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lookout123 · 03-15-2005, 11:51 AM

while catching up on this thread i just had the realization that my wife is involved in what many would consider to be an MLM.

She is a distributor for Juice Plus. It has an organizational structure that would qualify it to be MLM, but there are no start up costs. These are basically vitamins (although classified as a whole food) that my wife put the family on. her sisters and various others started using the products at her recommendation and loved them. my wife realized that if she signed on as a distributor and sold only to the people who were already taking the product she makes an extra $250/month, give or take. there were no start up costs, no pressure to sign up new distributors, but there is incentive. her sister in illinois decided to sign on as a distributor. my wife gets paid for everyone her sister sells to.

intellectually i know this is MLM, but i haven't seen any of the negative elements of the classic schemes, so i'm ok with this. the lady who got her into this makes $60-70K/year just selling the product and wants my wife to do the same. we definitely won't go that route, because A) her business does better than that, B) my wife doesn't want to be a professional salesperson. so, now i am torn. should i feel slimy because i have MLM in my own family, or is this one ok? i need help people. can i show my face in public?

03-15-2005, 11:51 AM	#48
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	while catching up on this thread i just had the realization that my wife is involved in what many would consider to be an MLM. She is a distributor for Juice Plus. It has an organizational structure that would qualify it to be MLM, but there are no start up costs. These are basically vitamins (although classified as a whole food) that my wife put the family on. her sisters and various others started using the products at her recommendation and loved them. my wife realized that if she signed on as a distributor and sold only to the people who were already taking the product she makes an extra $250/month, give or take. there were no start up costs, no pressure to sign up new distributors, but there is incentive. her sister in illinois decided to sign on as a distributor. my wife gets paid for everyone her sister sells to. intellectually i know this is MLM, but i haven't seen any of the negative elements of the classic schemes, so i'm ok with this. the lady who got her into this makes $60-70K/year just selling the product and wants my wife to do the same. we definitely won't go that route, because A) her business does better than that, B) my wife doesn't want to be a professional salesperson. so, now i am torn. should i feel slimy because i have MLM in my own family, or is this one ok? i need help people. can i show my face in public? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin