> I will do the usual google search
> of Noni+scam...
Good. That's what I'm doing.
> I told my hubby that I belong to this
> group and that I am very well aware of
> MLMs and how they (don't) work. I told
> him I'd find some legit info to forward
> on to him.
SINCE he has not been sucked into the scam yet, this may be the best
approach. If he already believes, it would be a horrible approach.
My initial search yielded this site:
http://www.livescie
It looks pretty valid and brings up some research into logical
assumptions that, as it turns out, just don't jive with the health
claims of Noni sales reps. For instance, if Noni is such a miracle
juice, why don't the people who live where it grows enjoy the benefits
of its claimed properties? You would think residents of South Pacific
islands would be free, or at least MOSTLY free, of cancer and diabetes
and other maladies that Noni claims to cure. Those claims simply
don't pass inspection.
Okay, so you're doing a Google search, you've got the LiveScience web
site and you've got this group. A couple of final suggestions:
1) FULL disclosure. Be sure you tell him that the members of this
group have experienced MLM first-hand and that our experiences were
not good. Because of our shared background with a variety of MLMs,
that will necessarily lead to the conclusion we have reached: that
there are no good MLMs. He needs to know the bias of this group.
We are not impartial, and it would be misleading to have him believe
otherwise. If he was to go back to his friend (the one involved in
Noni), he would be told that HIS program is different than the ones
"all those bitter ex-MLMers" had done. He would try to diminish our
experience and credibility. Your husband needs to know that our
credibility is just as valid as his friend's.
2) He also needs to know that there are multiple facets to MLM that
need to be considered. One is the product. Another is the
compensation plan. Another is the training/tools system. Still
another is the reputation of the company and the claims that are being
made by existing reps.
I could probably go on and on about each of these areas, but I think
you could probably do just as well to think about it briefly and have
a few answers ready. If he's going to sell Noni juice, especially
from vending machines, is there a demand for it? Is anyone else doing
it that way? If not, why not? Surely, someone must have thought of
putting Noni juice in vending machines before now if there's money to
be made at it.
How is the compensation plan structured? Who makes the money? If
your husband and his friend place a vending machine somewhere and no
one else is doing anything to sell that product in that area, is
someone else making money on that vending machine for doing nothing?
If your husband and his friend are selling from one vending machine,
will they still be selling via direct marketing? Will they be selling
the juice or the opportunity? What sort of training program exists to
help them do that, and how much does that training cost? Who makes
the money on that?
Finally, there is a lot of controversy surrounding Noni and the
products made with it. There are a lot of claims, many of them
unfounded and false, made about Noni, and some of those claims have
resulted in people doing things that were contrary to their doctors'
advice. Some people have surely been harmed by acting of the claims
of Noni reps.
Is your husband prepared to be the subject of legal action if someone
is harmed by something they did on his recommendation? Whether or not
your husband is a medical professional, there is a lot to lose when
you start selling things that are marketed as "miracle cures."
It doesn't take a lot of Google searching to see that Noni is marketed
as a "miracle cure." Does he really want to be any part of such a
thing as that? When it comes to ANYTHING you're selling that someone
else is going to ingest, you have to REALLY know your product and what
you're claiming it does - the up side AND the down.
If he knows all of that and still wants to get involved, there may be
little anyone can do to stop him. I hope you've caught him early
enough and that the pressure he'll probably get from his friend can be
overcome by the evidence against Noni.
Good Luck to you.
PW
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