If you're in direct sales (aka Avon, Mary Kay, 31, etc....) rant
You are selling sub-par crap that I could get at any drug/big-box retail store for half the price.
Your methods of roping your good friends and family into hosting "parties" and subsequently roping their friends into buying your sub-par crap is exploitative and annoying. And don't tell me that "oh, just come! You don't have to buy anything - it's FUN!"
a) while you all annoy me, I'm not going to show up to a friend's "party" and not buy anything. We all know that's the game
b) WTF is "fun" about these parties? Oh, wait! I might win a nail file if I'm the last one holding it during the "right, left" game. Whoop de fucking do.
Financial freedom, empowerment, being your own boss, reaching your dreams - please don't give me that f'ing schpiel. EVERY single company has the same tagline in one form or another. You make money by annoying people into buying your crap/signing up to become a part of that "company." Then, under the guise of "coaching" them, you arm-wrestle them into buying yet even more shit to enhance their new business, which ultimately ends up on ebay 3 months later when your disgruntled "downline" realizes it's all a farce and realizes it's all a farce.
Is there a secret password I need to use to get you guys to STFU once I polietely tell you, in no uncertain terms that I am not interested in being all that I can be or attaining unlimited financial wealth by selling over-priced lipsticks/skincreams/bags/dip mixes/coffee/scrap book supplies/organic cleaning shit? What part of "no" is not understood? I know the "big wigs" at your company give you an answer for every possible objection, but at what point do you just give up?
::End rant::
Good night!
I love going to the parties so much fun. I also never feel pressured to buy anything and often times don't. I love 31 and Avon & pampred chef are my favorites. I love there products and they are far from subpar. My entire kitchen is loaded with pampered chef items and I have tons of Avon jewlery.
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ROFL!!! This totally cracked me up lol. I would be so mad if Walmart did that LOL
Quoting LiliMama18:Well if you're comparing JC Pennys to 31 gifts - that's a more realistic comparison. I usually get my purses from a little more higher-end places and/or designers so my quality ratio may be a little higher than yours, sorry.
Sure, I buy inflated-priced paper towels and crap from Walmart - but again, I don't have the walmart people calling me up like "Soooooo - how did you like the paper towels? You know - we just came out with paper towels with a STAR design on them? Wanna try them? Wanna have a paper towel party? OMG it's SOOOO fun - we make paper towel hats, and then we sit around and throw balled up paper towels at one another while playing Ricky Martin's "Living La Vida Loca" and whoever's holding the balled up paper towel when I turn the song off wins a paper towel holder! Oh, and for every 40 paper towels bought at your party, you get an extra paper towel. So, what do you think? Saturday at 4? Oh, you don't want to? But why??
Quoting miss_lisa:
I don't have a Marshall's to shop from, but my last purse was purchased from Penney's, I've gotten purse's from numerous stores and none of them have lasted for more than a few months before falling apart.
I also find the portions highlighted in red funny. You buy cheap crap from China at an inflated price.
Quoting LiliMama18:
No, if I shop at a box store it's to buy cleaning supplies/paper towels, etc.
You are delusional if you think 31 purses (note: PURSES, not the organizing totes) are durable, or in any other way worth anywhere near the money they charge for them. I can go to Marshalls and get a quality, well made purse for the same price as 31 purses. Or I can go to Walmart, and see the exact same purse that 31 sells, albeit in a different pattern for $5.
Quoting miss_lisa:
LOL please tell me you never buy anything from a box store. Because when you do, you're paying an enormously inflated price for something that was manufactured in China or Taiwan.
I don't think they're crap at all, I love them. They're cute and durable. I'm not easy on my purse's, they get banged up pretty quickly. My Thirty-One bag is holding up much better (and was cheaper) than the purse I purchased less than a year ago that started falling apart within 3-4 months.
Quoting LiliMama18:
I sold 31 for 2 weeks bc no one (and I mean no one had ever heard of them and I thought they were cute -the organizing stuff) the purses are CRAP. My career with 31 ended with me stalking down the vp of customer relations on LinkedIn and forcing him to get on a call with me...which only happened after I sent him a link to their Chinese manufacturer showing the actual price of their totes along with a spreadsheet detailing my estimation of what the actual P&l for corporate 31 was ...I am probably blacklisted from ever direct sales mlm company after that one lol.
But yeah...the organizers are fine, it's the purses that are seriously ridiculously bad quality.
Quoting boysmom5:
Awww, I just ordered a couple of bags from 31. I hope they're not crap.
i would be so mad if one of my "friends" gave my info out to someone selling crap lol
Quoting Luv.My.Kidz:LOL actually.... we're trained to accept no, but to go for a yes. "Would you like more information about hosting a party?" "No" "Not a problem.... how about a book to order products?" "No" "not a problem, do you know anyone who would be interested?" "Yes! So & So!" "Awesome, thanks for your friends name and phone number, One way that I like to say thanks is with a free $20 product of your choice! Shipping on me! What do you say?"
I don't push, but I will ask for leads. If you don't want to "purchase" no problem. I know a lot of people who have friends who would love to.
Quoting teamwhitlow:real story, I was selling baby gear via craigslist and the lady I was selling gear to hit me up about a passion party. I didn't have a clue what she was talking about but clearly she had come prepared with her business card and pamphlet. For months, she kept sending me text messages since she had my cell from our transaction. I ignored her until she stopped. I used to be in sales and I know they are trained to NEVER take a no so the only thing to do is ignore them, they cannot debate silence :)
Pushy sucks.
Quoting Luv.My.Kidz:LOL actually.... we're trained to accept no, but to go for a yes. "Would you like more information about hosting a party?" "No" "Not a problem.... how about a book to order products?" "No" "not a problem, do you know anyone who would be interested?" "Yes! So & So!" "Awesome, thanks for your friends name and phone number, One way that I like to say thanks is with a free $20 product of your choice! Shipping on me! What do you say?"
I don't push, but I will ask for leads. If you don't want to "purchase" no problem. I know a lot of people who have friends who would love to.
Quoting teamwhitlow:real story, I was selling baby gear via craigslist and the lady I was selling gear to hit me up about a passion party. I didn't have a clue what she was talking about but clearly she had come prepared with her business card and pamphlet. For months, she kept sending me text messages since she had my cell from our transaction. I ignored her until she stopped. I used to be in sales and I know they are trained to NEVER take a no so the only thing to do is ignore them, they cannot debate silence :)
Are these really inappropriate pictures? *pics*
Does sex in the 1st 30 days kill a relationship?
- LiliMama18
on Jun. 9, 2012 at 12:43 AM