MLM Survivors Club: Re: [MLM Survivors Club] Re: Melalueca

Friday, January 4, 2008

Re: [MLM Survivors Club] Re: Melalueca

On Friday 04 January 2008, sdw921@comcast.net wrote:
> Hal,
>
> I 100% agree with everything you said and you did such a good job
saying it (as always). I just wanted to say that I read the beginning
of this post a little bit different than you did:
> > > Answer me this:
> > > What kind of business do you think you can get into that requires
> > > you to do nothing, buy nothing, invest nothing, no training, and
> > > then earn money?
>
> Your take on it:
> > This is the start of the sales pitch. While it's not a promise,
> > it's an implied promise. It starts with saying you need nothing to
> > start (I call it the Sgt. Schultz speech. "I know nothing, I see
> > nothing...") It basically says anyone can do it without effort,
> > without special skills, training or knowledge. Let's hang a big
> > red flag on this and look at it later, okay?
>
> My take on it is that it is, indeed, a sales pitch. But, to me it
> seems to be a pitch for the training materials and seminars that all
> MLMs require you to invest in. This is a very typical lead in for all
> of the "non-products" they always want you to buy and an attempt to
> justify it. I just want to say to this poster that every time a
> company has hired me to do a job that required training, "they" paid
> "ME" to be trained, not the other way around. And these pitches do
> deserve a big red flag!

That's a very good point. I could have misinterpreted it, but even if
that is the point, as you point out, it's a justification and, as you
point out, a legitimate company will pay for your training. And,
again, as you say, even if this is how it was intended, it's just a
justification to force people to spend money.

> Very good job breaking this post down, Hal.

Thank you!

Hal