~Avon Hints & Tips (Part 8) ~ Please read first post :)

Mrs_Jules

Thank you lozza1985

lozza1985

Yeah I keep a purse with change that's just for avon, I keep about 4 £5 notes, at least £10 in £1s, a few pounds in 50p, about three £1s in 20p £ 10ps, and a reasonable amount of 5ps and below. Sometimes everyone pays with the right money so we end up with loads of change, other times we've really been struggling for change if no one has the right money. Definitely pays to have plenty of change!

Money_maker

And doesn't help when Avon suddenly start doing 99p on the end of prices. They used to be really straightforward with round figures but have had some really weird prices of late.

lozza1985

O yes I regularly have to raid my "piggy bank" for 1p coins as we get through so many - though on the plus side, some of my customers say it doesn't matter about the change, so I get about 10p in tips each time

Rebecca_A_3

As a new Avon rep I just wanted to say thanks to you all for these hints and tips. They've been very helpful :-)

lozza1985

Hi and welcome always nice to 'see' new people on here

brednall

GOod afternoon to all.

I was an avon rep when I was working and have decided to give it another go now I am a 'stay at home' mum. My SL came to see me on Friday and assigned me 7 roads within my area. She flagged 2 as 'red areas' that should bring me more orders. My hubby and I dropped 30 books on this road on Saturday and my kiddies and I went to collect this morning and only 15 were left out!! THe other 10 we left on another road and not 1 left out. Not the best start. THe ones I have collected in I have re-distributed today on another street to be collected on Thursday as any orders(!) I might get have to be in on Friday.

I think it may not have been the best time to start this just before Christmas but I will perservere. Obviously I don't want to end up out of pocket by having to pay for lots of books and not get any orders though.

THanks for all your hints and tips but any motivation and inspiration would be gratefully received.

Emma

Brown.Owl_2

Just before christmas is a great time to start as you get more orders for the gifts. It's a slow start, but the first couple of campaigns you are trying to find the customers. Try knocking on the doors and asking people if they'd like a book as you're less likely to loose books that way.

Good luck and I hope you'll get your books back from them all.

Beachview_2

Just a few thoughts on how I've been getting on so far.

A few weeks ago someone put a note in one of my books telling me not to leave another book. How do they expect me to know which house they're in, they didn't leave their house number.

I got another one today from a house on the street I live on, telling me they don't want the book again - so I have managed to narrow it down to 2 houses, though I haven't figured out which one of them it was. All they had to do was put their name on the note.

I have a couple of orders to send back, so I'll have to look round the avon site to figure out how to do the returns. Not looking forward to that, seems a lot of hassle.

I took a delivery to a house and the woman came to the door and said she didn't order anything. Even though her full address was on the order form, signed an everything.

Another thing, I don't like the way Avon just throw the stuff into the boxes with no foam balls or anything to stop things getting broken. I got a handwash and the lid was cracked. And they don't protect bottles in any way in case of leaks. I order shampoo for my dog from an online company and they tape over the lids, another company wraps the shampoo bottles in cling film. Avon just put that sort of thing in the box loose.

Brown.Owl_2

The only way things will change with that is if we tell them - return things like that with the options of broken in transit or leaked or another item leaked all over it. Or call them and complain.