I ordered from an AVON rep. She had me write down my order on a piece of paper and she had 40 dollars of my money. She gave me no receipt and I paid in cash. she then said my order went over by 2dollars and some sense and needed to include tax. I did. A month later, I went looking for my order. No order placed. I went on to learn she was in cohorts with an employee I fired from home health care. I went to AVON and complained. Boy, that didn't work.

Save yourself the heartache and sanity. You are not going to make any real money and any money you actually make ends up being spent on brochures and anything else you may need, so you actually spend more than you make. There is no check coming to you...any money ends up being paid to you in the form of credit...so you can buy more crap from them...The only one making money is AVON...and don't bother going on their community blog where reps go for advice or to share something...everyone is busy blowing hot air up everyone else's butt about how wonderful AVON is - if you dare say the opposite, your comment will be jumped on and all the butt kissing reps will tell you that its obvious you're not doing something right because they've been selling AVON and have been able to retire, buy a yacht or a mansion or whatever...

I received soliciting e-mails from Michael Ifft of Avon. I don't know where he got my e-mail from. I asked to be unsubscribed from mailing list. I went to the unsubscribe section and removed my e-mail. I still was sent e-mails. I continued to unsubscribe and still was sent e-mails. I sent many e-mails to Michael Iffts e-mail account, [email protected] and received a strange and harassing e-mail about men who might like to wear womens cosmetics. I sent a complaint to Avon and got no response. I unsubscribed through Avons web page and still received solicitations from Michael Ifft. I again sent an e-mail to Michael Ifft this time to Michael Ifft [email protected] and I received a strange and insulting e-mail from Michael Ifft to the effect my mother must have dropped me on my head and a number of other insulting and harassing remarks that I found to be shocking. I have put in a complaint to the Attorney Generals office and other agencies . I would never use Avon or recomment anyone use Avon and certainly not from their representative Michael Ifft. The most I could find was that he live in Boise, Idaho so I put in a complaint with the State Attorneys office and hope something is done. What a shock.

I am a representative of Avon. I have been trying to get them to remove DUPLICATE returned items that have been in my returns for over 6 months. These items have already been credited to my account, but I can't get AVON to understand that and just remove the duplicate list off my account. I can't use my returns until this is taken care of. I have dealt with at least 5 people and my manager over me and to no avail it is to hard for anyone to understand. My 13 year old understands this!!! Hum!!! I am not sure if this will get to anyone, but if it does please call me.

This company does not know how to use the Internet to make the selling experience fulfilling, fun, or just plain easy. They have an ancient accounting system (I believe they still use mainframe computers) and their customer service reps are guaranteed a job as long as they keep their fulfillment system complicated.

It is difficult to understand the charges on the prnted invoices or online. Their descriptions are vague such as "additional order" and "order processing fee" (which is duplicated many times thus adding to the "total" that they are "owed").

Their customer service staff is very nice and helpful but they are in India or Philippines and are working from a script. You must go thru them before you get someone who is a "supervisor" who will then have some knowledge and ability to do anything for you.

Often I have had people hang up on me so I have to call back and go through the entering account number & listening to their constant "commercials" while you wait. Only to have to give my account number yet again when the agent comes on the phone. If I enter the account number why doesn't the system recognize me?

If you have nothing else to do with your life and want to jump through the hoops and takethe "online training" which does not tell you about contingencies, go ahead. But if you want to do this part time figure on spending hours and hours on the phone and on their pathetic web site to figure out what to do and what you owe.

I began by sending my customers to the web site thinking they will have an easy time ... to my chagrin, they told me they had a very difficult time navigating the site. The site is really constructed for representatives, but even for us it is like jumping thru hoops.

I often told the CS folks to change the site to make it easier to use like using Amazon or any other store that has a web presence. They are using a brick and mortar mentality on the web and in my estimation, that is a waste of time and energy.

I feel sorry for you if you have had problems. I just quit this because it made me angry every time I tried to process simple orders. IT is really a nightmare. There is enough drama in my life without having to wrestle with Avon. I'm out and I'm relieved.

I suggest you spread the word all over the Internet if you have trouble. Maybe thenthey will come into the 21st century and make it easier for reps, customers and maybe even their own staff ... although they will most likely have to get rid of customer service agents if it is made to be easier. There's the rub ...