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MLM Bot Watch 48 - Don't miss the BBC Documentary investigating the truth about Multilevel Marketing / Network Marketing!

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BSintolerant · 18/04/2019 09:56

Don't miss the BBC Documentary which is to be broadcast on BBC 3 & BBC iPlayer on the 27th April and BBC 1 on the 8th May!

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Jasmin82 · 25/04/2019 05:50

5 Live coverage. Starts at about 1 hour 5 minutes in:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00048wn

OhMyGodTheyKilledKenny · 25/04/2019 07:17

I'm loving the way random pisstakes of MLMs pop up on Facebook.

Surely they must encourage the penny to drop for so many people who have never really thought about them before. People who read posts like this one I've just seen , laugh at them and then think "hang on a minute, that sounds like our Sandra and her shakes/coffee/aloe"

MLM Bot Watch 48 - Don't miss the BBC Documentary investigating the truth about Multilevel Marketing / Network Marketing!
MLM Bot Watch 48 - Don't miss the BBC Documentary investigating the truth about Multilevel Marketing / Network Marketing!
MLM Bot Watch 48 - Don't miss the BBC Documentary investigating the truth about Multilevel Marketing / Network Marketing!
BSintolerant · 25/04/2019 07:29

😂

This one's my all time favourite piss take:

southporttimes.co.uk/?p=1584

#beheadtheboss #foreverjihad

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Spongebobette · 25/04/2019 07:29

Lol!

Sadly I think that those, and even the upcoming documentary, will bounce off some bots who sincerely believe that their MLM is different and that the victims in the programme are to blame for their lack of success. All the old memes of not wanting it enough, not being committed, will be trotted out.

Just hoping that a significant enough number see the light

DoraExplorer99 · 25/04/2019 07:38

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JasperRising · 25/04/2019 08:13

In terms of FL, I find it interesting that while most of the top bots are still flogging the C9s and sometimes other products, Bloodsucker doesn't seem to pretend that is about anything other than coaching/recruiting for her - I have seen her occasionally mention the fitness products in relation to her son but that is it. If she is the 'role model' as someone who had been at it for decades and is still earning substantial CB cheques (though they are reduced), then it is pretty clear that it is not the products that are going to get you to the top. I have noticed a few other bots trying to square the circle of claiming you can make money from retailing while also saying it is the coaching that is important for them/you need to coach others to get the most money. I also saw a bit claim a few weeks back that it was amazing they get paid to use FL products! (Maybe but the commission isn't going to cover the cost of the product so that is breathtakingly misleading)

Has anyone else been mildly amused by the ways in which various bots are managing to share photos of their 2015/2016 cheques while hiding the lower amounts/no cheques since then. Lots of 'this is where it started'/'my first global rally'/'my favourite holiday' type posts...

Twentytwentyhindsight · 25/04/2019 08:28

Just trying to decipher Sleaze's excuses.

So, 'overspending in hotels' is a 'business mistake'. But how does overspending on hotels remove you from social media for several weeks (unless you've been banged up for not paying hotel bills)?

SnoogyWoo · 25/04/2019 08:38

If sleaze is scamming people out of money how come he doesn’t have any?

UnapologeticallyUnhinged · 25/04/2019 08:42

I wondered that too @Twenty. There were some cryptic replies (cut/pasted!) in the comments where he mentioned making a huge mistake.

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Twentytwentyhindsight · 25/04/2019 09:04

SnoogyWoo - Sleaze scams people into putting money into Ponzi schemes that then (inevitably) collapse. He and Wig are constantly flitting from one to the next in the hope of getting in early enough to make some real money out of them, but they constantly miss the boat and are left with little (if any) 'earnings' to show for it, but an ever increasing cohort of angry mugs asking for their money back (probably why they try so hard to expand their 'network' in other countries).

They already have at leat two CCJs against them, which they are most unlikely to be able to pay. Nonetheless, they have to put out an aura of success, which is why they are often seen being shooed out of the lobbies of posh hotels after sneaking in to take selfies.

They are about as low-rent as they come (even Broke says so).

UnapologeticallyUnhinged · 25/04/2019 09:05

Also he mentioned that he was working it out with Wig, who is apparently 'single'. I wonder if this is a benefits thing? But then she's always going on about how much she earns through crypto?!

Love, if you earned as much as you claim, you wouldn't be wearing polyester hair. #justsayin

gotmychocolateimgood · 25/04/2019 09:05

Phew, I'm exhausted after all the pm action! I'm in such demand from all you #bossbabes!!!

Whiterangey · 25/04/2019 09:41

Sleaze's friends all saying that they make mistakes as well. That's obvious, they are all putting thousands into a ponzi scheme.

You cannot be late if you want to profit from a ponzi. You literally have to be one of the first in. Wig and Sleaze are always too late and reinvest their 'earnings' instead of withdrawing money while they still can.

They don't seem aware that as there are so many crypto ponzis the life span of them is getting smaller and smaller. There just aren't enough potential investors to keep it going as they are spread around countless ponzis instead of there just being a few.

I don't though fx trading had long to go before people start to try and withdraw money and the money runs out. This is the biggest one wig and sleaze have promoted in how big a team they have.

This is going to get messy.

gotmychocolateimgood · 25/04/2019 10:09

The concept of getting up in the morning and going to work is so contemptuous to them that I think they'll spend the rest of their lives trying to get rich quick, until they end up in the gutter or prison.

9dartfinish2nd · 25/04/2019 10:22

It is entirely possible that this documentary will make no difference to the current batch of fully botted victims, In fact I won't be surprised in the slightest that some of the senior bots in both companies use it to ramp up the "them and us" cult mentality.
I think however it will have a devastating impact on the ability to recruit future victims in what is now an already saturated UK market.

9dartfinish2nd · 25/04/2019 11:17

Just listened to the 25 minute feature on Radio 5 Live with Ellie Flynn.

That was tough to listen to, massive respect to the two ladies who were brave enough to come forward and speak out in this documentary.

SnoogyWoo · 25/04/2019 11:34

Where can you listen?

9dartfinish2nd · 25/04/2019 11:42

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00048wn

Starts at around 1hr 05mins

ticktock19 · 25/04/2019 12:06

Broke has just posted that his medical problems are getting worse and that the drs aren't doing enough to help him and that he must be taking nsaids that are causing the worsening of his condition. He's adamant he's not and blaming the penicillin he takes for his lack of spleen. Now my friend had her spleen out 15 years ago so has been on penicillin since and hasn't got any ulcers. My guess is maybe his magical CBD oil isn't agreeing with him and I'd be stopping that immediately to see if the 'excruciating pain' eases up....
Another friend had an ulcer rupture a yr ago and it was truly horrific so I hope he listens to the drs rather than continue with his imported, who knows wtf is actually in it CBD oil....

Twentytwentyhindsight · 25/04/2019 12:47

For someone who once included the title 'Dr' on his FB profile and has made it his mission to save us all from Pharmageddon by promoting cure all snake oils genuine solutions to various medical conditions, he certainly his having trouble managing his aliments (sic).

For anyone doubting the cultish quasi-religious nature of the MLM mindset, he has listed his daily morning 'rituals', consisting of 'affirmations, meditation, gratitude and visualisation'.

Fat lot of good it's doing him, whether in terms of health or income. Still he persists.

Yet

darceybussell · 25/04/2019 13:21

Just listened to Ellie Flynn on 5 Live, I thought she came across brilliantly.

Lolz at Younique's response 'stop saying mean things about us - what about our super duper amazing charity for abused women!'

ArbunneHun · 25/04/2019 13:51

Coverage expected in the national/local newspapers tomorrow too...

C’mon Ellie! You brilliant #negferret!

Jasmin82 · 25/04/2019 13:57

It looks like the Victoria Derbyshire show could be covering it tomorrow morning. Nothing set in stone or confirmed yet. But worth watching if you can.

Whiterangey · 25/04/2019 14:04

My MLM is different though.

She did come across really well. I'm looking forward to the inside look at the Empower You session, that will be interesting.

Glad it's hitting the newspapers tomorrow, they will be shared on social media so more people will see.

I know what I'll be doing at 10am Saturday morning.

I noticed both companies said they terminate anyone making false claims, got a good Google out of that. Their compliance departments must be staffed by a cat who can't use social media because it's a cat. You just need to find one single bot in any company to find a false claim, so their compliance department needs to be sacked, or given some dreamies.

9dartfinish2nd · 25/04/2019 15:39

Ellie Flynn actually mentioned an NS bot in that Radio 5 Piece so it's looks like they are going in hard on these people.

Can't wait to hear about R.I.T.A - Recruitment is the answer Hmm