many reasons why i dont step in much nowadays to comment, and i
presented the same reasons on the anti mlm forum..is that there is
lack of awareness or knowledge on how direct selling, network
marketing, mlm, pyramids really work...and many fruitless
discussion in this forum, and by both sides
for example on technicalities, Asayo and DW are two commonly used
examples by anti-mlmers to bash MLM..but the truth is that these
two cannot be simply considered having MLM structure. They do not
posses many features of MLM, for example, having total residual and
long term network, Their distributors are actually employees, for
goodness sake, former employees have mentioned before that they
receive reimbursement on expenses. Two years ago, three out of
thirteen DSAS members are strictly considered MLM coys.
which leads to second question, what is the structure and marketing
plan of these coys? again, i never seen this discussed much..
there are hosts of other questions, like how do u see whether a
company act in pyramidlike, and i must do commend many forumers who
actually are able to point out how it look like - very, and i mean
very little emphasis on products, many crappy motivation seminars,
aggressive recruitment methods...
the downside is that, many simply ride on the waves of emotions and
blatant url linking - discussing how they feel their friend seems
to be cheating them, how hypocritical people can be blah blah...and
one guy cleverly post one article on why mlm coys arent bigger than
other coys, i have to point out he is making many unfair
comparisons, which even businessmen would not do..gotta refer to
the topic, it was long time ago...
the worst sin of them all is try to mix mash business ethics and
subsume it totally under common views on moral and ethics - this is
committed by both sides, mlmers who discuss sunday gatherings as
church like (discussing spirituality with profiteering is a big no
no to me), and non mlmers who perceive anything which looks like
inferor products as scams, and business shouldnt profit much from
people...i gotta laugh at this..why shouldnt the coy make as much
profits as they like as long as they can command market share or
achieve target sales with that competitive price?
other misconceptions is that DSAS and CASE are two powerful org
which can solve ur case..a big no. They are as powerful as babies
trying to snatch ur candy. Not any organisation which are DSAS
members can be straightaway counted as a legal or an ethical
company. Lux and Enrich (formerly DW and AMH) are two good
examples. It was reported last year Lux has 35 (or 75?) police
reports made against it.
I think both sides seriously need to sit down and research some
more b4 shooting off remarks, and i dont mean just linking urls
from webbies.
