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10-29-2009, 08:28 PM
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Have You Done ML Marketing?
I HATE multi-level marketing. I hate the pressure, I hate the promises, I hate products, and I hate the concept.
If I get asked ONE MORE TIME to buy a worthless bottle of juice that will solve every problem in the history of the world, I just might take a swing at somebody.
So here's the question...
How many of you:
1) Have been asked to sign up for ML Marketing stuff as a result of your association with a church;
2) Signed up for something;
3) What was it?
4) Did you make money?
5) Did you lose money?
I believe one of the unpardonable sins is to try to sign up someone for Melaleuca or that juice stuff at church!
Please people, just let me go to church!!!! The pressure at offering time is bad enough!!!
Last edited by notofworks; 10-29-2009 at 08:43 PM.
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10-29-2009, 08:42 PM
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Re: Have You Done ML Marketing?
Life is good!! I have no idea what you are talking about. 
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10-29-2009, 08:44 PM
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Re: Have You Done ML Marketing?
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Life is good!! I have no idea what you are talking about. |
 Well, I need to move to your town, then!
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10-29-2009, 08:43 PM
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Re: Have You Done ML Marketing?
AvonAmwayMelalucaReliveShackleyExcellPrepaidlegalH erbalifeSeasilverFortuneHiTech
I know nothing but Christ and Him crucified.
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10-29-2009, 08:44 PM
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Re: Have You Done ML Marketing?
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AvonAmwayMelalucaReliveShackleyExcellPrepaidlegalH erbalifeSeasilverFortuneHiTech
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I just fell on the floor laughing.
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10-29-2009, 08:51 PM
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Re: Have You Done ML Marketing?
I had a guy make an appointment recently and I should have known. He's pitched long-distance, juice, pills....you name it. I wish he'd just go get a real job.
So this time he pitched me this water stuff that, of course, fixes everything. His BIG sales pitch was, "Pastor, this will really help you control your weight."
And he was, at least, 150 lbs heavier than me. I really wanted to say, "Well then, I'll sign up and give my miracle water to YOU."
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10-29-2009, 09:16 PM
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Re: Have You Done ML Marketing?
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AvonAmwayMelalucaReliveShackleyExcellPrepaidlegalH erbalifeSeasilverFortuneHiTech
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You forgot Alpine Air in that mix.
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10-30-2009, 10:02 AM
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Re: Have You Done ML Marketing?
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AvonAmwayMelalucaReliveShackleyExcellPrepaidlegalHerbalifeSeasilverFortuneHiTech
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lol You forgot Watkins, Unidial, Eagle, etc.
Been involved in too many of them.
Always a losing outcome.
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10-30-2009, 10:54 AM
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Re: Have You Done ML Marketing?
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lol You forgot Watkins, Unidial, Eagle, etc.
Been involved in too many of them.
Always a losing outcome.
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10-30-2009, 11:26 AM
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Re: Have You Done ML Marketing?
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Originally Posted by notofworks
I've been surprised not to see the current juice craze on here. What is MXI, by the way?
What do you do when people in the church get militant/aggressive in their sales? I have a really hard time with that.
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I'll pm you a web address, but I won't use AFF.
I don't have anyone at NLC who gets aggressive with these. If they do, people will steer clear of them. Kind of fixes itself.
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MLMs are not ponzi or pyramid schemes.
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This is true. MLM is just another way to sell products. Instead of retail it is done face to face and others can become "distributors" of products.
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Originally Posted by RandyWayne
I understand fully the legal difference between the two -ML and pyramid, but even though a LEGAL MLM company may sell a real product, the way they are sold is really no different in that mathematically it is almost impossible for later recruits in any given city to make any real money, yet they are promised such.
Yes, a pyramid scheme usually involves NO product or service (or could be safely be said to NEVER provide a real product or service), but the charts and funny math seem (to me) to be so close as to be indistinguishable.
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HUGE difference between MLM and pyramid schemes. In a pyramid, ONLY the guys at the top make the money. In MLM ANYONE can get to the top as there is infinite room there for those who work hard for probably a couple of years and then they begin to reap the rewards of those whom they have recruited.
I am HUGELY skeptical of MLM's where the business eclipses the product. If it is a good product, it WILL sell and the business side is simply an outgrowth. In fact, I went to a "meeting" last night and was impressed with the lack of hype and the great amount of sincerity of the presenters. I have sat through my share of "miracle" stories and overnight millionaires.
I'm not a fan of MLM by any stretch, but if the product is good, I'll consider it. 
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