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Aug 23, 2020
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valleus
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Right on. And fascinating that a pixie stick - and the promise of money - can
get so many otherwise responsible and decent people to delude themselves and engage in something so destructive.
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I just wanted to say that MLMs are evil organizations
Joysey
8/23/20 11:20am
It’s my biggest gripe with Drew Brees.
scootsy
8/23/20 11:21am
lds culture is very susceptible to affinity fraud
Agnostic-alumni
8/23/20 11:23am
Yup. The ties that bind communities can be double-edged swords.
Linescratcher
8/23/20 11:25am
It would be nice if the founders of MLMs got church discipline.
valleus
8/23/20 11:31am
Agreed....and my mother just signed up with Doterra🤦♂️
JohnnyC
8/23/20 11:24am
In my experience it is a necessity
Joysey
8/23/20 11:33am
My parents spent most of their 20s-50s updating their Amway dream boards and evenings approaching people at Disneyland
Slim
8/23/20 11:31am
Weird how different family can be
Gibbcoug
8/23/20 11:56am
You'd think they would tout that philosophy after having made it big.
Ash
8/23/20 12:22pm
They probably did some things right as you became a doctor!
doups3
8/23/20 12:37pm
Yeah but I’m still a mess. That may not be their fault tho
Slim
8/23/20 1:07pm
*Looks at several of BYU’s big corporate sponsors*
TCuz
8/23/20 11:32am
I worked as a call agent for Tahitian Noni back in college (now Morinda)
Chasicle
8/23/20 12:00pm
$120 for 4 liters of juice? Wonder what the actual cost to produce was. $5?
El Paso Coug
8/23/20 12:16pm
Granted they DID fly in the pulp from Tahiti and rehydrate it in Utah
Chasicle
8/23/20 10:18pm
Made me think of this scene in The Incredibles
Bandersnatch
8/23/20 2:04pm
I worked there too. I did sales support as well as Japanese sales. It always made me feel terrible talking to people who
fiberpost
8/23/20 7:56pm
I didn't like the owners at all. At one of our summer BBQs, one of the owners
Chasicle
8/23/20 10:21pm
My best friend's wife did that too 16-17 years back
SinkingQuffa
8/24/20 4:39pm
I think it was once a month they would give us two bottles and then
Chasicle
8/25/20 1:44am
Why is this chaffing you at this moment in time?
BringYourUltimate
8/23/20 12:04pm
Just recently had another falling out with a friend over it
Joysey
8/23/20 3:25pm
Ask them how much money they would earn from the sale.
Acorn
8/23/20 3:35pm
That’s a good idea
Joysey
8/23/20 3:44pm
That might hurt their feelings even more.
dYrtbYkerYder
8/23/20 11:06pm
So sad. Not your friend, actually,
buckles
8/24/20 10:34pm
Pyramid schemes aren’t legal.
Joe Banks
8/23/20 12:23pm
Here’s the difference between a pyramid scheme and an mlm
Slim
8/23/20 1:12pm
It’s no coincidence that MLM is the sales model of choice for so many products
hansel
8/23/20 1:33pm
Right on. And fascinating that a pixie stick - and the promise of money - can
valleus
8/23/20 1:41pm
RE: Pyramid schemes aren’t legal.
bluesloth
8/23/20 2:34pm
I don’t know anyone destroyed by MLMs
Acorn
8/23/20 12:33pm
It’s knowingly using deception to take advantage of the poor, uneducated, and
valleus
8/23/20 12:39pm
Sounds like the 2 party political system
braddahmike
8/23/20 12:41pm
Touché
Slim
8/23/20 1:14pm
I don’t understand your math.
Acorn
8/23/20 12:59pm
Key word is deception. The business model is a pyramid scheme that is
valleus
8/23/20 1:11pm
I disagree. I’ve tried Amway products
Acorn
8/23/20 1:20pm
Why aren’t Amway or MLm products ever sold at Target? That’s the key question.
valleus
8/23/20 1:42pm
Do you have any idea what that requires?
Acorn
8/23/20 1:56pm
If you can’t sell something via normal retail channels your product is probably
valleus
8/23/20 2:52pm
Tupperware, Mary Kay, Christmas Around The World, Pampered Chef
Acorn
8/23/20 3:48pm
How does the Amazon model take advantage of poor, uneducated?
bluesloth
8/23/20 4:05pm
You haven’t heard? Capitalism takes advantage of the poor and uneducated.
Acorn
8/23/20 4:20pm
I’ve heard that lots from people. What does that have to do with Amazon vs MLMs?
bluesloth
8/23/20 4:29pm
Something like 97-99% or MLMers don’t make money
TCuz
8/23/20 12:43pm
If their recruits don’t make money, I didn’t think they made money?
Acorn
8/23/20 12:52pm
Often new recruits are encouraged to buy product themselves in bulk
TCuz
8/23/20 12:59pm
I don’t have the statistics, but it would be interesting to see.
Acorn
8/23/20 1:01pm
Don’t know about actual small businesses, but you can look up many MLM’s income disclosures
TCuz
8/23/20 1:24pm
Looks like restaurant failure rate
Acorn
8/23/20 1:38pm
You think 97% of restaurants make less than ~$100 REVENUE a year?
TCuz
8/23/20 1:44pm
Yeah... that is what I said...I’m out.
Acorn
8/23/20 2:00pm
Excellent point. How many times have you bought
Coug Dude
8/24/20 11:43pm
My wife was virtually attending one of the sex products one this week and of
ponys
8/23/20 2:30pm
This is next level Hahahaha
Joysey
8/23/20 3:28pm
Wait, there are sex product MLM's?
Cougar8Duck
8/23/20 6:12pm
I do software for MLMs. They sell everything. Some of the non traditional ones
timpjynx
8/24/20 11:00am
RE: I just wanted to say that MLMs are evil organizations
Evergreen
8/23/20 3:09pm
It’s part of the lifestyle to lie about how well you are doing
Joysey
8/23/20 3:29pm
I was at a meeting for ACN a number of years ago when a fight broke out
Leishdoggydog
8/23/20 3:59pm
Not a fan of MLM's but any relationship that is "destroyed" by one was not...
ditch
8/23/20 10:09pm
RE: Not a fan of MLM's but any relationship that is "destroyed" by one was
rmreitz
8/24/20 9:17am
Why the hate? My wife does well in a legit direct sales company
vabeachcoug
8/23/20 11:43pm
99% of people work and instead of getting paid they lose money... it's just not right....
HarlemCoug
8/23/20 11:53pm
Not what I see with my wife's company
vabeachcoug
8/24/20 6:31am
99% of people aren't cut out to be salespeople. I'm one of them. I'd suck at MLM
TailgateU
8/24/20 8:07am
I refused to join Amway a dozen times, but they did have some great products.
Fdnman
8/24/20 9:39am
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