Who came up with this idea, really? "Hey! Look at all this super overpriced CRAP that I invested in and that I believe in with all my heart and soul and pocketbook! You're my (insert ANY relationship here, however distant), you must want to spend an exorbitant amount of money on this junk, too. Please disregard the fact that a portion of the proceeds go directly into my bank account, and take this catalog / website / info to help you decide what else you want to purchase. No pressure, of course; I don't want to make you feel like I'm cramming this crap down your throat, because then you'll avoid me when we bump into each other at the grocery store. All the same, I really, really want you to buy my stuff - from ME - and to send other people in my direction. While you're at it, how about throwing me a party so that 'other people' - YOUR family and friends - can be forced to sit through a sales-heavy presentation about my super overpriced crap...and I'll give you a discount on my overpriced crap for offering me this new forum. Deal?"Meanwhile, the fat cats at corporate laugh all the way to the bank.
Mary Kay, Avon, Amway, Pampered Chef, Scentsy, knives that cut pennies in half, Tupperware, Cookie Lee jewelry, Princess House, Mona Vie, NuSkin, NeWays (which looks like "any ways," btw...)...if a woman can use it, she'll hawk it to other women to make money off them. Tacky with a capital T...and a major pet peeve of mine.
I don't want your overpriced crap. You sell Mary Kay or Avon, not Lancome or Dior. I don't want to sit through an hour-long "class" or "demonstration;" those are words conjuring the same sort of torture as a Time Share sales meeting. Don't invite me for lunch and ply me with catalogs. Don't offer me a girls' day out and then ask me to pay twice the retail cost of your average upscale candle.
I will make one exception: sex toy parties. But that's just because I actually WANT those, and Passion Party prices are comparable to ebay or my local naughty boutique, and I FINALLY get to have a frank conversation about ways to spice up my sex life. Bring on the sex toy parties.
Other than that, people, leave me the HELL alone, and keep your overpriced crap to yourself. You bought into it. Your friends, family, acquaintances, church members, and neighbors did NOT.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, was Bitch #1. Hang in there. More on the way.
PS: That tupperware set featured in the photo up top? $119.99. I SHIT YOU NOT.
Dear stick-up-your-ass, that's nice that you want to stick something else in a different hole, but you need to understand this is just another form of 'natural selection'. The smart people are just praying on the stupid. Please just let stupid people be stupid and spend themselves back into poverty.
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ReplyDeleteI sure feel what your saying about multi-level marketers...no doubt. But what if the product you were being sold was 1) something you're already buying (same identical product, brand, features, etc.) e.g., cell phone, home phone & long distance, TV/Cable service, internet, etc? And what if 2) your bill still came from the same established providers that everyone's already using, e.g. Sprint, Verizon, Dish, Comcast, whatever)? And 3) what if you could buy it at the same price as, or even LOWER than what you're already paying? Would it be different than the scenario you've described? I'm saving $840/year by buying the aforementioned products and services from a friend of mine who is a distributor for a multi-level company called ACN. Just curious as to any experience anyone else may have had with them, and whether it changes the multi-level game in this instance. They do try to recruit you, just like all the other MLMs, but I haven't been pressured (another big difference that seems to set them apart from other MLMs). I'm considering doing it but would really like to gather some opinions.
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