To need help responding about MLMs

[ObiJuanKenobi]

So afriend of mine started working for/with Younique about 2 years ago. At the start I was badgered into buying a lipstick - it was expensive and crap.
Ever since I've steered clear, left her Facebook group and turned off all notifications from her but my fuck is she relentless!!

She's just sent me the 4th private Facebook message in about 10days asking when I'm free for a catch up coffee but I'm terrified it's going to be a pitch

Please help me write a polite message that won't be a friendship ender but will get the message across that I'm a) not interested in joining her Hun team and b) i don't want to buy any overpriced make up or throw a party

Sorry 40 years not 49, I wasn't born then 😂

Well done OP, sorry you lost a friend. You may find she comes back down the line when she realises that she’ll never make any money from these mlms.

So afriend of mine started giving money to Younique about 2 years ago

Fixed that first sentence of the OP.

NWQM a friend of mine does Tropic and I buy their stuff because it genuinely is good quality. There's no hard sell or pressure though, she keeps a separate Facebook group for it and never mentions it unless asked. It seems to be a bit different to FL because there's a limit on how much it can "grow"

Neg-ferret sounds like another term like dangle-berry or cleg-nut

I had a friend who imported a shit brand of sunglasses and shoes, she invited everyone to an event and then got pissed off when our friendship didn't stretch to me buying a £50 pair of glasses I didn't like.

Haha dr! Apparently it's 'someone who thrives on negativity'

I was looking for a job recently and my cv was found online by someone who peddles FL. He left a voice message about this ‘Sales job’ that i’d be ideal for but made no mention of who it was so I wasn’t very pleased when I called them back, I told him I was looking for a job and not a pyramid selling hobby.

A second one (FL again) rang me twice and emailed me, no mention of who she worked for again so I googled her name and email address and up popped her pyramid, I emailed back that I was looking for a Sales job and had no interest in FL or pyramid selling. She replied with how she wanted to dispel the myths that surround her ‘business’ and signed off with ‘c’est la vie’ 🙄

Beginning to think I ought to scrap my CV and start again.

Good riddance to her! It's sad when people get sucked into MLM, it definitely is personality altering. I had a girl on my facebook that used to to Forever Living and would post bollox every day, until she must have had her eyes opened to it and suddenly all traces of FL disappeared from her profile. I kind of miss having a MLM bot on my feed, its entertaining (until they try and sell to you of course!)

It's a pity there isn't something that can be done to shut these scams down. They are basically preying on vulnerable people (no matter how annoying the hunbots are, they are usually desperately broke, quite often mothers, quite often single mothers, trying to find a job that fits round the kids). Most of the products are overpriced shite. A lot of these companies seem to go in for dodgy hidden charges, as well.

(As I said upthread, I was an Avon rep for a while, but Avon isn't quite as shitty; there's less hunbotting and you can make a bit of pocket money from it. But not much in terms of an hourly rate.)

I've got two facebook friends who are currently Juice Plus bots. I quite like having two as it makes the standard schpiel they've been given to pedal out easier to spot when they're both using the same lines.

Aw OP, I am sorry :( At least you know that you haven't actually lost a true friend now, just someone who was trying to use you for her own benefit.
You did the right thing blocking her. You tried to be polite while telling her how you felt and she sent you back a horrible response.
These mlm schemes are a nightmare when it comes to friends and family. My MIL was an Avon lady for a few years. Not my thing, but I bough shower gels from her a couple of times and then every time a new catalogue came out she badgered me to but stuff. I was polite about it at first, but it got so bad in the end that I ended up being blunt verging on the point of rude. She got the message though.
Hope you're not too upset OP

I personally think juice plus are the worst in my experience. I had one friend whose Facebook life genuinely looked amazing. Travelling the world, new designer clothes, billions of gym selfies etc. She did actually leave her 9-5 job. (She got fired). She also “stopped lining someone’s else’s pockets” by renting a place (she lives in the loft conversion of her boyfriends parents house).

Everything that happens To her in real life she massively exaggerates / lies and says it’s all down to juice plus - she is so brainwashed it’s quite scary.

How does not wanting to buy some overpriced shite from a "friend" who's trying to trick you in to attending a sales pitch make you a jealous hater? Hahaha.

I feel sorry for people involved in MLMs. They don't realise that they are who the companies profit off, not the sale of their crap.

You guys should check out the Anti MLM subreddit, it's brilliant.. and kind of depressing.

I hate the way they kid themselves that they’re helping and not conning others by brainwashing recruiting them

Fascinating to see it play out. Don't blame you blocking and deleting her at all. But I think it'd have been much more fun to respond really politely like you haven't realised she's being mean to you, and ask her what she means. Just play dumb, lots of 'aww don't be silly I could never hate you :)' while refusing to take her barbs seriously! And get her to explain herself. Like 'I'm confused, what does that picture mean?' She can't argue against someone who isn't fighting back or being mean in return so she'd run out of steam pretty fast. And in the meantime maybe explaining her stupid non logic and seeing that her friend is still nice to her even when she's a bitch might make her think!

Elle beau's blog taught me a lot about MLMs and gave me some sympathy for those caught up, chances are she's sinking under a mountain of shit makeup she can't shift, financially destroyed, pinning all her hopes on this play date as you're a captive audience. I'm so relieved you were confident enough to say no and I strongly believe nobody should buy from these awful schemes for various reasons. But I do feel sorry for those who are in them. Though you could equally argue they have it coming for trying to exploit their friends and family and subjecting them to awful pressure tactics. It's a tricky area. Bloody adore Elle Beau, hope she manages to write a book!

Oh Lordy she is BATSHIT. You did well to cut ties, she’ll be back when she’s got a new offer to try and sell you, I bet you!

What a waste of space OP, how sad.

She chose to ignore your cues though...

Get your DP to block her too. There was a post on here a while back where the OP’s so-called-friend messaged her husband behind her back and got him to buy Poonique as a Christmas gift for the OP despite OP being clear with the friend she didn’t want it.

Good thinking I will get DP to block her too.