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To chuck the Avon book in the recycling.

552 replies

Houseplanter · 01/10/2023 22:16

So I know there's someone out there trying to make a living and good for them. But i don't want Avon stuff. My choices are to

a leave it out on the step where it'll likely get wet
b keep it in the house but I'm unlikely to be here when they call back
c (and this is my preference) chuck it in the recycling with the rest of the unsolicited trash.

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Crumpleton · 06/10/2023 01:10

whatwas the homeware one beginning with B called?

Betterwear?

YouOKHun · 06/10/2023 01:13

@KoalaChaos I think your Nana was ahead of her time in terms of providing the Avon catalogue in place of Andrex. It’s an astute comment on the business model Avon adopted.

Crumpleton · 06/10/2023 01:13

Or even Betterware...

To chuck the Avon book in the recycling.
KoalaChaos · 06/10/2023 01:19

Crumpleton · 06/10/2023 01:13

Or even Betterware...

That's the one! 😁 yeah there was always one of those in the toilet magazine rack

JanoirLondon · 06/10/2023 07:40

You get what you put into it. Those 350 can too recruit reps and so on. That upliner does this as her full time job. I do it as an extra. So what's wrong with that?
You clearly haven't got any understanding of the concept here

JanoirLondon · 06/10/2023 07:44

Never said it wasn't. Stupid!
But you don't have to do it that way. I have 2 I'm my my team who are my friends and I choose not to have more.
What the hell is wrong with you? It's just a bloody shop that sells good quality reasonable goods!!!!!

User174085934 · 06/10/2023 07:46

Betterware, you could get stuff from there that you couldn't get at Woolworths and Wilko. Now all of them are replaced by Amazon

RightOnTheEdge · 06/10/2023 07:57

JustAMinutePleass · 01/10/2023 23:32

The books belong to the rep. Expect an invoice if you recycle / destroy it - and Avon reps get support from Avon to pursue CCJs. Not worth it. Just leave it on the doorstep in a plastic bag

Behave yourself! 🤣

No one is getting taken to court for chucking an Avon catalogue they didn't ask for in the recycling!

WrongSwanson · 06/10/2023 08:01

JanoirLondon · 06/10/2023 07:40

You get what you put into it. Those 350 can too recruit reps and so on. That upliner does this as her full time job. I do it as an extra. So what's wrong with that?
You clearly haven't got any understanding of the concept here

But why would you want to recruit more people if the money is in selling the goods? They would be your direct competition (particularly in an era when they can even sell online).

KakiFruit · 06/10/2023 08:09

JanoirLondon · 06/10/2023 07:44

Never said it wasn't. Stupid!
But you don't have to do it that way. I have 2 I'm my my team who are my friends and I choose not to have more.
What the hell is wrong with you? It's just a bloody shop that sells good quality reasonable goods!!!!!

You're in a pyramid scheme. You really have no place to be calling other people stupid.

SurprisedWithAHorse · 06/10/2023 08:19

There was a poster earlier pretending that Avon gets CCJs against people who bin the catalogue, I wouldn't pay too much attention to this one.

koalaknickers · 06/10/2023 08:45

SurprisedWithAHorse · 04/10/2023 11:30

I've never bought from Avon but it was on my list of potentials to try (via the website). Definitely won't ever buy from it now, though. It's misleading about being cruelty free, too.

Yes about the cruelty free too!

JanoirLondon · 06/10/2023 08:45

@WrongSwanson
you can recruit anyone in the country by zoomcall. My own personal 2 friends have their own friend network and family so it wouldn't affect me.x

JanoirLondon · 06/10/2023 08:47

@KakiFruit but you are clearly slagging off something you no nothing about.

koalaknickers · 06/10/2023 08:48

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 05/10/2023 12:38

Imagine if the horse poo man stuck a pipe through everybody's letterbox and pumped a ton of the good stuff through into your hallway.

There's no need for you to be rude to him: simply find a (large quantity of) plastic bags and leave it out for him to take away if you don't want to buy it!

😆

WrongSwanson · 06/10/2023 08:50

JanoirLondon · 06/10/2023 08:45

@WrongSwanson
you can recruit anyone in the country by zoomcall. My own personal 2 friends have their own friend network and family so it wouldn't affect me.x

You've spectacularly missed the point.

If it's a legit business the focus should be on selling goods -if so why recruit any competition at all? It's like someone owning a bakery and persuading their mate to set up a bakery next door. Totally illogical.

If it's a pyramid scheme then people recruit "down lines" to make money off them. So the "salespeople" are actually the customers.

koalaknickers · 06/10/2023 08:55

^ if you've got 8 seconds to watch that 😄

JanoirLondon · 06/10/2023 08:57

@WrongSwanson
I think you really need to read up on Avon as you don't really understand it. Yes it is a pyramid correct. I won't take that away from you but you are suggesting it's illogical???????

spitefulandbadgrammar · 06/10/2023 08:57

JanoirLondon · 06/10/2023 07:44

Never said it wasn't. Stupid!
But you don't have to do it that way. I have 2 I'm my my team who are my friends and I choose not to have more.
What the hell is wrong with you? It's just a bloody shop that sells good quality reasonable goods!!!!!

Now now, isn’t your pyramid scheme Avon about empowering women so we can all be girl bosses? I think your Yoonique purple status, pink Cadillac and free holidays will be at stake if your up line discovers you talking to potential downlines, sorry, customers this way. Go on, be a hun and ask me to pop you a DM to find out about a mascara and my own business opportunity xx

SurprisedWithAHorse · 06/10/2023 09:02

Well if anyone did want a load of horseshit, @JanoirLondon is serving it up in industrial quantities for free.

JanoirLondon · 06/10/2023 09:22

@koalaknickers
Lol that's funny. I've started something here!!
It's just Avon works for me and 1000s of others!!😉

JanoirLondon · 06/10/2023 09:25

@SurprisedWithAHorse
Avon are accepted to Leaping Bunny so are now cruelty free.xx