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I am tempted to call your friend and tell her how truely sorry I think she is for trying to take a "friends" tragedy and use it for marketing purposes. What person in their right mind is thinking about business when something like that happens????
Oh Toni...let's do a three way call. I would love to give her a piece of my mind. Oh wait..she won't be there she is bring a potroast over to the grieving family...no she is at kinko's making copies of product information so she can put flyers on the cars at the funeral.
Sorry but I see no difference in that idea than what has been done.
By the way I buy Malelucha from my2girlz on Amity and she does not use these tactics.
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Originally posted by littlemamajess If this post makes ONE person think twice before setting down a cleaner on the floor
Okay. This I'll buy. The blame lies not with Resolve but with the fact that carpet cleaner was left where it could be drunk by a child. Simple fact.
I think it that was the point you were trying to make, then you could've edited Karen's letter and said that you edited it to remove the promotional stuff since you were trying only to illustrate a tragedy.
Why doesn't Melaleuca sell on store shelves if they're so devoted to protecting us? What about all the people who never meet Melaleuca salespeople?
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No matter whether the story is true or not, or this was posted as a way to SPAM a company, I don't think it's fair to judge the company based on how one or two distributors act. It's the same as Mary Kay, Avon, Tupperware, Pampered Chef, etc. There are always going to be independent representatives who do things you disagree with, but to boycott the company doesn't seem like the best thing to do. If anything, let the company know what the representatives are doing and make them aware of what you disagree with.
ETA: I do not sell and have never used Melaleuca products
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I was just going to post something to that fact. If you were at Whole Foods looking at Natural Bug Spray, if the clerk said something offensive. That person has a boss. I truly do not believe that the marketing department of Malelucha would like this tactic. It is a bunch of people that have no boss running around saying and doing with no accountability. It is the same as religion etc. You cannot judge a church on one person's behaviour.
You felt compelled to share the story? Then why not postsomething like:
Toni you always have a way of putting things in language I can understand. Thank You. I reworded my post now to what I wish I woudl have orginally posted, but wish I could delete all the replies which contain most of the original post.
Again mamas I am very very sorry. I truly was just very shaken up by reading it and wanted to share it with you all. It just hit so very close to home with me and I still tear up every time I think about it.
I didn't think about how it might make others feel and I am very sorry for that. My true intention was to open peoples eyes to the dangers as I wish someone would have done for me. I would have never thought the dish soap next to my sink could kill my child, that is not something I would have thought to lock up, or the hair conditioner in my shower on the shelf. Some people honestly don't know these things could hurt or kill their children.
This is such I live in the Pittsburgh area and have not seen or heard anything about this on the news. We see these stories and this is not one that would be kept silent. The media does not respect families wishes and they WOULD have aired this story if it was true!!
Again I just want to clarify that *I* did not post this as a marketing tactic. I love the company I work for and I love what I do but I would never say anyone has to use our products or they are bad, horrible evil people. Even my very first, orginal post said if not our products, then use other safer, healthier alternatives. There are so many out there, ours are just a fraction of them!
I am very sorry again. I should never have posted.
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All aside (because I'm not even going to take the time to process the message), of course we should keep our cleaners up off the floor! Accidents happen, but I would hazard a guess that most people don't leave their cleaning supplies out on the floor for a little one to get.
Also if this turns out to be an untrue story I will personally call and report Karen. What an awful thing to do if this is truly made up, but I honestly beleive it is not or I would never have posted it. 100's of children die every year from poisioning and not every single one has a news article on them I'm sure.
~Jess
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Originally posted by littlemamajess Also if this turns out to be an untrue story I will personally call Melaleuca and report Karen. What an awful thing to do if this is truly made up, but I honestly beleive it is not or I would never have posted it. 1000's of children die every year from poisioning and not every single one has a news article on them I'm sure.
~Jess
i want to add that i think you are a super sweet and caring mama, jess. i do not for one minute think you realized this was likely a hoax. but "karen" did and i'm glad you are going to turn her in.
i want to add that i think you are a super sweet and caring mama, jess. i do not for one minute think you realized this was likely a hoax. but "karen" did and i'm glad you are going to turn her in.
Thanks Danica. I'm sitting here feeling like the most awful person on earth right now.
Glad you will report her if you find this is untrue. I plan on reporting her anyway b/c I think it's an extremely rude thing that she did, if this story is even true, you should never try to benifit off of someone else's tragedy.
I also did not want to hurt you, Jess, but I do get sick of untrue stories about cleaners all over the internet. I keep getting the Swiffer Wet Jet emails, and those are untrue as well. This is not at all an isolated incident. I do not use toxic cleaners in my home whenever possible, and I understand the dangers of some cleaners. I have done a bunch of searches on Resolve today, and I have not found any incidents of the cleaner harming ANYONE.
I live in the Pittsburgh area and have not seen or heard anything about this on the news. We see these stories and this is not one that would be kept silent. The media does not respect families wishes and they WOULD have aired this story if it was true!!
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