Do people still buy Kleeneze?!

househuntingmad
househuntingmad Posts: 84 Forumite
edited 15 November 2016 at 12:01PM in Boost your income
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A friend of a friend does Kleeneze and I've always thought it to be a bit of a con, but also highly outdated. I don't actually know anyone who still buys it, and I certainly haven't seen the catalogues round my area for many years.

But said foaf , when I was talking to him, is making a fair living out of it. Nothing massive, probably not quite minimum wage - but not far off. I was surprised to hear he earned that much. And he's not higher up the chain earning commission from people lower down either, he's at the bottom rung.

He was trying to tell me (before I kind of switched off) how he's going to be a millionaire from it when he has his own team of people blah blah blah and all that rubbish. But I was genuinely surprised to find he was making more than just a bit of pocket money.

So is it a con or not?

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  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 18,636 Forumite
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    "Con" is perhaps a bit too strong.

    Kleeneze is a multi-level marketing company, so the percentage of people who make good money from it is relatively low. Your foaf has probably been brainwashed and could be lying about his earnings.

    People still buy stuff from Kleeneze catalogues, but I don't think enough to make your foaf a millionaire!
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  • billsavings
    billsavings Posts: 2,015 Forumite
    edited 10 August 2015 at 4:47AM
    Was sold to an American Company earlier this year.

    They have invested in it .Improved catalogues and product range. Online sales are on the way up they say, certainly a lot of reps selling it on facebook.

    They also now use name klife

    http://www.retail-week.com/sectors/general-merchandise/findel-strikes-deal-to-sell-kleeneze-to-cvsl-in-36m-deal/5071815.article
  • pointsguy
    pointsguy Posts: 72 Forumite
    Hmm... a friend told me that if you don't feel right about something, then don't do it.
  • Hi
    First, I would like to declare I am a Kleeneze distributor, I also run a successful advertising company so am not easily taken in by scams. Kleeneze is not a get rich company and 8 out of ten people do leave. However a massive proportion of new business ventures fail. Kleeneze is like any other company you start, It takes a long time to earn any real money, but those who stick at it and follow a set plan will earn about £2000-£3500 per month after ten years. Although this is not a fortune it still represents a good income. Retailing via catalogues generates a poor income to begin with but if you follow our customer base building plan you end up delivering catalogues only to a set of customers who have proven to like your products. The people who fail stop too early or have decided they know best and go down there own route. I can give solid proof that if you stay in for the long term that you will earn a great income for the hours you put in. If you would like more info please get in touch.
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