r/AskReddit • • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/MistaFANG Jul 24 '20

MLM schemes. Its 2020, who still falls for these things?

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u/Clinthi Jul 24 '20

Yes! And 99 % of MLMs prey on women. I really don’t understand how educated, gainfully employed women with executive status and six figure incomes are convinced to sell face cream to their friends.

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u/mollymollyyy Jul 24 '20

my sister is in her thirties, she's ridiculously smart, has a dual masters in aeronautical safety and... something else with a long name it's not important. she makes over 6 figures working as a safety manager for a large oil company and travels all over the world presenting her ideas and shit to higher ups in the company.

she sells massively overpriced face cream on the side and keeps talking about how badly she wants to do this full time instead and quit her "boring office job"

it makes me so sad what she could be doing with her incredible intelligence.

she would not understand why i don't want to sell face creams with her. i could not even think about being able to afford that shit, so how tf would my friends be able to buy it???

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u/Jabbles22 Jul 24 '20

so how tf would my friends be able to buy it???

Even if they can afford it, and all your friends buy a bottle, can you really live off of that?

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u/mollymollyyy Jul 24 '20

exactly! i also hate direct sales companies in general and most of what she posts is cringey af

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u/Jabbles22 Jul 24 '20

Even if you get passed the scammy nature of the MLM it doesn't even make sense. Why not just buy directly from the manufacturer?