Be CAUTIOUS and read the fine print - Anonymous employee Pure Romance Employee Review

Before you even "pop the box" you are expected to invest money. A lot of money! Most businesses do require an investment to start earning. However the scheme of this MLM businesses is that you have the flexibility to earn large profits with little effort. Not the case in Pure Romance. Shortly after receiving your kit you learn that women demand instant gratification and they will often turn down a large order if they cannot walk home with products in hand. So as a consultant you are trained to spend 40-60% of your profits from a party on "investing" in inventory. The company leads you to believe that you will start out earning 40%+ commission from party sales. The reality is that YOU provide a hostess with a free gift valued at $20 and 10% of party sales. Right off the bat you are now earning 30% commission. If your party was a flop, cause lets face it, most aren't what we hope and expect, then you walk away with low sales, having to give your hostess free product, and then you're expected to turn 40-60% of your profit into inventory. This leads me to further discuss the ever changing inventory. The catalog is constantly changing to keep consultants motivated to sell. That in turn leads a consultant with an overhaul of products that haven't sold, aren't shown, or were crap toys that she hates to press on people. Another point, every person is charged $7 shipping. When you do carry large inventory, you can expect almost every single woman to complain about shipping fees when they dont have to get anything shipped to them. So now you have to explain you paid the shipping upfront. Almost guaranteed you will lose a sale over someone being forced to pay shipping. In order to earn a larger commission and bonus you have to recruit new consultants. You are taught at training that not all of these women will make it in the business and to let them go if they aren't doing well. The problem is that YOU look like the bad guy in this business when your team lacks sales. They come to you to solve your problems. The very problems you are likely having. This company expects you to do well by going to National Training ($250+ for the ticket, doesn't include cost of mandatory hotel, flight, etc.) World Conference, monthly trainings, etc. that YOU pay out of pocket for. Now with low sales, party cancellations, team management dwindling, having an actual "life" can lead the consultant to go inactive if she doesn't have $200 in sales every 2 months or if she takes money from her parties to actually pay a bill or use it for training. Let me reiterate that $200 in sales, isn't just $100 cash in hand. Its nearly $200 by the time you pay shipping and tax. Heaven forbid you're going inactive close to school starting up as thats what happened to me. Single mom of 4 kids having to choose between school clothes and supplies for back to school or paying $200 out of pocket to remain active. I had already paid my $250 ticket for National Training. I was trying to figure out how I was going to pay for everything. Ultimately, My kids came first. I went inactive and I am sure there are hundreds of other women out there who ended up in my position. HERE is where you need to be warned... your incentive guide shows that you cannot sell or host Pure Romance products once you are inactive. Reemphasizing how much this business hammers down on investing in inventory, I had over $10,000 worth of inventory when I went inactive in July. I also had 1 more payment on the Inventory Advantage Program that was due on August 15a mere 10 days after school started. I cancelled the card so that I could not be billed for the products as I did not have the money and since I couldn't legally sell the products PER the incentive guide. I held $10k in worthless inventory. Now I am being sought by a collection agency demanding I pay $200 to prevent Pure Romance from seeking legal action to collect. FYI- Pure Romance has been known to sue former consultants for their non-compete clause in the Incentive Guide I would not be surprised to be sued by them if I was caught selling products. Completely PETTY for a multi million dollar company to send consultants to a collection agency. Heed my warning, there are companies who look like genuine people that will take advantage of single moms, stay at home moms, poor women, etc. to profit their company. Those same women who likely sought out this business in hopes of some financial freedom. FYI Pure Romance- I held a party at my house last night and GAVE AWAY for FREE EVERY SINGLE PRODUCT left over. So now I am at a complete loss of over $10k. So you can take me to court over $200.