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Could be off, but first thought was this screams MLM to me. But if so, which one?

slick way to promote their “small business”

How to look like you're completely insane on a flight 🤡 They literally don't see how ridiculous they are??

Hello everyone!!

I am doing a university project that is a multi-media integrated story. I could make it on whatever I wanted, so I decided to make it on anti-MLM scam awareness!

I wanted to feature testimonials from real people who have been in or have been close to people in MLMs. I would greatly appreciate it if anyone would be okay with sharing their story in the comments for me to use!

(It can be on any MLM, whatever kind of experience you want to share - bonus points if you live in Canada but they can be from anywhere!!)

I've just watched quite a sad live where a notorious hun let her followers know that her husband, her minister husband, has left her after his admitting to having an affair with another member of the ministry he's in. Well, he admitted to it after he was caught out.

As I mentioned above, she is a notorious hun, she's been in multiple MLMs, she's made threats to dox an anti-mlm youtuber, and I've been told some stories from people, former downlines, that she's screwed over multiple times while in these MLMs. But I have to admit feeling sorry for her in this current situation she's in, because no matter what his story is, the way his actions have made him the shitty villain. Two weeks ago she seemed to think that their troubled marriage was being repaired as they apparently reconnected, and by that she has alluded that two weeks ago they had spent a weekend having a lot of sex. When his affair was discovered, he then said that he hasn’t been happy in their marriage for the past two years. Hmm, sounds like he was happy enough a couple of weeks ago.

A few months ago she made some mention to her marriage being in trouble, and her husband felt that he was being neglected due to her MLM activities, he had been in one with her several years ago but got so burned by it he swore off MLMs, but continued to support her has she drifted from one MLM scam to another, until about a month ago, I think, when she announced that she was giving up on MLMs.

I feel sorry for her, as I would for anyone going through something like this, but you know who doesn't? The MLM vulture huns have been circling around her, reaching out to her, trying to get her to join their MLM. In the live she had to make the announcement to them, to tell them to stop trying to recruit her because she's not doing MLM anymore.

Now has she sworn off MLM for good? I'm not sure, she could fall back into the trap, but the fact that these huns have watched her share her pain and instead of having sympathy, they can only think of her as someone they can profit off of, shows that MLMs are just one big con. The ones at the top of the pyramid, the only ones who are actually making money at this, really don't give a fuck about you. You and your story are only of any interest to them if they can profit from it, and you.

She told me no one ever tells her what to say. No response yet on how these products “detox” the liver.

My mom got this product and it looks like a scam, pretty obvious. But my main concern is that a while back, there were products in the same vein, where it was for wellness and shit, but had a ton of radiation with it. I know that shit was reported, so im not sure if this is still a thing. I dont have a geiger counter, so I cannot check for myself. Its probably not radioactive, but I just wanted to ask anyways.

My daughter’s life long friend is in her early thirties and is now on her second mlm. Besides the typical annoying constant posting of soul sucking drivel mixed with religious proselytizing , she actually messaged my niece who is a freshman in college. She knows her, but not that well. I am livid! I advised my niece to block her. It was a full on sales pitch to join Arbonne. My niece politely declined and she pushed back for her to buy product. This is predatory and wrong on so many levels.

So, there's a product from Avon that I really want to purchase. It is a body mist that smells exactly like a baby water cologne I have but the smell lasts, unlike the baby one, because it's made for adults.

I've been trying to find something like this for years and, I found today, but sadly, it's from Avon, which I am aware is an MLM. Is there any way I could buy this product without supporting the MLM? Is second-hand buying still harmful? What do you say?

I responded to a post where a guy was asking for tips on male scents better than Axe body spray. Cut to multiple Melaluca recommendations in one thread. I warned OP that those recommendations likely had a profit motive behind them. Now I'm getting messaged threats from huns. Presenting for those convinced Melaluca is "different".

I am so angry bc I was just approached in the supermarket by a woman who was clearly there just to prey on people for her “e-commerce business” to “escape corporate America”. I’ve heard how they love to use these tactics, chatting up strangers in public, seeming like someone innocently trying to make a friend, only to try to get them to join their scheme.

What are some ways to respond to this BS, polite or snarky? I want to be equipped next time I’m approached, and sadly, I don’t think I’ll be able to accept random compliments from chatty strangers ever again in public.

I’m on the brutal job search here in Tampa FL and landed a sales type interview this week. It appears to be a newer small health insurance company, and I can’t help but feel like it smells a bit fishy (Perhaps I’m paranoid since a neighbor pretty much tried to groom me into joining Primerica in my teen years).

I’m just wondering if anyone knows about them, or if I’ll have to wait and see. One of the red flags to me is all the reviews on indeed for the company. All recent and all the same weird cultish sentiment. Very fishy :/

https://www.alloptionshealth.com

I have a friend who is in the Oliveda MLM and also Seint. She recently posted about this lip balm and oh my god it’s just so ridiculous. Why does Oliveda try to sound so intellectual and how do people actually fall for this?? It’s like jargon bombing. They think using “big, scientific words” will persuade people into buying their product. The worst part is it seems the marketing scheme actually works on some people. 🙄 Not surprised it works in the Huns, unfortunately.

Here it is folks. As predicted, it’s completely boring and mediocre. They are simply changing their “smart start” bonus earning period when someone joins to “power start”. Yawn

No, your mlm is not a small business

So what do we think this “game changer” is?

I posted before about a friend who went all MLM and hounded me with her marketing calls on a regular basis. We were good friends for the 15 years leading up to that. But I asked her to stop calling me with her “business” pitches. They moved about 3 hours away and I haven’t heard from her since (this was about 2 years ago).

I was surprised to see that she called me a couple of days ago (I turned my phone off for the holiday). Her message said how quickly time flew by and how much she missed the holiday dinners we used to have and she (and her family) really missed us. It made me feel sad. We were really good friends and lots of fun times.

But, I felt like it wasn’t totally sincere. I don’t know why. I just felt like there was something more to it. I didn’t respond right away before she texted me. Asking how we were doing, what’s new in our lives, how are the kids…hope we had a nice Thanksgiving and she missed the dinners we used to have and then said, “Can I call you later so we can catch up?” I hesitated but said, “Sure, I’d love that.”

So I waited 10 min and then called her. We talked for about 15 min catching up and then when she’d had enough, she said, “Well, now that we have all of that out of the way…” and dived into her fucking MLM script. I knew it. Ugh.

I stopped her in her yapping, told her to fuck off, lose my number, hung up, and blocked her. I kind of had a feeling this is what she was going to do but I had that lingering hope that someone I’d known and was so close to for 15 years would be able to be a true friend again. No more hopes for that anymore and I’m done. Sad, but done. What a disappointment.

Curious on if these are good products or complete garbage.

We moved into our current home in February. The previous homeowner must’ve been in the MLM or a victim…twice now we’ve received packages of the brow serum and the lash serum. I did not see nor open these packages - my husband and mother did, but now I have 4 lash serums and 2 brow serums. They are EXPENSIVE.

I tried the lash serum on my eye and it burned for 2 hours..!?

Anyways, what should I do with these serums? Trash them?

I went on bumble business to talk about my start up and had several people, some slicker than other, start talking to me about “network of business mentors.”

Does anyone know which MLM this could be? Ruined the experience for me and I deleted it. Didn’t trust any of the connections after that.