MLM Bot Watch 23 - Powered by Twunk's Yazoo: Tragicomic cultic wampum flogging scamalangadingdongs like Forever Living, Ariix, Herbalife, Younique, Juiceplus, LifeTreeWorld.

[ForeverYazoonique]

Still going strong here at bot watch HQ on MN!

Previous thread here

Botwatch on Wordpress and on Facebook

Timeless Vie on Wordpress and on Facebook

Eyespeying's Blog aka #manhun, even if he's been banned by MNHQ

Hommetepreneur on Facebook

NEW Link to the Daily Mail article of 20 May 2016 regarding an ex-bot's treatment at the hands of her 'spline' at Forever Living UK

NEW Link to NastashaBarnbotShingles' refutation of the above.

We have our own regularly returning bots to tell us how bullying and hateful we are.

Glossary:

Bots: our affectionate name for victims of the MLM racket

MLM: Multi-level Marketing schemes - essentially pyramid schemes that are just legal because you sell a product. Reliant upon constant recruitment despite there not being enough people in the world to go beyond about 12 levels if everyone recruited 6.

Downline/Upline: the people you recruited and those who recruited you (going up and down the pyramid inverted funnel)

Timeless Vie: Parody of MLM schemes (though you might spot one in particular) that also carries out fearless investigative work

Hommetrepreneur: also excellent parody site focussing on the menz

BotWatch: Rather more serious, keeps an eye on what the Bots are claiming next, particularly in reference to health and income claims. Also fearless.

Inverted Funnel: Timeless Vie is NOT a pyramid - it's an inverted Funnel, OK?

Eyes: Our former member Eyespying who knows LOTS about MLM schemes. He's still our very own #manhun.

Twunk (AKA ForeverYazoonique) has a bottle of Banana Yazoo in her fridge. She's still too afraid to drink it. Yahoo is important as seems to be the primary retail product for Life Tree World.

Thanks for that Spongebob.

Is this an MLM? It's come up on my Facebook page.

www.justfortinypeople.com/business-in-a-box

The registration fee is high (£495) and it took quite a bit of reading to find out what the product actually is. It seems to be teepees and cushions for your child to sit in. You can also spend a day with the founder for 3.5k.

Blimey SaturdaySurprise, that's a humdinger!!! Huge registration fee plus monthly fee to be a salesperson, what a ripoff.

Also, put a blanket over some chairs and call it a den, much cheaper!

Just For Tiny People was on Dragon's Den a few years back, gaining investment for their high-end children's teepees from Deborah Meaden. A few of us tweeted her about this move into what seems like MLM territory last month but no response. We should definitely try again.

£3.5k to spend a day with the founder? Blimey.

Spongbob

As usual, the online cost of comparable products is cheaper even if you didn't have an old blanket to had. Significantly cheaper. It's a hook.

Sorry - Spongebob. (The device strikes back. )

Wow there's a woman at the top of one MLM! A Mormon woman in partnership with her brother.

Yep, that completely blows the feminist analysis of MLM out the water!

JFTP got into a fair bit of trouble a couple of Christmases ago essentially taking far more orders than they could fulfil. A lot of people were let down and the communication from the business owner was abysmal. Maybe things have improved since then but it doesnt seem to me that the base business model was stable enough to support franchisees starting out. However the whole debacle (was either 2013 or 2014, cant remember!) went to show that the only thing the business owner was interested in was making as much money as possible. So sadly it might not be MLM (I would think recruitment of new franchisees would be limited by the nature of the business) but i doubt investors will find they make much money.

There is reference to 'a few bumps along the way'.

What do you get for £500?
The opportunity to sell overpriced wigwams?

I've just read that new Timeless Vie piece. Excellent as always.

The woman behind JFTP is perfect for MLM. As olafisking says, she ran into a massive load of trouble a couple of years ago and had literally hundreds of people posting on her FB page asking where their orders were that they had put in during the summer for Christmas delivery. The way she dealt with them was to delete their comments and write the equivalent of 'PM me hun'. It was a complete car crash. So MLM is right up her street.

I see she's also making ridiculous claims about how much you can make in the first few months etc.

I can't see many people signing up TBH. Surely the overpriced teepee market is even smaller than the aloe vera market.

That's what I thought Smiinky.

It does sound like her Smiinky
The (from) £3.5k to have a private audience with her gives it away somewhat

What a pile of robbing shite

So the latest ruse is a #bossbabe business school, I think someone perhaps got too well known in the area they were scamming in and has moved on to pastures new, as was said, mlm is perfect for this.

It may just be an unfortunate coincidence of names.

The plot thickens!

Do you really believe that Cozie?

I just don't know.

Know for sure, anyway.

its not her, have just had a proper look

Well done for checking.