I love showing the numbers for Mary Kay product sales. What better way of proving that this company is a product-based pyramid scheme? Yes, I said it. Pyramid scheme. Almost no one is making a living from selling products. So Read more…

This is the commission schedule for Mary Kay national sales directors as of July 1, 2007.   Compensation Personal team commission of 4%, 9% or 13% For the 13% personal team commission, a National Sales Director does not have any Read more…

Some words of wisdom from a Mary Kay national sales director. I’m sure if you follow these you can go straight to the top in Mary Kay.

Written by The Scribbler This script has all of the finesse of a vacuum cleaner salesman inching his way across the porch, inching his way over the threshhold, and finally through the front door. Notice how the consultant softens up Read more…

Written by A Former Consultant It would seem that when a company has created a private dynasty for itself from selling cosmetics to women it calls “Consultants,” it would sit back, count the cash and be satisfied. But not the Read more…

Mary Kay Inc. filed a motion with the court in the Robin Blackmond Dunda v Mary Kay Inc. lawsuit, asking that certain documents be filed under seal. This means that certain documents and evidence would be protected and not available Read more…

We all know that Mary Kay Inc. will never publicly admit that sales and recruiting have been negatively impacted in the United States. But corporate is feeling the pain, and you can see some evidence of this when you look Read more…

Primerica Financial Services has become known for offering people “job interviews,” when they are really just having multi-level marketing recruiting meetings. Here’s one victim’s experience of being asked to show up for a “job interview” that was really a recruiting Read more…

Here are some comments on the “con” side of the Primerica debate. The most common complaints include reps who aren’t knowledgeable, overpriced products, and low commissions for the actual seller. From Yahoo Answers:

http://www.ftc.gov/os/comments/businessopprule/522418-11929.pdf EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The proposed Business Opportunity Rule (“Rule”) pursues the laudable goal of preventing fraud in the work-at-home, pyramid and vending machine marketplaces. But the Rule does not narrowly define and prohibit the specific practices in which the Commission Read more…