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

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Spongebobette · 31/10/2018 20:40

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!

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BSintolerant · 30/11/2018 23:42

Bring your own packed lunch. Grin

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Spongebobette · 30/11/2018 23:48

How much are tickets?

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JaniceBattersby · 30/11/2018 23:53

Me & Em is MLM. My friend got suckered into it. Bought a grand’s worth of stock then they decided they were withdrawing from the UK so she had to flog it all lower than cost.

The kids clothes are beautiful and well-made but soooo expensive.

ArbunneHun · 30/11/2018 23:54

Hmmm Plan-net/Inteletravel Bot promoting on a local page I moderate.

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JaniceBattersby · 30/11/2018 23:55

A million pounds each spongebobette but they re throwing in a free coffee this year so it’s totally worth it hun.

I love success day. Or as it should be renamed, no success day.

UnapologeticallyUnhinged · 01/12/2018 00:12

Is that in Cov?! Tempted to take a little detour past to see how many guns I can laugh at spot.

UnapologeticallyUnhinged · 01/12/2018 00:12

*huns. Even my phone is anti-MLM

BSintolerant · 01/12/2018 00:13

Free coffee? Has someone burgled a Valentus bot's garage?

#itwasntme

BSintolerant · 01/12/2018 00:20

If we were to protest at a so-called success day do you think there'd be more of us than them in attendance?

Norma27 · 01/12/2018 05:48

I’m in Coventry today! Might see if I can sneak in!

BangingOn · 01/12/2018 08:02

Janice I don’t think that was Me + Em, it’s annoying me what the name was as I know exactly who you mean and it sounds like Me + Em.

Is the success day at the Ricoh again? I’m not far away either.

OhMyGodTheyKilledKenny · 01/12/2018 11:55

Looks like the shit really hit the fan with the release of Roomie's book. She's posted on Instagram asking if anyone had seen an article about her book in the paper and said that she'd been bullied and threatened so had been hiding away.

Presume that's come from a family member as can't imagine anyone else would have a reason to go to a newspaper about it?

I wouldn't be surprised if the bullying and threatening element has come from her upline though as she's hardly mentioned FL in the last month.

OhMyGodTheyKilledKenny · 01/12/2018 12:14

As for the gazillionth Success day of the year .....very few photos around but the ones I've seen don't show many people in the background of shots (eg.see Yawn's and Uber and her sisters posts)

From fb profiles I can't see that any of the usually enthusiastic Devon posse are there either - they are normally pretty reliable and travel up en masse.

CheekySmile · 01/12/2018 12:55

@bangingon was it something & I? It’s feustrating me I can’t remember the name either and Google isn’t helping

Tupperwarelid · 01/12/2018 13:00

Ah success day. Remember when fl used to hire the NEC and the stage would be filled with new supervisors? Not any more. Can’t have been more than 15 on stage today. It’s a shame for them isn’t it?

cozietoesie · 01/12/2018 13:37

A real shame.😎

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Spongebobette · 01/12/2018 14:20

Yawn says there are a thousand people there.
Hmmm

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Spongebobette · 01/12/2018 14:22

I’ve just watched a bit of a video of new Supervisors walking across the stage.
What a ridiculous waste of time
THEY HAVE PAID MONEY TO WALK ACROSS A STAGEAND HAVE THEIR PHOTO TAKEN

What is the matter with people?

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UnapologeticallyUnhinged · 01/12/2018 14:23

I wish I knew who Roomie is.

BSintolerant · 01/12/2018 14:28

Yawn isn't very good with figures is she?

UnapologeticallyUnhinged · 01/12/2018 15:21

There's more attendees in my local WI than is at that conference. And I live in a village. Oh deary me. Also Yawn needs to go get fitted for a more substantial brassiere.

BangingOn · 01/12/2018 15:38

@CheekySmile yes! I’ve been googling too and it’s driving me crazy. I used to see a lot of it in the Scandi kids clothes selling pages.

BangingOn · 01/12/2018 15:44

@CheekySmile I’ve got it!

“me&i was founded in 2004 by Susan Engvall and Helene Nyrell from the kitchen table in their homes in Barsebäck, Southern Sweden. Over 850 sales representatives are working to bring the brand and the clothes to you in your home.

Twice a year, me&i launches new collections - one kids’ collection and one women’s collection. ”

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Spongebobette · 01/12/2018 16:35

I have managed to find one crowd shot of the Forever Living Success Day in Coventry. It’s firing the ‘recognition’ for the new Diamond Manager

It’s shockingly sparsely attended compared to a couple of years ago!! I know that all bots are pressurised to attend, but if that’s the number they can get to go in 2018 it doesn’t bode well

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Spongebobette · 01/12/2018 16:35
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