Ding dong. Pembleton's calling..
And Mary Kay, and Avon.. most are pyramid schemes.
Once I wanted to buy some Mary Kay perfume for my wife and somehow I got two numbers - not 100% if it was through yellow pages or not. The first number was busy, and the second was home. I ended up visiting her. In her living room as I walked in was her display. She asked how I got her number, I told her and told her about the other one - she laughed, "yes we are good friends, she is just around the corner". Only two in Richmond Hill. Some corner.
Avon
As an Avon Representative, your earnings potential depends on you and your ability to provide reliable and courteous service to your customers. There is no limit to what you can achieve, even as a traditional Representative. And now there is more. You can broaden your sales skills by training as a Avon Beauty Advisor. And in many markets, we now have leadership programs that reward you for developing your business and making it bigger. In leadership, you have a true entrepreneurial opportunity. By introducing others to the benefits of selling for Avon, you can build and mentor your own downline of Representatives.
You can, as a customer, go right to the website. When I went to make a purchase it stated I can enter Representative's phone number.
Note : This will not affect the total cost of your order. Your Avon Representative will then receive a sales credit for this order directly from Avon.
Probably no different than Tupperware either. There is a woman at my work who has a lot of these. (Regal gifts; Tupperware..). Another brings in an Avon catalogue of a friend.
Tupperware
Expect success right from the start! As a Tupperware Consultant, you'll recoup your initial investment quickly as you start to sell and share the Tupperware Opportunity with others. Successful Consultants have the opportunity to become a Manager, leading their own units of Consultants and significantly increasing their incomes.
The Amway Sales Plan
The Amway Sales and Marketing Plan is a low risk, low start-up cost business opportunity that is open to everyone. It allows you to build your business through retailing products and sponsoring other people who, in turn, can retail products and offer the business opportunity to others. By passing your sales and marketing knowledge to your developing team, you not only build your own business network but also enable others to build one of their own.
Ed: Different schmoozing but same stuff...
Watched a funny episode on Dragnet about this too with an old lady. Probably as old as the oldest profession I would guess. Ho farming.
A buddy of mine told me about this thing he signed up for - he was one on a list of 5 - he just had to pay the guy above $5. But then he would sign up 5 more - and they would pay him. An absolute in his eyes. I laughed and said "you have been took!!". We laugh today, he never did get a dime, but lost $5. To this day, his views of handling money differ vastly from mine. Yet hs parents were sensible with money. No idea where those ideas came from.
Cheers FP!
Blake
"When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk."
Tuco (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)
"An umbrella with holes is better than no umbrella at all."
Dr. Alexander Elder on using stops.
