USANA + MLM

[HighLatency]

Does anyone know what USANA Health Sciences is and how multi-level marketing works?

I was approached by someone yesterday and it seems kind of dodgy from my research of this "business",

Apparently they try recruiting highschool/uni graduates so have any of you come across this?

[mystikal]

i have heard it is a scam

[Mao]

Does anyone know what USANA Health Sciences is and how multi-level marketing works?

I was approached by someone yesterday and it seems kind of dodgy from my research of this "business",

Apparently they try recruiting highschool/uni graduates so have any of you come across this?

It's a pyramid scheme.

Stay away from pyramid schemes.

[Professor Polonsky]

Sounds like a sure bet to lose money.

[Bad Student]

There's a good skeptoid episode about multi-level marketing.

http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4176

The main points:

Network marketing plans are started by a company selling some product...through a network of independent distributors who are promised exponential commissions by recruiting multiple levels of other distributors beneath them.

Network marketing plans differ from illegal pyramid schemes only by one subtle point: Commissions can only legally be paid on sales of a physical product. 

On average, 99.95% of network marketers lose money.

Basically, they're bordering on illegal and definitely a sure way of losing money. Unless you're at the top.

[JellyDonut]

MLM's rely on the exploitation of the marketer's relationship with their friends and family. It is really hard to tell friends that you won't pay for their bullshit, overpriced product when they're asking for a favour. There's been a fuckload of anecdotal experiences floating around where the drones end up losing money as well as their friends

If they approach you again, tell them to fuck right off