I love Avon products, but what I don't like is how they make their money. They bring woman to believe that they will be able to make a lot of money while selling Avon products and most of the time, these woman are poor, have children etc. They make the person pay for their starter kit and they also make the representative pay for her samples and many other promotional items. They give only 10% to 50% of the sales to the representative. To make a good profit, the representative needs to sell a lot ! Of course, the most expensive items usually don't count for the rebate. You also have to count the costs of the representative for her promotional items, samples, marketing etc.. They even make the person pay for the brochures, those little magazines. So, in the end, they are using these woman to sell for them, take care of the transactions, promote & they give them next to nothing in return. They even claim to encourage woman's financial independence ! In my opinion, they found a way to use cheap labor right here in our North American countries and it's about time someone speaks up.