I can see both sides of you 2 ladies posts- I will give an example that I think goes with what Deb is talking about
I have a Team of almost 20 -there are a couple who are working thier Biz- MOST of them do not order until, I send out the email telling who is going to be cut for the quarter for being inactive - now to remain active it takes 1 ANY $ amount order Per quarter - ANY $ amount mind you
And the products are bath & body(stuff we ALL use or I would hope do - DAILY) - so if you are buying from yourself there are benefits
1) become familiar with the products- then you can honestly tell others about the products
2) How can you ask others to buy from your Biz when you don't
BUT so many like I said ONLY place an order when it is time to be cut - it is appearant they are not working thier Biz, and why they place a $2.30 order to remain part of a Biz they are not working I do not understand - For whatever the reason if they are not going to work the Biz I would think they would leave BUT they stay on
AND then I get emails from them -They ae having money troubles and cant order - I can understand money troubles - BUT do they not still NEED Soap !Or they write No body wants to buy the products - well they dont realize they need products to show the customers, they need to work to advertise and get people aware of the Biz & products - that they are NOT going to get rich over night if they dont put out some effort
But to go with the post by Missy - I too have signed up with Businesses, then tried products to see if I would like them - ordered lots got ALOT of stock built up - put out ALOT of money - then experienced people NOT buying no matter what I do - and then I dont want to to the required amount to stay active cause that just ADDS to my stock- So even though it was a SMALL amout to stay active - I did not think it fair to my upline, the company to stay on with something I could not do - and I could NOT get anyone - friends, family, strangers to buy - so even though I Like the products and feel it is a good company the best choice for me was to leave that Biz
BUT I have come across MANY ads that make it see too good to be true and those sorta things really are
Now there are times when a Biz will go really GREAT then you hit a slump- ALL seem to have those months when things are just slow to no orders - this is when I might need to place a personal order to keep active - or offer someone My Discount to order to help me stay active - considering I am right now with 4 Biz (MY choice BUT I love them all) and I am the ONLY source of income in my home(work FT outside the home) keeping up with even a small requirement when it is x4 can be hard - BUT offer up my discount and I can make it through the times when money did become tight - car broke down, I was sick and could not sell like I needed, death in family took me away from selling, or whatever the cause might be
Anyway that is my take on both of your posts - no intentions on upsetting anyone - I see both sides( guess that comes from being a Libra LOL), I see the ads that are just tooooo wild with what they SAY can be achieved - and am surprised people fall for them - I have experienced the NO bying Reps - I have experienced the hard times meeting required sales to stay active
Lets just HOPE that Everyone can find the things that is right for them, that they all get AWESOME teams and that we ALL can make money doing SOMETHING we LOVE - is that not the desired END outcome we were seeking when we started !
GREAT day to ALL
Tonja