[net.invest] Network Marketing/Amway/Mary Kay/Shaklee

6243tes@whuts.UUCP (STERKEL) (12/13/85)

> 	Like many, I am interested in developing a side business
> 	for my non-outside-working wife and myself.
> 	Maybe I'm a sucker, but recently I got the Amway pitch
> 	from two different people.
I was suckered into a Shaklee deal four years ago by a friend,
I paid my fees, and never sold a thing.  The key is whether you
are or can fake being an extreme extrovert.  Blind faith in your
product is also important.
> 
> 	I'd like to hear about any pro or con experiences which
> 	people have had.
A very good friend is interested in a career with Mary Kay.  Is
Mary Kay different? (Shaklee had no visible support for "repre-
senatives").  What about quality of product?  If you e-mail (Mary
Kay experiences only) I will post a synopsis to the net.  (Please,
actual experiences only)
-- 
[opinions are obviously only my own;     Terry
 not necessarily those of my asso-       ihnp4!whuts!6243tes
 ciates or those of my employer.]        cornet 232-2899

stew@harvard.UUCP (Stew Rubenstein) (12/23/85)

In article <435@whuts.UUCP> 6243tes@whuts.UUCP (STERKEL) writes:
[ Someone else wrote: ]
>> 	Like many, I am interested in developing a side business
>> 	for my non-outside-working wife and myself.
>> 	Maybe I'm a sucker, but recently I got the Amway pitch
>> 	from two different people.
[ STERKEL replied: ]
>I was suckered into a Shaklee deal four years ago by a friend,
>I paid my fees, and never sold a thing.  The key is whether you
>are or can fake being an extreme extrovert.  Blind faith in your
>product is also important.

Shaklee is not the same as Amway.  I was an Amway distributor for a year
nine or ten years ago.  I quit because I was going to go off to school
and it wasn't really for me anyway.  I never felt "suckered" by anyone
-- if you are good at meeting people and are a good salesperson then
Amway is a great opportunity.  The products are pretty good (tho a bit
expensive), and they give a money-back guarentee, even on the starter
kit fees.

Stew