I tend to use the same username everywhere so some of you may recognize me from another website and already know my story.  But I'm going to operate under the assumption that most of you don't. 

I'm a 22 year old college student.  I joined MK in January 2007 after a fellow student "facialed" (is that a real word?) me.  I loved the products and especially the colors. I had never really worn makeup before and she literally taught me everything that I now know about skin care and makeup.  A few days later she invited me to go to a "pajama party" which turned out to really be a recruiting/success meeting.  Before I knew it I was signing  contract and ordering inventory via my visa card. Well, I have some physical and mental health issues and those were causing me problems during the time that I was in MK.  I was also balancing a full school schedule and extracurriculars.  I didnt' succeed in the business.  I recruited one person and she bought a lot of inventory.  I sold maybe $300-$400 total retail the entire time I was in MK.  Sometime around late May of 2007 I made the decision to send all of my inventory back to MKC.  I had stopped working my business a while before that.  I had already cancelled my voicecom, stopped attending meetings, and stopped selling anything as I was having health issues.  I was able to get back around $1100 when I returned my inventory.  This did not even come close to making up the debt that I had fallen into while in MK.  I had a lot of section 2, a lot of section 1 that could not be returned due to having used it personally because I had been told that I had to try everything, has spent a lot on career conference including hotel and food, had bought a skirt suit and hose and closed toed shoes, etc etc etc.  In all I believe I am still down about $5000 in MK debt.  I am a full time student and I am on disability due to the health issues that I have so paying off the visa is a slow process.  So thats pretty much my story.  Looking forward to getting to know you all!

Welcome Sophia85!!!
We are happy to have you on board, but sorry it is under such circumstances.  I know how your debt increased as much as it did b/c mine did too (3000).  I did order star 2 or 3 times in the 3 years I was in MK, but had sold a lot too.  But I had put Career Conference, Seminar (b/c my friend wanted to go and it was a "trip of a lifetime", which it was...never to be repeated!!! ), sec 2, website and on and on....  My adopted director talks me every time I go to a meeting about being a red jacket and I can't recruit someone b/c I don't want to put that burden of debt on them (so I am not going to any more meetings).   I am really finding out how much pressure there is to achieve in this company, even when people achieve, there is pressure to do more.  So with your health problems, you sure don't need that! 

I am glad you got out when you did.  You will find liquidators here and you may be able to sell/trade your product through this site to help pay off your debt.  Keep you chin up and surf the lounge...you will find a lot of encouragement and make some friends who understand!
 

 

You're going to LOVE it here!!!!

   Hope you will stick around! 

Welcome Sophia! So glad to have you here!!!!! We talk about a ton of issues here, not just MK, so come on in and join any topics you want!!!!!!

  you'll love it here!!!!!!!

 

Thank you all for your warm welcome here.  It is greatly appreciated. 

 

Welcome to the Lighthouse!  This is a great place to heal and hang out.  We work through our crap with this scammy company, and then we hang out and chat about life and everything positive and wonderful...

 

Angellove...you are so right!

I recruited one person under me and she was my son's girlfriend.  She was very money savy and would not place a $200 order until she had the orders.  It took her a month and a half to get even that much. and then her mom bought 50 of it!  She ran into other students in her school who sold it and people who just wouldn't buy it.  I am so thankful now that she did not place a big initial order.  I never pressured her at all.  I think it was just something she wanted to try to get business experience.  I was very nervous b/c she was my son's girlfreind at the time.  She never did much with sec 2 things (website, labels, etc).  I know that's one reason why I had so much trouble talking to people about the "opportunity"...just could not ask them to put out that money.

So glad I am out of it now.