rich, but it pays the bills, makes me happy, and leaves my evenings and weekends free.

Additional Comments:
Thank you so much for this website. I never would have joined MK anyway, but I’ve been able to steer other people this way and hopefully keep them away from the company.

For Those Who Prefer Music While Making Up

L J — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:01:39 +0000

Check out this beautiful beauty set:

World Domination Tour All Access Backstage Beauty Collection

It’s housed in a musical jewelry adorned with a sleek blond doll and plays “La Vie en Rose.”

Limited Edition — $42.00

Another great alternative to MK. I think any teen on your list would rather have this than a lame Velocity set or an $18 double-ended lip gloss!