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Originally Posted by chrisvinky  With just a quick search on Google, I found this to better describe Network Marketing |
I have to say - that is not a very good description you've posted. While a standard 9-5 job isn't necessarily "a good idea" - you can hardly go calling it a pyramid scheme.
It sounds kind of like "network marketing is not a pyramid scam because... uh... most company structures are like pyramids!"
Indeed, your description and presentation doesn't really say much about
how it actually works - it's basically "Standard jobs suck... NETWORK MARKETING!!"
(And it is of note that there are plenty of other valid conclusions can be reached from "Standard jobs suck...")
Watching your presentation, a big red flag went up when it said "you do it without time, money or expertise". Without at least one of these (or something similar, like talent), there's no way you can generate value. As Steve says - to earn $1M, you need to generate at least $1M of value. This leads to one of three conclusions:
- You actually
do need to invest time or money or expertise (they're lying)
- You actually don't receive any value (they're lying)
- You're taking (stealing?) value from someone else - at least more than they're providing in return (they're a pyramid scheme)
So at very best, the presentation you linked is being dishonest.
But, that's just the presentation. I've looked into your product and I have two problems. The first is simply that the product is not very appealing. For $50 a month I could buy a couple of books - and Steve and other websites have plenty of great information available for free.
The second issue, and this is the big one, is that there appears to be no way to simply buy the products themselves (not to mention they are all digital products with no tangible value). You must enroll in the program as a recruiter at the same time. This is one of the big "tell-tail" characteristics of a pyramid scheme (see
wikipedia, which lists more that also apply). Indeed the big push seem to be recruiting, rather than selling - even though they are attempting to blur it with the bundling.
Are you still sure you've not signed up to (and have been promoting) a pyramid scheme?