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MLM Bot Watch 42

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Spongebobette · 18/08/2018 12:09

This is the 42nd thread in a long series about the dangers of network marketing/ MLMs such as Forever Living, Ariix, NuSkin, Arbonne, Younique, TS Life, and MANY MANY more!
Posts here will give examples of the lies told by 'top bots' who portray luxury lifestyles in order to lure in new victims and of the other techniques and brainwashing used by MLMs
Over 90% of people who join an MLM end up LOSING money. Always bear that in mind when considering paying money to join!

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Maranello4 · 04/09/2018 19:54

Jobzooma - no idea if it's an MLM but looks like a scam on the basis that they've referred to a job role (role). I can appreciate attention to detail is not everyone's strong point but would expect a job advert for recruitment in particular to have no spelling mistakes whatsoever....

Maranello4 · 04/09/2018 19:55

And neither is mine!!! 'job rolls' is what I was referring to

CodLiverOil556 · 04/09/2018 20:14

Ok, own up...who's called yawn out on her tooth?

leasedaudi · 04/09/2018 21:33

I don't know but they're in for it!

I also am pretty certain that the "pig" face picture was from another bots wedding, where yawn and bestie both rocked up in white dresses. I have a photographic memory for these details. I remember the bobble details on the dress and the wavy hair and red red lipstick.

Whiterangey · 04/09/2018 21:50

@leasedaudi You are right, the photo is from August 2016, both Yawn and BFF attended a wedding and both dressed in white. A quick look at the photos show they were the only guests to do so, the only other person in white was the bride, so it wasn't a fancy 'please where white' type thing, which would be odd.

legocardsagain · 04/09/2018 21:53

I'm a lurker in this thread and have learnt loads about MLM's and how to spot one.

I was appalled to walk in to my local WI meeting tonight and see Forever Living peddling their aloe shite. It was sad to see so many people handing over their cash. And it seems she tours the WIs in our county. Telling tall tales about the benefits, customer testimonials (fake?) and that they have a patent for how they make their aloe gel. Thankfully some of the other ladies were as cynical as me!

Happypuppy · 04/09/2018 22:18

Was yawn called out on insta or Fb? Probably been deleted by now I’d guess?

CodLiverOil556 · 04/09/2018 22:19

@Happypuppy Insta

acatcalledjohn · 04/09/2018 22:32

That picture is years old. Shame on you, Yawn!

Norma27 · 04/09/2018 22:47

I thought the comment had been deleted. Forgot about instagram. Love it!

Happypuppy · 04/09/2018 23:28

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Tizzlebizzle · 05/09/2018 00:15

She was pulling the exact same stunts back in Aug 2016...gym shots, weight loss, flash backs to a slimmer motivating image. Her feed is like groundhog day. I imagine being in FL is a very boring existence.

Anyway this is the shot she posted before the wedding. She was not any bigger than she is in the shots now. She could just have posted Roomie's deleted gym shot from Dallas alongside a heavily filtered selfie from the same day to demonstrate the same point - it's not significant weight loss but flattering angles.

I also think she is on a hamster wheel of dieting which is not healthy or fulfilling. She has a lovely curvy normal body, beautiful face and clearly takes pride in her appearance. Her ugliness is on the inside and no cleanse will sort that out.

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ArbunneHun · 05/09/2018 06:30

I’m just glad that I don’t have to publicly and repeatedly play out my body & food issues on social media in order to pay my mortgage. What a damaging process it must be.

Whiterangey · 05/09/2018 08:53

She has been losing and gaining for years and years, so many of her posts mention either how much weight she has lost, or how much weight she is planning to lose, the cycle repeats itself year after year.

Bullshit crash diets and stupid weight loss crap do not work and are harmful. In the case of some things, like the C9, you are told to do to yourself what i'm doing to myself right now.

Food shouldn't be the enemy, you should not feel like a bad person for eating or feel revulsion that you don't look like a model in a magazine.

You will find that nobody actually cares about your weight except for you, those who love you will still love you, and if they don't then they need to be out of your life.

If you do feel you need to lose weight for health reasons then there is a right way to go about that which doesn't involve starving yourself and getting in a cycle of starvation and then overeating.

xenu1 · 05/09/2018 09:15

An occasional (male) poster who admires your excellent work. (And there are a few openings for driven hi-achievers in my Timeless Vie organisation...) Anyway, an FYI from Herbalife (hat tip www.quackwatch.com) It looks like they made distributors sign away all rights, wonder how that will pan out...

Herbalife sued by distributors:

Eight former Herbalife distributors have filed a class action complaint against Los Angeles-based Herbalife in the U.S. Southern District Court in Florida. The complaint states:
• The company uses misrepresentation to sell access to emotionally manipulative events that have 200 to 20,000 attendees.
• The events use labels such as "Circle of Success," as a guaranteed pathway to life-changing financial success with Herbalife's multi-level marketing business opportunity.
• Each of the plaintiffs distributors has spent thousands of dollars attending events, but they received no benefits from doing so contrary to frequent claims by Herbalife that: "If you go to all the events, you qualify for everything – you will get rich."
• The plaintiffs are seeking damages and injunctive relief against "the corrupt organization of individuals and entities who sell, operate and compel participation in the Circle of Success."
An Associated Press report states that the case might eventually involve more than 100,000 plaintiffs. [Anderson C. Herbalife distributors claim events were a sham. Boston Globe. Aug. 21, 2018] www.bostonglobe.com/business/2018/08/21/herbalife-distributors-claim-events-were-sham/kBCaR20q6QgguLVYaadikN/story.html

In pretrial motions, Herbalife's attorneys argued that the plaintiffs had signed contracts mandating arbitration of any disputes rather than trial in court. [Pickett A. Herbalife seeks to arbitrate potential $1 billion class action. Courthouse News Service. Aug. 21, 2018]

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Spongebobette · 05/09/2018 12:19

Eh????

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cozietoesie · 05/09/2018 12:22

Ahhhh. The blithering 'Orchids'. I never reached as far as them - just heard about them here.

MLMsuperfan · 05/09/2018 12:36

Obviously, four of the eleven legs in the Base qualify as New Legs (pursuant to the Leg Principle). But only at the Pearl Orchid level. What's not clear about that?

Whiterangey · 05/09/2018 12:58

I recognise them as words, that is as far as I got.

cozietoesie · 05/09/2018 13:53

superfan,

I abase myself before your depth of understanding and clarity of vision. Grin

PerryPerryThePlatypus · 05/09/2018 14:14

Oh that makes my brain hurt. Like when one of my DC are talking about Minecraft.

BSintolerant · 05/09/2018 14:53

Orchid is Greek for testicle isn't it? Sums it up really - a load of bollocks.

cozietoesie · 05/09/2018 18:09

It does mean that. I wonder whether they realised? Grin

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