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MLM Bot Watch 24 - Powered by Twunk's Yazoo: Tragicomic cultic wampum flogging scamalangadingdongs like Forever Living, Ariix, Herbalife, Younique, Juiceplus, LifeTreeWorld.

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stopfaffing · 17/06/2016 06:12

New thread, links to follow...

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stopfaffing · 17/06/2016 06:13

Previous link here.

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stopfaffing · 17/06/2016 06:15

Thread 22 here.

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stopfaffing · 17/06/2016 06:18

Botwatch link here.

Botwatch on Facebook link here.

Timeless View link (MLM pardoy website) here.

Timeless Vie Facebook page here.

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stopfaffing · 17/06/2016 06:19

Sorry, bit of a spelling problem Grin, should say

"Timeless Vie link(MLM parody website)" above.

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stopfaffing · 17/06/2016 06:24

Blog [[http://mlmtheamericandreammadenightmare.blogspot.co.uk/]] A very detailed expose of all things MLM.

Hommetrepreneur's Facebook page here.

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 here.

Link to NastashaBarnbotShingles' refutation of the above. here

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stopfaffing · 17/06/2016 06:26

Sorry Eye, cocked up first link in above post Blush.

Eyespying's Blog here.

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stopfaffing · 17/06/2016 06:28

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.

+++UPDATE+++ Twunk/Forever has now drunk the Banana Yazoo and still lives though a shadow of her former self Wink.

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stopfaffing · 17/06/2016 06:31

Here's another Facebook page campaigning against MLM, in this case Advocare here.

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stopfaffing · 17/06/2016 06:33

Interesting article about Barclays Bank allowing MLM companies set up stands in their banks here.

Eye also has written an article on his blog about this here.

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cozietoesie · 17/06/2016 06:38
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Whatsaldigottodowithit · 17/06/2016 07:08

Oh I knew about the suitcases, never seen an umbrella. Wonder what they have to do to get that

cozietoesie · 17/06/2016 07:16

Smiling a lot and making money for/bringing seeming prestige to an organisation is usually the way to 'get ahead'. Smile

ForeverYazoonique · 17/06/2016 07:35

Reporting for duty.

cozietoesie · 17/06/2016 07:42

I just don't know, Forever. Since Milkshake Friday, you've seemed sort of..........different? Grin

NorbertDentressangle · 17/06/2016 08:15

Remember the FL gel advert with what looked like a huge cock on it? Well that seems to be going viral on fb at the moment - a friend had "liked" it from one of those LAD bible-type fb pages.

I think the yellow umbrellas are great as at least they stand out in a crowd so at least you get plenty of warning to cross the road and avoid the bot. Wink

ForeverYazoonique · 17/06/2016 08:30

I am Terribly Busy and Important Cozie - that's all Wink

But yes, changed forever. ForeverYazoo-nique in fact.

romoca · 17/06/2016 08:52

Following Brew

cozietoesie · 17/06/2016 09:15

Ah. That must be it. Smile

Booksandcrocheting · 17/06/2016 09:18

Yellow umbrellas sound far more beneficial than any of the other wampum they flog.

EauDeParslaii · 17/06/2016 10:03

Good morning all! New thread and it's Friday what a day this is turning out to be Grin

cozietoesie · 17/06/2016 11:30

Timeless Vie Needs You

A new Timeless Vie piece - with a template letter to send out to relevant persons.

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cozietoesie · 17/06/2016 11:33

And here's the other Timeless Vie site. The new piece is the second one in. Smile

cozietoesie · 17/06/2016 11:37

Gosh - that's cross posting and a half! (Or my device is being extra specially temperamental today.) Loads of new stuff. Smile

cozietoesie · 17/06/2016 11:41

What a very brave person that is to come forward like that - in addition to leaving that MLM.

cozietoesie · 17/06/2016 11:48

Yes - it looks as if my device is being extra specially temperamental. Grin

It looks as if you'll all have to go to Timeless Vie yourselves to find out what's happening. Wink

I'm too scared of the results to post links to BotWatch - perhaps someone else could oblige?