And most importantly, you’re said to make money.
All this according to theJoin LuLaRoesection of their website.
Sounds exciting, right?
According toseveralaccountsfromconsultants, being a rep for LuLaRoe isn’t quite as incredible as the company would have youbelieve.
So what’s really going on here?
Can you actually make a living with LuLaRoe or is it a pyramid scheme, as some havesuggested?
And what’s this about spies?
Here are the real reason women are quitting LuLaRoe.
When you think about it as a business investment, $2,500 isn’tthatmuch.
Translation: it’s not cheap to join the LuLaRoe team.
And that can be a deterrent to ever joining.
In March of that year, she paid $9,000 to become a LuLaRoe consultant.
Within four months, she rose from consultant to trainer, the next level of the pyramid.
It seems there was just too much competition out there for so many consultants to be profitable.
MLM or pyramid scheme?
As long as there’s continued demand for the product, a seller can be successful.
But when her shipment arrived two months later, it was reportedly not what she had in mind.
“I live just outside of Chicago.
My first shipment included 270 pieces of Southwest-inspired prints,” she shared.
That’s not exactly in tune with the region.
It’s no wonder then that more and more people were interested in having a pair… or ten.
But in early 2017, LuLaRoe leggings became known for something else: ripping.
“These pants rip like wet toilet paper,” customer Valerie Williams toldBusiness Insider.
“This must be a widespread issue,” she stated.
That’s not all, either.
Apparently someconsultantsreporteda foul stench emanating from theirunworn, brand-newLuLaRoe inventory.
That’s just wild.
But two months after that, Ezarik found herself in dire financial straits.
Ezarik’s story isn’t unique, either.
Over 100 other LuLaRoe consultants also filed for bankruptcy as of April of 2019.
Did they want sellers to spy on each other?
But in January of 2017, consultants allegedly received an email from the home office with a special request.
That reportedly spurred a culture of sellers spying on each other, including acting as spies in each other’sFacebookgroups.
“There was this rabid attitude encouraged by the weekly calls from home office.”
Whoa, you guys.
As it turned out, there reportedly was indeed a credit check.
But that also reportedly turned out not to be the case.
No wonder she walked away after that!
They adjusted it to 90 percent of the wholesale value, as long it was purchased within a year.
But many LuLaRoe sellers have reportedly said they gotmuchless than that, especially those in the upper ranks.
Not selling enough?
Borrow to buy your own merch
According toBusiness Insider, LuLaRoe’s growth wasexplosivebetween 2016 and early 2017.
That’s someseriouslyimpressive growth, for sure.
But asBusiness Insideralso noted, with this explosive growth came some problems for sellers.
That’s arguably a tough predicament to find yourself in.
But according to an article inUSA Today, LuLaRoe allegedly had some less-than-stellar advice for its struggling consultants.
Y’all, we don’t even have words for that one.
That’s a serious allegation.
All in all,Truth In Advertisinglisted 17 total lawsuits.
Would you want to work for a company knowing that they’re getting sued for bad business practices?
There’s been yet anotherlawsuit(are you losing count yet?
That can’t be a good sign.
After all, LuLaRoe certainlyprojectsthe image of success, something many consultants would naturally want for themselves.
Instead, they allegedly got this: “No, you’re stale.
Your customers are stale.
Get out and find new customers.
If you bring a new customer in, then your inventory isn’t stale.
His advice to consultants hearing bad things from ex-sellers?
“You cannot wrestle with the pig without getting a little mud on ya.
Don’t wrestle with the pigs, ignore them.”
We feel like his alleged words speak for themselves.
