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MLM Bot Watch 20 - chat about Utah based tragicomic cultastic racketeering scamalangadingdongs like Forever Living, Ariix, Herbalife, Younique, Juiceplus etc etc etc

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stopfaffing · 28/04/2016 06:20

Bot Watch 19 - chat about Utah based tragicomic cultastic racketeering scamalangadingdongs like Forever Living, Ariix, Herbalife, Younique, Juiceplus etc etc etcThread 19
Links to follow...Grin

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Delurker2016 · 01/05/2016 17:01

Nolonger don't go anywhere. I'm still here and I'm sure seenthelight is. Bullying as always, doesn't surprise me.

BeckyWithTheHair · 01/05/2016 17:03

Hi everyone, new poster ex JP (years ago)

Talk to me about Scentsy, MLM? I've been invited to a party. Hmm

BSintolerant · 01/05/2016 17:03

nolonger don't lie low. Hang around and help the Resistance shove the tip of the pyramid up the collective MLM jaxy. Sideways

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Twunk · 01/05/2016 17:03

The fact is some of us are anonymous, and some aren't. I go to no lengths to hide my identity and some fairly low-level sleuthing would reveal who I am. I have literally nothing to hide and no previous business with MLMs.

Some have more reason to protect their identity which they are at no obligation to reveal. And our shit-stirring visitors don't either.

Delurker2016 · 01/05/2016 17:04

Candles that's all I know. And warmers which I've never figured out what they are! Lol

Botfan63 · 01/05/2016 17:06

ToJoin I'm afraid you've strayed straight into the lions den. From what I understand of Tropic it's about £75 to join and you get a variety of products in your starter kit. You can do one of two things with these - use them and get to know the range for yourself so you can decide if they are any good and you want to continue to retail these, or you could just simply retail these on and make an instant profit. Obviously the best way to make retail sales is to showcase your products by personal use, as any business not just MLM would do. My advice if you treat this as a hobby it will pay you like a hobby and mostly hobbies do end up costing you money as the very nature - hobbies are not usually free unless it's a walk in the park. However if you take this a little more seriously with structured times for working, and by this I don't mean scrolling through Social media or spamming people then you could make some commission based income. Do read the threads before you sign so you have an informed choice, MLM is not for the faint hearted it is a business, it is hard work and not everyone makes money from it. Done properly with the correct attidude and approach you should be fine. Not everyone joins for money either you may be surprised of all the other benefits you get from it, social aspect, training etc - which can be useful in any business. Sleep on any info youre given don't sign up in haste really give some thought to what you are looking for and what you are prepared to work for.

Just to provide the other side opinion you were looking for before they turned on you, dehumanised you and called you out as disingenuous good luck what ever you decide. In or out most MLM genuinely don't care as it's not for everyone.

Twunk · 01/05/2016 17:07

Becky - yep MLM! Steer clear or don't feel obliged to buy or hear a presentation

throwingpebbles · 01/05/2016 17:07

Yep scentsy is MLM ...
Hang on and will try and find some articles!

BSintolerant · 01/05/2016 17:07

delurker Warmers ... That sounds very dubious. Are they knitted, say, like mittens? Grin

throwingpebbles · 01/05/2016 17:08

If only bots recruitment adverts were required to say all that botfan

Twunk · 01/05/2016 17:08

No scams aren't for everyone, unless of course you are running them.

Botfan63 · 01/05/2016 17:17

I don't disagree with you throwing what's the point of anyone recruiting someone to fail - if I did MLM it certainly wouldn't be my style

MrGrumpy01 · 01/05/2016 17:18

Botfan I don't want to appear snarky as that is not my aim but you make some pertinent points about time and effort.

It is just a shame that all the adverts for any mlm is that I can do it in 5hrs a week, with minimal effort and by sitting in front or my computer.

I guess people wouldn't sign up though is the reality was laid in front of them.

MrGrumpy01 · 01/05/2016 17:22

Gracious my spelling Blush

hashtagwinning · 01/05/2016 17:23

Love the name beckywiththehair

What I don't get about mlm especially ones like jam berry and scentsy is how Useless they are. Surely in the age of mariKondo the random products of mlm will be victims. How much joy from one candle from a mlm.

Nolongerconfused · 01/05/2016 17:25

BotFan for someone not involved in MLM that speech sounds very familiar!
"If you treat it like a hobby it will pay you like a hobby" ummmmm Delurker is that sentence familiar to you?

Isn't it the middle of the night where you are? Yesterday at 3pm it was late at night for you.

cozietoesie · 01/05/2016 17:27

Anyone who asks me to get up at 5am is on a hiding to nothing, I fear. Smile

Nolongerconfused · 01/05/2016 17:29

Seen three posts like this in the last 24hrs! This girl is a manager in No1 FL bots team. Blind eye being turned much?! No disclaimer to be seen anywhere!

MLM Bot Watch 20 - chat about Utah based tragicomic cultastic racketeering scamalangadingdongs like Forever Living, Ariix, Herbalife, Younique, Juiceplus etc etc etc
HopefulHamster · 01/05/2016 17:30

Gosh thanks for answer above, so she must be one of the very few to be doing genuinely well. You can see how those few people can then manipulate others, when the sad reality is they are really taking advantage of everyone in the downlines below them. I'm not sure I could take pride in myself if I 'succeeded' in that way.

I mentioned a friend new to FL on another thread (only post sporadically but do lurk). Can't seem to stop her getting in deeper without risking the friendship. Have decided in her case I'm going to support her until it falls apart and she needs her friends around. Sigh.

BSintolerant · 01/05/2016 17:31

cozie Grin

Getting up in the wee small hours (to touch your biznizz) is the new bot regime.

Delurker2016 · 01/05/2016 17:36

And like out of nowhere, botfan to the rescue! 😂😂😂
I do believe we have a serial poster on our hands. One minute they were in SA and I would have been snoozing, even though they're an hour ahead. Then it was 3am.
Me thinks you made need to remember who you are or lay off the chimp Juice.
no longer I think you're right! I distinctly remember it being said in the 7 hour webinar we had to sit through whilst we were told how amazing they were. #yawn

BSintolerant · 01/05/2016 17:37

hashstag 🤔

How much joy from one candle from a mlm.

It depends where you stick it! 😂😂

DoTheMLMHustle · 01/05/2016 17:37

The MLM Mumsnet logon baton has been passed

Care to tell us your link to MLM's then Botfan? I mean if they're so fabulous, why aren't you in one?

RaeSkywalker · 01/05/2016 17:38

This MLM as a way of 'making friends' talk has just reminded me, my friend's sister recently joined FL. I was surprised as she's not a 'typical' target (no DC, has demanding full time job that she loves, no desire to change career, etc). When I asked her why she'd decided to buy into it she said that she'd done it so that her upline (who was a close friend) wouldn't be upset with her. She paid £200 to keep her friend.

This was a couple of months ago now and I haven't seen her since. She hasn't put anything on Facebook about FL, so I wonder if she's literally just bought the starter pack and done nothing else. I hope that her upline isn't hassling her if this is the case.

Delurker2016 · 01/05/2016 17:38

'Scrolling through social media or spamming people'

Anyone else see the FLP video from SA with a bot chatting about social media? *taps side of nose

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