Anonymous
Post 09/11/2021 16:05     Subject: LuLaRich - Amazon docu series about LuLaRoe
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm so excited to watch this. I watched the trailer and my husband was like "how do you know this company?"

Every woman knew LLR. And knew someone at least indirectly who sold LLR. And I remember watching the bottom fall out and feeling awful but also like "yep, this is how this things end".

There's no safe mlm.


Do you live in the District? I feel like it was more of a suburban phenomenon. I only heard of it when they had a convention downtown and suddenly the streets were full of ugly yoga pants. And then my Midwestern cousin started selling it. Was it actually a thing in DC otherwise?


DC person here. Never saw these leggings either nor knew any reps!


+1. I had only heard of it through this site awhile back but find the story fascinating.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2021 16:03     Subject: LuLaRich - Amazon docu series about LuLaRoe
Anonymous wrote:Such a shame people are calling it a cult or a scheme. It helped a significant number of women be able to support their families and make some money for themselves.


It is ridiculous for you to come and make such a dishonest statement given the fact that at least 70% of people make no money which means that they actually lose money because of additional costs they encounter.

I think the documentary should have spent more time showing the people who lost money - it focused way too much on the 1% who made money.

It was disheartening that only one of the women who had been with the company a long time was concerned about the women she brought into it who were hurt financially.

Crooks and criminals will always flourish. The fact that they used their religion to push this on innocent victims is disgusting.

Money wins. Everytime.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2021 15:45     Subject: LuLaRich - Amazon docu series about LuLaRoe
Anonymous wrote:Ok I'm only on episode one and only know anything additional about the company from one of the episodes on The Dream. I kinda remember people selling things on Facebook, but not really. Not as much as people obsessed with Rodin + Fields and Beautycounter. Anyway, being from Utah I'm super wary of MLMs and find them both fascinating and so sad.

Based just on episode one, the founders seem like they started with good intentions. Seems like some logical regulation could solve the MLM problem. Like why are "downlines" legal? Shouldn't it be more like a franchise where say they could have X number of consultants per zone? I just don't see how a company where the profit model is a pyramid scheme should be legal. What's the argument FOR the MLM structure?

I get the "network marketing" and "direct sales" argument, even though I personally don't want to buy products from a friend unless they made them, but why the element of getting paid to recruit other consultants?


Because a casual buyer might buy $100 worth of stuff. But if people are "consultants" they are urged to keep "inventory" meaning they buy 5-10k worth of stuff. So the company doesn't need to broadly sell their stuff or sell it at actual businesses at wholesale. They inflate the prices to their consultants who then jack it up further.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2021 15:24     Subject: LuLaRich - Amazon docu series about LuLaRoe
I’m half way through the first episode and so far I am impressed with the woman’s (Deanna) ingenuity and how she started her business. I have not reached the crime part of the doc.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2021 15:20     Subject: LuLaRich - Amazon docu series about LuLaRoe
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm so excited to watch this. I watched the trailer and my husband was like "how do you know this company?"

Every woman knew LLR. And knew someone at least indirectly who sold LLR. And I remember watching the bottom fall out and feeling awful but also like "yep, this is how this things end".

There's no safe mlm.


Do you live in the District? I feel like it was more of a suburban phenomenon. I only heard of it when they had a convention downtown and suddenly the streets were full of ugly yoga pants. And then my Midwestern cousin started selling it. Was it actually a thing in DC otherwise?


DC person here. Never saw these leggings either nor knew any reps!


My colleague who lived and worked in DC sold them. I used to try so hard to avoid her at work because her pushing them was nonstop.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2021 15:06     Subject: LuLaRich - Amazon docu series about LuLaRoe
I finished. The #1 most surprising thing of the entire show is that people are still buying LuLaRoe.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2021 13:33     Subject: LuLaRich - Amazon docu series about LuLaRoe
Ok I'm only on episode one and only know anything additional about the company from one of the episodes on The Dream. I kinda remember people selling things on Facebook, but not really. Not as much as people obsessed with Rodin + Fields and Beautycounter. Anyway, being from Utah I'm super wary of MLMs and find them both fascinating and so sad.

Based just on episode one, the founders seem like they started with good intentions. Seems like some logical regulation could solve the MLM problem. Like why are "downlines" legal? Shouldn't it be more like a franchise where say they could have X number of consultants per zone? I just don't see how a company where the profit model is a pyramid scheme should be legal. What's the argument FOR the MLM structure?

I get the "network marketing" and "direct sales" argument, even though I personally don't want to buy products from a friend unless they made them, but why the element of getting paid to recruit other consultants?
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2021 13:30     Subject: LuLaRich - Amazon docu series about LuLaRoe
I don’t wear patterned leggings and think they’re ugly but dd has some that were gifted to her (she’s 4) and she loves them. They are soft and look like little kid leggings. Dot dot smile (another mlm) are her absolute favorite dresses. I buy them off eBay or Facebook marketplace though. It’s all she wants to wear.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2021 13:28     Subject: LuLaRich - Amazon docu series about LuLaRoe
Watching with popcorn. I can’t believe they managed to get the creators to do this documentary.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2021 13:27     Subject: LuLaRich - Amazon docu series about LuLaRoe
I had a LLR shirt and a pair of leggings. I actually liked both but stopped wearing them because they made me itch like crazy, even though the fabric itself was soft. I read later that it wasn’t an uncommon experience and the clothes had tons of chemicals in them.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2021 13:23     Subject: LuLaRich - Amazon docu series about LuLaRoe
I didn’t really like how the leggings looked on me but there was a shirt that was
Comfy post partum. I don’t think the targeted audience was people with great/extremely fit bodies.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2021 13:20     Subject: LuLaRich - Amazon docu series about LuLaRoe
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm so excited to watch this. I watched the trailer and my husband was like "how do you know this company?"

Every woman knew LLR. And knew someone at least indirectly who sold LLR. And I remember watching the bottom fall out and feeling awful but also like "yep, this is how this things end".

There's no safe mlm.


Do you live in the District? I feel like it was more of a suburban phenomenon. I only heard of it when they had a convention downtown and suddenly the streets were full of ugly yoga pants. And then my Midwestern cousin started selling it. Was it actually a thing in DC otherwise?


It definitely was in Alexandria at least.


I lived in Alexandria during this time period, and I’ve never met anyone who sells this stuff or heard about it, other than here (and I had kids and talked to other Moms a lot).

+1


I knew two who were teachers and a lot of teachers bought them - guess we were poorer or more low class than you.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2021 12:25     Subject: LuLaRich - Amazon docu series about LuLaRoe
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm so excited to watch this. I watched the trailer and my husband was like "how do you know this company?"

Every woman knew LLR. And knew someone at least indirectly who sold LLR. And I remember watching the bottom fall out and feeling awful but also like "yep, this is how this things end".

There's no safe mlm.


Do you live in the District? I feel like it was more of a suburban phenomenon. I only heard of it when they had a convention downtown and suddenly the streets were full of ugly yoga pants. And then my Midwestern cousin started selling it. Was it actually a thing in DC otherwise?


DC person here. Never saw these leggings either nor knew any reps!


Yeah, also a DC person, and I only knew about them because friends from other places in the country talked shit about them and the people selling them. I never saw them in person or was approached by anyone to buy or sell them.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2021 12:25     Subject: LuLaRich - Amazon docu series about LuLaRoe
Anonymous wrote:Is there anyone here that bought their leggings? I prefer solid colored leggings but it was a thing that LLR had "buttery" leggings that apparently felt amazing. I have always wondered if there was any truth to that.


I had some. The quality was ALL over the place. Some were really nice with thick fabric. Mostly the solids. Some had a soft feeling but felt kind of flimsy and thin, like cheap stuff from Costco or the dollar store. Some got holes immediately - and the holes were in the fabric, not at the seams - because the fabric was so thin and weak that it would just break apart as soon as you stretched it even a little bit.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2021 12:14     Subject: LuLaRich - Amazon docu series about LuLaRoe
Is there anyone here that bought their leggings? I prefer solid colored leggings but it was a thing that LLR had "buttery" leggings that apparently felt amazing. I have always wondered if there was any truth to that.