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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, this was an interesting/hilarious/sad thread!

I've been an S&D stylist for about a year and I have to agree with a lot of what's been said in these comments.  If you're in it to have an actual career, I wouldn't recommend it unless you are able to spend a lot of money up front and work your butt off for commissions.  If you have a lot of friends or acquaintances that LOVE fashion and jewelry and have a lot of disposable income you might do alright.  If you are able to network easily and have a very large pool of people to pull from then MAYBE you'll make some money.  Sad truth, it rarely happens.

I'm a pharmacist and a mom of 3 and still work part time on an as needed basis since I am lucky enough that my husband's income allows me to stay home most of the time.  So why did I bother to do this?  Frankly I loved the jewelry but thought it was WAY WAY overpriced.  I STILL think it's overpriced.  But when the necklace I wanted was $200 and I can spend $200 and it actually come out to $450 in product credit, why wouldn't you sign up?  You also get 50% off everything (except business supplies and display items which sadly YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR ON YOUR OWN) for the next 30 days and 50% off everything 3 times a year as long as you sold $250 worth of product in the previous 3 months.  Given I had already spent at least that much over the last few years on pieces the discount alone with was worth the sign up.  I'm debating on whether or not to pay the $59 renewal fee when my year is up next month but I just might to keep the discount.  I guess  I look at it like a Costco membership for jewelry (sadly).

So bottom line, if you want to make money doing this GOOD LUCK!  It's not impossible but it is difficult and if you don't have the personality to sell sell sell it will more than likely not end well and you will spend a lot of money and get little back.  However, if you simply like the jewelry and would probably buy it anyway then by all means sign up.  For me the discount was worth it and I actually did sell enough over the course of the year to make back my investment (plus the stuff I got at 50% off later) and break even.  But it took a YEAR to do it.  So in the end I have a lot of cute stuff that "technically" was free but no real extra cash to show for it.  I don't bug people to host (I just feel crappy doing that) but I have friends who already knew S&D who were more than willing to host a show to get free stuff.  It also helped that I had friends and family that love this stuff too and would buy from me as their "stylist".  Or that I could use my 25% discount FOR said friends and family during the rest of the non-sample period to get them a better price than they would get otherwise and it would still count toward my "sales".

If you go into this with those expectations it's not too bad.  Any expectations higher than those (especially if you think you'll make tons of money right away) are pretty naive and difficult to attain.
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I wish I knew who your upline was because it sounds like you did not get a very good understanding of how to approach this business in a strategic manner or did not take advantage of the jump start.  I earned over $7500 in commissions in my jump start, I earned $3500 in free jewelry and I have not paid out-of-pocket for a piece of jewelry or business supply since I started and spent $199. It's a shame that it took you so long to earn your investment back. I coach all my stylists to work and use their jump start to the fullest. It sounds like you maybe did not get the best coaching during your jump start. p.s. I work full-time and have two young children so I know this business can work, but you do have to do the work.[/quote]

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