It pays big to have “Mary Kay cars” on the road. It costs Mary Kay Inc. NOTHING, and is essentially free advertising. Not only that, Mary Kay knows that the cars make people think the drivers are successful. If they got a “free” Mary Kay car, they must be making lots of money. The cars silently convince the masses that there is success (where none really exists).

Mary Kay Inc. doesn’t want you to take the available cash compensation option, because no one can see that but you. The company wants you to take the car because it advertises for the company, and it is fully paid for either via your team/unit production, or with your copay. The bottom line is that if your people don’t order enough to “pay” for your car, you have to pony up the money with a copay.

(This one was so good that I just HAD to recycle it!)

Did you know that God is now giving out pink Escalades? He is! Especially if you are Kathy and Dan Helou. Dan explains picking up the pink Escalade and then how fabulous it is that God gives out pink Escalades to those who work for Mary Kay, “a company that gives us a mission for the kingdom.” So start saving souls with Mary Kay!!! What blasphemy.

Changes to Mary Kay’s Grand Achiever and Premier Club Career Car Program announced July 2009:

It has been more than seven years since Career Car Program production requirements have increased. However, due to year-over-year cost increases, we are announcing the following Career Car Program changes:

It’s exciting talking about the value of that “free” Mary Kay car, isn’t it? How great to imagine not having a car payment again. We’d all like to be driving “free,” wouldn’t we?

The trouble is that the “free” Mary Kay car is not so free after all. If you don’t meet your minimum monthly or quarterly production, be prepared to pay a copay. And unfortunately, those copays exceed the real value of the car.

Written by PoppingThePinkBubble

There are many discussions about the “Free” Mary Kay Cars.  Many discussions about consultants and directors buying their way to the free car.  And then, the dreaded co-pays.  My Mary Kay journey and demise involves not only the car and co-pays but the insurance.  I learned the hard way that MK Corp will twist anything and everything in their favor.  NOT THE CONSULTANT’S!

So what happened?  Well my journey with Mary Kay was several years ago.  The cars were different then but qualification and maintenance were about the same.  I “earned” my first car as a consultant.  Now it feels more like I scammed 12 women with the help of my director. 

Mary Kay car qualifications and requirements for 2008.

Grand Achiever Program

REWARDS

We wondered if the Grand Prix would be changed to black to match the new compacts, and now we’ve got our answer! Why yes… the cars will be black like the new compacts.

Here’s the info Mary Kay is distributing about the not-so-free car program.

Starting with June 2007 qualifiers:

Written by Whiz

Many here on Pink Truth have commented at the seemingly exorbitant cost of earning a Mary Kay Career Car. Considering the full co-op payments (or full cash compensation in lieu of using a career car) range from $375 to $900 per month, many have posed the question, “How much would the monthly payment be if someone walked into a dealership and leased the same car?”

That “free” Mary Kay car??? It’s not so free after all!

You didn’t get it FREE, you didn’t WIN it, and it’s not really even YOUR car. There are a lot of misconceptions about those red, silver and pink Mary Kay cars, so let’s reveal some truth here, shall we? I am going to simplify this, because there are so many rules involved that it makes my head spin.

First, Mary Kay leases the car for you and you get to drive it for up to two years (or until they tow it away because you can’t afford the lease payment when your production falls short) and then you start over again and try to requalify for a new one.

The red Pontiac Vibe (the only car available to consultants)

Personal active team members needed: 5 to go “on target” and 12 to complete

Wholesale production needed: $4,000 in a month to go “on target” and $18,000 (of which you can personally contribute no more than $4,000) in four months to complete. Also, you must have a minimum of $4,000 per month, whether it takes you one month or all four to complete your qualification.Maintenance wholesale production needed: $4,500 per month to keep the car with no payment toward your lease

Cash Compensation (in lieu of taking the car): ranges from $0 to $375, depending on your wholesale production for the month

Monthly Lease Payment (if your production falls short): up to $375, again depending on your wholesale production

Base MSRP: $17,215

Total “wholesale production” cost of car: $130,000 ($4,500 per month for 24 months + $18,000 during qualification + $4,000 during the “on target” month)

The platinum Pontiac Grand Prix (available only to directors)

Active team members needed: 30, also what is required to initially qualify for directorship

Wholesale production needed: $24,000 in one calendar quarter to go “on target” and $48,000 in two consecutive calendar quarters to complete

Maintenance wholesale production needed: $24,000 per calendar quarter

Cash Compensation (in lieu of taking the car): ranges from $0 to $500, depending on your unit’s wholesale production

Monthly Lease Payment (if your production falls short): up to $500, again depending on your unit’s wholesale production

Base MSRP: $22,315

Total minimum “wholesale production” cost of car: $264,000 ($24,000 per quarter for 8 quarters + $48,000 during qualification + $24,000 during “on target” quarter)

The pink Cadillac (available only to directors)

Active team members needed: 30, also what is required to initially qualify for directorship

Wholesale production needed: $48,000 in one calendar quarter to go “on target” and $96,000 in two consecutive calendar quarters to complete

Maintenance wholesale production needed: $48,000 per calendar quarter

Cash Compensation (in lieu of taking the car): ranges from $0 to $900, depending on your unit’s wholesale production

Monthly Lease Payment (if your production falls short): up to $900, again depending on your unit’s wholesale production

Base MSRP: $41,990

Total minimum “wholesale production” cost of car: $576,000 ($48,000 per quarter for 8 quarters + $96,000 during qualification + $48,000 during “on target” month)

After I wrote all this, I got into my brand new car THAT I AM PAYING FOR and hoped that I wouldn’t pass a Mary Kay car on the way to my JOB. I think I’d have asked the women driving if she’s ever let her unit members borrow the car. . . I mean, they did pay for it.