MLM Survivors Club: Re: [MLM Survivors Club] Attention: PW or Moderator: Re: Thoughts on Yuwie?

Hi Vicki,
I'm sorry my e-mail sounded a little harsh - I AM familiar with your earlier posts - so imagine my surprise at your posting a question here *after* signing up , and then saying you didn't see anything wrong with it(I assumed - incorrectly perhaps - that you had already given them your SSN - which is what got me concerned in the first place)... Since you have been here for a while, you do know how many people post here saying they couldn't see anything wrong with their particular scheme.

As always, the best bet(like PW pointed out) is to follow the company owners' motive and business model - its usually very revealing - as it is in this case - think about it!

Good luck!

----- Original Message ----
From: Vicki <v_eller@yahoo.com>
To: mlmsurvivorsclub@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:31:17 PM
Subject: [MLM Survivors Club] Attention: PW or Moderator: Re: Thoughts on Yuwie?

OK Chip. I've been here for several years now and I am not a
promoter of MLM's. Your suggestion to the contrary is insulting. I
also own my own Yahoo group that is for people to get rid of their
MLM inventory and do not allow Pro-MLM posts.

The link I gave is what is on the home page when I log in, so I
copied and pasted. I don't care if you sign up or not... and you'd
have to sign up in order for it to "count".

But as to some of the things you caught, thanks. I did not see
anything where it said you needed to fill out any paperwork and
include a social. And they didn't ask for any information other than
an email address (for paypal). But perhaps they do require the other
info before sending any money. I didn't see that so far. And there
is no way I'd put in my social for such a thing. (I will look)

I guess I should have thought to read the Terms of Service, but it
just didn't occur to me over the last 24 hours. I'm just so used to
MySpace, Facebook, and those types of sites that I just didn't think
of it much differently.

I've been a myspace junkie for a while... Love it for keeping in
touch with friends... so that was the appeal... another place to play
with layouts and graphics... but I have no intention of putting
anything personal on there. Heck, I didn't even use my real last
name. HAHAHA.

Eh... I'm getting an icky feeling and trying to figure out what to do
next. Maybe I should post a "Blog" there to point out those things.
They's probably delete it, since it wouldn't be favorable for them,
but maybe at least a few people will see it before it gets deleted.

--- In mlmsurvivorsclub@ yahoogroups. com, "chip_embere"
<chip_embere@ ...> wrote:
>
> 1. You posted a request for information( maybe legit), but posted a
> link to YOUR referral page on this site!! Curious!
>
> 2. Either you didn't read the fine print or chose to ignore it.
> (For both this forum and the site you are referring to).
>
> For anybody else that may think this site is cool - Here are some
tips:
>
> a). To get paid, you need to fill a W9 and give them your SSN. I am
> pretty paranoid about ID theft, and so should you be. (Giving such
> personal info to some random website !!)
>
> b) Read clause 8 of their "Terms of Service". (While you are at it -
> read the whole thing if you have the time).
>
> c) Virtually ALL the so called "Ads" on this site are for other MLM
or
> some such "Get Rich Quick" schemes.
>
> I haven't really spent a lot of time on this, but found the 3 big
RED
> flags in 5 mins.
>
> FINALLY, PW or moderator - would you do us all a favor by deleting
the
> referral link as its against the rules of this forum ?
>
> Thanks
> Chip
>
>
> --- In mlmsurvivorsclub@ yahoogroups. com, "Vicki" <v_eller@> wrote:
> >
> > Is anyone here using Yuwie? Any info on it as far as whether it
> > actually falls under the scam/MLM/Pyramid scheme family?
> >
> > I just signed up for this yesterday. It's marketed as social
> > networking with a twist. And described as soing what you do on
> > Myspace, but getting paid for it.
> >
> > I really can't find the problem with this, considering that it's
> > free and there is nothing that you are obligated to buy. Of
course
> > I don't expect to get rich off of it or anything... but I can't
find
> > the harm in it.
> >
> > I've googled Yuwie+Scam, along with a few other variations.
Still
> > found nothing really bad...
> >
> > If you are not familiar with it, here's my link. You can check
it
> > out there. http://r.yuwie. com/mattsmamacit a
> >
> > There are a lot of ads that you have to wade through... and some
> > certain amount of spam... but nothing that costs you money if
you
> > don't mind spending the time to skip those things.
> >
> > I have seen some blogs refer to it as a MLM or Pyrimid Scheme...
so
> > that makes me a little nervous.
> >
> > Thoughts? Insights? Comments?
> >
> > (My apologies if this sounds like a "sales pitch". It's not.
This
> > is just one of the first places I check with if I am uncertain of
> > the validity of something.)
> >
>







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