I see people are back on their Pyramid scheme grind. Vol. 5Linx

theres this 1 girl i was mad cool with she was saying ya we should hang out and then i finally meet up with her and she picks up 3 more of her friends and we go to the meeting where they trying to sell this to us.... im like **** i aint paying no money for that i offed her as a friend after that... i felt disrespected that she was schemin all telling me to hangout and chill only to sell me some broke dream :smh:... and then i saw a kid i beat up in middle school at the mall he said we should hang out and gave me his number... this guy tried to sell me a dream also i said bro im not interested dont hit me up
 
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Latest one that tried my patience = World Ventures

Selling "cheap" flights & hotel stays
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I just went to a meeting for World Ventures the other night. Only reason why I went was cause the chick that "invited" me made it seem like we were going on a date or somethin. Chick was all like "come pick me up at my house lets go out for some drinks". I get to the house and see a bunch of people standing around and I was like "damn u got a big family" then she goes "oh this ain't my family this isn't even my house we waiting for the meeting to start" I was just there like [emoji]128530[/emoji]. These chicks be trifling man.

And at the end of the meeting the dude went around the room and asked all the new potential recruits if they wanna join the team. I was the only one that saw thru the BS and said no. Everyone looked at me like I was crazy lol
 
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I swear NT always comes through with the timing.

Just went to an AMway meeting the other day... can't front, I was impressed. The speaker even tackled the Pyramid scheme thing head on in his presentation. Mainy saying that companies wouldn't partner with them and they wouldnt be so big owning naming right to arenas and whatnot if their business model wasnt solid. I'm, still struggling to see MYSELF doing it, but i'm giving it the time of day.

I''ve seen a few mentions of Amway in here. Anyone else have any success/horror stories?


Reversely, my old barber and one of my homeboys are in that World Ventures ****, the latter was just on FB the other day posting mad pics from some conference. Never gave that more than 1 look. I read that those "cheap" travel prices can't even beat simple Travelocity or Hotwire searches. It was mad annoying getting that **** stuff in my ears every time I sat down for a cut
 
VEMMA IS THE DUMBEST **** I EVER HEARD OF . If anyone is actually dumb enough to take part in that dumbass scheme I sincerely feel bad for them .
 
:lol: This thread

My brother almost fell for the ACN scam.

Came home from the meeting talking about giving some random person $499 to sign up, me and my mom laughed in his face
and told him it was a pyramid scheme.
 
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Everyone is suffocating social media with their hustles.

That can't be your only marketing strategy.
 
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I always, I mean ALWAYS see people who rep ACN on my FB, and they STAY talking about the same #$!#. "we gonna get these residuals in 20##", "Just had a power confernece with MILLIONAIRES, GET THIS PAPER", "Networking with my money making team" etc, etc.

Got a few spam messages from a couple of people and deaded them ASAP.

It's annonying to say the least. They are thinking only about how the rich get rich, instead of coming up with ideas. They attend these seminars, conferences, meetings, only to discuss how rich people get rich. They read all these books made by "rich people" (read: books written by other "top level" ACN reps) on how to get rich.

It's like, ok, can't you see how they get rich? They hold these conferences and collect bank from stupid people like you. But let you bring that up to them, "naw, we different. we making paper!" "residuals" etc etc.

I aint never hate on anyone for their choice of job, but MLM'ers are literally the worst, unimaginative, mediocre, misguided, untrustworthy, unbelievable people I've ever met.
 
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MLMs are scams, they promise financial independence and prey on gullible people with big aspirations of being wealthy or have serious money troubles... In College I got suckered into Quixtar, the trick is to recruit girls because they will always guys to sign up.... I went HARD in the beginning... Got like 3 people to sign up with me... Anyway I knew something was up when I went to their "retreat" in DC and met their "Jesus" Bill Britt... Homey came out with the Super Preacher swag, baptizing people, talking about Christ..... I'm like "this is a business?!?!"... Fell off completely when I got back home..... Real Cultish over there at Quixtar.... Not to mention you have to be a real special person to push $50 detergent on your friends and family...
 
The thing that annoys me is how they run around calling themselves entrepreneurs when they aren't. The people that created the MLM for you to sign up are the entrepreneurs.

Ask anybody that signed for a MLM whats the name of their business, their legal structure & if they have the proper licenses and permits and I bet they can't answer fully. Thats a slap in the face to us real entrepreneurs.
 
Wake up now is the new scheme....
Shocking how foolish some people are.
Well, a fool and his money are soon parted....
 
Don' worry! Give me $499. I'll show you how to turn Grapefruit into grapes.....
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It works is the one I see the most. Crazy thing is the people I know that are involved have degrees. I guess graduating college doesn't mean you are smart lol
 
Triple Homicide said:
The thing that annoys me is how they run around calling themselves entrepreneurs when they aren't. The people that created the MLM for you to sign up are the entrepreneurs.

Ask anybody that signed for a MLM whats the name of their business, their legal structure & if they have the proper licenses and permits and I bet they can't answer fully. Thats a slap in the face to us real entrepreneurs.
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Me:"What's the name of your business?"

MLM Guy: "I can't really disclose that until you sign up because of how my company is set up and the law."

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I've been invited to all kinds of MLM's.

-Selling precious metal coins

-Energy

-Water machines

- Mushroom coffee

-Makeup

-Vacuum's from Lebanon :smh:

-Timeshares

Told a dude straight up I'd rather be poor than be on your bs conference calls every night hearing all your fake team spirit, but nothing about what the actual business is.
 
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VEMMA IS THE DUMBEST **** I EVER HEARD OF . If anyone is actually dumb enough to take part in that dumbass scheme I sincerely feel bad for them .
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I lost almost all my friends to this crap, well them and Herbalife
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At least I have my family and girlfriend 
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I talked with a guy who was talking about "official energy drink of the Phoenix Suns". I said sure I'll buy a case.. He said nah nah nah. We dont actually sell the product. We promote it... I'm thinking to myself, So who the hell sells it then? They'd make more actually selling stuff than trying to get people to promote a product that may or may not exist
 
Saw a blacked out F10 M5 today and as I pulled up to it I saw the VEMMA badging and got salty. Before that was a Limerock E90 M3 with the same badges... How in the world are people profiting off this mess??!?
 
These schemes are depressing, as for me I used to sell Kirby Vacuums door to door.....there meeting were like a church service, I did it for one month made $100 only....(every vacuum sold =$100 plus bonus depending how many sold in a month)

Pre Paid Legal was another one
 
AZwildcats said:
Back in the day, Kirby vacuums were the product of choice. They would come in and demonstrate inside your house in an attempt to guilt you into buying one  
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Now, HerbalLife is the scheme of choice in my town. According to the hot girls selling it, a couple shakes will detoxify my body and having me sexually performing like im a professional porn star 
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Smh I did Kirby for one month, their meetings are like church services...it's not really a pyramid totally, but the things you gotta do to sell the vacuum is bonkers, we used to get on the phone and act like if we sold this next vacuum we going to get a scholarship for college
 
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