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Article #2261Re: ==>>###-TRIED AMWAY OR OTHER MLM'S? DIDN'T WORK??-###<<==
From: bg
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 00:00
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lsg@xroads.com (Lester S. Garrett) wrote:
>On Tue, 22 Oct 1996 01:43:15 GMT dagmar@edge.net (Dagmar the Surreal)
>wrote in az.general:
> > On Mon, 21 Oct 1996 03:28:10 GMT, lapiano@kktv.com (M. LaPiano) wrote:
> > >Directions In Health is a 4 year old debt free Network Marketing
> > >company. In April 1995 it adopted a Binary Compensation Plan,
> > >and now does approximately 1 million dollars per week in volume.
> > >
> > >Binary Compensation Plan:
> > >
> > >1. Create a business center; fill out an application (at no cost).
> > >2. Qualify business center by purchasing $200 worth of product.
> > >3. Sponsor two representatives, one on left side, one on right side.
>
> > Hmmm... Sounds plausible so far, but I think you forgot a step.
> >
> > 4. Avoid arrest by local authorities for operating an illegal pyramid
> > scheme. . . .
>No, unfortunately he gets around the pyramid scam by providing a
>product. This is just another MLM scheme.
>-={lsg}=-
Not all MLM programs are scams. The most important thing to look for
is whether the company a member of the Direct Sellers Association.
There are about 5,000 MLM 'opportunities' out there, but only 150 are
members of DSA. DSA requires companies to provide certain
guarantees, the most important being that if you quit they will buy
back inventory (although only at 90%).
There's a lot of crap out there, though, and a MLM program that
requires $200 up front makes me wonder...
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