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Holy fuck, do housewives with small kids basically turn to MLM as careers?
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Date: July 28th, 2015 5:53 PM Author: Bipolar Vengeful Laser Beams Pit My facebook has been blowing up with this unrepentant shit scamming. Sadly I don't know the shrews well enough to call them out publicly.
Fucking hawking bullshit skin products. |
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Date: July 28th, 2015 6:00 PM Author: Spruce dog poop a lot do candles beauty products vitamins skin care it's because women lack any judgment |
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Date: July 28th, 2015 6:02 PM Author: bronze casino mother Part time sales is not a bad option for someone who doesnt want to leave babby with a black/Hispanic nanny 12 hrs a day. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28430128) |
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Date: July 28th, 2015 6:04 PM Author: Spruce dog poop sales is not MLM (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28430140) |
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Date: July 28th, 2015 6:05 PM Author: transparent bearded heaven friendly grandma Yeah but they never put the effort in to actually do it. Husband pays the upfront costs for a shitload of product and it sits in the garage. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28430142) |
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Date: July 28th, 2015 6:02 PM Author: razzle-dazzle godawful really tough guy rodan fields right? mine too. total pyramid scheme rebranded as female entrepreneur power. I just unfollow those people tho. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28430122) |
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Date: July 28th, 2015 6:07 PM Author: Bipolar Vengeful Laser Beams Pit yep. three women blowing this shit up in the last week. one went to stanford and I am tempted to call her out. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28430151) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 10:24 PM Author: Ungodly sandwich theater stage lol, Stanford -> MLM sales. Thanks for the tuition, parents. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28684853) |
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Date: September 12th, 2015 1:29 AM Author: Cerebral yellow idea he suggested (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28739147) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 10:28 PM Author: Hyperactive slap-happy skinny woman i guess so dude. a girl i went to school with who had what seemed to be a nice career going all of a sudden made this big declaratory post about her new "opportunity" with a bunch of cheerleaders jumping in to congratulate her. it's been incessant spam ever since.
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Date: July 28th, 2015 6:04 PM Author: Heady Orchid Liquid Oxygen lol at being an active FB user and having shrews on your feed
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Date: July 28th, 2015 6:37 PM Author: pea-brained obsidian patrolman lettuce (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28430345) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 10:15 PM Author: Awkward lemon plaza are you me? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28684769) |
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Date: July 28th, 2015 6:10 PM Author: Bipolar Vengeful Laser Beams Pit So besides the $200 skin cream bullshit, what is the MLM trick here?
How does recruiting people into selling this shit profit the company more than buying the shit?
What does the scammed n00b seller have to pay to get in on the bottom of the pyramid? |
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Date: July 28th, 2015 6:27 PM Author: Spruce dog poop Your recruiter gets a % of the product sold by the underlings. In good systems, they also get a smaller % of the product sold by underlings that their underling recruits. The underlings have to spend $$$ to buy the product themselves to get "used to it" so they can really sell it. Additionally, if you're person A, it's hard to break into person B's circle of friends. If you recruit person B, though, that person suddenly will happily break into that circle of friends. And even if circle B's friends only buy once, that's a big influx of cash. So person A's best plan of attack is to recruit person C and person D and person E. Each ends up doing the grunt work to attract the new customers to A's benefit. |
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Date: July 28th, 2015 6:31 PM Author: Bipolar Vengeful Laser Beams Pit so there is no initial capital outlay other than buying the overpriced shit. That by itself allows you to sell the shit to others, with the promise that they are not just buying the shit, they are buying a business opportunity?
Are additional doses of the shit cheaper? Or does no one actually buy this shit to use it? |
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Date: July 28th, 2015 6:36 PM Author: Spruce dog poop No, additional doses are no cheaper. You buy a kit of this shit to start: https://www.rodanandfields.com/Pages/Business/Kits This is literally the illustration of the MLM: https://www.rodanandfields.com/IncomeIllustrator/index.html |
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Date: July 28th, 2015 6:40 PM Author: Bipolar Vengeful Laser Beams Pit okay, so lets say I have my husband give me $1000 for the express business kit.
This gives me a shit ton of product. Am I using this product on my shrewface or am I giving it away as samples or selling it?
What I want is for my shrew friends to also force their husbands to by the $1000 express business kit. How do I use the $1000 of bullshit I bought to attain this goal? |
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Date: July 28th, 2015 6:42 PM Author: Spruce dog poop You can use it for whatever the fuck you want. You may use it yourself to be able to describe it. Or you hand it out at parties to entice others to use it. I don't fucking know. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28430372) |
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Date: July 28th, 2015 6:45 PM Author: Bipolar Vengeful Laser Beams Pit So the only purpose of buying the bigger plan is to have more samples to market.
when I recruit friends to join the scam, I get paid based on what packages they buy and sell - so my initial outlay is irrelevant right? |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 5:42 PM Author: Odious startled station hunting ground this is how SWIM distributed cocaine in high school (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28682987) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 5:06 PM Author: Bipolar Vengeful Laser Beams Pit got this PM today:
Hi Earl! I'm not sure if you've seen my recent posts but I've joined Rodan + Fields Dermatologists and I'm so EXCITED! The same doctors that created Proactiv (the #1 product for acne) have now brought us an anti-aging skincare line. The amazing thing is it's not just anti-aging products... they have four different regimens that attack four of the most prominent skincare issues - Dullness & Sunspots, Acne and Acne Scarring, Sensitive Skin (eczema & psoriasis) and Wrinkles, Pores & Loss of Firmness.
Would you be interested in AMAZING SKINCARE? Let me know and I'd love to share the details with you!
Should I be offended? |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 5:07 PM Author: mind-boggling elastic band becky I know one girl who's doing this but she's not a housewife.
I had an aunt who did MLM back in the day and I think she was one of the few who actually made money at it. |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 5:13 PM Author: Bipolar Vengeful Laser Beams Pit I think by the time you are asking random people on the internet to participate - that means you are pretty much on the bottom of the pyramid. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28682771) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 5:17 PM Author: fantasy-prone umber trailer park Don't reply bro. Please don't feed into their bs. Some poor husband is financing this chick's Marissa Mayer moment, which will end in about a year or so agter she has alienated all of her friends and family.
My brother and his wife do some MLM syuff, and it is sad to see |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 5:19 PM Author: Bipolar Vengeful Laser Beams Pit given that I have 5 FB friends pushing this now, is it wrong to call them out? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28682809) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 5:22 PM Author: Avocado duck-like dilemma cumskin sometimes it's better to leave people to learn lessons on their own than disabuse them of their "temporarily embarrassed millionaire" dreams. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28682837) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 5:52 PM Author: fantasy-prone umber trailer park They are cult like, so they will just rebuff ur criticism. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28683061) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 5:53 PM Author: comical voyeur my buddy's wife says it is the greatest thing ever. Mind you, she had a 4.0 in undergrad and in her nurse practitioner program, which is her main "day job" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28683073) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 7:57 PM Author: fantasy-prone umber trailer park They get rehearsed on how to respond to criticism. If you tell them that they are in a pyramid scheme, they will say that they are not bc they are actually providing you a service. Any criticism without a rehearsed response gets, "why not try it out and find out for yourself?" But in reality they will just label you as jealous, etc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28683894) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 10:36 PM Author: Avocado duck-like dilemma cumskin buddy of mine was trying to get his cousin out of "verve" energy drink scam and he showed me the gmail chats. He was basically spouting rehearsed answered and eventually said "they told me people would come out against it so im disappointed it was you".
his cousin no longer sells verve. I assume he has cases of the shit in his car. |
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Date: September 4th, 2015 6:21 AM Author: fantasy-prone umber trailer park Pretty accurate. My sister in law is now on her second MLM. The first one was ACN (or something like that). They would sell internet phones, but the quality was shitty. And, pretty sure smart phones made the ACN phones useless.
The second one is now called World Ventures. It is a discount travel club. You pay for a membership, and get access to discounted travels. The shitty part is that the travels are during off-peak months, and I mean off-fucking-peak. Example, discounted airfare and hotel prices for a late-January trip to Finland. I've been to Finland in late January, it is fucking cold and icy everywhere. They probably could have copped a similar deal using something like gate1 or applevacations.
I recently got engaged, and my future in-laws came to meet my family. During dinner, they were trying to get them on World Ventures. I could tell my inlaws were uncomfortable with it, so I had to drag them away. They alienate so many people. Even if they only met you once, they will hound you with texts and emails about joining or coming to a World Venture session at someone's house. |
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Date: September 4th, 2015 11:57 AM Author: Avocado duck-like dilemma cumskin is this the "YOU SHOULD BE HERE!" crowd? I have a bunch of the state school frat bros on this. It's 10th level cringe. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28687882) |
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Date: September 4th, 2015 1:08 PM Author: fantasy-prone umber trailer park Yes. They are fucking annoying. We went to my sister's graduation and they pressured the family to hold the banner "Wish You Were Here!" Then they send a blast email and message through social media. I was like F this Ghey Earth. I'm out.
Ur bros bugging u about joining? |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 5:40 PM Author: comical voyeur I have probably 5-6 educated female facebook friends doing this, several are straight up rich. One guy is doing it too (LOL). Several are actually rich.
My buddy's wife is doing it, I texted and asked if his wife's FB account was hacked. She immediately texted me back (from her own phone) that she was not hacked, and that she was having a great time doing this. Like 5 times a day she puts up pics of this weird skin care stuff (some pictures are disgusting), energy drinks, and "wraps." |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 5:54 PM Author: arrogant locale community account this is standard MO for middle upper class yuppie wives
it's hilarious how many women in ultra-liberal marin for instance don't really work. they either run some bullshit "fun" business (at best), or do shit like this. this is what happens when kids grow up and your SAHW gets bored--it's either burning through your money running a bead store or turning into a braindead MLM turd. |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 5:56 PM Author: Bipolar Vengeful Laser Beams Pit http://i.imgur.com/HBsTDz6.jpg
Do they realize that by the time you are asking friends on facebook, you are at the bottom of the pyramid?
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 10:35 PM Author: Hyperactive slap-happy skinny woman i immediately think of Scientology when i see this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28684948) |
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Date: September 4th, 2015 7:20 AM Author: Electric juggernaut Even if I could only make it to level 2 I would be doing really well, and that's basically a given! I'm in! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28686876) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 8:05 PM Author: excitant property brethren For a long time I thought SAHM were the ideal for child rearing, but now I know it turns their brains into mush and they are a negative influence. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28683923) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 8:06 PM Author: excitant property brethren I blocked a Nerium lady from my feed. That shit is literally poison. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28683930) |
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Date: September 11th, 2015 11:45 PM Author: bronze casino mother Orly? Do you have any proof? One of my cousins called me to explain how amazing this shit was and that it's even backed up by Princeton scientists, she's supposed to be sending me a sample to try. Should I be worried? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28738790) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 10:38 PM Author: indigo associate Another reason wives should work. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28684971) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 11:18 PM Author: 180 university dragon LOL this is super trashy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28685251) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2015 11:19 PM Author: Concupiscible Charcoal Nowag School yes. sometimes the husbands get roped in to it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28685261) |
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Date: September 12th, 2015 9:46 AM Author: Hyperactive slap-happy skinny woman who do you think finances all of it? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28739794) |
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Date: September 4th, 2015 9:55 AM Author: French learning disabled home dingle berry I find these things sad as fuck. Granted I have a prole background and many proles in my feed, but you often see these chicks get into it when there are obvious monetary stressors. Like three chicks started selling those stupid fucking wraps right before their weddings, when you could tell they really needed some extra cash. It made me sad to think of them at their dining room tables gouging their eyes out to get the extra thousand bucks for catering and turning to a "get rich quick scheme". FTGE. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28687247) |
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Date: September 4th, 2015 12:08 PM Author: Tripping Indian Lodge I've encountered many of these and luckily most of the ones I know are not pushy. Only one (Rodan + Fields) did I have to unfollow on FB b/c it was like 10 posts a day about the products. They post pictures claiming they're real results from direct friends, but my guess is they're stock shopped photos from the company and they're given people to tag for promotion.
I've also read that for some (like R+F) you have a quota you have to meet each month, like $160 in sales. And if you miss that quota ONCE, you will lose EVERYONE downstream from you (so all sellers that you recruited and get a cut from). So most have to supplement that amount themselves just to make sure they don't lose out on anything. People bankrupt themselves on this stuff, but it's a cult with a community and they will defend it to the death. You literally have to have an intervention for some people to get out of it.
Cracked had a great article about this in the spring (before they turned super shitlib). They said something like 99% of people LOSE MONEY on these things. The only way to make money is to get in really early. Otherwise the market saturates and there's no one left to sell to.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reason-pyramid-schemes-are-even-worse-than-you-thought/ |
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Date: September 12th, 2015 12:12 AM Author: motley tanning salon I don't mind being invited to the occasional tupperware (or similar) party but I hate it when acquaintances try to exploit the fact they know you to try and get you into their latest MLM/pyramid scheme scam. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28738901) |
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Date: September 12th, 2015 12:19 AM Author: Cerebral yellow idea he suggested Lol at Earl having Facebook friends pulling mlm scams. So unprestigious (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28738923) |
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Date: September 12th, 2015 12:27 AM Author: Underhanded space (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28738959) |
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Date: September 12th, 2015 1:28 AM Author: bronze casino mother It's actually very prestigious. Real jobs are what's getting old, long hours, long commutes, stuck in a cubicle with ppl you hate.
In MLM you work your hours, can do it from your computer and you're dealing with friends and people who are excited about it. It's another world. LJL at job-havers. |
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Date: September 12th, 2015 8:33 AM Author: beady-eyed party of the first part mexican Just do pre-paid legal coverage (is that still around?) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28739678) |
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Date: September 12th, 2015 9:36 AM Author: bronze casino mother Wtf is that? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28739763) |
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Date: September 12th, 2015 2:40 PM Author: beady-eyed party of the first part mexican https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LegalShield (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28741069) |
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Date: September 12th, 2015 3:21 PM Author: azure passionate shitlib My wife is very good friends with the founding family of one of the more legit MLM businesses out there. They sold the business for $500m+.
I am so fucking jealous of them. |
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Date: September 12th, 2015 3:54 PM Author: razzle-dazzle godawful really tough guy What does legit MLM even mean? Lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28741399) |
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Date: September 12th, 2015 3:28 PM Author: multi-colored bat shit crazy indirect expression immigrant like 100 people around the world make a ton of money every year with this stuff (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2948054&forum_id=2#28741292) |