pyramid-selling-scamDefenders of multi-level marketing (MLM) will tell you that some companies “do it” right, while some companies “do it” wrong.

The fact that a multi-level marketing company like Mary Kay Cosmetics has been around for more than 55 years does not define whether it is a fraud or scam. Remember Enron (in business more than 15 years prior to the fraud being discovered) and Bernie Madoff (whose investment firm was in business for more than 40 years before his Ponzi scheme was revealed)? Length of time in operation has nothing to do with whether something is a scam or a fraud. Being traded on the New York Stock Exchange is not an indicator of legitimacy either.

Mary Kay Inc. is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It lies to women, presenting its recruiting scam as a legitimate business opportunity. It uses images of pink Cadillacs and diamond rings to entice women, and to fool them into believing that many women are having success as consultants and sales directors. All the while the company is selling products to its distributors (with a pathetically small amount of those products being sold to third party customers) and profiting from doing so. But the bottom line is that 99% of participants in MLM will lose money.

While morons will tell you that [insert any MLM name] is a legitimate business with a wonderful opportunity for distributors to earn money, the truth is that MLMs are pyramid schemes in which almost everyone is guaranteed to lose money. There is no such thing as a good (or better) multi-level marketing company.

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  1. Koloacer Koloacer 01/18/2023 at 10:21 am - Reply

    Hi,
    I do not agree with you. MLM is not a company, but a form of generating income. However, companies that operate in this form are not always honest. I agree that Mary Kay is not a company worth recommending and this is due to their marketing plan. How about Forever Living Products? Before you draw your own conclusions, read the Business Rules and get to know the marketing plan well. Based on this company, I will admit that there are good companies operating in the MLM system. It is honest, open and people really earn money there, provided that they properly build their own CONSUMER NETWORK and NOT SPONSORING. I am sending greeting and I wish you good luck.

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