I almost got sucked into the Young Living Essential Oils MLM. The people in the group I had ‘connected’ with all seemed like they were in a cult (they were.) Thank god the only money I spent was on some pens with my name and number on them. I also helped pay for a booth at a show, so it was less than $130 spent, but still. I got out as soon as the cultish behavior was noticed. I watched that documentary on Amazon Prime called Lula Rich, talking about how fucked up the Lula Roe leggings selling trend and damage it did to many of the people (mostly women) that sold their leggings. The owners of that company pulled the same bs by trying to sell the whole ‘you’re a business owner’ crock to many vulnerable people just looking to make and earn a living. When these women called the owners out by showing them how moldy and damaged and cheaply made the leggings were, the owners terminated the accounts of the women who very reasonably called this out and just wanted them to fix it. It was disturbing. I highly recommend everyone watch the documentary to get the full scope of just how south things can go with the MLM scams.
I thank you for this recommendation. I will definitely check that out. It’s funny you mentioned this because I was just listening to a podcast that mentioned what MLM’s are about and this isn’t even a relevant podcast that. So it’s a terrible thing that they do to those that are trying to make an honest way to make money.
Anytime! It's a very eye opening documentary. The owners of Lula Roe, Mark and DeAnne Stidham even share their side...which--of course--is full of gaslighting and slimy sales tactics to get people to feel bad or guilty about calling them out for providing them with moldy and damaged products that they can't sell. I hope that one day Mark and DeAnne and people like them that run these awful MLMs get held accountable.
I'd been sucked into my fair share of pyramid schemes. One was called Quixtar. The person that was giving me the spiel was rattling through the details of this "brand new beautiful thing". And I stopped them and flat out asked if this was Amway. They hemmed and hawed insisting that it wasn't. Just come to a meeting they said. You'll see the beauty of it. So my ex and I went to said meeting. And lo and behold after a bunch of smoke and mirrors it was in fact Amway. It was a low sign up so my ex was like let's try it.
Me on the other hand said we've been down this road before, it won't work. But I gave in reluctantly. We tried to get a few friends and family to sign up, but no one was interested. Had few ask the same question I did. I told him that I wasn't going to lie about. No body wanted to touch it with a 10 foot pole as they say.
I am so weary of these companies. I want nothing to do with them. I'm sorry that this happened to you. And I agree, MLMs shouldn't be legal.
Oh wow, I’m really sorry you went through that experience. I would say that ordinary people who are trying to make money that got sucked into MLM’s that are trying to recruit. You are not bad people as they were just doing their best. And they were manipulated. It’s the ones on top who know damn well what they’re doing are the problem. But when you’re supposed to work and gets to understand when another is business, so you can create opportunities for referrals and they are trying to pitch you for their MLM that’s where I really lose my patience too. MLM‘s should not be legal definitely.
I almost got sucked into the Young Living Essential Oils MLM. The people in the group I had ‘connected’ with all seemed like they were in a cult (they were.) Thank god the only money I spent was on some pens with my name and number on them. I also helped pay for a booth at a show, so it was less than $130 spent, but still. I got out as soon as the cultish behavior was noticed. I watched that documentary on Amazon Prime called Lula Rich, talking about how fucked up the Lula Roe leggings selling trend and damage it did to many of the people (mostly women) that sold their leggings. The owners of that company pulled the same bs by trying to sell the whole ‘you’re a business owner’ crock to many vulnerable people just looking to make and earn a living. When these women called the owners out by showing them how moldy and damaged and cheaply made the leggings were, the owners terminated the accounts of the women who very reasonably called this out and just wanted them to fix it. It was disturbing. I highly recommend everyone watch the documentary to get the full scope of just how south things can go with the MLM scams.
I thank you for this recommendation. I will definitely check that out. It’s funny you mentioned this because I was just listening to a podcast that mentioned what MLM’s are about and this isn’t even a relevant podcast that. So it’s a terrible thing that they do to those that are trying to make an honest way to make money.
Anytime! It's a very eye opening documentary. The owners of Lula Roe, Mark and DeAnne Stidham even share their side...which--of course--is full of gaslighting and slimy sales tactics to get people to feel bad or guilty about calling them out for providing them with moldy and damaged products that they can't sell. I hope that one day Mark and DeAnne and people like them that run these awful MLMs get held accountable.
Ick they are all like that
I'd been sucked into my fair share of pyramid schemes. One was called Quixtar. The person that was giving me the spiel was rattling through the details of this "brand new beautiful thing". And I stopped them and flat out asked if this was Amway. They hemmed and hawed insisting that it wasn't. Just come to a meeting they said. You'll see the beauty of it. So my ex and I went to said meeting. And lo and behold after a bunch of smoke and mirrors it was in fact Amway. It was a low sign up so my ex was like let's try it.
Me on the other hand said we've been down this road before, it won't work. But I gave in reluctantly. We tried to get a few friends and family to sign up, but no one was interested. Had few ask the same question I did. I told him that I wasn't going to lie about. No body wanted to touch it with a 10 foot pole as they say.
I am so weary of these companies. I want nothing to do with them. I'm sorry that this happened to you. And I agree, MLMs shouldn't be legal.
Oh wow, I’m really sorry you went through that experience. I would say that ordinary people who are trying to make money that got sucked into MLM’s that are trying to recruit. You are not bad people as they were just doing their best. And they were manipulated. It’s the ones on top who know damn well what they’re doing are the problem. But when you’re supposed to work and gets to understand when another is business, so you can create opportunities for referrals and they are trying to pitch you for their MLM that’s where I really lose my patience too. MLM‘s should not be legal definitely.