AlmightyMagichan
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There was a Squidbillies episode partially based off of that sex cult, along with Jonestown.
Multi-level marketing/pyramid schemes and the people who fall for them
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Dear lord, a woman I know who is highly educated and capable of working in the medical field as an actual provider (not a nurse or assistant, a fucking doc) has chosen to cut her work hours to one day a week and focus her attention on Pure Romance.
For the uninitiated, it’s sex toys and she thinks she’s empowering women through sexual education....selling dildos and shaving creams. I mean I won’t knock the shaving cream, the sample she gave me was nice, but I’ll stick with my dollar store barbasol that costs pennies on the dollar.
I’m just gobsmacked.
For the uninitiated, it’s sex toys and she thinks she’s empowering women through sexual education....selling dildos and shaving creams. I mean I won’t knock the shaving cream, the sample she gave me was nice, but I’ll stick with my dollar store barbasol that costs pennies on the dollar.
I’m just gobsmacked.
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A distant relative of mine was targeted by the Nexium people - it was the cult leader in person, he flew out personally from Canada to the UK to meet her (or so he said). She was dying of cancer at the time and he promised her a cure (this was someone who had already rejected conventional medicine for her illness and had in fact flown out to Mexico the year before for some dodgy treatment that made everything worse, I guess that's how he got wind of her and her desperation). Even in that state of mind she told him to fuck off. What a piece of shit, I'm glad he's getting All Of The Prison.
I have fond childhood memories of "The Avon Lady" who would visit once a month and bring a wondrous bounty with her. My childhood teddy bear was from Avon and it survived everything a hyperactive toddler could throw at it (or throw it at). This was back in the 80s, I guess before MLM had turned into the scam it is now, but I'm glad to hear that Avon still works on selling quality product rather than just recruiting downline. It's an example of how MLM ought to work, but very rarely does.
I have fond childhood memories of "The Avon Lady" who would visit once a month and bring a wondrous bounty with her. My childhood teddy bear was from Avon and it survived everything a hyperactive toddler could throw at it (or throw it at). This was back in the 80s, I guess before MLM had turned into the scam it is now, but I'm glad to hear that Avon still works on selling quality product rather than just recruiting downline. It's an example of how MLM ought to work, but very rarely does.
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I've heard of doctors cutting back on hours to avoid the highest US tax bracket under Trump's tax reform that kicked in this year, but not to dabble in MLM -- especially Pure Romance*.
Apparently, it's now easier for a doctor to empower women by teaching them to buy overpriced bedroom merchandise than it is to encourage them to look out for their overall health with regular medical exams and good lifestyle choices.
* I only know about Pure Romance because someone I was once acquainted with became a seller during its peak. Thankfully, she had the sense to only target appropriate and interested people and not just randomly spam everyone's timeline/default page with that stuff.
Sushinope
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God I remember joining Mary Kay a couple years back and luckily didn't put too much into it, the higher up bitches in my town are still calling me after I blocked them trying to get me to go back to their Monday night cult meetings in one of their basements. Still like some of the products but those women were nuts lol.
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I find it interesting how pervasive MLMs are, and yet how few lolcows get involved with them. At least, none of the cows I follow...
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It's totally natural, you guys! Hashtag nofilter! All you need to do is hand over your credit card and Younique will take 25 years off you and make you look like a CGI character!
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It's damn evident it's natural, you haters and toxic people who wanna take boss women down will say it's Photoshop!
#younique #nophotoshop #bossbaberaptor #shestheboss #imfullofdebts
Sushinope
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I have had Younique come across my fb feed. The pictures are highly filtered or show the women caked in layers of thick makeup. Not a good look at all. Then the accompanying salespitch are the icing on the fakecake. Their posts are almost always the same bs.
Then i found this lil gem online that explains a lot about the ott postings of mlm people. Can you imagine having to do this list on a daily basis. Oh hail no !!!
Then i found this lil gem online that explains a lot about the ott postings of mlm people. Can you imagine having to do this list on a daily basis. Oh hail no !!!
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I like how the
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iirc CWC tried to sell cutco for about twenty minutes in the longlong ago, before even The Tale of The Crazy Pacer
I think part is that MLM often sells on "your ambition and drive" and while they may put on a face most of them know they're not really driven or ambition-ed to any great degree, and if they are they probably already have their own crazy hustle they're trying to make a thing out of.
There's probably some sort of hilarious crossover to be made between that and Social Media Indians.
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I recall chris said his cutco superior who was suppose to pay him skipped town. Wonder who he owed...
Fuck these programs, they steal from you and make you steal from others so they can steal that from you.
Fuck these programs, they steal from you and make you steal from others so they can steal that from you.
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Sounds like she's doing what she always wanted to do. The doc thing was just a helicopter parent thing.
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Almost got roped into Cutco/Vector Marketing right after graduating
high school. My only job experience was a summer internship that wasn't related to sales. Filled out the online application and in about a half hour got a call asking me to come in for an interview. Even never having any prior job experience, I thought it was a bit suspect that I'd be called back in less time it took to get a pizza delivered. The caller's Ms. Sunshine Stepford Wife attitude on the phone came off as very insincere and rote as well.
Checked it out online, basically confirmed it's a huge pyramid scheme and never went. My friend did and got saddled with a $250 sales kit he needed to purchase. Made no sales either.
high school. My only job experience was a summer internship that wasn't related to sales. Filled out the online application and in about a half hour got a call asking me to come in for an interview. Even never having any prior job experience, I thought it was a bit suspect that I'd be called back in less time it took to get a pizza delivered. The caller's Ms. Sunshine Stepford Wife attitude on the phone came off as very insincere and rote as well.
Checked it out online, basically confirmed it's a huge pyramid scheme and never went. My friend did and got saddled with a $250 sales kit he needed to purchase. Made no sales either.
AlmightyMagichan
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Anyone remember this commercial from back in the day?
Turns out it was connected to Herbalife. Apparently when you called the number you had to pay $15 just to be told that information.
Turns out it was connected to Herbalife. Apparently when you called the number you had to pay $15 just to be told that information.
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I almost got roped into the Verve MLM a long time ago. Pretty much only so I could get a case of energy drinks, though. I bought a case and never talked to them again because I knew it was a scam. I just wanted caffeine.
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Those commercials ran in my area, possibly in the later-at-night hours (10 PM and later) along with other shady and sleazy ads. Anyone looking at those ads with a critical eye would have to know the claims were too good to be true. I can't remember if it was here on the 'Farms or elsewhere where I discovered these ads were for Herbalife, so it's not surprising they somehow found a way to charge callers for the "privilege" of learning about who was behind the ads.
For those that watched the video @AlmightyMagichan posted, you'll notice a number in front of the crazyfox URL. That apparently was a tracking code to identify the commercial/geographic area in which the commercial aired to identify who responded to what ads.
In looking up a site (archive) that looked into the CrazyFox thing and linked it to Herbalife, I had to chuckle at what popped over the bottom of said page:
Text: "Ready to make REAL MONEY online? (Click here)"
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I googled the domain name there and a Furry Livejournal came up talking about how the fox is [insert stupid dumb words starting with fur I've never cared to learn]. Not MLM related but certainly KF worthy. Somehow couldn't screenshot on Livejournal but I'll get the link later.
MysticMisty
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I wasn't aware that Avon is the one legitimate MLM, so thank you for letting me know. To be fair with how notorious Amway and other major MLMs are it's quite easy (and generally not a bad thing) to assume the worst where they're concerned.