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I dont know if that was Laura who whomever that stated that people keep posting commission checks from the Applause magazine and they stated that I left MK because it was not that great I was paralyzed and my boyfriend left me and all kinds of horrible things happened that I wont get into on this board. I thought I made it clear that I saw some flaws in MK and if you have read my previous postings I STILL think its a great business opportunity but I have put as much information up as possible regarding Network marketing and MLMs and we have seen examples of monetary commissions and in the brochures it says the average consultant who is new who is working the business makes 20-25 dollars an hour I dont know what more you want!!! If a bunch of women came on the board like a few weeks ago were lamblasing the company and saying they made no money would that make you happy? I dont know if this was someone else or Laura I dont want to pass any judgements here but I think when it comes to whether or not MK is an MLM I agreed in a sense it is and Network Marketing is an MLM. Im not going to change my opinion about MK because Im not against MLMS at all that stress sales as their premise. My exboyfriend abused me but Im not on a mission to warn women about abuse there are enough of them out there that have the time and money to do that. It sounds to me like you are on a mission to warn people about MK or MLMS and thats fine. I really dont know who Im addressing this to but its the person who asked me if I left MK because I wasnt making any money. I think that everyone has the right to pick the company they want to work for and I personally like MK but Im not here to defend them or Avon or Pampered Chef or whomever because everyone has a choice of what they want to do. The divorce rate is 50 percent and that is STILL not going to stop people from entering into the instituition of marriage. In my mind its all relative you have people out here who lie about who they are and what they do and wind up losing homes and jobs over things like this. Its funny people can be fooled into anything it doesnt have to be sales. I think there are more than enough things on paper and proof of people to talk to and checks from other people that can be seen or someone who keeps a full datebook to find out what people are making. Its all up to the person when you go on a job and they tell you 8.00 an hour and thats it THATS IT. In an MLM if you can book and hold enough appts you can make at least 15.00 an hour.... Steph

Stephanie,

First and foremost, I'm very glad to know that you are no longer subject to abuse; and second, you are clearly a powerful force in the world, and a strong woman! My hat's off to you, and I wish you every good happiness.

I'm glad that MK is working for you, and, since you said you take a bus, I'm thinking that you probably live in a fairly urban community; if so, you may easily be able to subscribe to a local community currency network, which could really amplify the value of any earned income, as well expanding the variety and quality of goods and services to which you have access; LETTS systems (as well as more and more community currencies) are not limited to their geographic location, as they record/distribute by computer - you may already know all about this, so if I'm being redundant here, please forgive.

here is a link to some relevant links/resources : http://www.communitycurrency.org/resources.html#LCWS

Let me know if you'd like any other information, links, or urls.

again, all the best,

Bunny W - 18 Feb 2004

ps - as for the conflicts over the promised income potential in MK, my take on that is: I just think they (they, meaning, the company itself and, apparently, the majority of recruiters/directors)should probably just knock off all the hype, and be more realistic and honest in their presentation. People who have been really burned by their MK experience - and they may even have been financially successful themselves, but got tired of being advised to misrepresent things - are naturally going to wince and cringe a little (or a lot, lol) whenever they see/hear what they saw/heard over and over at their Leadership conferences ... one of the problems with the financial information that is presented by the company and its senior reps - the showing of commissions, bonuses, etc. - is that it's so goofily amateurish and woefully incomplete (and I don't mean to insult anyone here, and I'm not being critical of your posting of Ms Jordan's information): running a business means running expenses and capitalization costs; budgets for marketing and promotion; inventory losses through obsolescence; etc., etc.; and a real financial statement details all that, as well as income from all aspects of the business, and tax obligatons and benefits.

So there is, for some, frustration to the point of exasperation over the way the company presents, and trains its reps to present, the income potential to new consultants. I think the basic idea from the dissenters is: For pete's sake, just tell the truth; the truth obviously includes a wide variety of possible and demonstrated outcomes. What's so bad about that? Common sense and even a small amount of experience in the working world would tell you that's the reality, any way, wouldn't it? If you know this, you feel the company is both talking down to you (ick), and inflating the potential unnecessarily; if you don't know it, you may well be deceived and, ultimately, feel betrayed and ill-used.

How about the company developing comparative sample financial statements, showing: a primarily sales based consultancy; a 50-50; a primarily recruitment based business; a 60-40; whatever ... just get the information out there in an honest way.

Maybe MK is just experiencing growing pains, lol?

Steph........I apologize for false accusations to you......after I wrote this morning I realized I had remembered someone else's story, not yours regarding leaving.....I was in the wrong and have corrected my posts, please forgive me. I am equally touched by your committment in MK and it is commendabe, I too, wish you well.........regarding posts of commission checks, those are examples of what women COULD make, but they are misleading to the population in general and the company needs to stop using that tactic, I will maintain it's misleading.........what I feel really helps is consultants sharing their sales information to each other....it's what is supposed to count as you are moving up....like Wendy's incredible personal sales, that motivates women.....yes, the big commission checks motivate, but they leave too much room for question, ie., expenses......where on a consultant level (again 98% of the population of MK) I think real stories about real incomes need to be shared and ideas how to improve that income, etc. Again, please accept my sincere apologies for getting you mixed up with someone else.....take care.


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