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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meh, there are a few MLM products I really like.  I agree I don't want to see all the crap from my "friends" every time I log in to FB.  But yeah I like some of the essential oils... grapeseed (edible) oil....

It's no different though from all the other advertisers that spam you all the time.  I guess if the MLM seller is respectful of boundaries then it's OK.[/quote]

To me the difference is that I have no personal connection with the other advertisers. I don't feel as if those advertisers are capitalizing on - or counting on - us being connected to shill their wares. With MLM I feel more pressure to uphold and reinforce our relationship. Like it's pretty irritating to get a party invitation for a friend - then see that the "party" is going to be that person trying to sell me something. Which I will have to buy, because now they are basically telling me they need money.

So here's where I start feeling a little more ambivalent: I am a book author, and I definitely count on my friends and family to turn up at readings and to buy copies of my book. All authors use their personal connections to fill readings and sell books. I'm sure many of my friends and family would be interested in the book even if I didn't write it - but many others would not, and are basically buying the book only because they know me. (My book sells to other people beyond friends and family, too, of course!) I think everyone who sells anything or who has a local business has some amount of this - we count on people we know to support us. So in that sense I am not sure why I feel so strongly about MLMs being crappy.

Anyway, I remember back in the 90s when a woman I knew started doing one of these skincare MLMs. It was sort of fun then. She came over to my house and gave me a facial, and I bought some of her lotion because I liked it. But that was before EVERYONE was selling this sh*t. Same with the first Pampered Chef party I accidentally found myself at. It was novel and sort of fun at the time. It's not anymore. Now it feels like a burden.[/quote]

There's a huge difference between asking your friends to buy the book you wrote and asking friends to buy crap at marked up prices. You actually did something in writing your book. Anytime someone actually DOES something I'm happy to support it but I'm not going to support you signing up for a MLM. [/quote]

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