Shady MLM Scams Getting CALLED OUT On Social Media - REACTION
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- Shady MLM Scams Getting CALLED OUT On Social Media - REACTION
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Hey ya'll! Today on my channel we are reacting to some shady MLM scams getting called out on social media. Multi-level marketing scams are EVERYWERE and extremely annoying. Arbonne, Younique, Monat, Mary Kay, the last goes on and on. But there's an entire reddit group dedicated to exposing and calling out MLMs and we're going to laugh at the screenshots today. Enjoy :)
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I think this one is gonna upset some people 😬
They'll get over it. 😂
And we do not care😂
They'll live 😁
Holding a grudge since Kindergarten.
Respect for the dedication 🙂
💛💛💛
Hahaha 🤣 I can’t wait! The amount of people they upset sometimes? I believe the word is....karma! Delivered by the indisputable Potato Queen, Charlotte 🤣 What could be better than that? 👍🏻 Oh... and btw, I’d LOVE a hoody with #PETTY on it. Sign me up ❤️
@@sarahkenny3053
Or
#DuchessOfPetty hoodie
"It's not a pyramid scheme. It's a, triangle of opportunity."
I don't remember which one, but the CEO of one of those once declared: "It's not a pyramid scheme, it's a DIMARYP scheme!" I saw it in a piece by John Oliver.
⚰️💀😭
@@sacha8uk "DIMARYP? That totally sounds trustworthy!!" 🙄
it's a food pyramid but only the top ones get food from the lower ones tons of it, the middle ones mostly pay for their own and their uppers food, and the lower ones pays for some of the food for the middle ones and then starve to death :D
@@espltd978 "In that case!"😃
My favorite MLM fail of all time was when a woman sent a message that said “Hey girl! I was looking at your profile and I love how [CHARACTERISTIC] you are!”
Hahaha It’s true, you are very characteristic! 😅
I get that a lot too. "I was looking at your profile and I was thinking that you would be AMAZING for this company! I can tell by your personality that you're going to be successful in this! " ha. Um nope.
OOF! 😂
I got that a lot. But my insta is private …
Lolololol 😭
“It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” -Mark Twain
Sad but true
Beat me to it. So, here's your thumbs-up.
And, in that, Mark Twain was eons ahead of his time... and less cynical than P.T.Barnum in his worldview.
It’s literally their whole way of operating these schemes! They know once they’ve hooked someone in, that person will see anyone trying to show them the truth as someone that just doesn’t get it or someone who doesn’t believe in them.
Ain't that the truth? There is an old political party that just got all twisted up because of that very truth.
@Rulya Mórrigan Ard Mhacha Not honestly the reason why. But not the place for this either.
The one about using up her daughter's college fund made me sad. My dad did that to "invest" in a venture that never made money and closed after a couple years. Thanks for the student loan debt, Dad! 😵💫
Could be worse. My parents sold my car to send me to a church college because I was ‘wild’
My bf once received a message from an old friend. He hadn't talked with him in years and was excited to catch up with him.
He told him all that had happened in his life at the moment and this "friend" just said "oh, cool" and proceeded to try to get him into an MLM.
It broke my heart seeing him so disappointed 😞
Same thing happened with my bro. I wanted to fight the guy.
Happened to me too :(
Oh my gosh, let’s plan a wet sheet party!
I hope his mlm gets destroyed... Oh wait... don't all mlms get destroyed lol
Shameful. This should be some kind of social crime...so morally bankrupt
I ALMOST joined a MLM a few years ago. Like was so close I almost hit submit with my information filled in. I didn’t have a job because of a disability. Then I realized I haven’t posted on social media since 2016 because I have “social media anxiety”. How the heck would I post about these random products?! I would feel so uncomfortable doing that. Luckily I never did it. 💛
Me too hey. I nearly got roped into these things. Thank God I hesitated everytime
Same!!!!!! Best thing my social anxiety has ever done for me😏
@@adriennerinehart Nothing is ever so bad it's not good for something! xD
Yeah the latest one for me was Mary Kay. I had to block the number because the lady kept trying to rope me into joining it and selling the products. SMH. In one of her voicemails she tried to bribe me with cake lmfao.
Glad you escaped! Thanks to being a broke student i was saved! Duhh, and the girl was someone who used to make fun of my behind my back(like literally sitting behind me)
They are basically cults. I've lost several friends to these things. They stop seeing people as friends and family and start seeing them as potential clients and business opportunities. When my parents died, I had a former friend text me on the day of their funeral about her MLM scheme. It was so inappropriate and was honestly really sad to me. All she could talk about was her "business" and while she actually did make decent money selling the stuff, it was sad to watch her become a totally different person.
They brainwash people and treat the like they’re disposable, so you either start doing the same or become an asswipe. Worst thing is that they prey on gullible people that don’t know better.
Nothing chaps my hide more than seeing people act as if their friends and family should become cash cows as soon as they start some MLM business. I’m a full-time artist who doesn’t expect my friends and family members to keep my business afloat.
@@inkgoeswildalaska8439 agreed, 100%. I see people posting things about how real friends support one another’s businesses (by buying), and while I do support friends and family when they have something I want to buy, I often either just am not interested in what they are selling or don’t have the funds. Also, if it even seems like an mlm the tiniest bit, I avoid like the plague.
Money in sales doesn't change you. It makes you more of yourself with extra confidence
@@ramirogarza3rd Lol spoken like a true cult member. I'm sorry, but I have lost multiple friends to these things as I said because they no longer treated me as a friend but as a business opportunity. Every interaction somehow turned back toward their business and trying to sell me stuff or trying to get me to join no matter how many times I said I wasn't interested. They went from being interesting people with hobbies and the ability to talk about normal things to only being able to push and talk about their cult. It sucked up their entire lives. They completely changed. I've known some of these people for ten plus years. You really think that selling nail stickers or cleaning products or oils somehow brings out a person's true personality? Really? They go from being people who can carry on normal conversations to people who are slathered in oils and smell so strong you can't even get near them and that can only talk about how life changing the oils have been. So I guess if somehow this is the "real them" then it's not for me... or the as of now 289 people who liked this comment.
I love how the fit girl got her harrasser to break script and go completely off the edge by not even really implying the insult that was directly given to her.
That weight loss one was sooooo strange.
So you messaged a person to tell them they’re fat, but then saw they were skinny and shamed them for being skinny because they live in a gym... and proceeded to say THEY were rude and you were to busy to be in a gym implying you don’t look as “good” as the girl you messaged? So how the fuck were you going to help her? Lol whaaaaat.
Lol ikr? The whole thing was just meant to create insecurity even tho weight loss was literally not needed in that case. What a way to increase body dysmorphia 🤦♀️
Yeah that one was sooo weird 😂 how fucking dense do you have to be.. 🙈
Seriously!
she basically said that she has the secret to weight loss... except she has a poor figure bc of not going to the gym?? but.. you have the product.. you shouldn't need the gym? and if it's because she's too busy, does that mean the product isn't suitable for busy people? ive never seen such an awful sales tactic. call them fat & say you have a product to change that, they essentially point out they're smaller than you, insult them more while devaluing your product by making excuses as to why youre not staying fit despite using it....
It's because if they get someone to buy their weight loss products that person will never lose weight and continue to buy for a long time💀💀but this girl knows how to actually lose weight+be fit so she mad she can't convince her that pills and herbs will help her do that so she just lashed out from her insecurity that she believes she can't do the same because "I have kids"
💛 The one about the rig worker is so sad. He should leave her. Don't worry... she's a "business owner". She can clearly "support" herself with her delusion.
That one was horrible. That poor man! Yep, she's got to go.
My favorite one is at 5:06 😂🤣 “ No matter how bad things get I remind my self I could be trapped in a pyramid scheme convinced im a business owner”
🤣
Yes! 😂🤣
That was epic
i really think i need that on a tshirt
That’s the sad thing. They actually think they’re entrepreneurs
As a former MLM "business owner" I love these. I never let them force me to contact all my friends and family, no matter how hard I was pushed (and oh boy did they push). That felt kinda sleezy to me. And I realized you CAN NOT make a decent living unless you sign a ton of people up under you, for most of these companies it's a major focus on the signups and not the product. Which is what makes it a pyramid scheme. 💛
As you were telling the story about Lauren, my daughter and myself turned to look at my wife, who's name is Lauren, as you were looking at the camera and we all, including you said, "yeah Lauren" so it looked like the three of us; my daughter, myself and you were saying it to her. She almost died laughing
I hope Charlotte sees this comment! Hella cute ❤️
It's the little things like these that are the "sprinkles" of daily life. Wish I could've seen it. 😂 (Also, I bet your wife may be like many of us who are grateful not to be named "Karen"....I feel bad for all of the kind-hearted, actual Karens of the world. lol.)
Too funny!!!!🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's not OK to use Charlotte's videos to off your wife! 😂
💛
Years ago I met a really handsome man at a bar, and we exchanged phone numbers. He called me. I thought it was for a date. We set up a time for him to come over and I was making him dinner; he brought his a-frame stand, poster paper, and information for a pyramid thing. I was so EMBARRASSED! Ugh. I sat through his "presentation" dying on the inside a little more each time he flipped to a new poster.
OMG THATS INSANE 😤😂
Bet there was no second date! What a clueless jerk. I wonder how many other dates he’s done this to.
No way!!!!
Omg wow!
Thats awful, what a jerk !
The sad part is, these can destroy families. Some of them go deeply in debt, thinking they’ll make it big in the “business”!
💛
Someone I know is in that position right now. It's so heartbreaking because they still refuse to believe its an MLM
It doesn't always end up in debt, however a person has to work hard just to stay even. I know a couple where the husband makes enough money for the two of them to live comfortably. The wife is doing her MLM and just making enough to remain even. She works hard at it. The husband tells me she doesn't add anything to their income by doing it, he's just glad she has something to do while he's working and not out spending everything he makes.
I have two sister in laws (both older than me), that are both in an mlm and the one has done a different mlm prior to her current one. It gets so old. I’d so much rather support them in something they create artistically. I always feel like a bad person because I feel as though all they see is that I never support them in their mlm “business”.
My sister and brother-in-law are still working their same retail/restaurant jobs they've had for like 15 years while also trying to push their "not an mlm" mlm bs on the rest of our family... Getting more and more upset, hurt, and made that we don't "support them" and "don't care enough about them!" Now, when we have tried to buy something we'd normally buy, but do it through their website, it was the most difficult, asinine, buggy, time-consuming thing ever and we had to call them repeatedly for help to just log in and checkout, etc... while they are 6-7 hours behind us!!! I managed to do this successfully once with a vacuum cleaner. he then tried pressuring me to order everyday things like toilet paper, etc., through her website; I was working long, hard hours at the office trying to support my then-husband and my young son and we had no disposable income! (They had even lived with us for a while right after they graduated college, so knew this firsthand!)
A few years later, we found out that even though they never came to see our parents because "traveling to the mainland is too expensive", they were constantly flying all over the US for seminars and conventions, or whatever they're called, for their mlm! Then, they had the audacity to tell us that if we were to get them a Christmas gift, it needed to be through their website or they didn't want it and if they got another Amazon gift card, they were going to be upset, " since Amazon is their #1 competitor" (wtf, um... No. Just, no.) and they would throw it away!!! We stopped sending presents. In the last decade, we've only seen them twice: for a wedding reception for them and for our funeral. We barely even chat with them in the family chats; it's so sad.
@@xxshamixx Something like 5-8% in MLMs actually come out ahead. The rest lose money.
Using a diffuser anywhere outside your home is rude, dangerous, and a great way to open yourself up to a lawsuit/possible manslaughtercharge; people can be, and many are, allergic to certain scents or to perfumed products in general.
My mother got one of those super emoticon heavy messages on her Facebook, and she was all, "What is this incomprehensible sh!t?" She almost got me to choke on my cereal. 😆
I have a friend who just had a hysterectomy. She literally posted a selfie from her hospital bed the day after her surgery with her skincare that she is selling. The grind never stops! 🤣
And they really seem to target their "friends".
Omg 🤣🤣🤣
Now THAT'S dedication!!! 🤣😂
I meannnnn gotta pay those hospital bills ig 😳
Trying to pay hospital bills on less than minimum wage is tough!
“You need to lose weight!”
“We can’t all be fitness freaks like you!”
That was hilarious. There is so much to unpack in that conversation lol
@ 7:45 that story about the husband broke my heart. I fell for LuLaRoe, worst mistake of my life. The sad part is no one recruited me, I was like this is awesome I have to join! What little confidence I had left was crushed.
You got out! Many are still getting caught in the scam, to this day. Maybe not LuLaRoe, but others.
Sigh.... my wife is watching this after work. Maybe she’ll understand (her) women’s groups are full of these
Good luck!
😂😂😂😂😂 I don't know if you meant this to be as funny as it is but it's absolutely tickling me
@@neliradu9337, right? You’re not the only one! 😂
My Mom did Tupperware in the 1970s, & I still felt guilty & bought a few things from a friend selling it in 2019! Wow!
There are multiple "MLM caused my divorce" vids here on YT. Patient husbands tired of flushing their money down the drain.
Godspeed ❤️
When my friend got a call from a scamming company (well known in my area) he put his then 8 year old son on the phone. By the time he told them who his favourite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle was they hung up. Me and my friend still joke about this (his son is now 12)
Haha!, I got called once by a "I've heard you've had a car accident " scam phone call. I went along with all their questions and it turns out I was pissed driving the car I just stole, crashed into wigwam and did a runner cos the police were after me for being a car thief. Strange that the line went dead after 15 minutes of their ridiculous questions hmm 🤣
Someone get that kid a cookie bouquet.
@@tracyllewellyn5942 I do not even drive and I always (at least once a mouth) in a car accident that was not my fault.
EPIC
So child labour to fight scammers? A bit radical. But when they push us, we let children push them back. That is what grown ups do...😂
The cards aren’t fake, that’s how they are paid...so there was no money in that card because she wasn’t paid enough to pay that bill...she just lied about it!
@Silicon Nomad it’s an “opportunity” ;)
Well, she paid with her bank account, but wanted the world to think she paid out of her Younique funds. Maybe she did pay with her MLM funds but not with that particular card… see it’s the slightest deception that has to make you curious about the integrity as a whole for that person. If she had held up the receipt and said “THANK GOODNESS for YOUNIQUE I was able to take care of this dental bill with my side hustle!” No one would have batted an eye. But now we all know she is a liar 🤥 over a $200 expense, what else is she lying about?
I honestly believe the receipt is fake, the lay out/format is weird and inconsistent. I've seen lots of receipts from big stores to small towns and none have ever looked like this, this is choppy and hard to understand
@@selenagomezjaz that receipt doesn’t look fake. My eye dr and dentist both have receipts like that…
Yes, this, 100%. The Younique card they get paid with is a pre-paid Mastercard. But they paid with Visa. Not from the Younique card.
I remember being convinced to be part of some type of MLM thing back when I was 19 (20 years ago). It had to do with an internet service. They focused on you reaching out to close family and friends because they will want to help you. I think I made about 5 calls and quit. It felt so slimy.
Yep, lavender oil definitely helps with dead kid problems. A+
I was grieving & so upset, holding his fav teddy bear, looking at his little aroma diffuser, knowing that these specific oils that cost $19.99 per month billed directly to your credit card of choice, would help the whole family, & now we're at Disney! Thanks Bullsh*t Essential Oils! We never think of him now!
Just morbid...
Trish H it's DANK. Dive deeper (I suspect you already know) and you uncover preying on CANCER pts/family
Like... you are lower than a snake's belly. Gtfo hunbots
Keeps the smell down..
Hahahaha!!! This may be the best and funniest comment I’ve ever read!! Lol!! Omg!! That’s too funny!!!
I wasn't just the weird kid in HS, I stayed a weird adult. Even my mom friends in their little scam clubs didn't try to recruit me. One invited me to her Mary Kay event once, it was the saddest thing. Grown women moved to tears over getting a dumb dollar store ribbon for sales or recruiting. Silently psychologically analyzing each woman in the room was the only thing that kept me from visibly cringing.
This comment was ride,
@@screamingbanshee1282 "Ride it, my pony"
@@Tim_Shu if it's not my little pony I don't care
Yeah, MLM persuasion tactics don't work on self-aware, independent(weird), analytical thinkers who can spot when claims don't logically add up. If your instinct tells you a situation feels creepy, get out. Anyone who knows me would be too afraid of my critical reaction if they tried to pitch me, and I don't purposely associate with many people who are susceptible to these kinds of scams.
@@kstreet This is why atheists are much less likely to join a scam like this. It does happen, of course, but the religious- in particular the highly religious- are way more susceptible. To the point that I have never seen MLMs mentioned in a favorable or even neutral light in atheist circles. It's always pretty much well known that it's a scam.
Once you let magical thinking be a big influence in your life and put way too much stock into "feeling in your heart", you're well on your way to fall for a scam like this. The fusion of religion and MLM is not incidental: churches are a golden opportunity for huns and things like "Monat ministries" are bizarre but make perfect sense, given everything.
My coworker was complaining to me about her new shampoo and how she spent $60. She was like "I dont think it's working just yet, patches of my hair are greasy". It was Monat. 💛
Why is the little heart you added at the end SO SAVAGE?!?!? 🤣
@@woof6056 watch the video till the end!
The ones that copy and paste the messages with the prompts are SENDING ME 😂😂
This is GOLD!! My favorite are the ones who forget to personalize the message before they send it out, especially the one who said she hit send too early and literally tried to start over. WOW 🤣🤣
Every time I hear about pyramid schemes Kenobi's voice echoes in my head. "Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows him?" Lol 💛
💛 We need a part 2. It is both funny and sad, but it also highlights what a bad idea it is. Use your powers for good, Charlotte!!!
1000000000000% agree on this.
Ufortunately the people who really need to see this won't watch it
Yoo I just looked it up! You're right, Monat charges like $19-25 to cancel, depending on how many orders you've placed. Such a scam. LMFAOOO.
My own family that I haven't spoken to in ages did this to me... i was like "omg cousin! How are you its been ages" and not even 2 messages in "have you heard or Arborn?" Like..... weow
At least thei smooth it out mine wherw straight to the scheme 🤦♀️ I'm a hairstyles and she was trying to get me into Monat the nerves of some.
OMG I can't believe Charlotte LIED to us!!!!!
9:24 Charlotte - "Okay, we got time for a couple more." [continues and only shows us ONE more!!!!]
Noooooooooo!!!!!!! The humanityyyyyyy!!!!! 💛💛💛
😂😂😂 IM SORRY
Lmao omg the realness of this comment 🤣. I swear when I heard her say "got time for a couple more" I thought yaay not just time for one more? Then bam, she hits us with just one more lolol 🤦🏻♀️
UA-cam content provider Rule #743: Always leave them wanting more.
💛 Think of the children!!
This is the second time she does this. Broke my yellow heart. 💛
💛💛💛 for all the families ripped apart by these horrible companies. God Bless
I got caught up briefly in 2 MLMs. But that was in the early 90s when digital life had not even begun, so nobody knew anything. We literally stumbled about like blind drunks before the internet. 💛
Your "Alright, we got time for uh couple more" accent, is FABULOUS!! Yes, a part 2. I will ALWAYS make it to the end!! 💛
Wow! That is persistent!😂 But seriously: Read some of your other comments before (and maybe liked some...). I feel like you speak for a lot of us. I just like your attitude. Just wanted to say that.
GETS YOU EVERY TIME
@@CharlotteDobre 👸 I love Charlotte!!
@@CharlotteDobre So you do that accent on purpose than...I see...
what's nation is that accent from anyway?
My favorite message I have ever received in my life is from a girl who used to bully me for being effeminate asking me to try some Mary Kay 😂
I still get messages to this day from a "friend" selling Mary Kay although I got a severe allergic reaction to the stuff and had to go to the doctor for a year every 2-3 weeks cause it was so bad (that was 2012). I even made sure to meet up with her during that time and even my doctor filed a complaint cause this stuff was never ever testet in europe cause it contained stuff which was not allowed at the time. Unbelievable. 😅 🙈
I have a cousin that has unfortunately tried two MLM’s and lost so much money in both. The second one she joined was the absolute worst. I wanted to support her but I just couldn’t support the companies. It took her loosing her entire savings to finally wake her up. She’s done with every and all pyramid schemes.. Love you, Charlotte 💛💛
My dad did 13. After 40 years of this my entire life. We lost our livelihoods to it. I never got higher education cause we were taught not to waste it. That IT was a scheme and to join companies. We never learned about hard work or investing money or retirement or any of it. Now I’m 40 and babysit for a living. Physically become disabled due to genetic disease and can’t get disability due to no work history. People don’t understand why I won’t sign up to their mlm. They sicken me. I hate them with every piece of me.
I receive so many DMs like this specially when they give you 100% discount and then ask you to pay for shipping or they want you to but products and then promote then on your social media. They want free promotion and expect you to pay.
I’m a hairstylist. I cut and color my husbands coworkers hair. She now wants me to support her Herbalife “business” because she supports my business. 🤦🏼♀️
wtf
Tell her you don’t use mlm products
@@theoistrying9904 oh my gosh! I have! And I have another client who brings her Monat to use on her hair instead of my products. I did NOT feel a difference at all. And a few clients who did use it, lost a bunch of hair. I’m assuming it’s the monat, and so do they.
@@gracieshepardtothemax1743 You would be right! The number of class action suits they have faced and are facing - Yeah, its the Monat!
I was a Bro-Bot for Herbalife, FLP (Are they still around?) and Pampered Chef... So I genuinely feel for you... No one needs that shit! (Even if these companies do have ACTUALLY GOOD PRODUCTS... Well, FLP and Pampered Chef...) - The Business Model is a JOKE!!! and DESTRUCTIVE!
No joke, if these three put most of their shit on store shelves at a reasonable retal price - Not the infalted prices they charge in MLM... They would be making BILLIONS! So I cannot and do not understand WHY they insist on this DNAGEROUS and UNETHICAL Pyramid Scheme shite!
@@Phoenix2312 Herbalife -"highly processed shakes & many supplements, some of which have been linked to negative health affects. Long term effectiveness is yet to be studied". FLP - "Was critisised by UK Advertising Standards Authority for making false claims about it's products & selling products as cures for various diseases raging from diabeties & Chrohn's disease"..."Their products have not been evaluated by the FDA"... "The products are cheap & nasty". Pampered Chef - "The prices are exceptionally higher than what is found in stores & the income stated is exceptional. The thousands making NO MONEY stay hush hush". "extremely poor value." "I've experienced numerous problems with their stoneware". I could sit here for HOURS telling u about consultants not being paid, people ordering products & having the money(sometimes more) taken from their bank & goods never received. Asking for refunds for faulty goods, instead given a credit note(IF they are LUCKY ENOUGH to be able to conact someone. And LUCKY ENOUGH to hear back) so they can get more faulty products - YAY!!! There are MANY, MANY REASONS why the 3 companies u mentioned aren't on store shelves. Their products are inferior, prices highly inflated, & above all, They are all MLM scams & cons. They are NOT legitimate business's. Their products are not legitimate, not tested, are dangerous, are provide no value - finacial, or in regards to what a product is meant to do.
*me in 2017* : "I'm in an MLM I'm gonna become a millionaire"
*me in 2021 : watching Charlotte* "What a dumb.a I was !"
💛Call them out and disinfect all these MLM roaches in the sunshine! You go, Charlotte! 😃
If you ARE considering joining an MLM just think about it this way:
- you want to do something to make some money
- you decide to open a shoe store and sell shoes
- having opened the shoe store, how long would it take before you thought "I can make even more money if I can convince some friends and contacts to also open shoe stores to compete with my shoe store" ?
( hint: the correct answer is : I would never think that )
Why would you think joining an MLM to sell a product would earn you more money if you found more people to sell the same product?
Perfect illustration, I just might copy and save! I live in DFW area of TX, and we are SATURATED. Lots of companies host their yearly conventions here, or are based in the area, Mary Kay, Premiere Jewelry, are 2 I drive past regularly. But I live in suburbia hell and I see Scensy, Amway, Arbonne, until recently Advocare (they got shut down due to a new President that’s hanged it right into a Pyramid) Younique, Juice Plus, Herbalife, < they prey on my Hispanic neighbors like the JW’s) Prime America, Color Street, Jamberry, Optiva, Beachbody, Zeal, etc. I know I’m leaving several out, but you get the point. Women are highly targeted, and it’s just exactly how you explained it above, everyone is selling everyone else on the dream of financial freedom. It’s very parasitic.
Actually you gain money by recruiting more people because they’re being paid by the people they recruit
@@ninjaked1265 In other words, a pyramid scheme.
@@ninjaked1265 the product is the recruits. Not the product. That's how you know.
@@frangipanivine yeah I know, OP just didn’t describe MLMs correctly because he put emphasis on the product instead of recruiting
MLMs are common in mom related groups on FB. I was pregnant, with social anxiety to begin with, thinking all of these fellow moms were adding me to befriend me so we can support each other. A lot of them tried to get me to either purchase stuff or join their team and used my pregnancy as a persuasion tactic.
Some even GET PREGNANT in order to "boost their business". And recommend this to others, which is so, do irresponsible.
They don't send fake cards. She was pretending she used her "younique" mastercard to pay, when in actuality she paid with her probably now maxed out VISA credit card.
Actually, she paid with her debit card, from her chequing account. Good news is, looks like she still had money in the bank to cover her purchase! Haha!
I’m glad I have social phobia so I’m literally to scared to impose on people in the slightest. And I’ve yet to figure out what arbonne actually is.
Got a call a few days ago from a friend of mine from college a few days back and she was asking if I wanted to sit in on this zoom meeting and "join her business." I agreed without thinking about anything as she had the highest grades throughout the two years of post secondary schooling.
I was under the impression that she was actually starting her own not for profit business as we took rec and community development at our college. Little did I know what I was actually getting myself into until I logged on and realized that it was the oldest MLM company out there, AMWAY. They already had my friend but they were not going to trick me. It's almost like she was brainwashed into believing this was a legitimate non sketchy business. After that, I messaged her telling her that I was not interested and she was super cool about it but it still just shocks me how even the smartest folks can get hooked into this kind of thing. I will never be part of a pyramid scheme, not over my dead body.
I think the oldest MLM is Avon but still a sad story.
I had a coworker try to get me to join Amway under the guise that I could buy things for the office (I was the Office Manager) at a cheaper price. She started drawing all these circles explaining how it worked. I said, nope, not joining a pyramid scheme. She said, no look, it's not a pyramid scheme and started referring to the circles again. I shut her down and told her that if she tried to recruit any other employees into this scam (at best, illegal at worst) pyramid scheme, I would see that she lost her job. She didn't and left the company a few weeks later.
My favorite is the being weird in high school one. FACTS. Nobody EVER hits me up with these messages. Thank goodness.
These “boss babes” selling strategies are so predatory too. A lot of these essential oil MLMs have “fertility” oils, and their sellers are taught to target women who have recently miscarried/had a stillbirth promising that the oil will ensure that never happens again 🙁 really messed up
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Yep! I had a friend who recieved a message like that literally 2 days after her baby was stillborn. Its repulsive.
oh my god. these seriosly fucked up and probably dangerous healthwise
Not to mention the people who search within support groups for chronic illnesses
Shouldn't someone be shutting these sketchy companies down?
Is the teacher working at a public school? Because, if so, the MLM angle AND telling students about their recently deceased friend having gone "to heaven" are seriously unprofessional.
i need a part 2 of this so bad for the comic relief lol growing up my parents fell for so many MLMs/pyramid schemes i've lost track, there was amway, monavie, another one selling kitchen pots & pans, and now my dad is a superfanboy of Kangen water.
Me, too! Amway, Excel, Kangen... my parents were bankrupt by the time I was a teen. It was part of why my parents divorced because mom was so sick of it. I’m 40 and dad is still trying to find the perfect “get rich quick” scheme. 🤪
@@creative_thimble560 I'm so sorry your family had to go through that. it really sucks to see all the personal relationships and families ruined by MLM brainwashing. my dad bought something like 24 cases of monavie (acai berry juice packaged in wine bottles to look fancy) when he was with the Monavie cult back when i was in high school (which he still has around 6 cases left to this day because he won't admit he was wrong), and it was advertised to be full of antioxidants and would "prevent cancer", but then the most ironic thing was that my mom got diagnosed with lung cancer a couple years later, then eventually passed away from it and to this day he still won't admit he got scammed into it. it's been like 6 years and now its the Kangen water MLM, so we basically don't talk about it because i refused to join. sighh #boomergeneration
💛 I got suckered into one of these as a teen mom. The whole community is toxic and manipulative! It's just ridiculous
Same. It was at the end of my pregnancy with my first baby and I was hella scared of the future. It took me about two months to realize what it actually was. Embarrassing to admit, but it does happen all the time.
The sad fact that my husband’s family is full of MLM victims Especially my sister in law who is in 3 different mlms
It sounds like an addiction
@@larapalma3744 nailed it, the desperation for financial freedom being sold to her by parasites. She outta just head to a casino with her money.
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I’m new here and I’ve watched this and part 2 and you’re hilarious
My heart goes out to all of those victimized by MLMs
Anyone else notice the one about the teacher where she says please send prayers for her and the other students but never mentions the grieving parents who just lost their six-year-old child?
Yeah. I'm a parent and I'd go slap that bitch if she posted that after I lost my child. I'd then report to every social media outlet she posted that shit on.
Yeah...that was messed up. Super low blow, just to try peddling some crap product
what else is horrible is that even without being in one of those shittacular MLMs people expect to get attention off of stuff that really has nothing to do with them like, "oh my husband's first cousin's wife's sister wife bff had to have her dog put to sleep yesterday. please pay for me while i get through this grieving process." but what these people will say and do to get people to buy their shit or sign under them is beyond disgusting. if you haven't heard of it yet, look into the arbonne cancer scandal. be prepared to be infuriated.
It's disgusting if it was real that the child past away, and equally gross if she made the whole thing up.
Pretty unethical.
I don’t think she is really a teacher, her grammar was atrocious.
Super creepy that I saw 2 adverts for MLM “coaches” trying to get people to pay for their “courses” while watching this video. 😂😂😂
The being weird in high school meaning you don’t get harassed by Huns spoke to me on a deep and personal level
*weird girl fist bump*
#same
As someone who has spent my whole life being extremely sensitive to fragrances and certain smells, the teacher diffusing oils in the classroom makes me furious. I suffered horribly when all my classmates discovered germ-x scents and then again at my current job with my bosses and their goddamn wax melts.
PLEASE RECIGNIZE THAT FRAGRANCE ALLERGIES DO EXIST AND SOME OILS ARE PART OF THAT
Bro I know this is many months later, but SAME. No scent sensitivities, just allergies. I worked in a well paying job and even then about 1/3 of the women in the department were sidelining gigs as doTERRA sales (an essential oils mlm) and VERY MUCH overused their products and then the ones who weren't selling were buying into it so at least 2/3 of the women and a couple men in the department had oils going heavily all the time. I was ALLERGIC AF to most of them. Work became a literal haze of blurry, eye-watering, itching, sneezing, can't breathe torture. I asked those closest to me to tone it down but DANG it was like I was asking them to cut off a finger. Finally I went to my manager and said please I'm begging you I am so allergic (she had oils going in her room at the time). Her response: "There's no way you can be allergic to these - they're all natural!!!" She wasn't a dealer just a user but what a dumb statement. Because of course people are NEVER allergic to anything in nature and that's how it works right?
Your comment just made me think of it, that's all. Luck wished to you for 2023!
I once stumbled over an Amway meeting. I felt like I just walked into a cult meeting. Seriously scared the shit out of me. So yeah, MLMs give me a bad vibe :D
Nokwanda Soko I hope you talk to her about it soon. It has ruined lives.
I seriously felt the same way! My mum's co- worker invited her for a "conference" about a business "opportunity" and my mum wanted me to tag along in case I was interested. I already had a bad feeling about it but I just wanted to accompany my mum just in case. Yeah, it's exactly what I assumed it to be, it was an MLM conference and it was so awkward and cult-like. The way they hype up the crowd, talk about all these hierarchy(hello pyramid scheme), getting rich and calling people up to hype everyone up, the expensive cars, homes and trips all these successful members have, the potential vacations you can win, etc. I felt like they were gonna offer a Kool-aid at the end lol I told my mum we should leave. Thank God she felt the same way 🤣
MLMs - If crony capitalism and an extreme cult had a love child.
@@nokwanda.s759 It's a cult!
I was tricked into going to one of the meetings under the guise of some important meeting about "helping people." I was so annoyed but stayed till the end because I didn't want to offend them. When it was over the presenter came to talk to me about signing up. I told him I was in a hurry. He kept calling me for weeks afterwards. When I didn't answer the phone or return his calls he got the message.
7:27 If “boss babe” is actually telling the truth... If I was that child’s mother, I’d punch the teacher in the face for using my child’s death as an ad for her marketing scheme.
Oh, and of course, 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
oh no! are you serious!?! that is absolutely horrible. :(
We should be allowed to have access to this person's info and publicly shame them on a site like The Dirty used to
@@melindabraun6060 uhh did you even watch the video?
@@frangipanivine uhh....you got nothing interesting to say, do you? lol
@@frangipanivine yeah, seams to be your thing little troll. lmao
I remember my high school electronics teacher bringing in a VHS tape about some MLM he'd gotten hooked into to show students. It was pretty sad.
According to research at the FTC, a whopping 99% of recruited sellers lose money in an MLM venture. That means just 1% actually turn a profit. That is generally just those at the very top of a recruitment structure
I just love how you enunciate the word SCHEME lol 💛
I was stupid. I’m on disability and wanted to help my family. I signed up for one of these schemes. I wish I never had. The “friend” that told me how great it was and how much I could help my family is no longer my “friend” 💛
💛 it’s the c/p for meeee
Heyyy I know you 🤔
Omg ur Here?❤️💜💙 🦋
Kind of like how you used 30+ clips from another influencer in your own vid, hoping she wouldn’t notice, and then threw your “team” under the bus? Sounds like a Rachel Hollis kinda move 🤔🤔
@@Puglover130 was thinking the same thing
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I want a part two! I watch your videos in the morning and it always starts the day right lol. Love your stuff! 😂
While watching this an ad came up... Exactly after words "watch this video" and first words in the ad were smt like "you don't have to be poor and you can be your own boss just watch this video"...
I died
I got 3 of those commercials while watching this one video! I thought the first one was part of this video.
6:50 She used a different card to pay, and got caught. The MLM card isn't fake, it just doesn't have any money on it.
Do more. My favorite MLMs are the ones that say they AREN'T MLMs, but give you the same layout when explaining why they aren't MLMs. And the fact that this vid coincides with the death of Bernie Madoff is some savage shade. I'm here for it.
Once I had an ex that tried to get me into Amway and when I search it, knew it... MLM 🤬 Fortunately stayed as an ex 😂 Great video Charlotte 💛
I saw a guy at the gym once that had to be around 400+ lbs and had a Herbalife tattoo on his arm and was wearing a shirt that said, “Ask me how to lose weight”....yeah gonna wait and see those results before that inquiry big guy!
Edit: 💛 added!
It wasn’t a fake card she used a visa to pay then pretended like she paid with her younique card when she didn’t have enough on there to pay. 💛
Also, the Unique card was a Mastercard and she paid with a Visa. I've seen these a lot on MLMs and social media liars. They pay with a Visa and then pretend to pay with their unique Mastercard.
@@TaxidriverBarbi actually she paid with debit. It’s right there in account type. 4519 is an RBC debit card.
@@1486230, yes, but most, if not all debit go through Visa or Mastercard. She literally says in the video that the numbers start with a 4 like Visa. That's how the cardholder got busted, by the buster knowing about Visa beginning. I can't remember what Mastercard begins with
That's how you can use debit in places that only take credit and your bank allows it.
@@TaxidriverBarbi not in Canada. Debit transactions are processed by Interac.
Had one of those idiots trying to convince me to be an "influencer" for their brand. I responded with, "bro...I've only got like 100 followers, and not trying to get more...you're barking up the wrong tree."
ROFL...those scripts being sent are damn funny, especially the one where she corrected herself and then just re-sent the same script(cut) ahhh😂😂😂😂 I will never regret deleting my social media accounts, EVAH!
💛 Good Day Potato Queen! Yes, please do a second part! I can tell you that I spent many years being involved with a certain company that sells makeup/perfume/etc. and thinking I was making some money on the side when I was really losing money because the cost of certain things was not outweighed by the few orders (even when I had a lot of orders) I would get. While some of these businesses that are classified as MLMs have good products, having to force people to pay for stuff up front, host parties and constantly reach out to others to try to recruit them, isn't cool.
I’m sorry, I just gotta say....the way Charlotte says “scheme” is the cutest freaking thing I’ve heard all week.
Cute isn’t it. She does pronounce it right at least once, but it was no where near as adorable
@@Betsyischilling you're a delicate flower if you thought that innocuous comment was creepy. Go to your safe space now. Jeez.
@@Betsyischilling You need help.
@@Betsyischilling not every man is a creeper. There is nothing wrong with saying something is cute. Cute doesn't always mean "I want to bone you". Get over yourself. I'm also a woman and found nothing wrong with the comment. You are super juvenile, but hopefully you'll mature one day. Hopefully.
P.S. I'm def not the flower in this convo. Go back to your gender studies.
@@chriswhite4999 agreed. She probably got the idea he was creepy from the profile pic tho, the expression is a lil scary.
The line “my business” or “created my own business” makes me roll my eyes so hard. Like…it’s not YOUR business… just making someone else rich who actually created that business lol
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It's like saying that you 'own your own business' because you're earning commission selling on the shop floor at your job at the electronics store. Except the store doesn't make you buy the TVs you're selling, and they still pay you a wage.
Exactly. But they are so brain washed into thinking that it is "their own business" that you can not tell them otherwise. They only believe that it is all a lie after they get screwed and loose tons of money by buying the worthless product and making a lot of money for the real owners. Sad but true.
You're timing is EVERYTHING Charlotte! Bravo!! xoxo
Controversial subject Charlotte 🧐🤨. You’re either brave or a bit cray cray but would never want you to change 💛💛
Why? Cray cray?
@@selkieseal545 probably someone from an MLM in their feelings abt this video.
Why is this one controversial?
I got approached at Walmart by a girl I went to high school with, it was awkward to decline her MLM without laughing in her face
I always get messages from companies I’ve never heard of to model clothing for them, and it makes no sense, since I’ve never showed my face on Instagram and yet they don’t know what I look like
I have a private Instagram account, so the only photo you can publicly see is my profile picture, and I also have maybe 60 followers, but I get those modeling messages too.
That happened to me recently! My insta is private and my profile pic isn't even of me!
I use to work in ABA so with children who had developmental disabilities and it was one of the first things learned that YOU CANNOT WEAR ESSENTIAL OILS. They are actually considered behavior changing. Meaning as a teacher you cannot use it unless ALL the parents signed off on it. Any child with any sort of disability cannot be given this unless stated in a IEP or 504. Not to mention children without one should be asked if they are ok with it and their parents should be notified.
💛💛💛💛 It really is so sad to see so many fall into that trap and then drown financially because they just don’t know how to get out.
I always feel bad when a close friend or family member get suckered into these. I want to support you and your adventure but I just know it’s short term and going to end badly. Typically “boss babes” have WAY more money invested than they’re actually making. They’re just SO excited that they can’t see it. 💛
💛💛💛 Great way to start the morning! Pyramid schemes are the worst!
i worked for one of these companies, the biggest essential oils company in the world. i was a marketing manager. the products were supposed to make life better. 2 years later i was burned out, was taking several medication for anxiety, suffer homophobia and harassment and now i have a lawsuit where they try to prove im the one to blame. :) great people these MLM fellas.
One of my moms cousins opened with “your wedding was soooo beautiful, would you be interesting in trying the hair care product I sell..” I didn’t even open the message just straight deleted it. Like we aren’t even in the same state.. 🤣
💛 I almost fell for one of these like 10 years ago. Thank goodness my dad stepped in and set me straight.
working from home is the best because I keep winning employee of the month! though i am running out of space for the framed photos of myself
Small tip from another from-home worker: If you have any pets, make them employee of the month too every now and then - that makes it way more believable... 😉😁
You get the parking space though!
Yes, definitely a part 2💛
I have a friend who's into at least five different MLMs. I worry about her, because it's got to all come crashing down at some point.
I left my hometown 3 years ago and went deep into the woods. These days if anyone from there hits me up on Facebook messenger I already know it's a mlm scheme lol. So damn awkward and annoying... loved the video today had me laughing 😅🙏🏹🏹
After hearing Charlotte say scheme, I want to hear how she pronounces school.
Haha, I thought the same so went looking in the comments to see if anyone had mentioned 😂
Hahaha!! It’s burned into my brain. I’m afraid I will now accidentally start saying “shhhhkeem.” Shhkeem shhkeem shhkeem shhkeem! She’s so effin’ cute when she does it, though. (And she said “skeem” once!)
I saw that too. I love Canada 🇨🇦 seriously. If it wasn’t so dang cold I’d live there for sure.
She pronounces scheme just fine. It’s only pyramid scheme that gets the extra treatment
@@heatherfoster2497 oh no! How could you! Now I am going to have to listen out for her to say scheme in a non MLM context. I might have to watch all her videos again!!😂
7:17 NO SHE DIDNT!!!!!!!!!! I audibly gasped at the audacity
💛 My friends involved me in one of those a few years ago. As a single mom with three kids I could always use extra money to help with our bills. Sadly we all truly just wanted to get healthy and help others do the same. We all spent so much money on the products but our "business" never took off. At least the products did seem to help me lose weight so at least it wasn't a total loss. Just wish I had come to my senses sooner. Could have saved myself thousands.
i remember one day i was extremely bored, just lying on my bed contemplating life when i get an invitation from an ex coworker who told me he was going to a "party with the most influential people in the country" and me thinking oh wow this guy is inviting me to hang out with millionares or something, sure..i'll go. it was an herbalife recruiting reunion. they sang songs.
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They sang songs.
Omg 😂🤣
@@Hawkmoon1981 i dont remember the lyrics but i think they were herbalife songs and motivational songs and i just felt i was in a cult xd
@@heidi4639 That is creepy AF 😂😱
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💛 I use to be in a MLM and stopped cause it was awful. I supported someone from Monat too and also had trouble canceling. I called and told them their products were destroying my hair (and it was true) and if they didn’t cancel I would go to the news and join the lawsuit. Let’s just say they cancelled me quickly lol
Oh my, here my aunt went on a pyramid scheme and the whole family got worried. But in the end everything went fine, at least for now until she find another thing to worry the family with 💛💛 luv ur videos!!