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<blockquote data-quote="ElscottHavoc" data-source="post: 13959114" data-attributes="member: 93145"><p>I don't think OP wants to get into a pyramid scheme debate, but here's what I'll say. I think people confuse these types of businesses (Avon, Mary Kay, advocate, Amway, Herbalife, scentsy, primerica, etc) as being pyramid schemes or ponzi schemes when they are not. They are actually multi level marketing schemes.</p><p></p><p>Ponzis and pyramid schemes are illegal. The big difference being, these companies have actual products and the members are all quite capable of making money directly selling those products.</p><p></p><p>Where it becomes a little dicey and why I personally am not a fan, is because for these companies the marketing of their products seems to be more focused on developing a larger sales group than just pushing out great products. Even if the products are great, the "sales parties" often turn into referral parties because the member is incentivized to increase their down line to the point they'll recruit anybody and everybody as a member.</p><p></p><p>And those members turn around and have a sales party feeling obligated to buy and then that person realizes sells are drying up so they have an incentive to recruit. Now, if I have a really great product to sell locally, why as a salesman would I want to share those profits with friends and family as recruits unless I have more incentive to have a larger down line than have a larger customer base myself?</p><p></p><p>If you have to have parties where people feel obligated to buy because you're family and then have a party after you so you get some free shit, that doesn't suggest very high quality products.</p><p></p><p> <em>Posted via <a href="http://topify.com" target="_blank"><strong>Topify</strong></a> on Android</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ElscottHavoc, post: 13959114, member: 93145"] I don't think OP wants to get into a pyramid scheme debate, but here's what I'll say. I think people confuse these types of businesses (Avon, Mary Kay, advocate, Amway, Herbalife, scentsy, primerica, etc) as being pyramid schemes or ponzi schemes when they are not. They are actually multi level marketing schemes. Ponzis and pyramid schemes are illegal. The big difference being, these companies have actual products and the members are all quite capable of making money directly selling those products. Where it becomes a little dicey and why I personally am not a fan, is because for these companies the marketing of their products seems to be more focused on developing a larger sales group than just pushing out great products. Even if the products are great, the "sales parties" often turn into referral parties because the member is incentivized to increase their down line to the point they'll recruit anybody and everybody as a member. And those members turn around and have a sales party feeling obligated to buy and then that person realizes sells are drying up so they have an incentive to recruit. Now, if I have a really great product to sell locally, why as a salesman would I want to share those profits with friends and family as recruits unless I have more incentive to have a larger down line than have a larger customer base myself? If you have to have parties where people feel obligated to buy because you're family and then have a party after you so you get some free shit, that doesn't suggest very high quality products. [i]Posted via [URL="http://topify.com"][b]Topify[/b][/URL] on Android[/i] [/QUOTE]
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