Hi Emma,
Sorry, I've been meaning to reply to you. I'm an Herbalife survivor.
It has been about 7 years or so since I got out, but I can't imagine
their business structure has changed much. Basically, the products
don't work and are dangerous in some cases. Many of the herbs used can
and do interact with prescription medications or should not be taken
by people with certain conditions.
The point of Herbalife, just like any other MLM isn't really to sell
the product, it is to recruit more people. You use the product as the
hook. Here is how it works:
You sell someone the weight loss kit. They will lose a few water
weight pounds the first couple of weeks, then not lose any more. You
claim they have hit a "plateau" and sell them other products to help
them with that. They mention how expensive it is, so you offer to put
them on a discount program. There is a name for it that I can't
remember just now, but you are just signing them up as a distributor.
You tell them that it is just for the 35% discount and they don't have
to sell. Time goes on and they will eventually start wanting to sell
to recoup some of the monetary losses they have suffered buying the
products. Then, they sign someone else up for the "discount" and you
have yourself a down line. However, none of you are making money or
gaining anything so you go to the meetings, buy the marketing aids,
purchasing leads, etc. Oh, and that "residual income" they tell you
about doesn't exist. You, personally, have to continue to
purchase/sell a certain amount of product in order to get your check.
If you stop selling, your check goes to your sponsors. You can have
2,000 people in your down line and it doesn't matter what they are
doing, you personally have to order a set amount from the company
every month. What you do with it is your problem. That is how so many
people end up with a garage full of the stuff.
Run, and run now. Just so you know, I worked this business and I
worked it HARD. I have all kinds of awards, pins, certificates, etc.
for being the top in my area. However, I never made any money. What
little came back to me went out along with more money out of my pocket
to keep it all working. When my money well went dry, my sponsor
advised me to re mortgage my home to keep going. That's when I dropped
everything and just walked away. I spent the next two years working
just as hard at keeping people from making the same mistakes I did as
I did working the business. They don't care about you and your
livelihood or your dreams. They just want you to keep cash pumping
into that tube that funnels up to the top. Oh, and when I left, I
contacted everyone still working in my down line to tell them I was
leaving and why. I also issued an apology to them because I felt
guilty for getting them involved. My best advice is just to run before
it's too late and you are in debt over the deal.
Good luck,
Shana
--- In mlmsurvivorsclub@
>
> I just recently started selling Herbalife - but the last catch was
> when they keep adding costs to be able to sell it - getting leads for
> $1500 and $2500 - that is when I finally woke up. Anyone else
> selling the product?
>
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