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MLM Bot Watch 75: Bots not even bothering to fake it till they make it anymore…

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SnoogyWoo · 12/02/2023 18:45

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Twentytwentyhindsight · 13/03/2023 16:46

Not only that, it is grown in the Dominican Republic, where the plantation agriculture system is notorious for relying on migrant Haitian labourers who are denied any rights and subject to systematic discrimination.

Spongebobette · 13/03/2023 16:51

Even wickeder

terrywynne · 13/03/2023 17:06

Twentytwentyhindsight · 13/03/2023 16:46

Not only that, it is grown in the Dominican Republic, where the plantation agriculture system is notorious for relying on migrant Haitian labourers who are denied any rights and subject to systematic discrimination.

I didn't know that. Honest, the individual bits and their claims are easy targets but honestly it is the businesses (the actual parent companies that are the ones making millions not the "six figure business owners") that need taking down - so rotten and wicked in everything from business model to production methods

terrywynne · 13/03/2023 17:09

Spongebobette · 13/03/2023 16:39

Bloodsucker is really wicked IMO, she very deliberately turned her attention to African countries when she saw the UK had peaked

I saw one post where a young man had sold his laptop for the ‘business in a box’

We think the products and "business" are overpriced here but nothing compared to their cost in some of the countries she targets. And at least here, the bots have universal credit and the NHS if they have spent all their money on FL which is not a safety net available in every country...

BSintolerant · 13/03/2023 17:39

@YouOKHun You have something in common with MLM bots’ pants: you’re on fire!! I’m very glad to hear you’re giving Mr FLP a headache. Did you screenshot your killer blow by any chance? 😉#vivelaresistance

Mr FLP is full of nonsense. He used to be a Forever Living bot so I can’t understand for the life of me why he would give up such an amazing opportunity to get a j.o.b. with Forever Living. Surely if he’d stuck with it he could have retired years ago to happily live off all that residual income?

BSintolerant · 13/03/2023 18:03

Twentytwentyhindsight · 13/03/2023 16:46

Not only that, it is grown in the Dominican Republic, where the plantation agriculture system is notorious for relying on migrant Haitian labourers who are denied any rights and subject to systematic discrimination.

I had no idea - how awful.

How on earth can Forever Living claim to be ethical given their murky business practices?

I wonder how their products came to be certified as halal (i.e permitted under Islamic teaching), although I can understand this on one level as there’s nothing particularly harmful about aloe vera itself. I suspect if the powers that be who issue these certificates knew exactly how Forever Living operates at all levels they’d be forced to think twice. Getting into debt through borrowing money on credit cards and using loans which generate interest is very much against Islamic teaching and we’ve seen plenty of examples of debt-ridden MLM folk and companies over the last few years to know that this is a real risk. In the UAE, where Forever was being heavily promoted not so long ago, getting into debt can land people in prison. There are a lot of vulnerable migrant workers with very few rights in the Middle East who are easy prey for MLM bots. The whole thing stinks.

BSintolerant · 13/03/2023 18:11

I suspect Bloodsucker and Token Manbot make a lot of their money through the so-called Shadow Pyramid: training tools. That would mirror the scam which the ex-Ambot who wrote Merchants of Deception (whose name escapes me - was it Eric …?) discovered which made him see that Amway was not all it was cracked up to be.

terrywynne · 13/03/2023 18:42

BSintolerant · 13/03/2023 18:11

I suspect Bloodsucker and Token Manbot make a lot of their money through the so-called Shadow Pyramid: training tools. That would mirror the scam which the ex-Ambot who wrote Merchants of Deception (whose name escapes me - was it Eric …?) discovered which made him see that Amway was not all it was cracked up to be.

Presumably though, while training tools might bring them actual money, they still need sale and recruits to top FL rankings?

Bloodsuckers son is an "ambassador" for the FL 15 day programme which is a) a nice bit of nepotism and b) rather misleading as he is extremely active and athletic (partaking in the classic MN husband's "hobby that would be outing if mentioned but actually thousands of men do it") and I doubt owes any of his physique or fitness to an FL product!

YouOKHun · 13/03/2023 19:09

UR’s Hampshire warehouse burned down today. The fire started off in their neighbour’s warehouse and the flames were apparently fanned by Messiah with a massive pair of bellows the high winds. So it’s with regret UR can’t deliver any orders. I hope they’re insured ;). I’m sure its a distraction from Ms Sponlie who has been showing a live of a peaky looking, hyper and sniffing Messiah, delivering yet more fiction about his opportunity. I wonder if his snake oil has gone up in flames too?

Twentytwentyhindsight · 13/03/2023 19:18

@YouOKHun - such unfortunate timing, given that UR had just had notice that their various guises had been reported to trading standards due to non-compliant labelling.
Nothing to see here folks... well, not anymore!

Spongebobette · 13/03/2023 19:41

Ex BFF on YET ANOTHER 4 day cleanse

shes a case study in an unhealthy relationship with food

YouOKHun · 13/03/2023 19:46

Yes, @Twentytwentyhindsight what a wasted trip for Trading Standards it will be! Just a pile of non-vegan ash! I wonder if they’ve managed to tell all their bots not to sell the ton of mis-labelled product they have already purchased from Ur/Reminiscience? One quick glance on social media says not. Perhaps Trading Standards could start with all the bots’ pages if they want evidence?

YouOKHun · 13/03/2023 20:06

Just come across a thread on Messiah’s FB from two days ago where Sleaze has posted and they’ve said let’s meet up. Sleaze is DM’ing him. What a nightmare combination that is. How will Wig and Mrs Messiah get on? It will be like Abigail’s Party only much more toxic and a damn sight more naff.

BSintolerant · 13/03/2023 20:18

There seems to be a lot of things on fire today. Oh dear!

Spongebobette · 13/03/2023 20:19

Oh am ROFL at Wig channelling Alison Steadman 🤣

dickiedavisthunderthighs · 13/03/2023 20:20

Interesting that Uber's mum has the 5th largest business. How's that then?

dickiedavisthunderthighs · 13/03/2023 20:22

Also there are 17 people watching Castle's live right now. 17.

Twentytwentyhindsight · 13/03/2023 20:24

Oooooh! Is Messiah back on SM? I thought he was in deep hiding and only sending out his epistles via stooge accounts...
He and Mrs blocked me (as did Wig'n'Sleaze), but this might be worth firing up my bot-stalking burner for.
Any hints for finding Messiah?

Spongebobette · 13/03/2023 20:24

dickiedavisthunderthighs · 13/03/2023 20:20

Interesting that Uber's mum has the 5th largest business. How's that then?

Clever stacking by Uber - I don’t fully understand but by using her mum and sister in her downlines she benefits

Spongebobette · 13/03/2023 20:28

Omg Yawn’s ex BFF is claiming on Insta that her FL business paid for her sons’ school fees

when they both got full scholarships (good for them) and one look at her Companies House accounts shows she has not been making anything like that amount of money

THEY ALL LIE

Twentytwentyhindsight · 13/03/2023 20:38

Looking at the viewing figures for Castle's ongoing live, she must be dying inside even as she summons the energy to continue her dream of verbal diarrhoea...

Twentytwentyhindsight · 13/03/2023 20:38

*stream

Spongebobette · 13/03/2023 20:40

And half of them are botwatchers

Twentytwentyhindsight · 13/03/2023 20:41

Yeah, trying not to stay on too long in case I give her false hope!

BSintolerant · 13/03/2023 21:39

Are Uber’s mum and sister both managers @Spongebobette ? If I remember rightly, when the Pigeon at the top of the statue (i.e. Uber) has a certain number of managers in her downline, this leads to enhanced rewards (a higher percentage of the downline’s earnings - which can’t be much these days) and a promotion to Super Soaring Flappy Pigeon with knobs on.

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