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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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MLMhun · 03/05/2019 15:27

Sorry posted too soon, I hover between feeling sorry for nurse and seeing what she’s become in utter horror.

Jigsawpuzzle · 03/05/2019 15:30

I too wonder about these bankers as you have to jump so many hoops in the financial sector. I had to have a clean DBS and credit check. You also have to pass tests in data protection, anti-money laundering and information security & clear desk policy, so Using your phone at your desk (camera can screen shot customers info )could mean instant dismissal.I wonder if giving details of your customers and purchases that they are all keen to show is a breach
If you have CCJs or become bankrupt this would be a problem. As they have had their fingers burnt the sector is ultra cautious.

JackDelaney · 03/05/2019 15:36

@MLMhun I'm seeing her as a naive victim right now. I can just imagine Yawn flashing her lifestyle, maybe telling her she makes £10k+ a month and getting Nurse to imagine what an amazing life she could give her child if she followed her advice and let Yawn mentor her toward greatness.

Once the emotional hooks are in and the right buttons are pressed then the nicest people can start walking down a dark path. I feel really sorry for her because she looks like she really doesn't need this shit in her life.

Jigsawpuzzle · 03/05/2019 16:05

I am uncomfortable about them using their children and lifestyle as bait. Are the darker criminal elements watching (think kidnap, carjacking, armed robbery) and advertising you are on some jolly somewhere ,might as well leave your keys under the mat, check your insurance bots
These crimes are now a daily fact of life.

Twentytwentyhindsight · 03/05/2019 16:23

Yes @Jigsawpuzzle - the bots like to congratulate themselves on how social media-savvy they are, but I am constantly horrified at pictures of their kids in school uniform, with the names clearly displayed, plastered all over public pages. God forbid, but if anyone believed their wealth & lifestyle claims and thought of extortion or kidnapping, they are making their children easy targets...

More likely though is burglary. They are putting out there everything one would need for an easy job. Where the house is, what the layout inside and outside is, what and where the shiny new purchases are and, most helpfully, when they are away on some amaaazing training/success day/incentive/holiday.

I'm pretty sure an insurer would not look kindly on this behaviour if it came to making a claim....

MLMhun · 03/05/2019 16:24

Just saw an apt word on MLM lies exposed, “wannapreneur”.

MLMhun · 03/05/2019 16:30

I’ve seen it all now, FL branded bodywarmers!
When do the cheques start being given out?

9dartfinish2nd · 03/05/2019 16:44

What Cheques? Grin

9dartfinish2nd · 03/05/2019 16:45

Taking your 2016 cheque to stockholm doesn't count either.

Mrsong · 03/05/2019 16:47

Just got directed to this thread from another thread, very interesting! But are you guys following people involved fb pages? If so how do i find them? I'm finding this thread hard to follow without seeing what you are referring to

OhMyGodTheyKilledKenny · 03/05/2019 17:21

Yawn has said on her latest weight loss post that she’s a vegetarian, is she?

No she's not, she eats prawns and fish ... but probably can't spell pescatarian Wink

OhMyGodTheyKilledKenny · 03/05/2019 17:24

Mrsong welcome to the thread !

A good place to start is to google a Top 10 or Top 20 of UK Forever Living "business owners" and look them up on facebook

Unfortunately we can't post the names on here as it seems FL lawyers get a tad annoyed.

Jigsawpuzzle · 03/05/2019 17:38

I see Yawn blaming her pooch to do more showcasing .SUBTLE not.
Another site I visit has now got a thread about the Coaching Phenomenon.They are flummoxed about the fees and why anyone would pay for twaddle.

Twentytwentyhindsight · 03/05/2019 17:50

Does the C9 come with a stepladder for the 'after' photos?

Twentytwentyhindsight · 03/05/2019 17:50

(It would still be overpriced)

Mrsong · 03/05/2019 17:51

Ohmygod thanks for your reply. How do I know who you are talking about with the nicknames like yawn, nurse etc. Could someone pm me? Or is there a way to figure it out?

Twentytwentyhindsight · 03/05/2019 18:03

@Mrsong I'm afraid the MN rule about actually naming the bots also applied to PMs.

I was a lurker on this thread for quite a while, trying to figure out who was who. A good place to start, as suggested by a PP, is the Forever Living top 10 or 20, then check out their FB or Insta accounts (they are all open). You can then match their antics to the nicknames on here- it's very satisfying when you get one!

Mrsong · 03/05/2019 18:11

Thanks, will try figure it out Wink

acatcalledjohn · 03/05/2019 18:27

Richie Howey was asked about Herbalife products and how he rates them in a live Q&A video yesterday. I think the person who asked may have regretted asking.

He said he'll be posting a video about Herbalife this weekend, so that will be something to look out for. He's got a decent following and therefore his comments should help open people's eyes.

It's good that the likes of RH, James Smith and other PTs are actively speaking out against these schemes (well, the ones that promote 'weight loss' products). Then we have the many MLM free spaces like The Motherload and Mrs Gloss & The Goss. And all of those who educate through spreading knowledge such as Talented Ladies Club.

And then the BBC came with their fabulous documentary airing training footage that proves that the top bots prey on their victim's weaknesses. The documentary may have shown this within NuSkin, but it doesn't take a genius to work out this is exactly how top bots in all these schemes operate.

The word is getting stronger and stronger and the desperation of top bots is showing.

It makes for very entertaining viewing.

TheHorseOnSeventhAvenue · 03/05/2019 18:38

Nurse bot has already been in for almost a year but her goal is £300 to take her child to a theme park.

With what she has spent on personal C9s she could have taken him to a bloody theme park.

I’m pretty sure she has spent enough on success days, being a product of the product, keeping up her personal CCs, training and websites to have realised her second goal and taken him to Paris Disneyland.

With the hours she’s putting in to Forever she woul be better picking up an extra day in her real job.

This is where all the goal setting and stuff is insidious and dishonest. If she really wanted her short-term goals she could achieve them but what she really covers is the dream lifestyle.

I had a friend sucked in and the pull is not, for many bots, a few hundred quid a month (although I know that is a lot of money and some really do need that].

Most are following the attraction marketing and think I could be rich, I could change my life. Probably have better odds doing the lottery and a few competitions.

The thing is I don’t think many people are naturally that greedy but the materialistic, flaunt it brings out the worst and the whooping and celebrating of the cult makes money the ultimate goal for otherwise decent people.

TheHorseOnSeventhAvenue · 03/05/2019 18:40

Above should say ‘covets the dream lifestyle’

TheHorseOnSeventhAvenue · 03/05/2019 18:46

Also Brother (I’m so fun and crazy) Bot has been very quiet since the hob-breaking, house-trashing weekend. I am almost concerned about him.

Will he, or any of the other Castle family be in Stockholm?

Norma27 · 03/05/2019 18:47

How often does yawn need ‘re-educating’ about her food and lifestyle?
Stop peddling the same old shit. If you were re-educated then you would not need to do the c9 every couple of months and make the same claims.

acatcalledjohn · 03/05/2019 18:57

Yawn is so educated that she leaves her kids during exam time to educate themselves. Because an adult weekend break is more important than your kids' education.

It's staggering. Is that what "working around your family commitments" really means?

gotmychocolateimgood · 03/05/2019 19:06

Bruv is no longer bigging up his sister and trying to piggy back off her success because there will be no cheque, or an embarrassingly small cheque for her.