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- Nov 28, 2014
You've probably run into them before. A friend of a friend, acquaintance, or maybe even a friend or relative of yours sings the praises of some company that they swear will totally change your life. It could be makeup, clothing, essential oils, herbal remedies, weight loss items, or whatever. It soon becomes clear that this person has a vested interest in selling you these products, as they are a "salesperson," "wellness advocate," or "associate" of the company (although this is never an official position and they are not included on the company's payroll). This salesperson may even goad you into attending a sales party/meeting so that you too can make tons of money by doing hardly any work!
You've just encountered a victim of multi-level marketing.
Wikipedia has the best definition of what multi-level marketing is. Basically, a bunch of suckers pay to join a company (although sometimes this isn't necessary) and then buy a ton of a company's shitty merchandise. They then run around hocking the company's shitty merchandise, and the profits of whatever small amount of merch they manage to sell gets funneled up to the company executives.
MLM companies and their followers are well-known for giving off cult vibes. The companies basically brainwash sellers into thinking that they need to be "on" and ready to sell merchandise at any available moment (unlike normal jobs, where this attitude is confined to workplace hours). Sellers are also taught to view literally everyone around them as moneybags, which usually leads to damaged relationships because they won't shut the fuck up about their products and keep begging their friends and family to buy some.
An exhaustive list of multi-level marketing companies can be found here, but here's a shorter list of the biggest offenders and what they sell.
When your dedication to shitty essential oils outweighs your dedication to your own fucking children.
Because MLM salespeople have to hit up so many people to even find a couple who are willing to buy their stuff, they're usually given a canned copy and paste sales pitch. Some people are too stupid to even do this right, though.
I'm glad this woman got out of the LuLaRoe cult. Her story just shows how incredibly predatory these MLM companies are. Her husband also commented on this post and gave more insight into what happened.
If you want more bullshit like this, go down the #purplecard rabbit hole on Instagram or Twitter. It's full of people acting like being able to buy a drink or a shirt with their stupid Younique card is a major accomplishment even though anyone with a real job can do the exact same thing.
It has saved others with “terminal cancer brain tumor’s” but you have to buy it through this chick messaging you on Facebook who sells it out of her garage while wearing her pajamas. Oh and doctors are just assholes who want your kid to die so they can be rich or something, who cares about the details and motives. But this chick, she just wants to help so much that instead of just giving you something that she’s saying would save the life your kid, she wants to sell it to you.
Fuck these people.
You've just encountered a victim of multi-level marketing.
Wikipedia has the best definition of what multi-level marketing is. Basically, a bunch of suckers pay to join a company (although sometimes this isn't necessary) and then buy a ton of a company's shitty merchandise. They then run around hocking the company's shitty merchandise, and the profits of whatever small amount of merch they manage to sell gets funneled up to the company executives.
MLM companies and their followers are well-known for giving off cult vibes. The companies basically brainwash sellers into thinking that they need to be "on" and ready to sell merchandise at any available moment (unlike normal jobs, where this attitude is confined to workplace hours). Sellers are also taught to view literally everyone around them as moneybags, which usually leads to damaged relationships because they won't shut the fuck up about their products and keep begging their friends and family to buy some.
An exhaustive list of multi-level marketing companies can be found here, but here's a shorter list of the biggest offenders and what they sell.
- Amway: Assorted household products
- Herbalife: Health and wellness products
- ItWorks!: Health, wellness, and beauty products
- LipSense: Lipstick
- LuLaRoe: Clothing
- MONAT: Haircare products
- Nu Skin Enterprises: Personal care and dietary supplements
- Plexus: Health, wellness, and weight loss products
- Primerica: Financial services and insurance
- Scentsy: Scented waxes and essential oils
- SeneGence: LipSense lipstick, cosmetics, and skincare products
- Younique: Skincare and cosmetics
When your dedication to shitty essential oils outweighs your dedication to your own fucking children.
Because MLM salespeople have to hit up so many people to even find a couple who are willing to buy their stuff, they're usually given a canned copy and paste sales pitch. Some people are too stupid to even do this right, though.
I'm glad this woman got out of the LuLaRoe cult. Her story just shows how incredibly predatory these MLM companies are. Her husband also commented on this post and gave more insight into what happened.
If you want more bullshit like this, go down the #purplecard rabbit hole on Instagram or Twitter. It's full of people acting like being able to buy a drink or a shirt with their stupid Younique card is a major accomplishment even though anyone with a real job can do the exact same thing.
It has saved others with “terminal cancer brain tumor’s” but you have to buy it through this chick messaging you on Facebook who sells it out of her garage while wearing her pajamas. Oh and doctors are just assholes who want your kid to die so they can be rich or something, who cares about the details and motives. But this chick, she just wants to help so much that instead of just giving you something that she’s saying would save the life your kid, she wants to sell it to you.
Fuck these people.
HOLY FUCK I've worked events for Herbalife, Primerica, and Younique. It's the most depressingly hilarious thing watching the attendees try and push their scam on hotel staff.
