I ask to see their 1099's and they stop asking.

Kidding. I don't.

But I'd LOVE to.

Anonymous wrote:The only MLM parties I will go to and stuff I will buy is Pampered Chef and those damn Lu La Roue leggings and tunics (not in the crazy prints, but they really are good quality, if you can get past the goofy way you have to buy them). Everything else is a hard pass.

Met a lady who did wine sales/parties. Now that is one I can get behind.

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Anonymous wrote:I know someone that does this and she has a real job (education system), this is just secondary income for her.

My sister does this. She used to be addicted to stamping/scrapbooking and it would help pay for her addiction.

And she owned her owned actual established business. The scrapbooking "business" was justification for a really expensive hobby.

Anonymous wrote:I know someone that does this and she has a real job (education system), this is just secondary income for her.

My sister does this. She used to be addicted to stamping/scrapbooking and it would help pay for her addiction.

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Anonymous wrote:I know someone that does this and she has a real job (education system), this is just secondary income for her.

Same here. In fact, of the women I know who do these MLM schemes, all of them WOH. This is like a side thing for them. I don't personally know of any SAHMs who do this nonsense. Several of the women in my office do this - pass around their dumb catalog during work hours. It's pathetic.

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We run for the hills when we see these women heading our way at work. I can't even believe it's allowed in the workplace.

Living in Bethesda here. No one in my social circle does this. I know one PTA mother who signs emails with some crap like this, but thankfully she has never made overtures in that sense.

I wonder who these people are? Don't they know that a serious breach of social etiquette to use "friends" for money?

Anonymous wrote:All of the people I know who do it are SAHM's with big law type husbands. They live in $1.5 million dollar houses. I don't think they need the money, they just want to earn their "own" money. I notice it mostly with my kids' preschool friends.

You have some nerve inviting me to your party, but not inviting my kid to your kid's birthday party. Then you post it all on Facebook. No thanks.

Really. "ALL" the people you know who do this are SAHMs, coincidentally ALL with big law husbands who ALL live in $1.5 million dollar houses. What a hilarious, and not even very clever, generalization.

FWIW, I only know three women who are into MLM, and they all do it in addition to their regular jobs. I guess they see it as supplemental income even if it's anything but. But I have no idea why they actually do it, what their husbands do, or how much their houses are worth. If I found myself stewing over those details, I'd have to admit I had waaaaay too much time on my hands. And maybe also had some serious jealousy issues.

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Anonymous wrote:No, I don't want to go to your overpriced freezer meal, Jewelery, clothing "party". Please just stop. Get a real job of you need the money so badly.

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They can't. They have chosen to be SAHMs and fooled themselves into thinking this is a good idea to remain professional and start their own business.

My mom recently went to some type of party at a neighbors house where she spend $100 on a pot.

I told her don't go again.

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Anonymous wrote:Just decline and move on with your life, OP. I hate them as much as the next person but I understand that people are broke and must supplement their income. I just say no. It is not worth any more emotion or thought beyond a rejection.

MYTH MYTH MYTH -- because when people get involved with MLM, they have to invest -- hundreds if not thousands to "get the business off the ground before it becomes profitable." And if the business isn't profitable, they just need to invest a little more in a motivational DVD or some other crap from the mothership. They are in no way supplementing their income. They are further draining it.

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Bad investment, on the seller/pusher's part.

Ok. Then they do it because they think it will bring in money...? I don't know why anyone would want to do it.

There are some people that are very easily manipulated and that is who is selling/buying this stuff. They see $ signs when they get pitched to. They don't hear reason because the person pitching it to them is extremely convincing. These are the same people who stay in bad relationships, stay in terrible jobs etc... Easy targets. I fully believe that rational people don't do this.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just decline and move on with your life, OP. I hate them as much as the next person but I understand that people are broke and must supplement their income. I just say no. It is not worth any more emotion or thought beyond a rejection.

MYTH MYTH MYTH -- because when people get involved with MLM, they have to invest -- hundreds if not thousands to "get the business off the ground before it becomes profitable." And if the business isn't profitable, they just need to invest a little more in a motivational DVD or some other crap from the mothership. They are in no way supplementing their income. They are further draining it.

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Bad investment, on the seller/pusher's part.

Ok. Then they do it because they think it will bring in money...? I don't know why anyone would want to do it.

Anonymous wrote:All of the people I know who do it are SAHM's with big law type husbands. They live in $1.5 million dollar houses. I don't think they need the money, they just want to earn their "own" money. I notice it mostly with my kids' preschool friends.

You have some nerve inviting me to your party, but not inviting my kid to your kid's birthday party. Then you post it all on Facebook. No thanks.

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This. Ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:Just decline and move on with your life, OP. I hate them as much as the next person but I understand that people are broke and must supplement their income. I just say no. It is not worth any more emotion or thought beyond a rejection.

MYTH MYTH MYTH -- because when people get involved with MLM, they have to invest -- hundreds if not thousands to "get the business off the ground before it becomes profitable." And if the business isn't profitable, they just need to invest a little more in a motivational DVD or some other crap from the mothership. They are in no way supplementing their income. They are further draining it.

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Bad investment, on the seller/pusher's part.

Anonymous wrote:The only one of these I would consider going to is the sex toy ones. Those tacky nail wraps are literally the worst crap ever.

I've never seen that, that's insanely tacky.

The only one of these I would consider going to is the sex toy ones. Those tacky nail wraps are literally the worst crap ever.