MLM-Bot Watch 5 - Juice+, Forever Living, Younique, Arbonne, newbie ARIIX, and our own Parslai-powered Timeless Vie

[acatcalledjohn]

As you were, team, as you were.

Traffic monsoon

This is fucking scary

The targeting of students makes me
The quotation on the PPT says "Ine of the greatest sources of illness today is an Empty Wallet. If you want to decrease the number of stomach problems or the ill-effects of depression, then give a person a chance to earn a living" (Rex)

Eugh.

An interesting take on a day in the life of a FBO... Rather more than 9-5 or part time... This was from a success day.

Also, apparently £25k/month () is £225k/year

And "no pressure" - not from what we've heard...!

Someone translate this health related comment for me? Arabs X will treble the use of the vitamin content?

Eye - I'm three-quarters of my way through Masters of Deception so it shouldn't really surprise me that you were accused of paranoia.

I wonder how many mlms, or their supporters, have made donations to various UK governments over the years?

So, if trying to take the buggers out using traditional means is doomed to failure, how about attacking them with humour? I'd go to see Timeless Vie: The Musical

Look what my ariix bot has just posted......

Whatever this level 4 thing is

windy

I'm guessing your Bot is Irish 😀 that looks like it's from ECs appearance at Irish Success Day in January. Bots here are going crazy for EC (shakes head)

A lot of our favourite bots are bragging about doing this & that for charity. Think small boys in Uganda being used as post fodder.

FL has this - Forever Philanthropies Inc of which the public face is Forever Giving.
Well let's check out how well it's all doing shall we
projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/900511110

Dec 2013 fiscal year end report available as are previous years reports
Give it a gander.

BSintolerant You ask a very good question. BTW Did you find the reference to me in Eric's book?

Wow Windy that looks like really flexible working around the kids! Where do they fit in meals, school
runs etc ?

Who in their right mind would believe this nonsense from a deluded FL bot? "You've only been in the business 8 days and are already nearly matching your Salary and Goals..."

Make it stop!

Gracious that schedule remindse of when I read a routine book by a certain never to be named on mn baby guru. Never found time to pee there either.

(Disclaimer I have nothing against routines)

Reminds me

That was attempt two as well.

Eye I think I came across Masters of Deception from a link you posted in these threads. Thank you for that.

It's disturbing stuff isn't it? I wouldn't have entertained the idea of joining FL if I'd come across your blog, these threads and Masters of Deception beforehand. I had no idea what I was getting into, and how these schemes operated.

I wish I could alert my friend to the exact nature of what she's got into, but it will probably make matters worse. She's not been as communicative lately so I'm probably already on her list of negative people who must be exterminated.

BSintolerant Back in the 1990s, along with Dr. Edward Lottick (the last Chairman of the 'Cult Awareness Network,' before it was destroyed by 'Scientology's' malicious lawsuits), I went to rural Pennsylvania to find Eric when he was still writing his book. He was just coming out of his own paranoid phase after having his life, and the lives of his wife and children, threatened by his 'Upline.'

At that time, Eric was literally destitute, even though he'd been presented as an 'MLM millionaire'. Ed and me took Eric for lunch and we spent the afternoon chatting. There were many times when he almost gave up trying to fight the 'Amway' mob.

Eric later came to speak to UK regulators at my instigation.

BSintolerant BTW Dr. Ed Lottick died last year, but I'd like to pay tribute to him for his boundless common-sense, kindness and support. It was because of men like Ed, that people like Eric found the courage to keep going.

Ed was a very brave gentleman who described 'Scientology' as a 'School for Psychopaths.'

Ed features in one of the best mainstream media articles ever published about the 'Scientology' racket.

www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Fishman/time-behar.html

Hi all.

First off just wanted to say to all lurkers, ex-bots, bots and Mormons who work for MLMs, we know you are intelligent people and that anyone can be sucked into scams like this. we do not judge.

Also, HIII Forever Living lawyers!

Also, TV is planning something big to be revealed in the next few months. stay tuned....

Let me know if I can help with it in anyway last

In fairness I hadn't heard of this guy till I googled him but here is yet another "celebrity" stupid enough to drink aloe shite

Delurking.

Fascinating thread. That picture of the bot with the day 1 and day 30 'results' would be funny if it wasn't so sad. The only result I can see is a pair of Spanx and a slightly looser vest top.

An Ambot tried to sign me up years and years ago. I was asked what my life goals were and where I wanted to be in 5 years' time. Then the glossy brochure came out with pictures of vast bloody mansions and yachts. She then tried to explain that I would need to recruit people myself and the more I recruited, the better off I would be. I wasn't sold on the idea at the time, because it sounded too good to be true. I told a colleague (older than me) who immediately said that they were a nightmare. His flatmate had been involved and apparently after being discharged from hospital after a serious illness, they were on the phone pestering him about his targets and why he wasn't back at work. He was still recovering from surgery at the time!

cubic

DP principles state that data must be kept "only as long as is necessary" which most organisations take to mean "for business purposes" and usually have their own guidelines as to how long to keep it. In this case it would be kept as long as the person remained a "distributor" and should be destroyed upon termination of the distributor account or as soon as possible thereafter.

I'll confess - as we're nearing the end of this thread - to an uneasiness with the use of the term 'bot' as above. I know that there are the 'High Heid Yins' (as we would put it) but I think, on reading, of nothing so much as a tired, scared bunch of (largely) women who feel in their gut that something is wrong with their life but don't know how to get out of their situation. 'Bot' doesn't seem all that helpful as a description.

Is there any way to help them?