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Old 03-12-2005, 10:42 AM   #10
hot_pastrami
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
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Originally Posted by Guyute
In a PROPERLY-RUN AND -STRUCTURED MLM you should A) not need to buy a whole ton of stuff and B) the "upline" should help you professionally approach people. The end result is someone who either learns the ropes and develops a business or someone who decides that it isn't for them and quits, but has incurred minimal startup costs and fees, and has only asked his friends once or twice, not 142 times.
And I'm sure some kinds of snake oil really do cure arthritis, seizures, and impotence.

Your "rich" friends are either lying about the money they make, or they have made their fortunes by scamming the new recruits. Some people DO make good money through MLMs, but they are the minority-- the guys near the top-- and their money is dirty.
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