thanks for the comment, Carole

Hugs,
Amy

Carole

Honestly I talk to many consultants about many things often times I forget who I spoke to bout a certain product first so often times I will just purchase from the first person I remember is a consultant for the company and then just to make sure I am being a good friend I circle who I buy from…

2. Now, you are considering joining the company in which you enjoy the products so much that you would like a little extra income. Do you join with the consultant that first interested you in her product or wait for the best deal on joining forgetting all loyalty to that consultant?

In all due honesty it depends on the situation IF the company is expensive to get into if I have a consultant who is willing to work with me and aid me in getting the funds to join I will work with them whether that is the first person or not if the first person I spoke to is not willing to work with me when I tell him/her that I really want to but i just don’t have the funds then really what type of an up-line will they make? It is their job to help me find ways to finance becoming a part of their team and someone who WANTS to help me to become part of their team is someone I want to be on their team because I KNOW they value me and want me as part of their team and they will be a supportive team leader.

3. Would you consider yourself a loyal customer (buying from only the consultant that first introduced you to their products)?

I feel that would be unfair as I have many friends in many companies and each time I buy I will rotate who I am buying from so I can be loyal to ALL of my friends…

4. In a saturated market, how do you pick who you are going to buy from?

I guess I kinda already answered this question… but personally I do like a round robin type thing and each time I do order from a different friend… to make sure I am being fair to all of my friends

In my personal opinion from what I have seen both online, in RL and from what I know of personal sales vs other peoples sales… MOST of the time when someone goes to someone else for a purchase nine out of ten times it is due to a sale but think about it this way… would you not WANT to have them once in a while get a sale and then come back to you?

It gives them the sale without costing you the discount… The only thing you really CAN do is make sure your personal service is strong enough to make them shop with you time and time again…

Now when someone goes down the path of signing up with someone else personally it makes me look at the way I do my business vs the person they signed up with… Now in some cases it is an issue of the truly forgot you were with that company… Other cases it could be they feel their personal way that they do business is NOT the way you do it and they want a personality that is more like theirs…

Granted other times it can be because that person just offered a better sign up deal… It just depends on the person and the situation… I am un-aware of what the exact situation your facing…

But in general I find it to be best to accept that some people make decisions that in our eyes respectively may not be acceptable to us or to someone else… Though it is usually best to overlook these decisions and make one of our own of I will accept this persons decisions not because I agree or don’t agree but because this is their decision period.

Good luck with each of your respective businesses & remember we only have control over what we each do on our own.

*hugs*

Christina

Carole

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