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mrnoodle · 03-14-2005, 09:14 AM

The problem with all these things is that someone has to be getting shafted for anyone to make money. All players involved can't be profiting, or there's no profit being generated. What it comes down to in the end is people buying "starter kits" and overpriced stuff that can be had cheaper at Wal Mart.

It's not like the products themselves are useless - the Melaleuca vitamins really are the best vitamins we ever had in the house. Problem was, they cost about a buck a pill. I got a discount because I was a so-called distributor (or whatever they call it), but my parents were paying $60 a month to buy them from me. It's just not worth it if there's not a reasonably priced product at the end of the chain.

If people were honestly selling product as their primary function, instead of dangling a get-rich-quick pipe dream in front of their marks, I don't think anyone would really have a problem with MLM.

03-14-2005, 09:14 AM	#29
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	The problem with all these things is that someone has to be getting shafted for anyone to make money. All players involved can't be profiting, or there's no profit being generated. What it comes down to in the end is people buying "starter kits" and overpriced stuff that can be had cheaper at Wal Mart. It's not like the products themselves are useless - the Melaleuca vitamins really are the best vitamins we ever had in the house. Problem was, they cost about a buck a pill. I got a discount because I was a so-called distributor (or whatever they call it), but my parents were paying $60 a month to buy them from me. It's just not worth it if there's not a reasonably priced product at the end of the chain. If people were honestly selling product as their primary function, instead of dangling a get-rich-quick pipe dream in front of their marks, I don't think anyone would really have a problem with MLM. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh