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Bot Watch 49- exposing MLMs for the scams they really are. You won't make money and you will lose friends!

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gotmychocolateimgood · 05/05/2019 20:30

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DownThePan · 09/05/2019 21:45

@DoraExplorer99 Will there be Cosmipoliton cocktails at the Lodge de Travel?

gotmychocolateimgood · 09/05/2019 21:47

Spongebobette I think it's to stop them heckling. Quite an unpredictable bunch.

Darceybussel great minds think alike!

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DownThePan · 09/05/2019 21:48

@gotmychocolateimgood I chuckled at 'sad yoga mat'!!

Pebble21uk · 09/05/2019 21:51

I'm a lurker who sometimes de-lurks around this time of year when my FB feed gets filled up with my FL bot's utterly amazing, memory making pictures from the rally.

This has probably already been said when Stockholm was announced, but my mind immediately thought, 'They're having a larf aren't they...they're completely taking the proverbial this year... Oh the irony!'

"Stockholm Syndrome: Is a condition which causes hostages to develop a psychological alliance with their captors as a survival strategy during captivity"

MLM in a nutshell!

darceybussell · 09/05/2019 21:59

Chocolate Smile Even worse, the thought of ME walking across a stage with MY bonus printed on a giant cheque for everyone to see! And not only that, taking photos of it and putting it on bloody Facebook so that people from school or university who I don't see any more, randoms I met whilst travelling, ex-colleagues and family members can all see it too! Shock

CanoeDoYouThinkYouAre · 09/05/2019 22:02

Gotmychocolate I'm sure DH would prefer to fly across Europe at his own expense to receive a giant novelty cheque than just receive his bonus straight into his bank account!

If a bot has qualified but doesn't travel to the rally do they still get the bonus?

Twentytwentyhindsight · 09/05/2019 22:03

You also need to put it up on the wall in the most prominent position in your house and make sure it appears in every selfie/video call from now to eternity.

TheHorseOnSeventhAvenue · 09/05/2019 22:05

Darcey - you are spot on, the idea of the bosses walking across the office displaying their bonus cheques. I can imagine all the admin staff (who earn real wages) eeking and whooping.

I always laugh about the no other company treats you this well comment.

I never claimed to be earning what Uber and Bloodsucker are but have had amazing overseas, all-expenses trips, eaten in Michelin restaurants, stayed in top class hotels and have been taken away on a private jet when I worked for a great business. The FL experience looks average corporate to me.

However, I do know people who are senior in real JOBs - they are offered regular business travel, corporate tickets to Ascot, Wimbledon etc - concert tickets to Adele etc, several ski or golf 5 star trips every year. OK most of us don’t get that but FL is offering nothing special.

Nando’s take their middle management on some pretty awesome trips and guarantee them a salary every month, plus holiday pay, pensions, promotion opportunities and don’t con the people to think they should be grateful to work for them or make them queue to buy a mug!

Bovneydazzlers · 09/05/2019 22:07

On Yawn's Bestie's live, when insolvency bot 2 was told to look happy and do crazy cheering by an older man (possibly UK Managing director?) with her cheque. Her face falls pretty soon after this moment though.

DownThePan · 09/05/2019 22:10

I just watched Uber's video of the unbagging of the cheques. Her sister's face was a picture when she saw the amount! How much did she get last year?

GrimDamnFanjo · 09/05/2019 22:13

The qualifier's post:
www.facebook.com/bobparkerflp/photos/a.395158864178848/809523119409085/?type=3&theater

CanoeDoYouThinkYouAre · 09/05/2019 22:13

Thehorse DH gets all sorts of corporate gubbins. Some of it's a bit rubbish but as a Liverpool fan he is over the moon about his CL final tickets!

I've just finished cancer treatment (yes, I did have a dickhead try to flog me aloe as a 'cure'Hmm) so he needs a treat.

Spongebobette · 09/05/2019 22:16

@Bovneydazzlers how much did insolvency bot get?

Spongebobette · 09/05/2019 22:20

Some of those 2.5k qualifiers have already received their cheques...... does that mean the only ones left are 5k and above?

I know it’s not just on CCs but....

Bovneydazzlers · 09/05/2019 22:20

Ah maybe I hAve the name wrong, I've not seen insolvency/JL bot with a cheque, it's the other insolvency lady who spoke at the last success day from what I made out from the wiggly camera. The camera work was pretty shaky but I think $8k.

So no Castle bro or sis in Sweden (and obvs no cheque)?! I thought bro posted last month about 'see you in Sweden'. Has there been a family tiff surrounding the air bnb fiasco or is it just they didn't qualify and never intended to go?! It's all gone v quiet from the flying pigeons on FL

OhMyGodTheyKilledKenny · 09/05/2019 22:24

lol I have to admit at watching the clip of Uber's sister's "cheque face" more than once.

Pure comedy.

yorkshirepud44 · 09/05/2019 22:38

Oh my god, on bffs live, about 1min 40 in, I'm sure Uber's sister is caught snarling that it's shit..

Am I wrong? Grin

Twentytwentyhindsight · 09/05/2019 22:43

@DownThePan - Uber's sister got 6K last year. Was probably told the cheques would grow exponentially. Her expression as captured by Yawn's bestie says it all.

Now we also know why Castle's BFF couldn't be arsed to turn up on time for the jollies...

It has started well.

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BSintolerant · 09/05/2019 22:48

@leasedaudi a CF on these threads gave Welsh Rarebot that name because it’s only a vowel away from Welsh Rarebit.

Damn, I’m hungry now. Cheese 🧀 Grin

DownThePan · 09/05/2019 22:49

@Twentytwentyhindsight Do you really think there are Bots out there that think their cheque will be bigger this year?

KimaLuika123 · 09/05/2019 22:51

@yorkshirepud definitely said that it's shit 😂

Twentytwentyhindsight · 09/05/2019 22:59

@DownThePan - In the old boom days, it was all onwards and upwards, and everybody was keen to show off the lower cheques, as they were the first steps to much bigger ones, and many bots were getting them.

Now, there are many fewer bots receiving any cheques at all, and former top bots are receiving tiny cheques (or none).

So no, most of the bots who've been at the top for any length of time must be aware that the good old days are over, and do not expect bigger cheques.

But Uber's sister's reaction makes me think she genuinely thought she was going to get much, much more. As she hasn't been around for as long as her sister, and seems to take most of her cues from her when it comes to FLP, I am assuming she was led to believe her cheque would keep on growing.

If that is the case, I'd love to be a fly on the wall the next time those two are alone together.

BangingOn · 09/05/2019 23:03

I’m losing track already. Is Homeschool getting a cheque this year?