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Forever aloe vera pyramid ponzi scheme.

Bagpu5s
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Just wanted to warn people potentially thinking of joining up to forever. I am not a member myself but have been to one of the meetings.
This without doubt however you dress it up is a pyramid scheme. Yes there is a product that helps disguise or draw your attention away but ultimately multi level marketing is a spin word for ponzi in this case.
I recently went to a meeting that a group of so called friends were running, a fantastic talk with big numbers to be earned. All sounded to amazing to be true. This was followed by at the end a request for me to give £200 to sign up for a few products and become part of the company. My major problem throughout the whole experience was seeing how I was going to generate the sales to produce the numbers they were talking about. Websites have been done and my mum only has so many friends!!!
My friend assured me I didn't have to worry about the sales part as I would be a manager recruiting other managers or sales people at £200. Part of this money going to me, part of the money going to my friend that signed me up and the rest to the company at the top of the pyramid. Throughout the meeting the aloe vera product is talked about and hyped up but only at the end is it clear there is no actual real interest in the selling of it. It's easy to forget this as you're excited about the possibilities but stay focused on the truth and it's all about signing up more so called managers. A PYRAMID SCHEME!
You have to ask your self are you happy selling a £200 sign up to friends and family that may never make that money back.
Ultimately the people at the bottom will lose out and £50 let alone £200 is a lot of money to many. Without doubt the people I met at the meeting will do very well but then they'd be happy to sell £200 sign ups to their 90 year old grandmothers. I saw them bamboozle student friends with the promise for £200 they would make huge sums. These students who are already in a major amount of debt handed over the money in the hope of adding some much needed revenue. Who are these students going to sell to? Other poor students!
It just doesn't sit right with me at all. In the end if your happy to sell your soul for money and not worry about how the next friend or family member will make it back, then this is the get rich scheme for you.
This without doubt however you dress it up is a pyramid scheme. Yes there is a product that helps disguise or draw your attention away but ultimately multi level marketing is a spin word for ponzi in this case.
I recently went to a meeting that a group of so called friends were running, a fantastic talk with big numbers to be earned. All sounded to amazing to be true. This was followed by at the end a request for me to give £200 to sign up for a few products and become part of the company. My major problem throughout the whole experience was seeing how I was going to generate the sales to produce the numbers they were talking about. Websites have been done and my mum only has so many friends!!!
My friend assured me I didn't have to worry about the sales part as I would be a manager recruiting other managers or sales people at £200. Part of this money going to me, part of the money going to my friend that signed me up and the rest to the company at the top of the pyramid. Throughout the meeting the aloe vera product is talked about and hyped up but only at the end is it clear there is no actual real interest in the selling of it. It's easy to forget this as you're excited about the possibilities but stay focused on the truth and it's all about signing up more so called managers. A PYRAMID SCHEME!
You have to ask your self are you happy selling a £200 sign up to friends and family that may never make that money back.
Ultimately the people at the bottom will lose out and £50 let alone £200 is a lot of money to many. Without doubt the people I met at the meeting will do very well but then they'd be happy to sell £200 sign ups to their 90 year old grandmothers. I saw them bamboozle student friends with the promise for £200 they would make huge sums. These students who are already in a major amount of debt handed over the money in the hope of adding some much needed revenue. Who are these students going to sell to? Other poor students!
It just doesn't sit right with me at all. In the end if your happy to sell your soul for money and not worry about how the next friend or family member will make it back, then this is the get rich scheme for you.
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