Podcast - The Dream - about MLM

I listened to all the available episodes after reading about it here- SO SO GOOD! Strongly recommend.

Glad to have introduced this podcast to my fellow Peas. The MLM world is dominated by women so it's important to get the info out to women-dominated spheres.

Thanks for telling us about the pod cast. I am always looking for a new one to listen to & this one sounds very interesting. Thanks much

delila

The thing about MLM is that every person who thinks they can get wealthy this way and end up losing everything fail to ask themselves why if it's such a good idea isn't everyone doing it? In the 16th century Thomas Tusser said, "A fool and his money are soon parted." "Get Rich quick" schemes have been around for centuries.

The antiMLM subreddit is one of my faves but oh my, it's a rabbit hole. Every time I visit, I get sucked in for a good hour... ETA: The horror story of the nurse who came in there to warn people that the essential oil MLM-ers were putting oils in the medical breathing devices for the elderly to help "clear" their lungs during the crazy Utah fires this summer still haunts me...

And yes, these (mostly) women have lost their social compass because they use any opportunity to sell. And they're being told by their recrutor to use every opportunity to sell. I fear for their mindset and am not surprised many entering a new MLM scheme have been through at least one before (and lost money).

Great recommendation--thanks!! Already listened to the first one on my commute home. I'm actually looking forward to driving to work tomorrow!

Can someone link to the podcast? I've never listened to podcast before and I have no idea what I'm doing! Is it downloadable? Or streaming?

Thanks!

You can download or stream. Some are available on their websites not sure about this one. I use Podcast Republic (free) to listen. If you subscribe to a podcast you can set up notifications or to download automatically when there is a new episode.

This podcast is very, very good. It includes information I've never seen anywhere else - not just the same regurgitation of "99% of people lose money," which is true, but most people tune out when hearing the same info repeated. The history and the lawsuits that explain how MLMs get away with being pyramid schemes in disguise is really fascinating stuff.

The sad thing is, a lot of people think "Oh, that doesn't apply to MY COMPANY!" "Well, that's LimeLight, my company Pamepered Chef doesn't require a minimum purchase." "Well, that's Lularoe, my company Pure Romance doesn't require a multi-thousand dollar buy-in." "Well, that's Herbalife, my company Beachbody doesn't encourage us to open store fronts."

Alert: Yes, #youtoo. Your MLM company sucks. Your MLM company is predatory. They all put their own little spin on it, which you'll learn about if you listen to The Dream, but they ALL set up a structure where the top of the pyramid wins at the expense of tens and hundreds of thousands of people below them. They ALL have a business model that is entirely unsustainable if you can do basic math - if everyone recruited just a few people, they'd more than cover the population of the earth in like 12 levels. They ALL are overpriced, because YOU are the consumer as the "consultant" and then it has to be marked up even more to your buyers. They ALL have more than 95% (and that's being conservative) of "consultants" losing money. They ALL give the same song and dance about people signing up for the discount, not to actually be reps, so that's why they use "creative" accounting when providing success rates.

If you're making real money off an MLM, it's not because you're a #BossBabe or because you "hustled" more than other people. You are literally standing on the backs of people lower than you in the pyramid. I know you feel like you did real work to get where you can, and you think others can too, but they can't. It's a scam. You're feeding a scam.

Oh My God. That's just insane.

What a horrid action.  Deplorable.
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And even one of my two co hosts for the coffee morning attempted to bring her thermomix with her to make lemonade for everyone. Guess what - she’s a thermomix advisor and was trying to use the event to network. I posted a thread here about it. Deplorable indeed. Our friendship has since cooled.

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I meant to ask you how that had gone! What a cheek. I hate being invited to "parties" only to discover I'm being sold something. Hope you had a good coffee morning

Interestingly enough, I just posted a link to an article about it on my Facebook page with a brief "hey podcast listening friends, this is a fascinating exploration of pyramid schemes, MLMs and the role of women in them". No replies on my post, but I'm suddenly getting personal messages along the lines of "this is a terrible reminder of (name)'s experience with (company)".