Comments on: Here’s Why I’m Immediately Suspicious Of MLM Products… http://blog.ultimatefatburner.com/2008/04/18/heres-why-im-immediately-suspicious-of-mlm-products/ Dedicated to topics that fall within the general theme of UltimateFatBurner.com (i.e, exercise, body building, supplements,weight loss, diet, etc), but outside the realm of product reviews. Please review our posting protocols page before contributing. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:14:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John http://blog.ultimatefatburner.com/2008/04/18/heres-why-im-immediately-suspicious-of-mlm-products/comment-page-1/#comment-52 John Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:03:01 +0000 http://blog.ultimatefatburner.com/wordpress/heres-why-im-immediately-suspicious-of-mlm-products/#comment-52 I almost completely forgot about MLM, reminds me of that company - "Sc"-Amway. Problem with MLM companies and the "trained" sales people, is that they are so convincing. Almost bordering on the fanatical side! I had a friend in university who quit after 2nd year engineering to sell Shampoo!! Needless to say he was back 2 years later when we were graduating - he couldn't sell enough product to make a go of it. Hence the reason these MLM salespeople are soooo annoying - they gotta sell, sell, sell, regardless if they believe in the product or not - if not they make peanuts! I almost completely forgot about MLM, reminds me of that company – “Sc”-Amway.

Problem with MLM companies and the “trained” sales people, is that they are so convincing. Almost bordering on the fanatical side!

I had a friend in university who quit after 2nd year engineering to sell Shampoo!!

Needless to say he was back 2 years later when we were graduating – he couldn’t sell enough product to make a go of it.

Hence the reason these MLM salespeople are soooo annoying – they gotta sell, sell, sell, regardless if they believe in the product or not – if not they make peanuts!

]]> By: Elissa http://blog.ultimatefatburner.com/2008/04/18/heres-why-im-immediately-suspicious-of-mlm-products/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Elissa Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:05:11 +0000 http://blog.ultimatefatburner.com/wordpress/heres-why-im-immediately-suspicious-of-mlm-products/#comment-50 I have yet to see ANY MLM product, that can't be beat - and typically for less money - by over-the-counter products in the same category. This often comes as a hyoooge shock to people who've been lulled (by the glossy brochures and slick packaging) into thinking they were getting the best of the best. In addition: I have issues with any business model that encourages people to target their friends and relatives as potential sources of income. IMHO, the only advantage that MLM products might offer is simplicity: they make supplement shopping easy, as people aren't faced with a shelf full of - say - multivitamin/mineral brands, with long, complicated labels. If you don't have a basis for making comparisons, then it's tough to make good choices. I have yet to see ANY MLM product, that can’t be beat – and typically for less money – by over-the-counter products in the same category. This often comes as a hyoooge shock to people who’ve been lulled (by the glossy brochures and slick packaging) into thinking they were getting the best of the best.

In addition: I have issues with any business model that encourages people to target their friends and relatives as potential sources of income.

IMHO, the only advantage that MLM products might offer is simplicity: they make supplement shopping easy, as people aren’t faced with a shelf full of – say – multivitamin/mineral brands, with long, complicated labels. If you don’t have a basis for making comparisons, then it’s tough to make good choices.

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