Pyramid Scheme Ads

[Rain Man]

I passed a pickup on my way home from work tonight, and it had a big sticker on the back that said,

"Make $30k a month or more with Qivana" (and then a phone number).

I want to know how the conversation went that resulted in "or more" being added.

So I'm envisioning that these people are sitting around the room and they're all making about $75 a month selling fruit juice or something to their grandparents. They need to recruit people below them in the pyramid, so they come up with the idea to put an ad on their truck.

"How about 'earn $75 a month with Qivana'?"

"That's not enough. No one would be stupid enough to do that."

"How about $100? That's a lot."

"Still not enough. How about $1,000?"

"$1,000? I've never seen that much money. But is it lifechanging? Can we get, like doctors and stuff to sell Qivana? I want everyone to sell it."

"Oh! Oh! How about $10,000? TEN THOUSAND! You could buy a house with that much money! Every month!"

"Too many zeroes. People will get confused. Let's just go with $30,000."

"$30,000 it is. Make up to $30,000 a month."

"But ... wait. We want to get everyone. What if $30,000 isn't enough? The really good salespeople may want to make more."

"That's why you're a genius. Let's make it $30,000 or more. That way we'll get everyone to call. No one can resist that."

[kcfanXIII]

Originally Posted by Cochise

What is it with those wrap things? Those people are complete nazis about it, posting every day etc etc. Obviously, common sense tells you that if it's doing anything it's just an illusion, it's not enhancing your workouts or whatever. It's just causing you to sweat off the water weight in that area, so it'll come back when you rehydrate.

There is someone who posts that nonsense on my timeline too, and the ironic thing is that you probably couldn't get any kind of a wrap around her...

Why can't you just saran wrap yourself for the same effect, anyway? Is this like that foot soak that uses a chemical reaction to make you think "toxins" are being drawn out of your foot?

Not sure how they work, I've never tried it, but I've seen its effects on our mutual friends, and it seems to have an effect. Although the ones it works for work out as well.

[kcfanXIII]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

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.

I don't have high opinions of this particular cousin, as she's always been kind of a snooty bitch. She's not morbidly obese, but don't think she's a "hard body." My other friend that sells it is very attractive, but she works out 7 days a week and stays active.

I don't know if it really works or not. I don't care. Its the spamming I can't stand. When she first started selling it, my girlfriend never wanted to hang out because at some point in the night, we'd hear "you guys should host a wrap party...."

[PunkinDrublic]

Originally Posted by Guru

My son got swindled into an energy drink scheme. He just refused to listen to me and wasted $160. Vemma

There was a big article about the Vemma scam recently in RS. It's scamming a lot of naive college kids into thinking they can get rich selling those shitty energy drinks. Just another repackaged pyramid scheme.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by kcfanXIII

I don't have high opinions of this particular cousin, as she's always been kind of a snooty bitch. She's not morbidly obese, but don't think she's a "hard body." My other friend that sells it is very attractive, but she works out 7 days a week and stays active.

I don't know if it really works or not. I don't care. Its the spamming I can't stand. When she first started selling it, my girlfriend never wanted to hang out because at some point in the night, we'd hear "you guys should host a wrap party...."

Hosting a wrap party sounds like it would be fun if the women we were wrapping weren't fat. Is there a wrap product that makes attractive women even more attractive?

Now that I think about it, that would be a huge market. "I was an 8, with nice breasts and a pleasant face. But after using Beauty Wrap for a week, I'm now a 9 with a great derriere and fantastic breasts!"

[007]

Originally Posted by eDave

I fell for this a couple of times when I was very young. Cutco knives and a water purifier of some such. Rainbow too.

I was really dumb. Still have my Cutco starter kit though. Awesome knives.

Cutco back in the day was worth every penny. These days they are grossly overpriced.

[007]

Originally Posted by PunkinDrublic

There was a big article about the Vemma scam recently in RS. It's scamming a lot of naive college kids into thinking they can get rich selling those shitty energy drinks. Just another repackaged pyramid scheme.

yeah, I showed him a few articles saying the same but he just wouldn't believe me. Decided to let him learn for himself since he wouldn't trust me on the issue.

[PunkinDrublic]

Originally Posted by Guru

yeah, I showed him a few articles saying the same but he just wouldn't believe me. Decided to let him learn for himself since he wouldn't trust me on the issue.

If he only lost $160 he got off easy. That's the thing about multilevel marketing. It can work, but do you want to risk losing your friends trying to get them involved in selling a shitty product?