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MLM Botwatch 56 - New Year, New Thread

982 replies

Jasmin82 · 31/12/2019 23:50

Bot-watching into 2020. Hoping it's a good year for all (and the end of MLMs - Hey, a girl can dream!)

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Jigsawpuzzle · 30/01/2020 09:34

Some bots may have transferable skills but if all the relevant jobs are say in London then can they commute? Not all companies will allow home working.

rattusrattus20 · 30/01/2020 10:06

@mlmingaheartbeat - I used to keep occasional tabs on Rasher but lost, er, interest.

Would I be right in summarising her progress as follows:

mid 2010s - FL;
late 2010s - falls out with FL, joins arriiixx;
early 2020s - one or more new MLMs[?] - i couldn't quite bear to invest the time in trawling through her nonsense - do you know what these are, what her reasons were for jumping ship?

Thanks

mlmingaheartbeat · 30/01/2020 13:57

@rattusrattus20 - I haven't kept up to much with The Rasher to be fair but , from my recollection, she was "made" by Aaaaiiirrriiixxx to lead a team of disgruntled ex-FLP bots to the Rivers of Babylon - where they would post self deprecating videos of themselves denouncing all that was good with FLP, but how they were redeemed now that they had found their true purpose in life with their new MLM!

In truth they were also sucked dry - many quit after a few month never to be heard of again.
Most are still probably paying back the huge credit card bills amassed in the crazy days of one upmanship!

Whiterangey · 30/01/2020 15:07

Bruv is asking "what was your background before starting with us?".

Mine is a photo of my cat, my lock screen is the same photo.

Cacacoisfarraige · 30/01/2020 15:12

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leasedaudi · 30/01/2020 15:47

I think she'd be a good car salesman. Used car salesman..

Gotmychocolateimgood · 30/01/2020 16:15

Nurse has had a delivery of a c9, some aloe goop and a few other bits. Tomorrow is the last day of the month. Coincidence? I think not.

She is also offering £20 discount on c9s for a limited time. Does that completely eat up her profit? Seems a lot.

olivehater · 30/01/2020 16:17

Just wondering would you class tropics as an mlm ?

BSintolerant · 30/01/2020 16:30

@olivehater Yes, Tropic is on the Shit List.

hunzuncovered · 30/01/2020 16:39

Sacked did a Facebook story...

She forgot how nerve wracking it was going for promotions and how it pays her rent and bills... let her know if you want an order!

Guilting the minions to buy and not giving a single shit that they can't pay their rent or bills off the back of it.

CodenameVillanelle · 30/01/2020 17:13

Sacked looked rough as old boots in her live too. Whacking shit loads of highlighter on does not make one look like a dewy 21 year old. I'm the same age as sacked and I look like an actual clown if I wear heavy makeup. 40 year old skin needs kindness, not smothering in slap!

rattusrattus20 · 30/01/2020 17:33

@mlmingaheartbeat - ok thanks. what do you mean by racking up "huge credit card bills amassed in the crazy days of one upmanship" - just 'fake it till you make it' stuff, splurging on nonsense to post on FB, or paying money to arriiixxx?

Norma27 · 30/01/2020 17:51

Yawn's daughter is poorly again.
That aloe gloop must be total shite. Her kids are constantly poorly.
My same age daughter on the other hand has not had a day off school in 18 months.

mlmingaheartbeat · 30/01/2020 18:27

@rattusrattus20 - " just 'fake it till you make it' stuff, splurging on nonsense to post on FB, or paying money to arriiixxx?"

Exactly that!

Ladiva1971 · 30/01/2020 18:28

So she has been to the gym doing body attack class and 9 hours later is still wearing the same clothes?

Norma27 · 30/01/2020 18:48

She always keeps same clothes on all day.
Absolutely grim. Especially when she meets other victims after not bothering to shower and change.

NeurotrashWarrior · 30/01/2020 19:42

Hello, excuse a pop in, I used to follow the threads on the early days and was in the Timeless VIe fb group.

I just wanted to query something.

And old friend, who lives the other end of the county, has been swallowed by Arbonne this last year and had been essentially groomed into believing the whole thing as being a worthy business. Her manager( ?) is very good at all
The lingo and social media etc and they are now close "friends" but clearly it's been a friendship based on my friend buying her stuff.

My friend struggles a bit with spelling and grammar and doesn't really seem able to take it much further. Since she's been swallowed any contact with me has included the damn arbonne stuff.

I tried to discuss it with her in a flippant way; friends have been mistaken by mlms. It's unethical etc. She is adamant it's a wonderful thing. I've since learnt this mlm is favoured by gps etc; she's a nurse.

My query is that she's posted this and I wondered how "kosher" it is; as at the moment my only point she's been unable to challenge is ethics from the POV of pyramid selling.

A b corp sounds like something from mr robot. I wondered if it's been invented by mlms?

(Apologies for typos and crap grammar; I'm knackered and squinting in the dark while my son goes to sleep.)

MLM Botwatch 56 - New Year, New Thread
NeurotrashWarrior · 30/01/2020 19:47

One thing I found very coercive is that her manager asked her to push sales before Xmas using the emotive story that her manager was very close to getting some sort of lifetime inheritance thing for her son who has an additional need. If her manager dies, her son would inherit her business or something.

I understand how it seems worthy but found it very distasteful. This is not how real businesses work.

NeurotrashWarrior · 30/01/2020 19:51

And interestingly if I google b Corp, it's all arbonne hits that come up 🧐

I've now found something that seems to say it's kosher but I had to wade through buckets of arbonne. Which makes me think they're pushing it.

ColdWinterChild · 30/01/2020 20:35

I say my pet bot irl today. Both her and her husband were fatter than ever.
I guess filters and angles aren't a replacement for revital u coffee

ColdWinterChild · 30/01/2020 20:37

Sacked IS as rough as old boots. She's a nasty piece of work

Gotmychocolateimgood · 30/01/2020 21:00

@NeurotrashWarrior all you can do is be there for your friend when she finally sees the light. She is being conditioned to abandon rational thought, unfortunately.

I can't believe GPs fall for this shite. They must see the bogus science, surely?! Just shows how anyone can be suggestible to brainwashing.

OhMyGodTheyKilledKenny · 30/01/2020 21:41

Can someone please explain to me why Yawn keeps banging on about her bloody info packs?

It's a cheap plastic folder with some leaflets (that she's had to pay for) in.

Hardly rocket science or cutting edge technology is it, yet she still keeps re-hashing posts about them.

Are potential victims supposed to be impressed?

AntiBotics · 30/01/2020 23:06

@Gotmychocolateimgood I know of a Consultant Geriatrician peddling Arbonne. Brochures left in staff room with handwritten phrases added in “vegan friendly”, “natural” etc.

Bluewavescrashing · 31/01/2020 06:53

Ugh. BBL is tinting her DDs' eyebrows. I think they are about 6 and 4 years old.