To ask you to share your "friend's" crazy mlm claim

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I don't have mlm friends so this was a surprise treat from one who's just started selling Body Shop products. Now, I like body shop and have fond memories of my teen years spraying white musk constantly, but magic cream that vanishes stretch marks? It's not a bloody rash

Anyway, it prompted me to ask, what other wild mlm claims have you seen recently?

If the product is a food i.e. a food supplement and the seller is claiming health benefits then you can report them to their local Trading Standards department.

Trading Standards investigates unauthorised health claims on food products.

Sissy - That's not how Cambridge works Yes it is. Google Cambridge MLM. It's simple.

You have to have completed the diet and maintain a healthy BMI

No you don't. A close person to me has a BMI of 46 and is a consultant with a team of 15. She is constantly yoyoing on and off the "diet". As soon as she eats real food, the weight piles back on.

There's no pressure to recruit a team

She's under a lot of pressure.

There are no fat cats at the top living off others

There absolutely are 😂

There is also comprehensive training and a full learning portal to increase your knowledge

No. There is no medical training whatsoever and these people make medical claims. Anyone can be a consultant. Anyone.

Please educate yourself. It really isn't an MLM or pyramid scheme

I have already educated myself. I have many degrees and a Doctorate. It is an MLM.

Have you looked into the amount of people who have regained all the weight they initially lost? Have you looked into the negative effects a VLC diet can have on people? Why are non-medically trained nobodies being allowed to mess with people's health?

One I used to work with claimed she was doing Forever Living because it's so amazing she has been able to stop working to stay home with the kids.
Went into my old work place not long after-she never left. LIES!!

Someone involved in a pyramid scheme mlm lying through their teeth? Surely not.

DontVisit
Agreed, I know someone, who is on disability and unable to work. She saved to do the Cambridge diet and recently sold stuff to afford becomes rep..... I hope it works out for her. I suppose the bonus is she can consume the goods.

I'm not a Cambridge consultant. I've just succeeded at the diet and have a friend that is a consultant.

If your friend says she's under a lot of pressure then she's lying. You are not. Also one person who claims this isn't representative of the rest.

Yes you do! Obviously, no one can insist that you maintain that BMI. As with all diets, if you go back to old eating habits, you'll regain the weight. It's simple. There is help available to consultants who struggle with their weight.

They don't make false health claims and are fully backed by trained medical professionals.

You are so insistent on believing your point if view, it's pointless arguing with you. Research Cambridge and educate yourself.

Sorry that was for @DontVisitMe

I'm pretty sure there are loads of products aimed at reducing stretch-marks during pregnancy, are they all a scam?

Re fat cats, some are more successful then others, depending on the time and effort you put in. However, you cannot earn money off anyone who isn't a direct down line to you. Also, you have to be an active consultant to earn any bonus.

I'll leave it here. I've said all I need to say. Cambridge is NOT a pyramid scheme.

Sissy - you're talking absolute bollocks. You keep telling me to educate myself. I have. It's an MLM scheme. I find it absolutely appalling that people who have no qualifications in medicine or nutrition are controlling the diets of very often vulnerable people.

You really are the one who needs to educate themselves. You sound as though you have been brainwashed, which is a well known MLM tactic. I hope that one day you'll be able to open your eyes a little and realise what Cambridge is.

@Sissyinthesummertime

The Cambridge Diet sure is multi level marketing. Think the consultants are perhaps less rabid than some other schemes - cough juice plus cough - and they may be a little more selective, but MLM is what it is.

By the definition of MLM it most definitely is not a MLM. Everyone is free to realise the earning potential they like. There are more successful than others, but certainly no fat cats at the top creaming off the rest. You have to work as a consultant to earn any potential sponsorship bonus.

I'm not brainwashed in the slightest. I looked into it, but decided it wasn't for me because I'm not really a people person. I have a degree etc. I just found that the diet worked for me.

Anyone want to hazard a guess what kind of business Sissy has?

Are you ignoring the fact that it is an MLM though?

I'm not a Cambridge consultant! I looked into it, but choose against it for other reasons. I have successfully completed the diet though.

MLM by definition is Multi Level Marketing and there isn't multiple levels. There is one level, sponsor and down line. That's not multi level.

That's putting the other issues to the side. As in, there is no pressure to recruit etc.

I have a friend selling Essential oils, apparently they don't need to see doctors anymore.

I will leave the thread now, as I don't want to derail from the original OP. I just don't think Cambridge can be tarred with the same brush as Forever Living, Juice Plus etc. Call it what you like, but it's just not the same as these.

I'll just leave that there! Have a lovely afternoon ladies.

Sissy you sound exactly like I used to when I did Younique. People involved in anyway with an MLM will defend it to the death, they will refuse to see it for what it is. JP reps will tell you that their MLM is different/not a MLM, but they are lying, just as you are when you claim Cambridge isn't MLM.
My former upline in Younique still trots out the line that "you can realise whatever earning level you like. If you work hard, like me, you can earn what I do." What she doesn't mention is just how big her team is so that she doesn't need to sell or recruit anymore (not that it stops her).
You can claim it isn't all you like, but one look at the "become a consultant" page tells me you've been lied to. No different to the joining page from Younique or any other MLM.

Jasmin, I've told you twice that I'm not a consultant. But thank you.

I should also point out that they don't make ludicrous medical claims, which is what the thread was originally about. That was my initial point.

Any claims that are made are tested, proven and substantiated by medical professionals.

I'm definitely off now!!

Consultant or not, you sound like you believe the lie that it isn't MLM. And you hadn't told me anything twice.

There are multi levels, they do make ridiculous medical claims and all their consultants sound exactly like you

Sorry, I didn't mean to target you directly. I had mentioned twice that I wasn't a consultant.

I just sincerely don't think that it can be tarred with the same brush as the likes of Younique, Juice Plus etc. It's a much more ethical (sorry I'm struggling to find a better word) company than that. I found that out by doing my research, completing the diet successfully and discussing with a close friend. My friend does very well, and hasn't yet recruited a team, nor does she want to.

If people want to call Cambridge an MLM, that's fine. But please don't say that they are the same as the above, because they are very much not.

What ridiculous medical claims @Dontvisitme ?

Ethical?!