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http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reason-pyramid-schemes-are-even-worse-than-you-thought/
Interesting read.
Interesting read.
Jon@TheMoneyShed said:But the car salesman wouldn't sell me the car and then tell me to come and work for the dealership constantly which IF I wanted to know I would have to pay a fee (maybe recurring too) to work for them
sparkleandshine said:The trouble with mlm businesses is that they are businesses - the clue is in the name really - they are businesses which are set up primarily not to earn money for you as a sales rep, but for the company. They do this in lots of different ways, by charging you for start up kits, charging you for websites, charging you for brochures, charging you for marketing materials, charging you for recruitment packs, charging you for training seminars, charging you for god only knows what else, capping your commission so that they take most of the profit and only pay you a fraction of it, another thing they do is they deliberately structure their businesses so that it's not easy for you to earn commission in the first place - have you ever wondered why their commission structures are so ridiculously complicated? - that's why - another thing they do is reclaim commission back from you if your reps leave or don't pay their bills, also they are constantly selling to you - admit it, you're probably your own best customer - and in you they have a captive audience because you most likely joined the company in the first place because you like the products they sell and then once you sign up with them you are being bombarded with their marketing materials day in day out-Ever felt like most of your earnings are actually just going straight back to the company? That's why I could go on there are so many ways they have of squeezing you for cash. The odds of success are stacked against you when you start any business from scratch, but they are so much more heavily stacked against you when you start a business within an mlm business what with all this trickery going on and you always being at the bottom of the food chain when it comes to getting paid
sparkleandshine said:good luck with it martay you sound very determined to make it work for you, personally I think you would do better working directly with your own suppliers, but you say you already tried that and it didn't suit you and also its the team building aspect of mlm which appeals to you but you know, if you wanted to, you could set something like that up for yourself from scratch too, but you don't want to and you're happy working for wikaniko,, to be fair for a long time I was happy working for Avon too and if anyone had suggested I give it all up and start buying from wholesalers instead I would have thought they were mad too