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dxmedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-level_marketing



--- Quote ---MLM companies have been a frequent subject of controversy as well as the target of lawsuits. Criticisms have focused on their similarity to illegal pyramid schemes, price-fixing of products, high initial start-up costs, emphasis on recruitment of lower-tiered salespeople over actual sales, encouraging if not requiring salespeople to purchase and use the company's products, potential exploitation of personal relationships which are used as new sales and recruiting targets, complex and sometimes exaggerated compensation schemes, and cult-like techniques which some groups use to enhance their members enthusiasm and devotion. Not all MLM companies operate the same way, and MLM groups have persistently denied that their techniques are anything but legitimate business practices.
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Have a read of the compensation plan section ;)  it's like there's a very wide base, and a level up with less people, and a level up... the higher up you are.

Wait a sec....   ;)

jkseries:
That thick black stuff is going on with a very wide brush.

Do your homework before parting with ANY money. If it's too good to be true then it often is but as it says in the quote "not all MLM companies operate the same way"

Saffy:
ah one of those Telecom MLM where in the geek press recently -

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/031210-a-year-later-zer01s-web.html

disappeared up its own ...

dxmedia:
I've been trying to find a reference that Avon is a MLM company. So far I can only find MLM's who use Avon as an example, nothing from Avon itself.  Same with Betterware.

It appears that betterware avon and the rest are affiliate marketing though. The employee pays a small dividend to become an affiliate of the company and then earns a percentage from each sale. B I G difference.

It does appear that everything I've found says the same thing.

MLM's are the new version of pyramid schemes.  Here's a pretty picture.



and a very quick and consice article.

http://paymentblogger.com/2007/08/06/multi-layer-marketing-vs-affiliate-marketing/



If it looks like a fish, smells like a fish, flops like a fish, it's probably pretty fishy.

MudRat:
There are two things in this world that smell of fish, and one of them is a fish!!  :dance: :dance: :dance:

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