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Re: The Truth About MLM “Opportunities”

Go Green — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:37:34 -0000

Wow! You summed it up pretty nice Derek... We've had friends (neighbors, and in true Amway fashion, Couple) caught up in this Amway web and we'd see them return from the 'Meetings' at ungodly hours... We always wonder how does it not dawn upon them they dont have time for each other... not to mention they always had loads of products @ their home... quite apparent they were 'investing' more than the returns!

Re: The Truth About MLM “Opportunities”

Derek Johnson — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 01:18:55 -0000

Jim, it's been 11 months, how much money have you made so far?

Re: The Truth About MLM “Opportunities”

Derek Johnson — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:42:23 -0000

Interesting, thanks for posting.

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tex2 — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:44:49 -0000

Amway is a scam, and here's why: Amway wants to pay out as little money as they can get away with, so they support the higher level IBOs ripping off their downline via the tool scam. As a result, about 99% of IBOs operate at a net loss, while the top 1% make several TIMES more from their Amway tool scam than from the Amway products. Read about it on my blog, I suggest you start here: http://tiny.cc/D5oJh and forward the information to everyone you know, so they don't get scammed.

Re: The Truth About MLM “Opportunities”

Derek Johnson — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:42:57 -0000

Interesting, didn't know RE also had those types of scams... I guess no
business is immune from people taking advantage of others looking for a
quick buck.

Re: The Truth About MLM “Opportunities”

Derek Johnson — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:44:18 -0000

Very true Naomi, thanks for sharing your experience.

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Naomi — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:09:27 -0000

I hope so too. :) I try to share about my experiences wherever I can. These types of schemes are very appealing, especially when people are working hard to make ends meet. I just hope people will believe us when we say that all good things do take hard work and time. Are you willing to work an extra 20 hours a week trying to convince your friends, family, and acquaintances to sign up for a business opportunity? If you'd do that, you definitely have the time to start your own legitimate business, which would actually add value to the world.

Re: The Truth About MLM “Opportunities”

Derek Johnson — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:40:31 -0000

Naomi, your experience makes me furious! At least you learned a lesson that hopefully you won't need to be taught again. Hopefully this blog post saves one person from wasting their money on MLM scams.

Re: The Truth About MLM “Opportunities”

Derek Johnson — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:34:30 -0000

Jim, keep drinking the Kool Aid. So many things to comment on in regards to your comment...

- Blastoff Network isn't partners with those companies, they are using their already established referral programs. Anyone can do that, doesn't mean the company is legit.

- You aren't getting the concept of MLM, especially the "Multi". You don't see real estate agents recruiting other real estate agents and then getting a % of their sales. That is what makes it a scam. If this was true in real estate, real estate agents would be more busy recruiting other agents than selling houses.

- "backers" - seriously! The only backers they have are PPL, which is a huge scam in itself. The only way this company is making money right now is that there are enough stupid people to go to Blastoff and sign up to be a PPL rep.

Jim, it's very simple, you are getting scammed. Never met a millionaire from PPL, never will, plain and simple.

Re: The Truth About MLM “Opportunities”

Naomi — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:19:21 -0000

The fact that you use Amway as an example of a "good" MLM company is very telling. It's almost laughable. Follow Derek's advice and do some googling about Amway/Quixtar. The controversy over this company is vast, and the negative experiences far outweigh the positives.

My husband and I believed the hype and invested over $6000 in Quixtar (Amway) over a two year period, about five years ago. We did everything we were told to do to build a business as well and as quickly as possible. We went to all the conferences. We listened to the CD's constantly, read all the books, "showed the plan" dozens of times. We were truly dedicated and we believed it would really work for us. We took rejection after rejection in stride and never lost faith.

If these business systems are as foolproof and simple as their proponents claim, and all it takes is hard work, we would have been successful - at least a little successful - because we worked VERY hard. Our upline seemed to be mystified that we weren't getting better results. The solution? Of course... come to the next weekend conference, read this book, sign up for more motivational CD's, buy more product so you can have it in your trunk to demo to random people you meet at the grocery store. These systems sell you on a dream lifestyle and a level of success that is simply not achievable for the average person working this type of business. Yes, it works for a few, and they are held up as the example, idolized even. And when you do everything you think you're supposed to and it still doesn't work, you feel like a failure, so you try harder. And you've got too much invested to quit. You think, maybe if you hang on until the next conference, you'll get motivated enough... maybe if you just prospect one more person, they'll be the one who really jumpstarts your team. It's like the world's worst religion!!

Sure, MLM's are legit... they're legitimately misleading. I would encourage anyone to give it a shot if the cost of entry is minimal. It's a valuable learning experience. See for yourself what I'm talking about. Maybe I'm wrong and you'll be the next MLM millionaire. But the minute they start telling you you need to buy a conference ticket or subscribe to a continuing education program so you can "take your business to the next level", run for the hills.

Re: The Truth About MLM “Opportunities”

jim — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:58:49 -0000

Blastoff requires no investment at all. no inventory to buy, and is not reliant upon any members selling anything, It uses national websites like barnes and noble, travelocity Target, in their shopping mall MLM's can be legit, look at insurance agencies who make money off of what their agents sell, look at real estate companies who take a cut of what their agents sell. Look at Avon, Amway, Tupperware. Some can go bad as in any industry BUT Blastoff is not one of those if you are talking about PPL, they only backers of Blastoff as is Pizza Hut and the Dallas Cowboys (be wary of them too??) with PPL.there are no shortcutsl. PPL associates are hard workers, and though it can be started part time bu,t is far from easy money.They do teach you how to think positively and avoid haters like you seem to be, PPL had thousands of 6 digit income earners and quite a few millionaires as well. they are registered on the NYSE, report activity quarterly. Please know what you are talking about before dissing one venue because you heard of something second hand. You are full of , well, fill in the blank!

Re: The Truth About MLM “Opportunities”

Derek Johnson — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:34:50 -0000

Exactly!

Re: The Truth About MLM “Opportunities”

Derek Johnson — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:31:34 -0000

Yea, don't waste your time or money.

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Jperry3 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:06:37 -0000

I completely agree! It is for dreamers that are looking for a short cut and do not believe in hard work..

Re: The Truth About MLM “Opportunities”

Chris — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:07:04 -0000

Great post - I always wondered if I was the only one who called bs on this stuff - I like the emphasis on wasting peoples time to.