How to Become Millionaire!... an awareness thread [Little GA inside]

¿Por casualidad es una pirámide que tiene que ver con productos de limpieza y ese tipo de cosas? Un amigo se metió en eso a pesar de que todos le advertimos que sonaba demasiado a que era una estafa.

You need money to make money

I’ve had to cut off friends because of it, there’s nothing much you can do if they don’t listen

I also recommend the documentary Betting on Zero. It's about Herbalife but it is the same crap

Nombre de la empresa?

Preach it, my brother lost a lot of money because of this...now he has learned.
I will say it right here and now: There is NO quick way to make money

Desperate times and desperate people. Best targets for cults and scams. The industry of desperation is made on the back of naive and willing people but they're really not to blame. It's human nature.
Those scammers though, should get hit hard by the law. Most of the time they are barely investigated.

I saw another video on YouTube about this very topic just a couple of days ago. I'll just put the link here for anyone who's interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLBmElR0Luw (There is a lot more MLM brands shown in this vid)

One of my closer friends was "taken" by Amway as well. The last I saw, she's still pushing their products/recruitment on all her social media - been posting in random Facebook groups (and yes, we're still technically friends on FB).

*Adding 1 more vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6eujSJ0-RU

Raise your hand if you want to get rich

I was a millionaire once... Everyone in my country was. Damn inflation.

My parents got into one of these. Actually, my mother tried 2 or 3 others but those really were scams. But this one stuck, and it's not bad. The promise of getting insanely rich with not much work is a lie of course. I see how people with less economic knowledge can be scammed into risking too much and continuing despite constantly losing money. But it can also be done in a smart way.
You mustn't give up your regular job for it. This is not a job. You can earn some side money with it if you do it right, and if the system is good. Not every MLM is the same, as I said the 2 or 3 others were really scams. One instant sign is that you must buy products regularly or else you're out. That's not sustainable. Or paying membership fees, that's the same, you just don't even get products for that money.
If you think of it as a loyalty reward program, it works better. You get discount on the products the more you buy them and the more you recommend them to others. That's why the products do matter. If you like them, the reward program is a good way to get them cheaper. And then it is not really a job when you recommend them to your friends. You do that with a lot of products anyway without getting rewards for it. Some of your friends are not interested in the reward program but they like the products and will buy from you but only if the products are good. So if your goal is to get the products cheaper and maybe even earn a little money on the side, it can work for you. If you want to become a millionaire or leave your regular job, that's not a good idea. If you can recruit A LOT of people from the first group (wants the reward program), it can be done, but with A LOT of work, luck, you need good people skills and even then you may fail, and you have to recognize it in time. It's just like starting your own enterprise. 90%+ fails.
So my parents have been doing it for 10 years. If it was a real pyramid scheme they would be millionaires but they're not. We use the products because they're good, and we get them kind of free because some friends are also buying them through my parents. Sometimes the discount comes up to more than 100% and they even earn profits, sometimes it's less but they're not losing the money, they get products that we use. Other than that, they got a lot of things that cannot be measured in money. They met a lot of good friends with whom they're working together. Here, you can choose your coworkers, not like in a regular job. They're spending some of their free time on MLM, which would otherwise be spent on watching TV or drinking in bars whatever. They learn people and business skills. They truly become better persons.
The community is not this good everywhere, and it's not for everyone (I know it's not for me). And yes, there are a lot of scammers as well. I get your point and it's good to warn people about the pitfalls and to watch out for scammers. I'm just saying that it CAN be done in a clever way, and that not every MLM is a scam. Btw I'm talking about Amway but keep in mind that its system can differ from place to place, and the community is very important too.

thanks for sharing, I'm gonna read something about this and your country's situation tonight.. here in Europe we really don't get any kind of news from the world =\