I am halfway through the series and so far it seems like they started off as a legitimate business but 1/ third or half way in they became extra greedy and their business morphed into a Ponzi scheme.

Anonymous wrote:I’m only on the first episode, but just came to say that I’m laughing every time DeAnne and Mark talk, they play what sounds like circus music. Excellent music on this doc and perfectly suited to these two clowns.

This is a hilarious observation! Bravo. Really enjoyed the series… I literally laughed out loud when the black consultant explained why she declined the cruise and when the guy who worked for their office explained how he can’t listen to kelly clarkson anymore.

DeAnne looks like Aubrey O'Day during that deposition. Something about the eyes and mouth.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m 37, I have a Facebook account, and I think I’ve only had 2 Facebook friends ever post about an MLM and no one ever bother me about them. I feel like maybe I dodged a bullet.

But I also feel like I’ve never seen anyone wearing those pants?

Me neither. In the neighborhood I lived in no one sold or wore the stuff. It think it was a little more a lower ses thing. Not trying to be a snob, just trying to explain what I see.

Several women in my Bethesda office were wearing these a few years back, but the 2 reps who sold them were from the Frederick area. It was much more popular in the far-out suburbs than DC.

I just can't get over the some of the garish prints. They are fine for little girls but look ridiculous on grown women

I’m only on the first episode, but just came to say that I’m laughing every time DeAnne and Mark talk, they play what sounds like circus music. Excellent music on this doc and perfectly suited to these two clowns.

Anonymous wrote:I could have watched an episode of just the dude who worked for them for 14 months and wanted to watch the IRS takedown from a nearby patio sipping vodka and cran. 😄

Ok, I’m sure I will get some crap for this, but I kept thinking he looked so familiar. I’m almost positive he was a father from Toddlers and Tiaras. Will have to go back and find his name and look it up.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m 37, I have a Facebook account, and I think I’ve only had 2 Facebook friends ever post about an MLM and no one ever bother me about them. I feel like maybe I dodged a bullet.

But I also feel like I’ve never seen anyone wearing those pants?

Me neither. In the neighborhood I lived in no one sold or wore the stuff. It think it was a little more a lower ses thing. Not trying to be a snob, just trying to explain what I see.

I’m 45, poor, live in a city and know nobody who would wear those ugly clothes. I only know of the company because I used to read a blog by a woman who burned out being a social worker and started doing LLR instead. She wrote something about getting stuck with extra clothes she couldn’t sell.

I was interested in watching because a friend's adult daughter sold LLR for a few years and talked it up, seemed to make money and be happy as a rep. It was all over her social media. She suddenly went radio silent where LLR was concerned and I wondered what had happened.

I purchased a top from her because I was friends with her mom and to be honest, it was hard to find a print I cold stand to purchase in her first live and the quality was not great in my opinion so if it went downhill after that it had to be baddddd.

I could have watched an episode of just the dude who worked for them for 14 months and wanted to watch the IRS takedown from a nearby patio sipping vodka and cran. 😄

I enjoyed the documentary but agree, they could have cut it down in length.

The documentary was very well done. It could have been a lot shorter, however, as a lot of it was the same thing over and over.

Years ago, the mom of one of DS' acquaintances reached out to me for coffee. Haven't seen the family for a while so I accepted. 10 minutes into the conversation I realized she was giving me the pitch, subtly disguised as catching me up on how she was gaining financial independence through her new career. That just killed the mood and I had to stop her before it went on. But she was persistent in asking why I wasn't interested in learning about better career opportunities. I flat out told her that I was not interested in anything MLM-related. She kept pushing on about how this was not about MLM. this was about discovering yourself and be the better you. So I finally told her to send me whatever marketing material she had and that I needed to leave for my next appointment.

After a quick google afterwards, the organization she was associated with was indeed MLM. I don't remember the name anymore, but it was some energy drink and dietary supplement. I guess she was losing weight, working out while on this and rediscovering the inner her. She is no longer associated with this brand and went through about 2 more setups like this (per FB). Now she is a life coach....

Anonymous wrote:Who falls for this crap? So shameful.

I haven't finished watching this series but in general MLMs target the following types:

-At the outset, people who have good sales records in other industries and/or a lot of professional connections. These are the people who get in early and end up in the 1% who actually make money.
- People who don't have many other options. Either because they didn't finish college, because they live in an area where there aren't a lot of jobs, because they're a military spouse who has to relocate often, because they have young kids and wouldn't break even if they had to pay for daycare or a nanny. These are the majority of the recruits who maybe make $1,000 per year if they're lucky after expenses. Most end up worse off financially.
- People who are truly desperate and completely financially illiterate. This group includes recent immigrants and people who are not going to be able to get a job in other industries because of criminal records or immigration status. Herbalife is probably the worst when it comes to this but it's definitely not the only offender.

Never really saw the leggings around here, but they were popular with my family and friends down South. I was briefly intrigued, because the leggings WERE soft. But I only wanted solid black ones, and my cousins' wife who sold them acted as if I had requested an actual unicorn--"Solid black is very, very rare. And so boring. How about these sharks riding ponies instead?"
I thought it was a stupid business model even beyond the MLM sliminess--how many customers did they lose by not actually supplying what customers would want?

Every time mlms are discussed on social media, the mindless mlm drones show up going on about the large checks and expensive cars they or their friends have. This gives a little peek into that fake fronting that is so important in selling this crap.

I don't know why but where I live, no one sold or wore the leggings other than kids. The thing that did go crazy in this high ses, highly educated area were the mlm juices and powders a few years ago. I couldn't walk 5 feet without being hit by a sales pitch.

An acquaintance who sold a powder product knew I had a relative dying from breast cancer and hounded me swearing it would cure cancer. There was also some powder aided toward kids with adhd/autism that was being pushed that so wrong it was infuriating.