Is Scentsy a deceptive MLM company that uses fraudulent tactics and sleazy independent consultants to sell dangerous, overpriced products?
Here’s Carol’s story:
“I started working at a new job in a new town. Since I don’t know too many people here, I was really happy when a coworker sent me an email saying that she was having a few people over on Sunday afternoon, and she would love it if I would be able to come.
“I really appreciated her thinking of me, and I was really looking forward to meeting some new people.
“When I arrived, I found out that instead of a social get together, this was a home party and that my new ‘friend’ was an ‘independent consultant’ for some multi-level marketing scam called ‘Scentsy.’ Instead of a real party, I had to listen to a presentation about these stupid, overpriced warmers that melt scented wax with a light bulb. She was pushing these stupid warmers and wax bars packages for like $75 – $85. The Scentsy plug-in warmers are glorified nightlights they sell for $20, and the tabletop warmers are like $35. Of course, if you’re stupid enough to buy those you’ll have to buy their ridiculous scented wax bars for the rest of your life.
“I discreetly asked around and none of the other guests knew they were attending a sales presentation. Yet still they allowed themselves to be manipulated into buying these ridiculously overpriced air freshners just to be polite. I was the only one who didn’t buy.
“I have some advice to people who do these home parties like Scentsy and invite people under false pretenses: You are scum. You might think you are clever, and you might get some free products or whatever, but all those people you tricked, even the ones you tricked into buying and tell you they love the product, now know you’re scum and can’t be trusted.
“My advice to people who unknowingly show up to sales parties: You should leave. Or eat a bunch of their free food and then leave. Do not buy a thing! Make it clear you don’t appreciate being lied to and that if your friend needs money that bad she just should have asked you for a loan. Do not be ashamed. It’s your scummy host who should be ashamed. Go buy yourself a Glade Air Freshner and buy some new shoes with all the money you saved!”
The only good thing that came out of Carol’s experience with the Scentsy home party is a new goal she has at work.
Says Carol: “I now have a work fantasy that I will get promoted to supervisor over the sleazebag Scentsy consultant. I will call her in for a meeting to discuss a promotion and a raise. When she gets there, I’ll say ‘Oh, I didn’t mean a promotion and a raise! Sorry! The meeting was to let you know you’re fired! Good luck with your Scentsy MLM scam!”
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marci/jenn/stay at home mommy seems to have left the building. While we have had our differences, I sincerely hope that means she has checked in somewhere to get the help she so desperately needs. A life of deception is no way to live. Let her sad example be a warning to those of you considering Scentsy or any other home party or multilevel marketing scam.
The bottom line is that pretending to be something you're not, or claiming to have noble intentions when you are really motivated by money, always bites you in the fat ass eventually. For example, pretending Scentsy is not about the money and is some big charitable organization, then having to explain why their products are made in Asia at the expense of American workers.
If you were honest about your monetary motives from the start, you could easily say "Look, I make an extra buck fifty for each defective warmer cuz they're made by child labor in a sweatshop in Chingapore (or wherever) and dodge safety standards. I never pretended I cared about my laid off neighbors, unless they can't afford my overpriced stinkpots. As long as they can still give me a chunk of their welfare checks to become a Scentsy rep in my pyramid scheme downline, I'm cool wit dat."
But no, since you pretended to be altruistic, you have no comeback except that you're a phony baloney sales schmuck. See? Honesty IS the best policy!
Good luck on the road to recovery, marci. I'm sure you'll be in touch when you're working on Step 8. See you in 28 days, sweetie!
Sad and pathetic person you are. So sad. And you call other out for spewing insults at complete strangers. Hypocrisy must be the best policy in your eyes. Sociopaths never play nice. Sorry I wasted my time even responding to such pathetic antics.
marci/jenn/stay at home mommy: You lost. The fact that you sell dangerous products from offshore suppliers was the final blow. You have no comeback for that, so please stop trying to get the last word when you have nothing to say. It's pathetic.
You lost. But there are are lots of blogs out there where they might fall for your fantasy role-playing of being a successful law partner, etc. and your multiple personas praising each other. Go there.
You lost. Deal with it. I'm sure you get enough practice. It should come natural by now.
Any other sleazy Scentsy salesgirls have the guts to take on the facts? No? Didn't think so...
Scentsy is dead. Good riddance.
I KNEW you would come back with yet another immediate nonsensical rant. Textbook sociopath. You are getting all too predictable now, anonymous coward. You notice how NO ONE is backing you up? You seriously have to sit and google-copy-paste to attempt to support anything you say, and even at that, your facts are so terribly wrong. As I said before, anyone with no life, friends, or adequate mental capacity could sit there all day and EVENTUALLY find a few half-truths. You have to know by now that this is purely for raw entertainment value for me. So go ahead, launch one back you poor soul. Im ready (again) Lmbo
Sad, really. She can't help trying to get in the last word, yet has nothing to say. Doesn't address offshore manufacturing, product recalls, unsafe products, deceptive marketing. It's a compulsion, like lying.
Girls, this is what Scentsy is all about. Don't fall into the pathetic trap.
[Insert contentless last-word attempt here, marci/jenn/stay at home mommy]
I was recently invited to a Scentsy "party". I stumbled across this site while searching for honest opinions about Scentsy products. Guest, (Marci please note the comma there) you crack me up. :) I have to side with this person. There is *no* way Marci is a lawyer.
To all the sellers - Keep it classy, ladies. You could very well be turning people away from your products. The trash talk is a dead giveaway that you are trying to avoid answering simple questions. It is painful to read. Also, your spelling and punctuation errors are embarrassing.
I think I will just stick to my oils. Thank you for the laugh. ;)
I would just like to say that I know a Scentsy consultant and in fact she is brainwashed or maybe brain dead. I hate being around her anymore because that is all she talks about. In fact I laughed when guest made the statement "I am not in it for the money", well I can tell you she is in it for the money. She throws around every chance she gets how much she makes from selling overpriced air fresheners. Yes I can tell you I was sucked in once, but I will never buy these candles again. They are over priced, no smell, the bulbs don't last...etc etc. I tried to resell them but no one wants to buy them, so I gave them to Goodwill. This company is a scam and it has flooded the market and you know what they say everything that goes up must come down.
I stumbled across this site while looking for information on Curves franchises.
I have to say, I am not surprised at the immature response of the Scentsy salespeople. I like to support small business, but MLM is NOT small business. MLM salespeople are brainwashed and will do anything for a buck.
MLM salespeople pretend to be your friend. They are instructed to act like your friend. If they were forthcoming with the truth, few would show up for their "parties".
The Scentsy reps in this thread are a great example of the brainwashed minions. Just because at some rah-rah meeting the ASPIRATION of becoming a Fortune 500 company was announced does not make it so. Yet, do a google search of "scentsy fortune 500" and you will see this site as the #1 hit, and subsequent results are consultants making the same misrepresentation.
Now, on a different "500" list, that of "INC", Scentsy is listed as #85 of the fastest growing companies. But that does not equal "Fortune 500", which is a completely different animal.
Do a search on any popular home party MLM (jewelry, cosmetics, etc.) and see the same immature comebacks from the mindset that is sucked into these organizations. The MLM minions are instructed on what to say to critics. They didn't come up with the BS all on their own.
JusticeJ-I have to disagree personally with you on this. I am AVON Independent representative and when I first started selling AVON, it helped me to do a better job with my first job because my job entailed me to do deal with the employees as a Lead. I was able to get to know everyone better and help them better. I was also more outgoing than I was before. I also did my job better because they had sucked the competitive spirit out of the job because what the union bargained at the time with a pass/fail system. AVON is at least a bit competitive. I am not trying to sell anyone on being an AVON rep, I am just trying to make a point. I was not phony to anyone. I believe in being honest,
I sold Avon to get discounts for myself....never made any money just spent it....lol....anyway go to Walmart and you can buy the warmers and scents a whole lot cheaper.