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MLm-bot watch - now including Timeless Vie!!

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CheekySmile · 29/09/2015 12:37

Continuing the discussion of the MLMs Forever Living, Herbal Life, Juice Plus, Younique etc, plus our very own MN-MLM Timeless Vie!

www.facebook.com/timelessvie
twitter.com/timelessvie

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/legal_money_matters/2437667-MLM-bot-watch-FL-Juice-Plus-Younique-etc

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Flumplet · 02/10/2015 18:23

I've got a Younique bot doing A trial of moisturiser for dermatitis - it's got honeysuckle in it which has anti inflammatory properties apparently so it's bound to work!!! Can't wait for the 'after' pics!

ShebaShimmyShake · 02/10/2015 18:27

I get dermatitis. Unless it's very serious, it goes away in a week or so anyway, especially with antihistamines...

ShebaShimmyShake · 02/10/2015 18:32

I am starting to see how people get sucked in though. When you're struggling to juggle work, childcare and finances, and a lot of people you know (some of whom aren't even braindead) keep banging on about how well this works for them, makes sense that people would be curious.

tribpot · 02/10/2015 19:14

It's just so far from reality, though. I actually do run my own business, I set my own hours, I work from home (which means I regularly have to go into our office in order to get any blardy work done). But I certainly don't 'do phone calls when I want to' - not sure my customers would appreciate me saying 'sorry, I can't be arsed speaking to you now, I'll call you back when I want to'. Obviously likewise meetings. Meetings in the real world have to fit around everyone's schedules.

Unlike the bots I also pay my taxes and in fact work part-time at the moment, partly the nature of this contract and partly because it suits me to. I have enough in the bank to not work until April 2016. (Of course the downside is I have no idea where my next pay cheque will come from once my current contract ends). Amazingly I don't feel the need to recruit everyone I know on Facebook - because there is a limited amount of work and I want it for myself! I haven't had a free holiday to Mexico but the firm I'm working through did pay for me to go to Gloucester a few months ago Hmm (they even sprang for a sarnie in M&S).

But in what way is this bot in a managerial role? How can there be managerial roles when they all run individual businesses? Is she doing appraisals, dealing with HR issues, potentially firing people? No. Given everyone can do as little or as much as they want she also isn't setting objectives or managing performance.

The numbers just don't add up and no amount of wishing will make it so.

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lastuseraccount123 · 02/10/2015 23:05

updated TV's about section to show it is satire.

ForeverLivingMyArse · 03/10/2015 07:55

That's me been approached by my second bot telling me how great I would be at selling aloe vera

acatcalledjohn · 03/10/2015 08:08

Did you tell her you are not aloe-ser and want to be left aloe-ne when it comes to MLM recruiting and selling?

Tiredemma · 03/10/2015 09:13

I have a new FLbot (recruited by the FLbot who continues to try and convince me that she is about to purchase a million pound house)

New FLbot showed us a lovely pic of a wicker basket with loads of FL shite in it offering us the wonderful opportunity of taking loan of this basket of goods for a full 72 hours to 'try'.
Not one person has taken her up on that offer on FB- if they have its in secret.

talking of million pounds homes- isnt it today that the Copper Coopers move into their rented home?

Fishboneschokus · 03/10/2015 09:38

Why so many police?
What are they paid?
Don't they get to retire early with a decent pension?

LittleMissStubborn · 03/10/2015 09:53

They won't move, some 'disaster' will prevail at the last moment and it will be off.

I thought they had already been shown to be liars over it anyway.

LittleMissStubborn · 03/10/2015 10:00

Saying that she is keeping it up on her fb, maybe she is moving just not there

Tiredemma · 03/10/2015 12:31

She is having her hair done and then moving today. Im sure loads of pics will be on at some point.

LittleMissStubborn · 03/10/2015 13:15

I have never actually moved properly but I would imagine on moving day I would be quietly getting very stressed, not going to have my hair done.

Annie65 · 03/10/2015 14:13

They are in. Theres a photo of her pushing her baby down that horrible hospital corridorWink

bettyberry · 03/10/2015 15:18

It is stressful moving! I suspect getting the hair done is so the photos of the gaudy fabulous new home look just right.

Darcourse · 03/10/2015 16:35

Today my bot's memes are all about 'it takes blood, sweat and tears to make it'.

I'm confused. I thought these MLMs were all about easy money you can make while the bubba sleeps...Hmm

trinitybleu · 03/10/2015 17:52

The eyeshadow video - Angie is a character created by one of the Presenters.

CHERRYBL0SS0M · 03/10/2015 19:04

I've been reading these posts with interest. Long time lurker, I rarely post but had to see what, if anything I could do about something I saw today
I attended a NCT nearly new sale today and in the lobby as everyone was leaving there were a number of stalls. All baby related apart from one - Forever Living. I cannot believe that this was allowed, the woman was able to target the vulnerable new mums, and being at a NCT event I would guess people's guards would be down, you just don't expect to be taken advantage of there. I want to do/say something (I couldn't at the time had to rush off). The more I think about it the anger I become. How can I approach this in the right way?

ForeverLivingMyArse · 03/10/2015 19:22

I'm at a party right now, apparently. It's a group my not added me to a group with the bot posting rapidly with pictures, offers and cringy videos.

Party on.

tribpot · 03/10/2015 19:30

Party on, ForeverLivingMyArse. FL is the opposite of Bill & Ted's mantra of 'be excellent to each other'.

CHERRY, I think you can try and have a word with the NCT but unfortunately I would imagine anyone can lease a stall at one of these things. I wonder if the bot was too canny to do any actual recruitment at the event - she can have given stuff away in return for contact details, in order to prey on them later Confused. It is awful.

Darcourse, the bots do seem genuinely confused about whether it's really hard or really easy to make money through an MLM. I think the idea of 'you can do as much or as little as you like' is you have to do shitloads to make cash, but because you're your own boss you can do it when you like. Just like I can. I've emailed my customers to tell them to get in to work now as I want to chat to them about the report I've just finished for them - no reply, for some reason.

Darcourse · 03/10/2015 20:07

I'm guessing the truth is, if you want to make a lot of money you have to work really hard at scamming persuading people to join, and then when they do, keeping them motivated. I suppose the up liners need to keep reminding the bots of this, so they can continue to keep the upline in pocket. But they are a bit confused about which bit to 'sell' to their potential victims team as to recruit they need to sell the idea that it's easy money.

My bot has suddenly befriended about 50 new people on her Facebook. I'm guessing they're all her co-bots, and they'll all work themselves into a self congratulatory frenzy.

Annie65 · 03/10/2015 20:13

Its very strange, the house\castle the coopers are renting is still up for sale, with no mention of any tenants being there. Confused

LittleMissStubborn · 03/10/2015 20:25

Annie I was coming in to say exactly the same thing. Me thinks they just viewed the property today.

Being in a hairdressers at 11am and taking photos for fb at 3/4pm just doesn't fit in with moving day.

It has more holes in it then Swiss cheese.