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Anyone here had success running a pyramid scheme?

Posted on 1/10/16 at 3:42 pm
Posted by tduecen
Member since Nov 2006
161246 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 3:42 pm
If so how many people did you have working for you?
What were you selling?
How much work did you do?




Hookers, drugs, and car salesman not included
This post was edited on 1/10/16 at 10:48 pm
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
173774 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 3:43 pm to
Gorilla Knuts
Posted by dualed
Member since Sep 2010
4780 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 3:43 pm to
My best friend makes 4K a month selling Advocare. Distributor above him makes 30k a month
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
106096 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 3:46 pm to
I know a guy who got in early on the Limu shite and was doing pretty well for a while. He was driving a BMW and had progressed from recruiting to going around giving motivational talks at their meetings. Haven't seen him lately so don't know how it's going now.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
74900 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 3:59 pm to
I know two people on Advocare who are killing it and one person selling Thrive.
I don't know how well they are doing now, I "unfollowed" them, but they were bragging about it.
Posted by Lionnation1993
Member since Nov 2013
6103 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 3:59 pm to
One dude I know post stuff all the time about primerica. Almost gets annoying
Posted by tduecen
Member since Nov 2006
161246 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 4:00 pm to
I wonder sometimes if they make the money they claim. Talked to a guy recently who jumps from pyramid to pyramid to pyramid and makes his money by getting people to work under him.
Posted by JOHNN
Prairieville
Member since Nov 2008
4513 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 4:04 pm to
Thats the key to making money. The more people under you, the more sales you get a piece of.
Posted by tduecen
Member since Nov 2006
161246 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 4:05 pm to
Well yeah I understand that but you have to have some fricking gullible friends at the end of the day
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
73831 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 4:07 pm to
quote:

Anyone here had success selling snake oil and trying not to work for a living?
This post was edited on 1/10/16 at 4:12 pm
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
78688 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 4:07 pm to
My parents ended up bankrupt after an unsuccessful gig at Amway circa 1985.
Posted by 13SaintTiger
Isle of Capri
Member since Sep 2011
18419 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 4:11 pm to
My old high school coach on Facebook who sells zija acts like he is successful. He's always gloating how successful he is and how much "residual" income he has. Also takes pictures of him and his company's 2005 Mercedes. But I know he's a poor schmuck who is barely making it. He messaged me twice, the second time I told him what I thought about his "business" and asked for him not to bother me about it again.
This post was edited on 1/10/16 at 4:12 pm
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
41694 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 4:13 pm to
That all he does? That's a shitty salary.
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
17194 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 4:22 pm to
Somebody is. I mean Amway is sponsoring a f'ing NFL stadium. I imagine most tho break even why trying to hustle and lose all of their friends. I've disowned a couple of friends that were too pressuring with that trash.
This post was edited on 1/10/16 at 4:24 pm
Posted by Oates Mustache
Member since Oct 2011
26632 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 4:41 pm to
bullshite
Posted by vjp819
South Sec. 414 / Alex Box Sec. 210
Member since Nov 2003
10882 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 4:50 pm to
quote:

I know a guy who got in early on the Limu shite and was doing pretty well for a while. He was driving a BMW


was this Travis?
Posted by LSUTANGERINE
Baton Rouge and Northshore LA
Member since Sep 2006
38468 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 5:10 pm to
Less than 2% of advocare folks make even 40K per year. 55 % make 6-7 K per year before expenses.
Posted by ILikeLSUToo
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2008
18018 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 5:14 pm to
quote:

My best friend makes 4K a month selling Advocare. Distributor above him makes 30k a month



I do not doubt that he told you this, but FYI, these people always lie about their income.
Posted by efrad
Member since Nov 2007
18704 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 5:19 pm to
quote:

I know two people on Advocare who are killing it and one person selling Thrive.
I don't know how well they are doing now, I "unfollowed" them, but they were bragging about it.


They're certainly not killing it. They're just saying they are, in order to convince people to join in. They have to do everything they can to project an awesome lifestyle in the hopes of convincing more people to get into the pyramid below them.
Posted by SirSaintly
Uptown, New Orleans
Member since Feb 2013
3187 posts
Posted on 1/10/16 at 5:20 pm to
An ex-coworker sells "It Works" and is very vocal about it on Facebook. She brags about how she's a stay at home mom now, went on 8 vacations last year, has no debt, buys expensive gifts for her husband etc etc.
Says she's making $7k a month and is a "Presidential Double Diamond" since only starting less than 2 yrs ago.
I'm not even sure what the hell It Works does but it looks like a bunch of white trash moms who are recruiting more dumb as shite white trash moms.

No way I'd ever be "successful" doing a pyramid scheme. My friends aren't retarded
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