Multi Level Marketing/Network Marketing

[suzzer99]

No but we all know idiots who have and didn't make any money while annoying the shit out of everyone around them in the process.

[suzzer99]

I went to an interview for a "warehouse job" at one of those caves under I-435. It turned out to be selling knives.

[SPchief]

Remember it's not the filters where you make the money, it's the licenses

[Brock]

He ****ed a whole lot of people to get there, guaranteed.

Originally Posted by Brock

He ****ed a whole lot of people to get there, guaranteed.

I'm no fan of MLM's nor an apologist but isn't that what we all do trying to make a buck? What's the difference between entering into a relationship with a car dealership or a cell phone company and doing business with an MLM?

[Brock]

Originally Posted by Phobia

I'm no fan of MLM's nor an apologist but isn't that what we all do trying to make a buck? What's the difference between entering into a relationship with a car dealership or a cell phone company and doing business with an MLM?

Do we really have to pretend there is no difference between providing skilled labor or needed goods to customers and trying to snooker them into a pyramid scheme?

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by Brock

Do we really have to pretend there is no difference between providing skilled labor or needed goods to customers and trying to snooker them into a pyramid scheme?

he isn't pretending, he is just too stupid to know the difference

Originally Posted by Brock

Do we really have to pretend there is no difference between providing skilled labor or needed goods to customers and trying to snooker them into a pyramid scheme?

I'm with you. I don't like MLM's and I wish my wife weren't involved. But it's just a commission based compensation. There are some pretty crappy ones but there are some legitimate ones as well. I'd rather work under a commission system and have a chance to better myself than work minimum wage.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by Phobia

I'm no fan of MLM's nor an apologist but isn't that what we all do trying to make a buck? What's the difference between entering into a relationship with a car dealership or a cell phone company and doing business with an MLM?

The car dealer doesn't cold call me and hound me to be a "part of his team".

[KCrockaholic]

I don't entirely agree with this image. But to help Phobia's point.

[Brock]

Originally Posted by KCrockaholic

I don't entirely agree with this image. But to help Phobia's point.

Phobia's point is idiotic because when he gets paid for building a deck, the customer has a deck. The fools you talk into buying into your scheme get ______________________.

[KCrockaholic]

Originally Posted by Brock

Phobia's point is idiotic because when he gets paid for building a deck, the customer has a deck. The fools you talk into buying into your scheme get ______________________.

Ok. To continue my thoughts here. What if the people who get into the scheme are also getting a legitimate product in the end that is high quality? Maybe not a deck obviously, but still a quality product.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by KCrockaholic

Ok. To continue my thoughts here. What if the people who get into the scheme are also getting a legitimate product in the end that is high quality? Maybe not a deck obviously, but still a quality product.

Then why do they need to have their employees pay to work for them? If they are selling quality products at competitive prices, they can open a retail location and/or a website. They don't need people annoying their friends to drum up business.

[KCrockaholic]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Then why do they need to have their employees pay to work for them? If they are selling quality products at competitive prices, they can open a retail location and/or a website. They don't need people annoying their friends to drum up business.

Yeah this is a good point. Why wouldn't they have their products on the market rather than having commission based employees/IBO's.

Originally Posted by Brock

Phobia's point is idiotic because when he gets paid for building a deck, the customer has a deck. The fools you talk into buying into your scheme get ______________________.

Goods and in some cases, services. I think Luzap is pitching a physician network right now where you pay in and have access to medical care. I'm not saying MLM's are flawless. There's some good and some bad. The one my wife is in sells housewife crap. They're very good at developing products that housewives appreciate.