I was in Amway for 3 years, from experience cold contacting I can tell you that she 100% believes in what she’s doing. She’ll take the story back to her upline/team and it’ll be more positive reinforcement for her to keep doing it in spite of how weird/ineffective it is. 15 years is a LOT of programming. 😮 Glad you were able to inform the girl of what she was about to walk into!
I was approached at Walmart by a lady after having a very delightful conversation. I was very lonely and depressed being isolated with two small children and I really thought the lady was trying to be my friend. We exchanged information, then just before I walked away she pitched me about making money in a great opportunity that changed her life. I walked away, deleted and blocked her number and legitimately cried. She totally played on my emotions and my isolated state of being a stay at home mom. Thanks for your work Marco! Your saving people from being scammed.
Don’t beat yourself down for this You were clearly not at your best And she moved based on this, like an animal. Your feelings just validate that your human
This was great Marco! I was in amway for 2 years. What she did was “posture” herself by acting naive at first and then flipping it on you to ask you what you know about the company. These people will say in business plans “we will meet with about 10 people and only decide to work with 1 or 2 people” making it seem like it’s lucrative. Yet once the prospects leave they have a training session for the “IBO’s” and basically rally them up to get more guests to these plans so that their upline can hit a new rank. Bribing with “what you do for your upline, your downline will do for you” smh
Hahaha! IBOs! I forgot all about that! Independent Business Owners. I've been to 2 Amway events myself and was almost recruited. I was a business and salesman by nature so they like frequenting our job sites. At the time I was very young, 19, but I didn't go any deeper. Later when I was about 29, I was approached again outside of a gas station because I was wearing a business suit 😅. I had a conversation with the guy and told him the truth about the industry. He refused to believe it but we kept in touch. We're still friends today (I'm 37) and he no longer does Amway 😅. He never made any money! I know at least 6 people that got sucked in and none of them are millionaires today and they're no longer in the business 🤷♂️
Marco, you should print out some cards that says “you may have been scammed….”, that your audience can purchase and keep in their wallets to quietly hand over to victims they see being recruited.
^^^ this is an incredibly good idea. So many people get intimidated in the moment. A simple message like "Sorry for the interruption and I know this is weird, but the person you were just talking to was trying to con you into joining a pyramid scheme scam. You can find out more if you scan this QR code." And have it link to a video.
This is another excellent video! I love that you are investigative and really dig in to these MLM companies and their true bad actors when most just react to what the MLM "influencers" espouse on social media.. This is SO deep and there is so MUCH MORE to this than just that. It is a lot of HARD WORK going down all the rabbit holes to connect the dots. Thank you so much for taking this on. I realize I'm not your typical demographic but I really do enjoy your content, your passion and your sense of humor. I am so glad you decided to return to the anti-mlm space.
Speaking from a former Amyway distributor. I can honestly that say it was one of the worst decisions in my life. I recruited people and wasted a lot of time and money. Thank you Marco for saving that young girl from getting used and abused by Amway.
My friend is trying to recruit me for amway as a mentor and hid the fact that we would be selling products for 3 weeks I think I’m going to let him know today I’m not a good fit for it
@@ChattinBoxingWYB hey man may i ask for an advice ? I became an IBO in august and i just came in after a breakthrough at Orlando. When i am on my way to home, I met this guy who told me that he excited the buisness for a few reasons. I talked with him and i started digging. That’s how i saw this video and your comment. If you got time pls show me the avenue in how can i exit peacefully if things don’t work?
A few months back I went out to lunch with my boss at the local Panera. While sitting there, I heard this dude (hard to not hear him with how loudly he was talking) on the phone, talking about all the renovations happening on his house, how much money that was costing him, the new car he was buying, and the vacation he was planning to take his family on, blah blah blah. After ending his loud ass phone call, he looked over to the table next to him (directly in front of me) and struck up a random conversation. At this table was a mother and daughter that was just starting college, eating lunch and talking about daughter's job and how to afford college. This dude starts telling them all about how he retired his wife at 21, how his "business" is exploding and he's looking for people "just like her" to join his team and be the next top earner.....My stomach dropped. It took all of my self control to not interrupt his pitch and tell him to leave those women alone. After he left, I walked over to them and told them what he was actually doing. I told them that he is not an actual business owner (hence why he NEVER named the company), he did not retire his wife at 21, and he is going to try and exploit them for their money, time, energy and value. I begged them to block his number, not to meet with him and definitely DO NOT join his "business". Unfortunately I am a crier and had to fight back tears as I talked to them, because I know the damage these MLMs do and hate to think of a mom & daughter being taken advantage of, just for having a conversation about college and the wrong person overhearing them! UGH makes my blood boil! My hope is they didn't meet with dude and are avoiding all other people that pitch them this garbage. Keep up the good work Marco!
You did the right thing. I get the same reaction as seeing someone get physically bullied. When I see these interactions I can't help myself I get all up in that convo just like in high-school I get into full blown physical fights defending some random kid I don't even know getting punked. Makes my internal rage fire up. Scammers and bullies...I'll pick a fight with them any damn day of the week
Thank God you came in to save that victim from financial debt. It's tough nowadays to find work, and people like that woman pry heavily on the gullible.
“She liked my iPad” staahhhhhhp 😩😩😩😩 how they pretend to be interested in you and be your friend is the most annoying and enraging part of MLMs. I hate them all
Lol I sat at a Panera Bread one afternoon in between meetings and come rando complemented me on my ugly, utilitarian laptop case (I wouldn't have picked it if it were my personal laptop) and I already knew they were trying to contact me (My Fiancé did Amway for 5 years). He then asked me what I did for work and I quickly ended the conversation.
I live in the home of Amawy so pretty much everyone I know was in Amway at some point. My mother was also in Amaway and often we would go days without eating so she could buy products and tapes, she was brainwashed big time.
@fiveonesheri it wasn't always fault it's her lack of budgeting money and terrible upline who told her to only eat from the website. Sorry your mom was ignorant about a budget and starved you.
This just happened to me. I have a less than glamorous job and while I was working a man approached me in the parking lot and talked to me about my job and then told me he might be able to help me with another higher paying job. I agreed to meet him at a Starbucks the next day. He was very good at dodging my questions about what exactly the job was and just kept asking me weird questions. He then gave me a copy of who moved my cheese. I knew nothing of MLMs but my alarms were going off hard so I ended the meeting and left. I turned to Reddit where I was informed of the man’s true intentions and now you are confirming that. I’m happy there a people like you spreading awareness about this scam because I could see other people I know falling for it.
Yup Amway calls that work habit. They go to malls, airports, grocery stores absolutely everywhere. Finding common ground with strangers, complimenting them on personal things. All the Amway “mentoring” is based on recruiting. The products don’t mean squat. Good for you Marco! I’m so glad you and your friend were there!
this girl tried to recruit my friend at 5 Below for Amway and she started small, talking about how they’re both teachers and blah blah, then i asked straight up “what company is it for” and she got so nervous and she’s like “…Amway” i’m like “yea thanks have a good day”
The recruiter isn't supposed to tell the mark it is Amway. They say, "I own my own consulting company helping people make money in business." They have a slogan for the bait and switch. I can't remember what it is called. It is something about interesting/intriguing. I can't remember. But that was very unusual. I had an old friend from junior high try to recruit me and my husband. I had zero idea what she was selling but I sensed I was being set up so I never took her up on the dinner invitation. I had a friend who was very socially savvy and had seen all sorts. We told them all the hints we had about my old school friend's business (Christian/sorta, conservative, business consulting, secretive) and in unison they said, "Amway!" So we were forewarned. She got dollar signs in her eyes when she was around us.
I almost got into one I think, selling overpriced tech. High school too. "Friend" recommended it to me. First time I met her she told me she cheated on her bf with a guy at a party. Had to message someone, they said I was too young and that was that.
Consistently impressed by how you are able to explain the tactics and logistics so effectively and efficiently. Have genuinely seen this improve over the years, keep up the great work making sure the word is spread!
Oh, and of course, if you ever bring back your Multi Level Misery series don’t forget about me. As you know, I got suckered in to this Amway/Quixtar trash! Hard to believe I was so damn naive. You’re doing a great thing brother. I can’t imagine the amount of people you’ve helped from making the same mistake I did.
I have been approched multiple times at grocery stores by women who has found the "opportunity to work at home" and every single time I was like why would you share such thing with a stranger? Also this woman saying they're "educating people" is so funny, I'm like who are YOU to educate people? What is your university education level that lets you do it in a random coffee shop or grocery store. Very funny how they actually believe this bullshit.
Thank you for your service !❤ as a former academic advisor, I can attest that this group is especially vulnerable to pyramids that disguise themselves as the dream job after graduation.
Hey Marco! A few weeks ago I was at a Starbucks working, a “regional VP” from Primerica came up to me (can you believe it?) and asked if I wanted to earn extra income. I told him I was good and then he pushed on selling me insurance. I said, have you heard of UA-cam channel called Always Marco? He said thanks for your time and left.
Great job in your confrontation… it’s so hard to be on your toes in a conversation with manipulative people but you clearly show how much knowledge and experience you have in the way you handled yourself
YEAH! I love how you have set an example and encouraged viewers to intervene when they encounter someone in an MLM attempting to recruit. This is so important, through your content and entertainment it's teaching people to critically think, feel secure enough to share their peraonal experiences and instead of being hamstrung by shame, people are empowered to have a choice to do something. GREAT WORK!! ONWARD TO 100K!!!
Man i’ve had like 8 people at my gym over the years try to “drop the message” on me. The first time someone approached me i thought the guy genuinely wanted to be a friend but eventually i figured out he just seen me as a money symbol and i was pretty disappointed. At this point i’m able to know when they’re apart of a way because they all use the same key words. They get my number then i just ghost them, shit is shady as hell and sad
I was new in my area and met a neighbor whose son was the same age as my toddler daughter. I offered to get together and she turned me down flat. I was like okay, we won't be friends. Then about a year or so later I run into her and she is so sweet and saying we should get together. She had started selling MaryKay. She bugged me all the time to go to her parties and I tried to make it clear to her that my skin was under the care of a dermatologist and I didn't like MK. She never stopped. One night I decided to show. My husband told me not to do it. I ate a couple of stale peanuts and drank a Diet Coke and then her friend takes me into the private room to see what I would buy and I had planned this all night. I said, "Oh I don't want anything. Nope nothing." She acted so embarrassed and nonplussed. I don't think it ever happened before. I remembered being young with no money, and I was the one embarrassed because I didn't have the money to buy their crap or try to appease them with one lipstick. It was liberating to unapologetically buy nothing. She never bothered me again.
I had to laugh when she said that the business model is not about recruiting. I got roped into Amway in the late eighties. From the starting gate the focus was about recruiting and building a down line. There was a culture of "showing the plan" seven nights a week.
I'm glad i stopped myself from going any further. Literally just yesterday i met up with my "recruiter " and when i got home i decided to actually look up wtf is Amway and found this video along with many first hand accounts with a recruiter of Amway. And some articles, so after all that, I just blocked their number.
Yeah so recently someone tried to recruit me into amway once I found out what amway is I blocked him on linked and messages to make sure I would never get his messages again
I saved a 20 something year old kid that I saw being approached by a mlm guy. I saw myself 10 years in the past about to make a huge mistake and had to talk to him. He was taken back at first but he was shocked I gave more info on the business than the guy talking about the business. 30 min later we had coffee, he asked a ton of questions and I think I saved him from that mistake. (I was in ACN for 2 years)
I’m in amway for the past 2 days and I wished I had come across this video sooner cause I’m stuck with robots bullshitting me this dream and the person that recruited just won’t leave me alone I hope I can get out asap
You worded your conversation with the recruiter so elegantly. It was assertive enough to make your point, but also not too assertive where you made her feel threatened.
Yes it’s totally predatory. The same thing happened to me at a coffee shop before. She was in her early twenties and was sitting near me when I was reading a book, she asked me what book I was reading to strike up a conversation. Then told me how she’s starting entrepreneurship with a “mentor”. What I didn’t know at the time is that when they’re recruiting, they’re not allowed to talk about the “business”. I thought it was a potential real friend, she even took me to church with her and we went for lunch together. Then she eventually told me to meet with her and her mentor to discuss the business, where they still wouldn’t say what it was and gave me a bunch of books to read. It was super awkward. I left feeling so confused and uncomfortable. Then I googled the book when I got home and figured out what was happening. I was sooo hurt and disappointed because I thought it could have been a genuine friendship. I called her and told her I would have to return the books. So sad that people do this.
I remember one time at a target. I was at the frozen foods section & this well dressed guy was asking me what I prefer in the aisle and I gave him a recommendation. We small talked about my goals and I immediately knew what he plan was. He got my recommendation and walked away, I saw him a couple minutes later and saw him empty handed after I clearly saw him take the recommendation I gave him. Great video as always Marco! These mlm people crack me up
My wife got cold approached at whole foods for some "finance" company that "raises capital for infrastructure in Africa and developing countries." Hands down, the weirdest MLM scheme I've heard of
Thanks Marco for spreading this crucial information. Watching this video took me back to when I fell for the Amway scam a few years ago. I remember the recruiter telling me he liked my watch and struck up a conversation. I left after a couple months and I still cringe from time to time when I remember that initial interaction. Great work brother!
I almost got recruited to Amway during the pandemic. Someone reached out to me through social media with the offer, and I went to some of the events but didn't understand anything. What made me leave at the end was that all the live transmissions and videos they would share would get deleted after a few days, and they pushed that we don't share it with outside members for privacy reasons. I showed one of the videos to some family. We watched them together, and they said none of it made sense. After, they tried to manipulate me, telling me that they paid for the videos so that I could get trained, but in the end, I never asked them to pay for anything, so I have nothing to feel wrong about. Thank God I realized this early on and did not spend any money on training or anything of that nature.
My wife is an Ambot. She’s an immigrant from the Caribbean and Amway has burned through most of the native whites and is now after minorities and immigrants. Before my wife could drive, I took her to these meetings. There were some whites - either retired or near retirement - but it was mostly non-whites and immigrants and, surprisingly, a number of STEM people - an MD and a physicist (who ran the meeting with his wife, so I guess he doesn’t count).
Thank you for doing this. I was sold on this when I was like a 19 year old kid. Not that I am a victim but this would have informed me instead of wasting my time. You have saved countless others.
For about five years, I was ensnared in a manipulative environment, a time during which I felt I wasted both my own and others' valuable time, with nothing to show for it. I deeply appreciate those who help educate others about such situations. I am incredibly grateful to have broken free from the grasp of a cult.
Bloody hell Marco. It's a difficult line to walk between letting something like this happen, and white-knighting a bunch. I think you found the perfect, genial, polite way of speaking to both people. Please keep up your constant investigation
Excellent video. Thank you for confronting that woman and for posting this video. I was recently prospected at my local grocery store and I cannot believe that I didn’t catch on in the moment! I actually exchanged texts with the woman who approached me. I definitely found it odd and felt on the fence the entire time. She approached me in the exact same way as the woman in your video. She complemented me, and then struck up a conversation. Although I was suspicious, I still gave her one of my numbers. I thought to myself “maybe she’s just friendly”. I agreed to meet up with her and interestingly enough she was very evasive, and never actually said what she was involved with. It wasn’t until I began to research the little details that I heard her drop that I connected the dots, and eventually realized that she is part of an Amway “rebrand” called Customize Your Life. And your video only reaffirmed my suspicions. She never actually said that, but her script was exact to what you covered in this video. Thank you again for posting this video. I look forward to exploring the rest of your channel!
Nothing like some spooky ooky cult behavior to get us ready for the halloween season. 👺😱👻 The way she felt she needed to cover her tracks says it all. I wish you the best with everything. Please stay safe Marco. Great vid. 🥳
Maybe this can be a side thing where you have a hidden camera and catch recruiters and save potential victims. You might even catch a recruiter trying to recruit you. 😂
Your tactful way of communicating with people is something, I'm cracking up at the thought of the train wreck that would be my attempt approaching this person
Perfect Water: "The Ultimate Fluid to Empower Your Body". Imagine trying to sell MLM water to your friends for $ 70 a case while simultaneously convincing them that if they join, they too can be RICH. LMAOOOOO
My pastor actually mentioned he hates Amway selling in churches. A woman in our church has been making a small profit off selling small hand made stuff. He was giving her a free commercial sort of talking the crafts up and making her feel good. Then took a huge pot shot towards Amway lol. It was wonderful.
you are the true G, the way you carry yourself and eloquently express your ideas is amazing and had me cheering from the moment you started speaking to that woman. Keep up the great work, I used one of your videos to prevent some associates of mine from getting scammed by an MLM.
That’s how they get you. They try to act like your struggles and their struggles are the same. Meanwhile they are finding a common ground to scam you. 🤬
In my last two years of high school, I had a teacher who was very good to me and helped me through some rough times in my life. A couple of months after I graduated and a week before I left for college, her and a friend of her’s came to my house and talked about something and selling and starting a business and that my mom could write things off on her taxes as business expenses. This person gave me some things for college, and over the next three years she became more and more pushy with Amway. Every person I ever introduced her to was a target, and even after I left a part time job, she was visiting and calling them to talk about Amway. Eventually, she stopped returning my phone calls, and vanished off the face of the Earth. After making some other discoveries that were not Amway related, I just stopped trying to contact this person and grew angry about some things.
Hey Marco! I just came across your channel after quitting an MLM roughly 3 weeks ago. I just wanted to shared my story about my experience with a pyramid scheme. My best friend and I came across another channel dissecting an MLM company we were apart of called Smart Circle. Luckily for us after learning how shockingly sinister these companies are we immediately quit. We didn’t leave alone, we shared this video to 9 other of our co workers and helped them out. We found out things that were going on at our office as well. The people who expanded out from D.C to the town I currently live in were actually struggling to maintain the “opportunity” they praise. We found out they were sleeping in the office, we took notice that these people maintained poor higiene, and so much more that I wish to ramble more about. Currently still unemployed, I’ve dug deeper and realize that there are multiple MLM’s around the world, and it sucks that many young people like me are brainwashed from these companies. The problem is much bigger than the office I was at, and i’m glad I was able to help the majority of the office escape their “system.” Marco, I thank you for being able to fight to the best of your potential to help expose these pigs in our world! Thank you!
I commend your approach and commitment to this work. Much respect for the comprehensive look at this business and concisely presenting it for all to see. It’s imperative to safeguard people in every single sector of our economy.
Thank you, I'm a college student and have been starting up a business of mine. I wore a nice watch to barns n nobles and got targeted by a recruiter. Seemed like a super nice down to earth family man, even talking about god etc. Maybe it was his way of creating a false illusion of his character, ended up researching amway after our presentation and called off the next meeting. Red flags went up once he started describing how the amway system worked.
I was in Amway in 90's very short lived. (A year max) my brother got me in it at age 18. I got some wild stories about. I can be interviewed for your next show. 🐰🕳📺
super satisfying. thankfully i have never been approached by any MLM recruiters in person. probably because i dont go out that much. i may just change that up and see if i can catch some of these phonies in action.
My brother was in amway.. I sat in on a few of his prospects he would get when I was 16. We would walk around random stores trying to get people. I remember the first time I sat in with him, the guy kept asking what company it was & my brother LITERALLY would not tell him, he would say “We’re getting to that etc” and now realizing he knew exactly what folks would think. We also would hang out with his up line, & boy I’ll tell ya!! They were in the business for about 10 years & never got anything.. I witnessed him make a call to someone he met 5 years ago in a store & hopelessly tried to jog their memory on him.. haha that man was interesting.. Btw my brother skipped his prom & sooo much stuff to go to these conferences because he believed in am way so much. I used to want ALL of their products in my future home as I thought they were the best. Crazy man! My brother has since stopped that and created his own company & grossed 20k in the first 3 days on may this month!! Honestly amway taught me a good amount as a 16 year old & I don’t regret my experience, can’t say the same for him though.
Lol I got contacted at Target with such a non-starter topic. I'm picking out marinades and this guy next to me was like "I'm no chef, how about you". And I'm like "I'm not myself but I do enjoy cooking". Him: "Nice...what do you do for a living?" Bro HOW TF do you transition from cooking to "What do you do for a living" with a rando at Target!? I couldn't hustle out of that aisle quicker!!
@@WhiteRabbitDreams Unfortunately my Fiance was in Amway for 2 years before I met him (5 years total) so I could sniff out a Hun bot from a mile away 😂 I’m so happy he’s done with that shit! Our relationship and lives greatly improved!
Got approached like this at target - got complimented by a guy who also was well dressed. We start talking about what we do, I start bashing amway and MLMs - he gets quiet and says that who he works with 😂😂😂 we exchanged Instagrams, but once I realized he was inviting me to "exciting marketing events" I blocked him and left it at that. Great story Marco, keep up the great work 👍
damn lol that was so cold and well executed bro, you were ready for whatever sort of question could deter you from getting your message through or sway you. That was very well done Marco, good shit
MLMs are like dumpsters; you try to trick people into believing that living in a dumpster is okay so then you can move up to live in a better dumpster.
I was in Amway for 3 years, from experience cold contacting I can tell you that she 100% believes in what she’s doing. She’ll take the story back to her upline/team and it’ll be more positive reinforcement for her to keep doing it in spite of how weird/ineffective it is. 15 years is a LOT of programming. 😮
Glad you were able to inform the girl of what she was about to walk into!
She’s lost in the sauce. She’s a lifer at this point , no hope for her.
I was approached at Walmart by a lady after having a very delightful conversation. I was very lonely and depressed being isolated with two small children and I really thought the lady was trying to be my friend. We exchanged information, then just before I walked away she pitched me about making money in a great opportunity that changed her life. I walked away, deleted and blocked her number and legitimately cried. She totally played on my emotions and my isolated state of being a stay at home mom.
Thanks for your work Marco! Your saving people from being scammed.
It's tough to be a SAM. How are you doing now? Do you have a routine and community going?
I feel obligated to add, I am NOT a recruiter 😂😂
@@Stop_Infanticide I'm better now than I was.. Connected with a few close friends and working on quality friendships.
@@VictoryShewchuk That's nice to hear! Now gimme your number and let me recruit you ;-;
Don’t beat yourself down for this
You were clearly not at your best
And she moved based on this, like an animal.
Your feelings just validate that your human
@Stop_Infanticide
Tough????
That's the easiest shit ever...the husband busting his ass out there
Takes balls to cold confront someone Marco! Great job!
They cold recruit hahaha so I like this...upfront and see how they like it. I like her high pitched "oh!" 😮 I despise these organizations.
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Yes it does takes balls ❤
I couldn’t believe how polite he was about it as well. Who knows, maybe that interaction with the recruiter will make her get out of Amway.
OG Marco
I absolutely love how you approached her. It was sensitive, honest, polite, and caring
This was great Marco! I was in amway for 2 years. What she did was “posture” herself by acting naive at first and then flipping it on you to ask you what you know about the company. These people will say in business plans “we will meet with about 10 people and only decide to work with 1 or 2 people” making it seem like it’s lucrative. Yet once the prospects leave they have a training session for the “IBO’s” and basically rally them up to get more guests to these plans so that their upline can hit a new rank. Bribing with “what you do for your upline, your downline will do for you” smh
Hahaha! IBOs! I forgot all about that! Independent Business Owners. I've been to 2 Amway events myself and was almost recruited. I was a business and salesman by nature so they like frequenting our job sites. At the time I was very young, 19, but I didn't go any deeper. Later when I was about 29, I was approached again outside of a gas station because I was wearing a business suit 😅. I had a conversation with the guy and told him the truth about the industry. He refused to believe it but we kept in touch. We're still friends today (I'm 37) and he no longer does Amway 😅. He never made any money! I know at least 6 people that got sucked in and none of them are millionaires today and they're no longer in the business 🤷♂️
Marco, you should print out some cards that says “you may have been scammed….”, that your audience can purchase and keep in their wallets to quietly hand over to victims they see being recruited.
^^^ this is an incredibly good idea. So many people get intimidated in the moment. A simple message like "Sorry for the interruption and I know this is weird, but the person you were just talking to was trying to con you into joining a pyramid scheme scam. You can find out more if you scan this QR code." And have it link to a video.
I would buy this !
@@Yamiechumen Me Too!!!
@@pjforde1978 Yes! That is GOLD!
How he was scam? please explain
This is another excellent video! I love that you are investigative and really dig in to these MLM companies and their true bad actors when most just react to what the MLM "influencers" espouse on social media.. This is SO deep and there is so MUCH MORE to this than just that. It is a lot of HARD WORK going down all the rabbit holes to connect the dots. Thank you so much for taking this on. I realize I'm not your typical demographic but I really do enjoy your content, your passion and your sense of humor. I am so glad you decided to return to the anti-mlm space.
Love that you were respectful to the Amway lady. You get more flies with honey than with vinegar 👍🏼
shit catches the most flies
Another young women saved from Becoming a “Millionaire” with amway. Much respect for what you did Marco.💯👏🏼
A million in debt. Yep.
I was in Amway for 10 months and I’d love to tell my experience I want everyone to be aware of this
ok, go on...
@@emilycarbajal6678 so what's your experience
@emilycarbajal6678 ok so what's your experience? Or are you going to keep us guessing?
Speaking from a former Amyway distributor. I can honestly that say it was one of the worst decisions in my life. I recruited people and wasted a lot of time and money. Thank you Marco for saving that young girl from getting used and abused by Amway.
Me too. One of the bigger regrets of my life.
Third that motion or notion lol worst experience ever
My friend is trying to recruit me for amway as a mentor and hid the fact that we would be selling products for 3 weeks I think I’m going to let him know today I’m not a good fit for it
So what is the real company to start a company in Multilevel company
@@ChattinBoxingWYB hey man may i ask for an advice ? I became an IBO in august and i just came in after a breakthrough at Orlando. When i am on my way to home, I met this guy who told me that he excited the buisness for a few reasons. I talked with him and i started digging. That’s how i saw this video and your comment. If you got time pls show me the avenue in how can i exit peacefully if things don’t work?
A few months back I went out to lunch with my boss at the local Panera. While sitting there, I heard this dude (hard to not hear him with how loudly he was talking) on the phone, talking about all the renovations happening on his house, how much money that was costing him, the new car he was buying, and the vacation he was planning to take his family on, blah blah blah. After ending his loud ass phone call, he looked over to the table next to him (directly in front of me) and struck up a random conversation. At this table was a mother and daughter that was just starting college, eating lunch and talking about daughter's job and how to afford college. This dude starts telling them all about how he retired his wife at 21, how his "business" is exploding and he's looking for people "just like her" to join his team and be the next top earner.....My stomach dropped. It took all of my self control to not interrupt his pitch and tell him to leave those women alone. After he left, I walked over to them and told them what he was actually doing. I told them that he is not an actual business owner (hence why he NEVER named the company), he did not retire his wife at 21, and he is going to try and exploit them for their money, time, energy and value. I begged them to block his number, not to meet with him and definitely DO NOT join his "business". Unfortunately I am a crier and had to fight back tears as I talked to them, because I know the damage these MLMs do and hate to think of a mom & daughter being taken advantage of, just for having a conversation about college and the wrong person overhearing them! UGH makes my blood boil! My hope is they didn't meet with dude and are avoiding all other people that pitch them this garbage. Keep up the good work Marco!
You did a good job, even with the tears! I hope they listen to you as well.
Amazing 🔥🙏🏽 so proud
You did right.
You did an amazing job!
You did the right thing. I get the same reaction as seeing someone get physically bullied. When I see these interactions I can't help myself I get all up in that convo just like in high-school I get into full blown physical fights defending some random kid I don't even know getting punked. Makes my internal rage fire up. Scammers and bullies...I'll pick a fight with them any damn day of the week
You speak in such an intelligent, precise way, even under pressure. It’s a real skill.
Handled that conversation with her like an absolute professional. Well done Marco!
Thank God you came in to save that victim from financial debt. It's tough nowadays to find work, and people like that woman pry heavily on the gullible.
You definitely hit the nail right on the head on this one. It’s despicable how these parasites prey on the vulnerable
“She liked my iPad” staahhhhhhp 😩😩😩😩 how they pretend to be interested in you and be your friend is the most annoying and enraging part of MLMs. I hate them all
Such a stupid compliment! So impersonal and random. Liker really, you like my iPad? It’s the same thing as anyone else’s ipad. What the fuck?
Lol I sat at a Panera Bread one afternoon in between meetings and come rando complemented me on my ugly, utilitarian laptop case (I wouldn't have picked it if it were my personal laptop) and I already knew they were trying to contact me (My Fiancé did Amway for 5 years). He then asked me what I did for work and I quickly ended the conversation.
I live in the home of Amawy so pretty much everyone I know was in Amway at some point. My mother was also in Amaway and often we would go days without eating so she could buy products and tapes, she was brainwashed big time.
@@bbb_888 Not often, she bought tapes, books and seminars but rarely the bars and other things for our house
@fiveonesheri it wasn't always fault it's her lack of budgeting money and terrible upline who told her to only eat from the website. Sorry your mom was ignorant about a budget and starved you.
@@margarineumbrella6895 Of course it wasn't Anyways fault it was hers for believing the MLM lie
This just happened to me. I have a less than glamorous job and while I was working a man approached me in the parking lot and talked to me about my job and then told me he might be able to help me with another higher paying job. I agreed to meet him at a Starbucks the next day. He was very good at dodging my questions about what exactly the job was and just kept asking me weird questions. He then gave me a copy of who moved my cheese. I knew nothing of MLMs but my alarms were going off hard so I ended the meeting and left. I turned to Reddit where I was informed of the man’s true intentions and now you are confirming that. I’m happy there a people like you spreading awareness about this scam because I could see other people I know falling for it.
Yup Amway calls that work habit. They go to malls, airports, grocery stores absolutely everywhere. Finding common ground with strangers, complimenting them on personal things.
All the Amway “mentoring” is based on recruiting. The products don’t mean squat.
Good for you Marco! I’m so glad you and your friend were there!
So, musta been tough recruiting during Covid,eh?
this girl tried to recruit my friend at 5 Below for Amway and she started small, talking about how they’re both teachers and blah blah, then i asked straight up “what company is it for” and she got so nervous and she’s like “…Amway” i’m like “yea thanks have a good day”
I'm dying 🤣🤣🤣
You can spot these people miles away. Like, why is this person being unusually interested in my life?
You da mvp friend!
The recruiter isn't supposed to tell the mark it is Amway. They say, "I own my own consulting company helping people make money in business." They have a slogan for the bait and switch. I can't remember what it is called. It is something about interesting/intriguing. I can't remember. But that was very unusual. I had an old friend from junior high try to recruit me and my husband. I had zero idea what she was selling but I sensed I was being set up so I never took her up on the dinner invitation. I had a friend who was very socially savvy and had seen all sorts. We told them all the hints we had about my old school friend's business (Christian/sorta, conservative, business consulting, secretive) and in unison they said, "Amway!" So we were forewarned. She got dollar signs in her eyes when she was around us.
Amway: 🤔
Five and Below: 🤔
"It's not based on recruiting. Anyway, I need to go recruit people, so... have a great day." LOL
I can’t imagine not living in reality for 15yrs😂😂😂😂, she’s delusional! I hope the college kid listen to you Marco.
I was in ACN and we were also trained to kick start conversations in such places, it's absolutely ridiculous
I was in Acn too lol
LOL
Mum tried to get me in those dumb video phones.
The lady that recruited mum was a hot Filipino GILF,tho.
YO I was in ACN too lol
@@LeeePowerssimp
I was just recruited for a meeting on Monday ACN lol
In order to disarm them I would say avoid “scam” but interesting interaction for sure. Marco is steadily leveling up 🎉
You definitely planted a seed in that lady’s heart. She will go back to that conversation one day when the veil is removed. It's just a matter of time
I was almost caught into this one during high school. Crazy how much time I wasted with their weird brainwashing at a local Starbucks.
They got you talking to them in a Starbucks to huh? Lol, Starbucks is where I eventually told the dude, I'm good, I'm no longer interested
I almost got into one I think, selling overpriced tech. High school too. "Friend" recommended it to me. First time I met her she told me she cheated on her bf with a guy at a party. Had to message someone, they said I was too young and that was that.
i have a meeting today with them at Starbucks im thinking to not go anymore lol
Why is it always a Starbucks, I told the dude I wasn't interested anymore, and it was in a Starbucks lol
Literally just came back from a Starbucks talking to a recruiter
Consistently impressed by how you are able to explain the tactics and logistics so effectively and efficiently. Have genuinely seen this improve over the years, keep up the great work making sure the word is spread!
Good job Marco. We should all arm ourselves with the knowledge of why MLM is financially unviable and socially damaging.
Do you mean other alternatives to making money?@@bbb_888
Marco is incredibly well spoken & I applaud him for that
Oh, and of course, if you ever bring back your Multi Level Misery series don’t forget about me.
As you know, I got suckered in to this Amway/Quixtar trash!
Hard to believe I was so damn naive.
You’re doing a great thing brother.
I can’t imagine the amount of people you’ve helped from making the same mistake I did.
Truth!
I have been approched multiple times at grocery stores by women who has found the "opportunity to work at home" and every single time I was like why would you share such thing with a stranger? Also this woman saying they're "educating people" is so funny, I'm like who are YOU to educate people? What is your university education level that lets you do it in a random coffee shop or grocery store. Very funny how they actually believe this bullshit.
Thank you for your service !❤ as a former academic advisor, I can attest that this group is especially vulnerable to pyramids that disguise themselves as the dream job after graduation.
How long were you in acn? R they still running?
@@ilovesunflowersunny2098 I was an academic advisor in university. I’ve never been in a pyramid
she deserves an oscar for her acting, she really had me there
Hey Marco! A few weeks ago I was at a Starbucks working, a “regional VP” from Primerica came up to me (can you believe it?) and asked if I wanted to earn extra income. I told him I was good and then he pushed on selling me insurance. I said, have you heard of UA-cam channel called Always Marco? He said thanks for your time and left.
Lmao
Great job in your confrontation… it’s so hard to be on your toes in a conversation with manipulative people but you clearly show how much knowledge and experience you have in the way you handled yourself
YEAH! I love how you have set an example and encouraged viewers to intervene when they encounter someone in an MLM attempting to recruit. This is so important, through your content and entertainment it's teaching people to critically think, feel secure enough to share their peraonal experiences and instead of being hamstrung by shame, people are empowered to have a choice to do something. GREAT WORK!! ONWARD TO 100K!!!
She's been in for 15 years and her pitch is, "I like your ipad."
Don't forget to thumbs up da ting on your way out 👍
Man i’ve had like 8 people at my gym over the years try to “drop the message” on me. The first time someone approached me i thought the guy genuinely wanted to be a friend but eventually i figured out he just seen me as a money symbol and i was pretty disappointed. At this point i’m able to know when they’re apart of a way because they all use the same key words. They get my number then i just ghost them, shit is shady as hell and sad
I was new in my area and met a neighbor whose son was the same age as my toddler daughter. I offered to get together and she turned me down flat. I was like okay, we won't be friends. Then about a year or so later I run into her and she is so sweet and saying we should get together. She had started selling MaryKay. She bugged me all the time to go to her parties and I tried to make it clear to her that my skin was under the care of a dermatologist and I didn't like MK. She never stopped. One night I decided to show. My husband told me not to do it. I ate a couple of stale peanuts and drank a Diet Coke and then her friend takes me into the private room to see what I would buy and I had planned this all night. I said, "Oh I don't want anything. Nope nothing." She acted so embarrassed and nonplussed. I don't think it ever happened before. I remembered being young with no money, and I was the one embarrassed because I didn't have the money to buy their crap or try to appease them with one lipstick. It was liberating to unapologetically buy nothing. She never bothered me again.
I had to laugh when she said that the business model is not about recruiting. I got roped into Amway in the late eighties. From the starting gate the focus was about recruiting and building a down line. There was a culture of "showing the plan" seven nights a week.
I'm glad i stopped myself from going any further. Literally just yesterday i met up with my "recruiter " and when i got home i decided to actually look up wtf is Amway and found this video along with many first hand accounts with a recruiter of Amway. And some articles, so after all that, I just blocked their number.
Yeah so recently someone tried to recruit me into amway once I found out what amway is I blocked him on linked and messages to make sure I would never get his messages again
I saved a 20 something year old kid that I saw being approached by a mlm guy. I saw myself 10 years in the past about to make a huge mistake and had to talk to him.
He was taken back at first but he was shocked I gave more info on the business than the guy talking about the business.
30 min later we had coffee, he asked a ton of questions and I think I saved him from that mistake.
(I was in ACN for 2 years)
This was so interesting to hear. I like how you initially approached her, too, telling her if she had any questions or anything to ask you.
I’m in amway for the past 2 days and I wished I had come across this video sooner cause I’m stuck with robots bullshitting me this dream and the person that recruited just won’t leave me alone I hope I can get out asap
"I like your iPad! It looks just like all the other ones but THAT one in particular?? Hoooo boy."
You worded your conversation with the recruiter so elegantly. It was assertive enough to make your point, but also not too assertive where you made her feel threatened.
Yes it’s totally predatory. The same thing happened to me at a coffee shop before. She was in her early twenties and was sitting near me when I was reading a book, she asked me what book I was reading to strike up a conversation. Then told me how she’s starting entrepreneurship with a “mentor”. What I didn’t know at the time is that when they’re recruiting, they’re not allowed to talk about the “business”. I thought it was a potential real friend, she even took me to church with her and we went for lunch together. Then she eventually told me to meet with her and her mentor to discuss the business, where they still wouldn’t say what it was and gave me a bunch of books to read. It was super awkward. I left feeling so confused and uncomfortable. Then I googled the book when I got home and figured out what was happening. I was sooo hurt and disappointed because I thought it could have been a genuine friendship. I called her and told her I would have to return the books. So sad that people do this.
I remember one time at a target. I was at the frozen foods section & this well dressed guy was asking me what I prefer in the aisle and I gave him a recommendation. We small talked about my goals and I immediately knew what he plan was. He got my recommendation and walked away, I saw him a couple minutes later and saw him empty handed after I clearly saw him take the recommendation I gave him. Great video as always Marco! These mlm people crack me up
Surprised but not surprised the Amway woman didn't know who you were. You were so polite. Be proud.
glad to see you back and runnin brotha
My wife got cold approached at whole foods for some "finance" company that "raises capital for infrastructure in Africa and developing countries." Hands down, the weirdest MLM scheme I've heard of
Thanks Marco for spreading this crucial information. Watching this video took me back to when I fell for the Amway scam a few years ago. I remember the recruiter telling me he liked my watch and struck up a conversation. I left after a couple months and I still cringe from time to time when I remember that initial interaction. Great work brother!
Amazing job man! I love how you approached her with respect and still held your ground in a very civil and factual manner.
amway derailed my life by 2 years. from 22 to 24 I nearly lost my job and my family because of it.
I almost got recruited to Amway during the pandemic. Someone reached out to me through social media with the offer, and I went to some of the events but didn't understand anything. What made me leave at the end was that all the live transmissions and videos they would share would get deleted after a few days, and they pushed that we don't share it with outside members for privacy reasons. I showed one of the videos to some family. We watched them together, and they said none of it made sense. After, they tried to manipulate me, telling me that they paid for the videos so that I could get trained, but in the end, I never asked them to pay for anything, so I have nothing to feel wrong about. Thank God I realized this early on and did not spend any money on training or anything of that nature.
My wife is an Ambot.
She’s an immigrant from the Caribbean and Amway has burned through most of the native whites and is now after minorities and immigrants.
Before my wife could drive, I took her to these meetings. There were some whites - either retired or near retirement - but it was mostly non-whites and immigrants and, surprisingly, a number of STEM people - an MD and a physicist (who ran the meeting with his wife, so I guess he doesn’t count).
Gonna be home alone. She’s gonna drive 120 miles round trip - or so - to hang out with her up line.
Thank you for doing this. I was sold on this when I was like a 19 year old kid. Not that I am a victim but this would have informed me instead of wasting my time. You have saved countless others.
For about five years, I was ensnared in a manipulative environment, a time during which I felt I wasted both my own and others' valuable time, with nothing to show for it. I deeply appreciate those who help educate others about such situations. I am incredibly grateful to have broken free from the grasp of a cult.
Bloody hell Marco. It's a difficult line to walk between letting something like this happen, and white-knighting a bunch. I think you found the perfect, genial, polite way of speaking to both people. Please keep up your constant investigation
Excellent video. Thank you for confronting that woman and for posting this video. I was recently prospected at my local grocery store and I cannot believe that I didn’t catch on in the moment! I actually exchanged texts with the woman who approached me. I definitely found it odd and felt on the fence the entire time. She approached me in the exact same way as the woman in your video. She complemented me, and then struck up a conversation. Although I was suspicious, I still gave her one of my numbers. I thought to myself “maybe she’s just friendly”. I agreed to meet up with her and interestingly enough she was very evasive, and never actually said what she was involved with. It wasn’t until I began to research the little details that I heard her drop that I connected the dots, and eventually realized that she is part of an Amway “rebrand” called Customize Your Life. And your video only reaffirmed my suspicions. She never actually said that, but her script was exact to what you covered in this video. Thank you again for posting this video. I look forward to exploring the rest of your channel!
"She said that she liked my iPad"🤦♂... I'm no recruiting expert, but that is pathetic.
Great stuff! I can't think of anyone on UA-cam that does content remotely close to this.
Nothing like some spooky ooky cult behavior to get us ready for the halloween season. 👺😱👻
The way she felt she needed to cover her tracks says it all.
I wish you the best with everything.
Please stay safe Marco.
Great vid.
🥳
Maybe this can be a side thing where you have a hidden camera and catch recruiters and save potential victims. You might even catch a recruiter trying to recruit you. 😂
With these types of sales people, there never a time there is genuine human interaction. It's rather a transaction.
Nothing gets past this guy, I love it. He always hits all the marks.
Wow. This was phenomenal. Really well done. The work you’re doing is great Marco
I love seeing this channel growing!
Your tactful way of communicating with people is something, I'm cracking up at the thought of the train wreck that would be my attempt approaching this person
Perfect Water: "The Ultimate Fluid to Empower Your Body". Imagine trying to sell MLM water to your friends for $ 70 a case while simultaneously convincing them that if they join, they too can be RICH. LMAOOOOO
Amazing job!!! Great video as always! Much love & light to you & everyone here! ❤🧿
My pastor actually mentioned he hates Amway selling in churches.
A woman in our church has been making a small profit off selling small hand made stuff. He was giving her a free commercial sort of talking the crafts up and making her feel good. Then took a huge pot shot towards Amway lol. It was wonderful.
“Theres no profit at all in recruiting” ok so why are you trying to recruit a random girl in a coffee shop? Scammer.
You should have told her you knew about the tool scam. That would have let her know you were the real deal.
I can just envision her facial expressions when you hammered her with the facts about Amway! 😂
Marco you’re such an outstanding PI😂, ❤your work!
you are the true G, the way you carry yourself and eloquently express your ideas is amazing and had me cheering from the moment you started speaking to that woman. Keep up the great work, I used one of your videos to prevent some associates of mine from getting scammed by an MLM.
Marccoooooo! You are a Beast! This is Powerful Knowledge. I like this. Great Words Buddy!
That’s how they get you. They try to act like your struggles and their struggles are the same. Meanwhile they are finding a common ground to scam you. 🤬
In my last two years of high school, I had a teacher who was very good to me and helped me through some rough times in my life. A couple of months after I graduated and a week before I left for college, her and a friend of her’s came to my house and talked about something and selling and starting a business and that my mom could write things off on her taxes as business expenses. This person gave me some things for college, and over the next three years she became more and more pushy with Amway. Every person I ever introduced her to was a target, and even after I left a part time job, she was visiting and calling them to talk about Amway. Eventually, she stopped returning my phone calls, and vanished off the face of the Earth. After making some other discoveries that were not Amway related, I just stopped trying to contact this person and grew angry about some things.
MARCO DROPPING THE HEAT OMG
Yeah I agree with you he came in hot & heavy! I think Marco is a stealthy lawyer😂😂😂, damn right get ‘em Marco!
I was in Amway for a few years. If you have any questions or anything on Amway, I can assist you if interested. Keep up the good work Marco
Hey Marco! I just came across your channel after quitting an MLM roughly 3 weeks ago. I just wanted to shared my story about my experience with a pyramid scheme. My best friend and I came across another channel dissecting an MLM company we were apart of called Smart Circle. Luckily for us after learning how shockingly sinister these companies are we immediately quit. We didn’t leave alone, we shared this video to 9 other of our co workers and helped them out. We found out things that were going on at our office as well. The people who expanded out from D.C to the town I currently live in were actually struggling to maintain the “opportunity” they praise. We found out they were sleeping in the office, we took notice that these people maintained poor higiene, and so much more that I wish to ramble more about. Currently still unemployed, I’ve dug deeper and realize that there are multiple MLM’s around the world, and it sucks that many young people like me are brainwashed from these companies. The problem is much bigger than the office I was at, and i’m glad I was able to help the majority of the office escape their “system.” Marco, I thank you for being able to fight to the best of your potential to help expose these pigs in our world!
Thank you!
I commend your approach and commitment to this work. Much respect for the comprehensive look at this business and concisely presenting it for all to see. It’s imperative to safeguard people in every single sector of our economy.
Thank you,
I'm a college student and have been starting up a business of mine. I wore a nice watch to barns n nobles and got targeted by a recruiter. Seemed like a super nice down to earth family man, even talking about god etc. Maybe it was his way of creating a false illusion of his character, ended up researching amway after our presentation and called off the next meeting. Red flags went up once he started describing how the amway system worked.
Marco… im so happy you’re back to doing what you do best.. THIS is your forte… realism documentary making…
I was in Amway in 90's very short lived. (A year max) my brother got me in it at age 18. I got some wild stories about. I can be interviewed for your next show. 🐰🕳📺
You saved that girl 🤝 thanks!
I love your videos & your work 🕵♂️
super satisfying. thankfully i have never been approached by any MLM recruiters in person. probably because i dont go out that much. i may just change that up and see if i can catch some of these phonies in action.
Greatest and most satisfying episode!! The recruiter went home that night, looked in the mirror and said, " now what??"
My brother was in amway.. I sat in on a few of his prospects he would get when I was 16. We would walk around random stores trying to get people. I remember the first time I sat in with him, the guy kept asking what company it was & my brother LITERALLY would not tell him, he would say “We’re getting to that etc” and now realizing he knew exactly what folks would think.
We also would hang out with his up line, & boy I’ll tell ya!! They were in the business for about 10 years & never got anything.. I witnessed him make a call to someone he met 5 years ago in a store & hopelessly tried to jog their memory on him.. haha that man was interesting..
Btw my brother skipped his prom & sooo much stuff to go to these conferences because he believed in am way so much. I used to want ALL of their products in my future home as I thought they were the best.
Crazy man! My brother has since stopped that and created his own company & grossed 20k in the first 3 days on may this month!! Honestly amway taught me a good amount as a 16 year old & I don’t regret my experience, can’t say the same for him though.
Lol I got contacted at Target with such a non-starter topic. I'm picking out marinades and this guy next to me was like "I'm no chef, how about you". And I'm like "I'm not myself but I do enjoy cooking". Him: "Nice...what do you do for a living?" Bro HOW TF do you transition from cooking to "What do you do for a living" with a rando at Target!? I couldn't hustle out of that aisle quicker!!
Oof! I had an ENGINEER from a well-known naval shipyard try to recruit me. Wtf?!
@@WhiteRabbitDreams Unfortunately my Fiance was in Amway for 2 years before I met him (5 years total) so I could sniff out a Hun bot from a mile away 😂 I’m so happy he’s done with that shit! Our relationship and lives greatly improved!
Got approached like this at target - got complimented by a guy who also was well dressed. We start talking about what we do, I start bashing amway and MLMs - he gets quiet and says that who he works with 😂😂😂 we exchanged Instagrams, but once I realized he was inviting me to "exciting marketing events" I blocked him and left it at that. Great story Marco, keep up the great work 👍
damn lol that was so cold and well executed bro, you were ready for whatever sort of question could deter you from getting your message through or sway you. That was very well done Marco, good shit
“internal conflict” such a great way to put it.
Bro you’re amazing this just happened to me when I was at Panera
Not “I like your iPad” 💀💀 she could’ve said anything else
You handled that confrontation so well.
Marco. This was fantastic, good work man. I got cold confronted in my own condo and the people haven't left me alone. Had to block them.
MLMs are like dumpsters; you try to trick people into believing that living in a dumpster is okay so then you can move up to live in a better dumpster.