The REAL World - My Experience
The previous pages are taken straight from Kleeneze's leaflet 'The Opportunity', but what about what REALLY happens?. The following is about me and my experiences.
I am 35 years old, married, have three kids and work shifts. I have never been in business before, I have a very un-trusting mind, but I'm not afraid of hard work. I have heard of MLM (Multi level marketing), networking, get rich quick schemes and I always steer clear.
My brother and his fiance told me about Kleeneze, and knowing that they would not try something un-proven, I decided to have a look. My outlook was that the worst that could happen was that I would earn a few pounds a week 'pocket money' for a few hours work - anything more I considered a bonus.
I purchased a 'Retail Kit' for �55.00 and here follows a diary of my first two weeks:-
Wednesday 27th January 1999 - I received my 'Retail Kit'. I was impressed, it contained 50 catalogues, bags, order forms, videos, instructions, a shoulder bag, even a pen - Everything I needed to get started. I used my computer and printed out some 'Please leave the Catalogue out for collection on ???day' slips and some address labels.
Thursday 28th January 1999 - I put the catalogues, slips, specialogues and order forms in the bags.
Friday 29th January 1999 - I put 48 catalogues through the doors of the people who live in my street. The other two my wife took to work.
Sunday 31st January 1999 - I collected most of the catalogues. I had �41.39 worth of orders. I delivered the collected catalogues to other houses nearby.
Monday 1st February 1999 - I re-attended the houses that had not left out their catalogues and collected them.
Tuesday 2nd February 1999 - I collected the catalogues that I had delivered on Sunday. More orders!
Wednesday 3rd February 1999 - Collected catalogues not collected on Tuesday.
Thursday 4th February 1999 - Collected catalogues and orders. Re-delivered catalogues.
Friday 5th February 1999 - Collected catalogues not collected on Thursday.
Saturday 6th February 1999 - Collected catalogues and orders. Re-delivered catalogues.
Sunday 7th February 1999 - Collected catalogues not collected on Saturday.
Monday 8th February 1999 - Collected catalogues and orders. Filled in order form and sent it to Kleeneze. Re-delivered catalogues.
Tuesday 9th February 1999 - Collected catalogues not collected on Monday.
Wednesday 10th February 1999 - Order arrived from Kleeneze. I checked it and separated it into individual Kleeneze carrier bags. In the evening we delivered the goods to customers and collected payment.
What now? Well I ordered another 50 catalogues with my order, some carrier bags and some catalogue bags (some are supplied, but I paid a little extra for 'snappy' bags that keep the catalogues in better condition). I also received 25 catalogues free. In just two weeks I am well on my way to recovering my outlay. How many business opportunities give you that so quickly?
I will continue delivering and collecting the catalogues. My initial aim was to earn �30.00 per week pocket money. It seems now that I will do that with very little effort at all. IF things take off then it will be nice, but I am not relying on it.
Things should get easier - I now have 22 customers - In about four weeks I will re-visit my customers and I am told that I can expect a high re-order rate. That means (i) My time will be spent more productively by only delivering catalogues to known customers or (ii) I can increase my income by using existing customers and looking for new ones.....Where will it end?
It is illegal for a promoter or a participant in a trading scheme to persuade anyone to make a payment by promising benefits from getting others to join a scheme. Do not be misled by claims that high earnings are easily achieved.
Promoter: Richard Edwards, Shenley, Hertfordshire, UK. Copyright R. Edwards 1999