On Saturday 26 May 2007, momluvseliana wrote:
> While I was pulling my hair about whether I would help my cousin by
> buying the expensive product and perhaps getting a discount by being
> a distributor, I researched the main ingredient, the Moringa oleifera
> tree. Being the "educated"(brushing shoulders off) college grad that
> I am, I looked to peer reviewed scientific journals. There was a lot
> of impressive stuff about it (complete from A to Zinc, antioxidants,
> all amino acids, etc, etc) it seemed the claims that Zija were making
> were true. It even impressd me because the product seemed to have
> many supporters including UNICEF...
...
[Really long list snipped]
...
> It impressed me because supposedly this "miracle tree" is being fed
> to the starving people of the world.
> My question is... Is it ok for me to believe in this tree? Shoot I
> want to live long and prevent cancer.
That's a decision only you can make. There are a few points that you're
not considering. If it's such a great panacea, why isn't your doctor
recommending it? Why is it only this one group is selling it instead
of every supplement store advertising it on the TV.
There are tons of MLMs that make a big deal about their one wonder drug,
but if any of them really were a wonder drug, then everyone else would
be selling that drug as well.
> That damn drink was way too
> expensive. ( I had to tell my cousin that it would be a luxury for
> me to get auto-shipment of that crappy juice, so that she wouldn't
> feel bad. But she hates me anyway because I told her that they sell
> the tree (pods, flowers, leaves, powdered, and even seeds to grow in
> your own backyard) at my local Asian supermarket. And there is a
> farm growing that stuff locally here in San Diego.)
This is an important point. If you can get it locally for cheap, then
ask her what the chance is that she can make a living selling something
for $10 when it's readily available for $2.
> I told her about
> it and I think that is what pushed her over the edge to hate
> me. "You didn't do the research, didn't you know that cooking it
> will strip it of it's nutrients?"
This is a major problem and it's one I faced when dealing with my ex-gf.
She was extremely intelligent and even tested as a genius. I thought I
could make the point if I focused on facts, but it turns out people in
MLMs don't care about facts. As I've said, people get pulled in
because they've made emotional decisions, not because they've done the
numbers. Pointing out facts to them does not work. Continually
questioning them, innocently, as if you really want an answer, about
the unstable and untrue aspects of what they've been told is a better
tactic.
Hal
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