I have, in fact, tried this question on my girlfriend( who is
thankfully a little less into Nikken now - but her family is neck
deep). The counters run roughly along the following lines:
1. Since the products sell themselves - if you fail - you have only
yourselves to blame - you haven't effectively "educated" your
downlines or prospects. And of course, the inevitable "90 % of all
businesses fail" line.
2. Even if people below you fail financially, you are still "helping"
them because the products are so good for their health. If you haven't
passed out by now you get a treatise on wellness and are referred to
some book about how the next trillion will be made on "wellness". (And
then there are the inevitable testimonials)
--- In mlmsurvivorsclub@
>
> I forgot just what post I wrote this in, but I remember recently I was
> responding to someone (probably that jerk from Team 21 or whatever he
> called himself) and one point I made was that over 99.9% of the people
> that go into an MLM don't make much money or lose it.
>
> First, I've forgotten the figures, so if someone can refresh my memory,
> if I remember, I think it's that 95% of people lose money and less
> than .001% make enough to make a living at it or to be "wealthy." Is
> that right, or do I misremember? And does anyone know what percentage
> of people in an MLM (or any particular MLMs) go into significant debt
> (you can define significant in some other way, but we'll go with debt
> over $1,000)?
>
> Second, and this is my thought for a question or objection:
>
> If 95% of all the people who go into an MLM lose money, then if you're
> trying to help someone, doesn't that mean that 19 out of 20 people that
> you help to join the company will lose money and be hurt by your MLM?
>
>
> I like to phrase questions so there is a direct contrast in them that
> can "slap" a person in the face with the comparison and leave them
> trying to figure out the obvious difference between what they say and
> what I'm stating as a fact. For example, Quackstar admits that less
> than .1% of their IBDrones "make it." That gives one a chance to use
> that figure against them and point out that if they're trying to help
> someone, if only .1% of the IBDrones make it, that means if they help
> one person, they've done it by hurting 999 others financially.
>
> I haven't seen this used as a good question yet in dealing with MLMers,
> but it seems to be a strong point that I haven't yet heard countered.
>
> Any suggestions on how to use this and good ways to phrase it? Does it
> bring up any other good probing questions?
>
> Hal
>
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