~Avon Hints & Tips (Part 6) ~

chasingsunshine_2

Sarahlou wrote: »

Hi ladies

I was just having a browse on the rep site and noticed this under service news for C17,18 and C1:

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Service News 1[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]WRAP YOUR OWN GIFT SET - BROCHURES 17 AND 18
Due to the high demand for the Wrap Your Own Gift Set, we are unable to deliver the gold basket from this product until next campaign. We have sent all of the other products from the Gift Set. Please pass this information on to customers who ordered this product. Apologies for any inconvenience that this may cause.[/FONT]

Surely this doesn't mean we won't receive the baskets until C2????! That would mean no one receives them in time for Xmas??
I've loads of these on order :eek:

Sarah

BUM bum bum bum bum bum bum!
I've ordered 6 of these! not really any good without the baskets IMO

Hmmm... I may have a look out for cheap, but nice, gold baskets elsewhere... May not end up making money on those items but better than annoying the few customers I do have!
Cheers Avon.... :mad:

chasingsunshine_2

Sarahlou can you post the link for where that message is as I cant find it. Thanks

Sarahlou_2

chasingsunshine wrote: »

BUM bum bum bum bum bum bum!
I've ordered 6 of these! not really any good without the baskets IMO

Hmmm... I may have a look out for cheap, but nice, gold baskets elsewhere... May not end up making money on those items but better than annoying the few customers I do have!
Cheers Avon.... :mad:

They're idiots- how can they have enough wrapping etc but no baskets???? GGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

chasingsunshine_2

Sarahlou wrote: »

They're idiots- how can they have enough wrapping etc but no baskets???? GGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Exactly! Makes no sense at all does it. Really annoyed at this. Been really promoting that too.

Sarahlou_2

chasingsunshine wrote: »

Sarahlou can you post the link for where that message is as I cant find it. Thanks

This is campaign 17 : http://www.avon.uk.com/REPSuite/trendsetter_cam2.page (scroll down towards the bottom of the page)

The same message appears on C18 and C1 :mad:

chasingsunshine_2

Sarahlou wrote: »

This is campaign 17 : http://www.avon.uk.com/REPSuite/trendsetter_cam2.page (scroll down towards the bottom of the page)

The same message appears on C18 and C1 :mad:

Ahh thanks!

Oh so the prepare to party bag is gold rather than black as well... Blining heck! Not very impressed with all this

Sarahlou_2

chasingsunshine wrote: »

Ahh thanks!

Oh so the prepare to party bag is gold rather than black as well... Blining heck! Not very impressed with all this

I know! Just when you think all is going well.................delivery due Thursday so will see what shows up....

chasingsunshine_2

Sarahlou wrote: »

I know! Just when you think all is going well.................delivery due Thursday so will see what shows up....

Mine is Tuesday... Will let you know what turns up. So embarrassing to not be able to provide what the customers want. Out of stock is one thing but part of the item is another! Yikes! :eek:

Sarahlou_2

chasingsunshine wrote: »

Mine is Tuesday... Will let you know what turns up. So embarrassing to not be able to provide what the customers want. Out of stock is one thing but part of the item is another! Yikes! :eek:

Thanks that will be great. x

J_pink

TNCL1975 wrote: »

Hi all,
It seems that most of the people I have managed to speak to have said they don't want to be delivered to and about 5 have said they would like it every 6 months or so! Another close neighbour would like to place a small order...

What would you do from here? I can't see me making MOV from here and OH supports me but thinks I have been lead into thinking we could actually earn something from this! Please help???

Many thanks x

Hi TNCL,
It sounds to me (and I am quite new to Avon myself) that this is a case of either over exposure to Avon, or (and perhaps more likely) an unreliable representitive - so when people have perhaps made an initial order, they might not have been happy with the service they received. What does everyone else think?

My advice would be...
- Don't kill yourself by going out so much - every other day is enough!
- Your time is better spent with some tactical marketing
- Package the brochures up well
- Encourage sales with some friendly flyers

For example I always carry some printed notes if they haven't left the brochure out for me, a "new rep" note to introduce yourself; a quick "guide to ordering" for people who are unsure and a monthly newsletter.
ASK IF YOU WOULD LIKE THESE EMAILING!

- I keep a spreadsheet of all the homes I visit (take a jotter out with you)
- make a note of people who loose brochures, have no interest and also those who are more likely to order.
- I am also canvassing for one-off Christmas orders with a friendly note to those people who might just want to see one brochure for crimbo gifts - and not be bothered again! (Men, for example) :rotfl:

Good luck and donlt give up just yet, at least you have a really good area to canvas. They just need to know that you are friendly and reliable.