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Need help convincing my parents not to join a MLM (Pyramid) scheme

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RIGorous1

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Hi all,

my parents fell into the trap by one of their friends who claimed that they were making $7k a week. I've heard from stories online and in the news that such marketing schemes are illegal and that the people on the bottom (like my parents) ultimately lose.

if you guys can link me to some specific laws or losing stories regarding MLM's or Pyramid schemes that would be great. (Better still if you guys can find some juicy info about the company Market America)

I don't trust these marketing schemes, but my parents are so sold over the crap their friend fed them that they won't believe me. Please help
 
as them what they are required to do, and then ask what a pyramid scheme asks them to do... then ask them to do the math.

Tell them their money is better spent elsewhere.
 
Ugh... I don't even know where to start. Just tell them if they're asked to buy anything, it's a scam.
 
Originally posted by: oogabooga
as them what they are required to do, and then ask what a pyramid scheme asks them to do... then ask them to do the math.

Tell them their money is better spent elsewhere.
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I tried that.... but they said that there's some point system that the "upper people" use to figure out the commissions. When asked what that point system is, they said their friend knows it, and that if they wanted to know they could ask. :disgust: yeah right.

They figure that they don't have to do sales as long as they can recruit more ppl. So far they've recruited some dumb soul downtown.

They tried recruiting me and some other family, but I won't buy it.
 
In general, when you are checking out a company such as a MLM, you go to google, type in "name of company" scam (or sucks), and you will find lots of personal stories.

As for the age thing, lots of younger people get tricked by these outfits too. The older generations may be more trusting, but the younger ones have a "oh yeah? well, I know it's a scam but I'm going into it with my eyes open and I'm going to beat this" attitude. All get royally ripped off.
 
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