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Mary Kay Inc. Talked my 19 year old to use her college scholorship money to buy stock without her parents knowledge Addison Texas
At age 18 my daughter was signed up by a Mary Kay Consultant and the Mary Kay Consultant talked her into using her college scholorship money to buy stock. The consultant had the party in my home. During the party, I never heard her speak of any money needed other than 100 dollars to sign up. A few days later, we had many Mary Kay boxes on the front porch that had been shipped to our home. I then asked my daughter about the inventory and how did she pay for this. She told me that she had used her College Scholorship Money. She said that the Mary Kay Consultant promised her that she would double her money back and have it to use for her college.
I am a single mother, so the scholorship money was very important and needed to help send my daughter to college. I asked my daughter how could this be legal? She said that the Mary Kay Consultant said it was as long as she was the age of 18. I figured that was the truth and decided that we had better try to sell this inventory as fast as we could in order to get the money back to help pay her college. I got busy helping her sale.
Once she became a Mary Kay Consultant, I have watched my child change into a person who worrys 24/7. She is not enjoying the best days of her life. She is a perfectionest and I feel that the head lady over her region caught on to that. She blows her phone up all day. She reminds her of the goals that she has to meet to become a director, or to get a car. My daughter meets the amount of sales to become a director. She has been told that she would bring home 5500 dollars a month. She has never made half that amount. At first by the speach that the regional lady gave to her, I started to think, well maybe it will pay off until I see a letter that she did not know I found stating that she will no longer be a director if she does not meet the sales mark at the end of the month. Becoming a director takes many hours and money to invest. They say the investment is worth it, Thats not true. If you do not meet your amount of sales two months straight, your no longer a director.
My daughter now is having panic attacts, she listens to these videos over and over again that the regional Mary Kay lady recorded of herself and sent to her. I almost feel like she is being brain washed. My daughter even mention to me about dropping out of school where she only has half a year to have a 4 year Accounting Degree in order to have more time to meet the goals of Mary Kay.
My daughter graduated 3rd in her class and has a 4.0 average in college. I wonder how she can be so smart and yet get snowed by this company, If I had it to go back and do over again. I would never have allowed a Mary Kay Party in my home.
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Dori
London,Alabama,
Pyramid scheme
#2UPDATE EX-employee responds
Sat, May 03, 2014
I also tried selling Mary Kay for a year and bought a $2000 inventory to start. My director told me I would sell it. Later when I asked her for help because I wasn't selling anything, but was spending a lot of money on gas, look books, samples, meetings etc, my director told me if I bought more inventory she could be able to help me. Until then she would not. The inventory package I bought was too small and she didn't waist her time with people like me who didnt buy enough inventory to be "serious" about the business.
I became deeply depressed and regretted signing up and spending so much money on my mk business. Later I found the website Pinktruth.com and found that this happens to thousands of people every year.
Truth Revealer
Eugene,Oregon,
Inventory Manipulation is Common
#3General Comment
Fri, May 02, 2014
Strong encouragement and manipulation to "invest" in unnecessary amounts of inventory is actually a very common practice in Mary Kay. They will make you believe you cannot successfully sell Mary Kay without having product on hand. Although recruiters would like you to believe that being a consultant is like owning your own business, the fact is that they require many below them to order products so that they may reach their own "goals" and make commission. Mary Kay is a multi-level marketing scam - AKA a product based pyramid scheme.
Read about inventory manipulation in today's Pink Truth article and join the boards to learn the truth from thousands of ex-consultants and ex-directors of this company. pinktruth.com/2014/05/another-mary-kay-inventory-con/
tkhman
Grand Prairie ,Texas,
Mary Kay Inc did not do this
#4General Comment
Sun, March 09, 2014
First I am very sorry that you are going through this. As an MK consultant it irritates me when people with no integrity are involved with our company, but please know this was not Mary Kay Inc, it was an independent contractor that recruited and pushed inventory on your daughter. I don't know if your daugther is aware but she is able to send all of the product she purchases within a 12 month period back to the company and will get 90% of her money back. Hopefully she has found her footing and is building a successful business but if not then she has that option. Again I'm so sorry she signed up with a bad apple. We aren't all like that. Best of luck!
