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re: How do we stop this housewife peddling movement?
Posted on 10/24/17 at 10:19 am to L S Usetheforce
Posted on 10/24/17 at 10:19 am to L S Usetheforce
This is some small town stuff. I see Livingston Parish and Iberia area girls doing this. A lot.
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Posted on 10/24/17 at 10:28 am to jmarto1
Some folks can just sell shite. Most can't. I am in group B.
Failing at sales makes me think of Shelley Levene ("Levene the Machine") and Rick Roma from Glengarry Glen Ross.
First place is a Cadillac El Dorado.
Second place is a set of steak knives.
Third place is you're fired.
Failing at sales makes me think of Shelley Levene ("Levene the Machine") and Rick Roma from Glengarry Glen Ross.
First place is a Cadillac El Dorado.
Second place is a set of steak knives.
Third place is you're fired.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 10:30 am to PearlJam
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Does this include selling inventory to consultants down the line?
No
Posted on 10/24/17 at 10:32 am to PearlJam
quote:thats with you assuming leggings are the only things they sell. Our biggest seller is a dress that retails for $65.
Then the numbers don't add up. How much is the average profit per pair of leggings (after cost of inventory, shopping, etc.) are deducted? Even making $20 per pair (probably way too high), one would have to sell 5,000 pair of leggings a year to net six figures.
Gross margins are 30-50% depending on the item. Trust me, the numbers add up for those who choose to be successful
Posted on 10/24/17 at 10:34 am to bee Rye
man the pyramid scheme defenders hit this thread hard. defending mlm like a scientologist 
Posted on 10/24/17 at 10:39 am to lsujro
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man the pyramid scheme defenders hit this thread hard. defending mlm like a scientologist
MLM requires indoctrination. These people are told they will be rich if they just push enough useless tchotchkes on people. They cling to those empty promises like it's gospel.
It's sad. And awkward. And kind of funny.
And no, I don't want to buy your smoothie mix.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 10:45 am to Pecker
The minority is always right? Don't you know this by now?
Posted on 10/24/17 at 10:47 am to jmarto1
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The minority is always right? Don't you know this by now?
My favorite is when they tell me they're business owners.
Oh, you own a business? That's cool. What do you do?
"Advocare"
Posted on 10/24/17 at 10:48 am to bee Rye
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thats with you assuming leggings are the only things they sell. Our biggest seller is a dress that retails for $65.
Gross margins are 30-50% depending on the item. Trust me, the numbers add up for those who choose to be successful
this, the leggings are just to get the ladies in the door, and they do sell, but usually in addition to the dress that goes for 65 or paired with a top and a cover- up for 120 plus. It is extremely rare that someone buys just a pair of leggings. Most of the time it is an outfit put together for a date night or special occasion. My wife doesn't put tons of time into a down-line, only has one person under her, but she makes her money selling the clothes and mostly they are sold in outfits that she puts together for her customers by request.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 10:50 am to lsujro
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man the pyramid scheme defenders hit this thread hard. defending mlm like a scientologist
I was saying the same things as you guys before my wife started it. Hard to argue with what it has done for our family though.
My wife has a PhD to fall back on when the wave ends. We know it is likely a fad, and are prepared for that. We do not push sales on our family and friends, and rarely post stuff that they can see on Facebook.
I get what bothers everyone about MLM companies and we have tried hard not to do that. At the same time, it wasn’t a bored housewife situation. My wife worked as a professional with multiple advanced degrees and just decided that she wanted to do something with more flexibility.
At the end of the day, our income has greatly increased as has our quality of life. I will defend that all day
Posted on 10/24/17 at 10:55 am to bee Rye
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the numbers add up for those who choose to be successful
Another nice indicator of a pyramid scheme. "If you were not successful, it certainly wasn't our fault...you just chose to not be successful."
I have no doubt that it works for some people. But the only people I know that sell products on my timeline are single mothers and poor stay-at-home moms struggling to get by.
This post was edited on 10/24/17 at 10:57 am
Posted on 10/24/17 at 10:56 am to HogX
That line holds true for just about any sales job, regardless of the corporate structure or industry
Posted on 10/24/17 at 11:12 am to Eighteen
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They all seem very cultish and the only people who comment on the posts are their other friends who sell th same shite they do
It's strange af.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 11:22 am to L S Usetheforce
Posted on 10/24/17 at 11:23 am to toddzilla
Bachelors in Psych 
Posted on 10/24/17 at 11:27 am to bee Rye
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At the end of the day, our income has greatly increased as has our quality of life. I will defend that all day
if she is that into sales and is good at it, she would be immensely more successful doing traditional sales, a la medical devices or pharma. i'm sure there are also sales jobs in fashion. much more money to be made, and you don't have to sound off on the internet like you drank the koolaid.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 11:30 am to bee Rye
I second this. My wife was just stressed out with her job which kept piling on app dev projects and responsibilities with out any extra pay. She works about the same and makes more money, with more flexibility. She also has a separate page for her LLR business. She actually tries hard to not be the typical pushy mlm salesperson.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 11:33 am to baldona
The products are all shite. So they wouldn’t sell. They don’t sell. It’s all a scam.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 11:34 am to Chop77
That’s what I don’t get if the products are so great why aren’t they just sold in stores?
Posted on 10/24/17 at 11:36 am to lsujro
quote:she is making more than an entry level position in either of those industries and she doesn’t have to leave the house if she doesn’t want to. It may not be for everyone, but it’s working quite well for us. We basically have a retail clothing boutique in our home. That opportunity doesn’t present itself in more traditional sales roles.
if she is that into sales and is good at it, she would be immensely more successful doing traditional sales, a la medical devices or pharma.
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