Pyramid Scheme Ads

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Originally Posted by kcfanXIII

Has anybody heard about the "It Works Wrap"? Its a weight loss thing. Anyways, I have a really good friend who has been selling them, and a cousin that has been selling them. My friend has made an insane amount of money off it, but I've had to block her on facebook because she was constantly using it to advertise. I had a talk with her because several of us in the circle were getting annoyed with it. She then opened a second facebook account to use to sell her product. This plan back fired, because instead of just posting her work stuff to the business account, she would share the statuses on her personal account. I ended up just blocking her. This is one of my really good friends, and I hate that she is hidden from my time line, but I couldn't take it anymore.
My cousin, who I don't really talk to a whole lot, got all pissy with me when I went on a rant about constantly seeing "chunky chicks who used the wrap and became slightly less chunky" on my timeline. seriously, it was constant. She got placed on the block list immediately.
But yeah, not only is it USUALLY a losing proposition to get involved with these stupid schemes, your friends will get fed up with your constant sales tactics. My cousin wears "It Works" tshirts to every family gathering too. Her and her husband.

If she's wearing those t-shirts, at least it means she's not fat, right? I presume that she's a hardbody?

I had shirttail cousin who started doing a similar thing for some diet drink. For about a month she was posting highly contrived stories every day about "My friend Kayla lost 12 inches in three days drinking (insert chemical-laden drink here). She met a man on Tuesday and got engaged on Wednesday, and he loves her new figure!" There were seriously terrible. Since my extended family is all very close except for me, I didn't think it was a good idea to call her out on it, but she mercifully gave up in about a month. I was about a week from de-friending her.