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

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stopfaffing · 07/02/2016 11:51

Here it is!

Thread 5

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lastuseraccount123 · 07/02/2016 20:01

well, i'd be screwed then. i'm dark and very celtic looking, people ask if i'm iranian or jewish or whatevs. i have "MLM slavey" written all over me

Motorheadmum · 07/02/2016 20:03

lastuser we have said that before! I knew something was going on when one of the Arbonne bots was suddenly there with the car, giving all the training talks etc... She is the typical blonde, thin dollybird you see on all the posters....

lastuseraccount123 · 07/02/2016 20:05

got it cubic, thanks.

lastuseraccount123 · 07/02/2016 20:06

motorhead yup. totally fishy. what utter fuckers they are.

Mootpointer · 07/02/2016 20:07

Just swinging by tonight, loving the new thread and discussions.
Am reading Merchants of Deception ATM. The similarities to FL are worryingly identical, at times have made me shudder.

cubic you are spot on, It. Is. Not. About. The. Products. So doesn't matter how much you sell or whether you find 20 regular customers, you will never make money.
I retailed and found that other bots were undercutting prices just to build their CCs ....and not discounting the products that are sold on eBay etc.

The kudos is in recruiting, 2 CCs per recruit! No contest really.
There's a massive Borg of bots where I am, mainly SAHM and the group is growing weekly - worrying.

PUP packs doing the rounds too - the recycled usage of the products really is unhygienic esp the deodorant!!
last yeah, I've noticed the marketing of photogenic blonde females is hitting an all time high.

FL Global rally in South Africa in April - momentum gathering for that!

crazycatlady26 · 07/02/2016 20:08

Hi, could someone kindly tell me about Master of Deception? I saw a link for it in an older thread but I wasn't sure if it was an article or a book, thanks x

crazycatlady26 · 07/02/2016 20:09

Sorry must be merchant of deceptions, just saw above post

lastuseraccount123 · 07/02/2016 20:09

it's a PDF, there's also a link to it on the TV blog - left sidebar

Mootpointer · 07/02/2016 20:10

eyes the floor's all yours. Your intro & link needs another posting I think for Merchants of Deception.

Mootpointer · 07/02/2016 20:13

crazycat definitely read it. Smile

crazycatlady26 · 07/02/2016 20:13

Thank you

crazycatlady26 · 07/02/2016 20:13

I will have a nosy tonight moot Smile

sminkypink · 07/02/2016 20:14

yep, once you read it you will realise that FLP is Amway with Aloe

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stopfaffing · 07/02/2016 20:16

Merchants of Deception

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lastuseraccount123 · 07/02/2016 20:21

well i'm really glad to know my dark hair wards off any chance of being an MLM shill. Kinda like having garlic for vampires.

Eyespying · 07/02/2016 20:23

acatcalledjohn

Interesting you've brought this up, because it shows the two distinct styles of fraud. The one which goes after just a few wealthy victims, and the other which goes after masses of ordinary victims.

The Chef got scammed big-time in a classic long con which first allowed wealthy victims to buy rare wines at prices which under-cut the market. In this way, the victims were progressively groomed, and encouraged to buy and more wine. Eventually vast ammounts of money were paid, but no wine was delivered.

The Kray twins and the Richardson gang ran very similar frauds in Britain in the 1960s, but with consumer goods. Their victims, were large retailers.

'Wine Shop At Home' is an 'Amway' copy-cat, blame-the victim, 'MLM income opportunity' cultic racket which has used over-priced, effectively-unsaleable wine as the wampum commodity to launder many millions $ of illegal investment payments from a never-ending chain of ordinary people.

lastuseraccount123 · 07/02/2016 20:24

ma hair has supah-powahs.

Eyespying · 07/02/2016 20:25

archive.org/details/MerchantsOfDeception

lastuseraccount123 · 07/02/2016 20:27

don't be jelly

IorekByrnisonsArmour · 07/02/2016 20:38

i've noticed they all look the same. they seem to prefer blondes

Yes yes yes! I noticed how the super-bots had been through the same style machine. Even those who have kept their brunette locks look the same.

I also have the super power of the dark hair lastWink

Motorheadmum · 07/02/2016 20:39

I see a bit of bot pushing on the FL version of red bull, forver active boost, or FAB. It seems to be giving them a boost... Anyone know anything about it?

ApplySomePressure · 07/02/2016 20:39

My arrix bot has just invited me to join her priime wellbeing page. So is it still arrix?

ApplySomePressure · 07/02/2016 20:43

And what does "best compensation plan@ mean???ConfusedHmm
I've just google priime wellbeing and all I got was some overpriced essential oils for £30???

MLM-Bot Watch SIX - Juice+, Forever Living, Younique, Arbonne, newbie ARIIX, and our own Parslai-powered Timeless Vie
Mummystar123 · 07/02/2016 20:48

I just watched the Herbalife vid posted above. A nurse on the ward I work on sells that, I wonder if she know the reality of the type of company she is working for?? I just feel sick that this isn't illegal, it bleddy well should be! Those poor families?? I'm so glad my instinct was telling me to stay away, it seems my gut instinct was correct!!

cozietoesie · 07/02/2016 20:49

We're fairly under-exposed here but casting my mind over my circle of family and friends/acquaintances, I can immediately think of a number of possible targets.

On the principle that by the time they try to rope you in, it might well be too late - particularly for the newer MLMs whose names aren't so well known - should we be doing something more proactive do you think? Maybe sending everyone a link to the Timeless Vie site so that they can (hopefully) be forewarned?