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Article #2297Re: ==>>###-TRIED AMWAY OR OTHER MLM'S? DIDN'T WORK??-###<<==
From: Jim Sullivan
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 00:00
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In article <a177cc$173429.2b7@PIT>, bg@brandywine.net wrote:
> 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...
SHOW ME A N Y MLM and I'll show you a bunch of scum sucking crooks!!!!
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