Why are MLMs/ Network Marketing 'businesses' a scam?

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This is the 44th thread in a long series about the dangers of network marketing/ MLMs such as Forever Living, Ariix, NuSkin, Arbonne, Younique, Valentus, 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!

Sorry I haven't RTFT but does anyone know whether Isagenix is MLM? It's mostly North & Latin America I think, but coming to the UK. I've got a friend overseas who has got into it and it has similar hallmarks to those PP have discussed...

People! If looks , smells, sounds, has the faintest feeling of MLM it’s a very safe bet that it is indeed MLM!

I don't mind the front cover of Roomie's book. I do think it's a shame that the Aloe Bots bleat on about women empowering other women, yet when Roomie dares to branch out, she gets shunned by her teammates/upline. I don't quite understand the Mean Girls routine if the Bot running the publishing company has not been shunned for daring to get a side biz going.

And yes - Young Living and Isagenix are notorious MLMs!

Downthepan mlm people are so bizarre. Can you imagine working with someone who wrote a book at the same time. Normal people would congratulate them and hope they did really well. Not mlm bots tho. Every second of every day must be devoted to making more money for your upline.
The same happens when someone leaves mlm. In normal life you wish people success in their new role. Not mlm - a hate campaign must commence.
Bloody cultish behaviour.

She hasn't had any feedback from her upline at all and it's a bloody better read than Uber's complete pile of crap that she made a mint from

Here's hoping that she sees the light. However part of me was rather looking forward to Yawn vs Roomie Round 2

I would have bought Roomie’s book at 99p like it was the other day, but I’m not paying £4.99 now.

What’s the jist of why you think the reasons for her Yawn fall out were?

She was Yawn's plus one for Dallas. It was simply the funniest thing I have ever seen. Roomie was a complete loose cannon at exposing Yawn on that trip. I owe her the 99p it cost to download her book.

How did Roomie expose Yawn on the trip?

I’m really hoping she exposes them for the lying, conning, bullies they are.
Yawn v roomie round 2 would have been amazing. Dallas round 1 was definitely won by roomie. Yawn didn’t know what hit her and must have come as a huge shock to her.

Let's just say that the social media that Yawn puts out is controlled to the nth degree to portray this wonderful amazing life. We had a stream of unedited Facebook posts from Roomie. It was comedy gold. I don't think or would be amazed that they have spoken since.

I may just visit the thread to relive a little of it 😂

Oh, I remember all that Paddy it was brilliant! 😂

I was just wondering how the book gave you an inkling, that’s all.

These boys posts several carefully staged pictures every day. They'll be monitoring the likes and comments constantly no doubt to weed out the negheads. It's amazing how they have time for anything else

Roomie really was the gift that kept giving in Dallas!

She seems a bit of a loose cannon generally (not only in Dallas) with her random outbursts eg. the noise from the pub a few doors down in the summer

The photos on question disappeared @SoftlyCatchyMonkey1

Except for screenshots which someone might have grabbed 😉

What did Roomie actually post that was such negative PR for Yawn?

It was a photograph of Yawn that wasn’t posed or filtered at all. It showed pretty normal rolls around her middle that anyone would get from sitting down in tight fitting gymwear. However, those normal rolls are clearly something Yawn didn’t want to
See.

Oh I thought it would be something that gave away the true personality?

WHAT.THE.FUCK.IS.THIS.ALL.ABOUT?

W H O O P S . D I D N ' T . P U T . A . S P A C E . B E T W E E N . E A C H . L E T T E R
Jeez that's worn me out typing that. Think I need a drink of aloe juice.

There were also photos of the room that showed, in the reflection in the window, someone (Yawn or her BFF) standing there in their underwear IIRC.

You have forgotten the live video that Roomie posted - tired 'woops' - then she scanned around the room - managed to get a bored looking UK group with Yawn on her phone - panned back quickly.

Roomie was the gift that kept on giving in Dallas.

I have never laughed so much

All interaction between Roomie and Yawn ceased after that trip.

R E M I N D M E A G A I N .....

....what cheque did Yawn get in Dallas?

Can anyone help - on the Facebook page of FL MD he is congratulating a new Diamond Manager in the UK. He gives his name.
I haven't heard of him before (surname not one of months of year)
Where the hell did he spring up from ffs

I've not heard of him either.

His FB profile is minimal and gives nothing away but I did find 2 comments from FL bots (not names I knew though) on a profile photo post from 4 years ago do he's been in FL for at least that long.