I have two friends in MLMs (Tropic and FM) and both of them posted exactly the same ‘let’s support local businesses’ type of post on Facebook yesterday, and the only people who commented were other girls in MLMs. They are not small local businesses! They’re commission only sales reps, with no employee benefits!
justheretonamedrop
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I’ve unfriended a few friends on social media that have been sucked into this bullshit and sadly, every single one of them have been either “new” mums in the newborn stage or first time mums whos maternity end is creeping up on them and they aren’t ready to go back to work yet. Had one of the girls write a status saying she was an “independent travel agent” and oh my word she had hundreds of comments from friends and family who obviously had never heard of the travel MLMs before congratulating her?! The woman just gave birth and has worked in salons all her life. You think she’s an independent travel agent out of thin air? Sometimes I think the people cheering these huns on are half the problem!
colouredlines
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Does the UK census record occupation? Because based on what I see on social media, it's at least 60% independent travel agent/regional manager/consultant/boss babe.
It's weird because on the one hand you feel desperately sorry for the people who fall into these schemes, but on the other you just want them to STFU. Like, sorry hun, you joined a pyramid scheme 5 days ago, this does not qualify you to be a business mentor.
It's weird because on the one hand you feel desperately sorry for the people who fall into these schemes, but on the other you just want them to STFU. Like, sorry hun, you joined a pyramid scheme 5 days ago, this does not qualify you to be a business mentor.
Notothefakes
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Ok I used to do one... I had post natal depression and I honestly believe they pray on vulnerable weaker people. I watched the Scientology stuff recently and I text my friend who had done it with me and I was like we were in a cult! It was not dissimilar. For example if somebody chose not to do it anymore we were encouraged to cut them off! And it was supposed to be about work life balance yet they were spouting stuff about you’ve got to give up time to make it work. My friend actually missed her child’s first birthday to attend an event! They hook you in. For me it’s when I came off the antidepressants and returned a bit more to my normal self I actually felt mortified about the whole thing.
Took myself off social media for a while I felt so ashamed all the stuff I’d been spouting
Took myself off social media for a while I felt so ashamed all the stuff I’d been spouting
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Spanner
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A friend has a friend who sells Scentsy. On Saturday night when people were lighting candles for Sarah Everard, this woman wrote “if you don’t have a candle, you can use your scentsy burner instead” and then used the hashtags #reclaimthestreets #scentsy.
ETA she has just sent me the screenshots. I am almost laughing at how misjudged it is
ETA she has just sent me the screenshots. I am almost laughing at how misjudged it is
bubbletea123
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Not sure if it is on Netflix UK but if so, check out the documentary Betting on Zero. It is about the Herbalife MLM.
You know what's hard moving to a new country? Making friends. When someone asks you to go for coffee, you don't know if they actually wanna be friends or if they're gonna shill an MLM. I will shut that shit down though as I am not interested.
You know what's hard moving to a new country? Making friends. When someone asks you to go for coffee, you don't know if they actually wanna be friends or if they're gonna shill an MLM. I will shut that shit down though as I am not interested.
I always find it shady when people with such large platforms start trying to sign people up. It’s predatory, they know fans and followers will trust them and will get caught up in it. And these people have nothing to worry about, they’ll make money off it but their followers with no influence over anyone won’t.
SpiceWeasel
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I was hoping the connection between Mormonism/The LDS Church and MLMs would come up on here. It is easy to see why so many MLM brands are Mormon owned as well as Mormon members being easily recruited to sell, the whole mission they do when they reach the age of 18 (2 years for males, 18 months for females) is basically a relentless sales pitch of their religion. The actual LDS church is very much akin to an MLM, actively recruiting and with members paying 10% of their earnings in tithe to the church.
This is going to be long winded sorry. I had an experience a couple of years ago having Mormonism pitched to me and not at my front door like it usually is. A lady I was receiving some online tuition from kept inviting/pressuring me to meet up with her 'as friends'. I had realised from a couple of things she'd said that she was very religious, but not Mormon, so I felt super awkward sat with my coffee the first time when I realised
At first I did think she was just lonely and being friendly. After a few meet ups, she invited me to her house to have our lesson in person, when I got there I just had a really weird feeling about it and was freaking out a bit tbh but couldn't put my finger on why, I text my boyfriend to say if I didn't ring him by a certain time to be worried, he thought I was being stupid! Anyway, she rushed through the lesson and alarm bells were ringing, I had a feeling there was some ulterior motive, she then started asking me awkward questions about am I religious, are my parents religious etc. Baring in mind also the tuition I was receiving was to learn a second language and she would speak only that with me so this is adding to the stress as I can't say what I really think in English. It was around Christmas and she asked did I want to go and see a nativity scene with her son (who was young and very sweet), they live near a park so I just assumed it was there and was thinking 'okay just go and look at the nativity, say it's very nice then get the hell out of here'. She basically pushed me out the door with him and he then asked me where my car was! I was like erm, okay. We got in my car and he's directing me to this 'nativity scene'which as it turns out, is 20 minutes down the road not only at, but inside the church at the big fuck off Mormon temple. Literally from the moment we entered it was the weirdest experience of my life. There were 'Elders' there mainly from the USA, all hugging me and welcoming me. We walked round the nativity and all the time the son is giving me this spiel, asking me what my interests are and how the church will encourage me with them. I had a full blown tour of the church (not the temple cos I am a heathen but we walked around it) I got introduced to members from various levels of the church and they honestly had a cult like vibe about them, they seemed to have no boundaries about asking quite personal questions to someone they had only just met who was clearly very nervous. At the end of the tour I had a long sales pitch about how the LDS church would improve all aspects of my life as well as some pretty mad religious stories from a young lad from Utah and 3 others who were asking me to commit to coming back to a service and gave me the book of Mormon which I had to promise to read. My boyfriend had rang me a hundred times as it had been hours by this point. The son wanted to stay there thankfully so I went back to my car, basically sped out of the car park on 2 wheels, got home to my very worried boyfriend, got straight in the shower then asked what I wanted to do my reply was 'The pub. I want to go to the pub.' 
It was honestly the strangest experience of my life. I felt very stressed the entire time and I have blanked some of it out I think as I just felt so uncomfortable. They are very persuasive people and all have a happy, sheen like quality to them almost. It is very easy to see how people get sucked in and I do think it is the worlds biggest MLM. It did send me down a total rabbit hole for weeks afterwards tbh. The ex mormon forum on Reddit is very interesting. Needless to say about the above, I found a new tutor who didn't have any ulterior motives to try and convert me to any cults
This is going to be long winded sorry. I had an experience a couple of years ago having Mormonism pitched to me and not at my front door like it usually is. A lady I was receiving some online tuition from kept inviting/pressuring me to meet up with her 'as friends'. I had realised from a couple of things she'd said that she was very religious, but not Mormon, so I felt super awkward sat with my coffee the first time when I realised
At first I did think she was just lonely and being friendly. After a few meet ups, she invited me to her house to have our lesson in person, when I got there I just had a really weird feeling about it and was freaking out a bit tbh but couldn't put my finger on why, I text my boyfriend to say if I didn't ring him by a certain time to be worried, he thought I was being stupid! Anyway, she rushed through the lesson and alarm bells were ringing, I had a feeling there was some ulterior motive, she then started asking me awkward questions about am I religious, are my parents religious etc. Baring in mind also the tuition I was receiving was to learn a second language and she would speak only that with me so this is adding to the stress as I can't say what I really think in English. It was around Christmas and she asked did I want to go and see a nativity scene with her son (who was young and very sweet), they live near a park so I just assumed it was there and was thinking 'okay just go and look at the nativity, say it's very nice then get the hell out of here'. She basically pushed me out the door with him and he then asked me where my car was! I was like erm, okay. We got in my car and he's directing me to this 'nativity scene'which as it turns out, is 20 minutes down the road not only at, but inside the church at the big fuck off Mormon temple. Literally from the moment we entered it was the weirdest experience of my life. There were 'Elders' there mainly from the USA, all hugging me and welcoming me. We walked round the nativity and all the time the son is giving me this spiel, asking me what my interests are and how the church will encourage me with them. I had a full blown tour of the church (not the temple cos I am a heathen but we walked around it) I got introduced to members from various levels of the church and they honestly had a cult like vibe about them, they seemed to have no boundaries about asking quite personal questions to someone they had only just met who was clearly very nervous. At the end of the tour I had a long sales pitch about how the LDS church would improve all aspects of my life as well as some pretty mad religious stories from a young lad from Utah and 3 others who were asking me to commit to coming back to a service and gave me the book of Mormon which I had to promise to read. My boyfriend had rang me a hundred times as it had been hours by this point. The son wanted to stay there thankfully so I went back to my car, basically sped out of the car park on 2 wheels, got home to my very worried boyfriend, got straight in the shower then asked what I wanted to do my reply was 'The pub. I want to go to the pub.' It was honestly the strangest experience of my life. I felt very stressed the entire time and I have blanked some of it out I think as I just felt so uncomfortable. They are very persuasive people and all have a happy, sheen like quality to them almost. It is very easy to see how people get sucked in and I do think it is the worlds biggest MLM. It did send me down a total rabbit hole for weeks afterwards tbh. The ex mormon forum on Reddit is very interesting. Needless to say about the above, I found a new tutor who didn't have any ulterior motives to try and convert me to any cults