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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

Keep the awesome discussion going :)

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Ohnonevermind · 15/02/2023 15:12

Will castle try to buy her way in using her dads money again. It’s a risky strategy this time as she won’t stand out and isn’t going to have recruits funnelled to her.

Twentytwentyhindsight · 15/02/2023 15:58

NuSkin Bot's motivations are probably triple: 1. to possibly try to sign Castle up, hoping some of her students or former downlines will follow, 2. to join Castle in fleecing the students in Scamversity, while also dangling her amaaaayzing opportunity before them, 3. to convince some of her downlines to join Scamversity as an extra means of extracting cash from them.

I very much doubt Castle is thinking of diving back into the 'product-based pyramid scheme' world.

Even someone so full of herself must realise that her brief success with FLP was due to being able to 'invest' some £200K from the bank of mum&dad and having downlines artificially funnelled to her by head office, who saw her as a shiny new 'attraction' to lure in new victims.

Castle is probably hoping that Nuskin Bot will bring some of her downlines into Scamversity, as well as take on some of the work she is so obviously incapable of doing herself.

As @Spongebobette says, it may be time to break out the popcorn...

Twentytwentyhindsight · 15/02/2023 16:00

Or, or... Nuskin Bot is in league with Fierce (they were both in that part of southern Spain before Castle brought her clan there) and this is a ploy to screw her even further...Grin

Ohnonevermind · 15/02/2023 16:22

Unless nuskin’s husband wants a captive audience to sell his services too. But fierce has probably siphoned off the ones with money

He will have a captive audience, and after Bruv’s shit he will seem amazing. It’s whether castle will shaft her brother and sideline him, which means more time at home for Bruv to annoy his mothers

Twentytwentyhindsight · 15/02/2023 16:25

@Ohnonevermind I think it's Nuskin Bot's ex who is now a graphic designer.

Ohnonevermind · 15/02/2023 16:31

So Bruv is safe 🤣

Twentytwentyhindsight · 15/02/2023 16:41

Until Castle realises that either of her sons armed with a box of crayons would provide a better service and be cheaper.

Tupperwarelid · 15/02/2023 16:48

Ohnonevermind · 15/02/2023 15:09

@Tupperwarelid

By proper graphic design and brand management I’m guessing you don’t mean Bruv standard

I mean he’s got proper actual clients not just his relatives!

PieonaBarm · 15/02/2023 17:26

Yawns back to a 35 minute 5km. Clearly not at 25 minute level still 😂🤨

terrywynne · 15/02/2023 17:55

I remember Don't Tell the Bride bot (though I forget the names). Her husband (now ex?) went ditched the MLMing and went into creating branding for the FL bots - clearly more profitable! Think they then moved abroad and he was involved in the corporate side of some Swiss MLM I forget the details of (make up maybe). That is a blast from the past!

Twentytwentyhindsight · 15/02/2023 18:03

I remember a small group of FL bots jumping ship when the 'Swiss-based' MLM was launched (can't remember the name either). I also remember Mr Don't tell the bride doing the 'branding' for a few FL bots, but I expect that source of revenue will have dried up as FL hit the skids in recent years and bots could no longer afford it.

terrywynne · 15/02/2023 18:28

It's coming back to me now. They were very much part of the Castle group. Very much wannabe influencers - travel, fashion etc

Seem to remember the Swiss MLM having a strange spelling

BSintolerant · 15/02/2023 19:26

Was the Swiss MLM Maelle?

Tupperwarelid · 15/02/2023 19:37

I’d forgotten about the Swiss MLM. Did it ever get past pre-launch stage?

terrywynne · 15/02/2023 19:56

BSintolerant · 15/02/2023 19:26

Was the Swiss MLM Maelle?

It was Enhanzz. That's 10 minutes of my life I'll not get back tracking that down! Not really sure if it still exists.

Twentytwentyhindsight · 15/02/2023 20:08

Thanks for taking one for the team @terrywynne !

YouOKHun · 15/02/2023 20:44

@BSintolerant Maëlle was a good ol’ American scam from the corrupt lawyer who upset Younique and then went on to scam a load of teachers with Naativ and a fresh crop of Huns with Everra - nice guy. Who can forget “All things gorgeous” that nameless stealth recruiting campaign that hooked in loads of people, then Maëlle never really gave them any product and then took their money and closed down when Younique threw a wobbly about “having their ideas nicked”.

as for Enhanzz - I’m sure any representative of that organisation would bring just the kind of gravitas Scamversity needs. I haven’t heard of it but if it’s the one I’m thinking of it’s connected to Zinzino which is a very naughty wellness MLM that has been in lots of trouble with the false claims so extreme that Danish Consumer Council lawyers publicly warned people to stay away from both Zinzino products and their recruitment and described Zinzino’s practices as “on the edge of the law” (which was a generous assessment).

FLP, Scamversity, NuSkin, Enhanzz etc - any which way you turn it’s all just grubby isn’t it?

BSintolerant · 15/02/2023 20:55

Thank you @terrywynne

Ah, yes: I remember now @YouOKHun - it’s like you say, it’s all very grubby. They’re all floating around in the same sewer so they smell the same after a while.

How is Tropic (the MLM which claims it isn’t like the rest) doing? Most of the Tropic bots who were on my radar have voted with their feet. 😉

LeoDiCapricorn · 15/02/2023 21:00

Tropic is live and kicking.

I badly burned myself a week ago when the handle of a pan I was holding came away and I poured boiling pasta water down my leg/foot

A friend recommended her tropic bot to sell me "healing balm"

You're ok I'll keep to the burn clinic thanks hun

Twentytwentyhindsight · 15/02/2023 21:48

Sorry to hear @LeoDiCapricorn - I hope you're fully recovered with no scarring...
One of the most cringe worthy episodes with my botted ex was when my young nephew got scalded on holiday and she got really stroppy about my sister preferring to use the burns cream she had over the FLP version. She pretty much told my sister that she would only have herself to blame if there was scarring.
One of the many moments that led to the irretrievable breakdown of the relationship.

Ohnonevermind · 15/02/2023 22:30

Suprise, surprise when castle met the other bor , she found a feather from sis, well knock me down with said feather, what a surprise said no one ever

Castle is claiming face changes from the brace but the photoshop lines around her jawline are so visible in her latest photo on FB.

YouOKHun · 15/02/2023 22:36

@Twentytwentyhindsight that must have been such a nightmare, constantly having to manage someone who is totally in the thrall of FL, especially being stuck between your family members and that kind of mad, aggressive behaviour (not to mention trying to save the family finances as well). Nightmare.

YouOKHun · 15/02/2023 22:43

@Ohnonevermind was if you just upthread who said “she’ll be finding a feather any minute now”?! It’s all so predictable.

if she is having orthodontic work (Invisilign probably) then that doesn’t come cheap if she’s doing it properly. The Bank of Mum & Dad is never closed for withdrawals is it? Photoshop is at least cheaper.

SnoogyWoo · 16/02/2023 09:37

Must of been a really big fallout with castle and fierce. They are not interacting at all on Facebook, no likes or comments on any of their recent posts.

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BSintolerant · 16/02/2023 09:46

@LeoDiCapricorn poor you! I hope you’re on the mend.

Bots are opportunistic CFs. If Tropic, or any other MLM gunk had such wonderful healing properties they’d be readily available on the NHS and in every hospital.

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