I struggle almost everyday that I go into my closet and there it sits, like a knot on a log, my inventory.  It doesn't sell itself like I was told and whole heartly hoped.  I told my husband I was going to start my Mary Kay business and he tried to talk me out of it but I proceeded to recite the script that was given to me by my recruiter and her husband.  But it just didn't work out for me like I had hoped.  Although, I still sell product to my 5 or so customers (who are really great customers, I think) I just cannot find it in me to "warm chatter" people in the stores, I just want to get in and get out not go searching down every aisle for a lady that I think "looks sharp."  I don't know how to tell him that my pink bubble has burst, and I will not be driving a car from Mary Kay any time soon or ever for that matter.  I want to wait until November 11 comes around though to keep my product.  That is my last attempt to sell everything off while still trying to make some money to pay off my Mary Kay debt ( I owe about $850).  After that though I want to sell the rest to anyone that would take it.  I want to stay PU because I like the products, so I don't want to send my inventory back to the company (which seems like a hassle anyways).  I just feel so guilty about it.  I sincerely had very high hopes and dreams because I am a stay at home mom to 2 small boys and am not working because it makes no sense to me to pay someone else to watch my children during the day when it would take my whole paycheck to pay them.  MK was supposed to help me help my family, especially in the monery department, and allow me some time to interact with others who could actually carry on a conversation with me not just tell me what they want like the children do (they are still young, only 3 and 1 1/2).  But it turned out to be a bad mistake, although I found a great product for my face.  But no true friends have come from my business like I had hoped, because I have only lived in this area for 2 1/2 years and I am due to move again in 9 months. 

CDM,
Have you called the Repurchase Dept to find out how much you are eligible to return?  That may make a huge dent in your debt.  As for getting the products you love, there are lots of women on this board who were not able to send inventory back and would love to deplete what is left sitting on their shelves.  Good luck with your decision 

Thanks ladies.  I honestly thought about signing my mom as a consultant so we can still receive the product at half off, since between the two of us we could order $200 a quarter and sending my product back to the company after November.  What do you think?  Is it worth it?  How hard is it to send product back anyway.  If you answer this please use baby steps because MK confuses the hell out of me.

   Happy Halloween

Not hard at all!  Just call the company, I'm sure the # is around here somewhere or you can probably find it on InTouch.  They tell you how much you are eligible to return (the amount you purchased in the previous 12 months), they send you a form, you box up your stuff and send it back.  They may or may do some MK math with deductions for prizes and comissions (I say "may" because I didn't get anything taken for prizes but others have), and they send you the best damn Love check you'll ever get from that company!  I would suggest screening your calls once you hang up with the Repurchase Dept because they do call your  director who will try to talk you out of it  Boo  Avoid her calls or tell her to 
About 4-6 weeks later (on average, mine took 3) you'll be home free with your check in hand! 

I sat my dh down and told him I had found info (on mksucks) that suggested mk was a pyramid scheme.  He agreed after  we talked awhile.  Then he called our ccs.  That was not so good.  I had not told him every thing I ordered because I fell for the "he doesn't know what your business needs are" line.  I'm sooooo embaressed! Anyway he didn't condemn me, just wanted to know how to get out.  Thats where y'all come in!  So I'm going through the process of having a sale, then a 50% sale, then sending back product and garage saling what is left.  Fortunately for me, my marriage is grounded in Christ so my hubby believes in forgiving and not holding grudges but the guilt is still awful!  So is the grief of leaving a dream.   Love y'all

My DH like to have had a fit when he saw how I abused out Credit cards!    But he got over it and was very relieved when I sent all that product back, he ask me everyday since it has been sent off if I have got my check yet!   

Done w/DIQ:  I know! I really thought I was gonna be in for it!  I woulda been  bleepmeed if mine had done that to me with say Arbonne.  But no, he just held me while I mourned my lost dream. 

My fiance has always been supportive of my decision to do MK, thankfully I have not racked up that much inventory.  In fact, he has told me to stop reading these sites if I want to make the MK thing work.  But reading these sites is the best thing for me because now I know that I  was not failing the company, the company is failing me.  I just wish I would have found this site sooner, I would not have put in an order the other day had I found this site with lots of people getting rid of inventory.  Thanks ladies--you are making a great difference in my life.