let us just cast aside the fact that i am anti-mlm... you don't
have to try to sound sympathetic because i've gotten over my
experience and i've nothing personal against the system, very much
contrary what you've perceived. Rather i am assessing the system
from a non-partisan, rational perspective. If you choose to view me
in that light, likewise, i can choose to see you in the same
manner, as someone who is brainwashed by the company and a
meaningful discussion won't be able to take place.
reasonable prices?? dude, you really need to get out of your
nutshell and look around. why, a nexus shampoo which is just as
good costs half the price of a herbalife shampoo! and i'm saying so
cos i've used both products. there are so many health products in
the market which are just as effective if not cheaper, than
products marketed through the mlm way. this is what i call
capitalising - selling products to your acquaintances and loved
ones alike at exorbitant prices, not to mention that they can be
easily substituted by other health supplements in the market.
again?? why are you extolling your values on mlm?? as i have said,
you are just meditating on these values as they have the
thereupatic effect of easing your conscience and making you feel
better. the question is not how mlms should do it, but whether they
have applied all these talk into their practices. It is precisely
cos they don't practice what they preach, that we see many pple
falling prey to such companies. i do appreciate your sincerity in
promulgating these values on the forum, however, as they serve as a
concious and apt reminder for mlmers not to breach the
boundaries.
you said that if we are smart we can break out of the sg market and
do mlm. i say that if i am smart i will find other avenues more in
line with the population constraints. which sounds more practical
and logical?
And all these talk abt doing business with friends are just excuses
validated by the top pple in the trade to make the system seem more
justifiable and acceptable in the eyes of pple like you. Just ask
yourself honestly ; have i ever thought of making money out of my
friends? if you can safely say no, then you have the green light.
but i you reply otherwise, then perhaps you ought to reconsider
your money-making options. Also examine the lengths to which you
have gone to pull your friends into the trade. This may tell you a
thing or two about your underlying motives.
Just as i am filled with cynicism for advertisements, why, i don't
trust mlmers either... i mean who can? Just like advertisements,
you guys go to the extent of dramatising the benefits your products
bring in your efforts to boost your sales figures...how do you
expect the general public to trust you guys... and i do not
consider mlm a revolutionary concept... mlm is nothing more than a
disguised version of a salesperson, save for the recruitment part.
after all, you guys go knocking from door to door, rather than
relying on walk-ins.
word of mouth is powerful... not when the person has a vested
interest in the product. read the article in the straits times
about doctors doing mlm? the doctors association has given it a
no-no...why? because pple are unable to trust these doctors,
despite their expertise in the medical field, that they will give
sound advice without compromising on their personal agendas.
citicorp, IBM and coca cola toyota jumping in on the mlm
bandwagon?? where are your sources to prove your claim? to the
extent on my knowledge, the powerful business models that were
crucial in shaping the successes of these conglomerates were never
in line with any mlm stance. Even if they were to replace staff
with indpt distributors, it doesn't imply they have turned mlm,
simply because they don't go around appealing to closed ones to buy
the products, rather, they rely on walk-ins -- people with the
intention to buy the products. this is good, in this way, services
are more personalised, without the possibility of capitalising on
relationships.
NUS has advocated the study of MLM as an emerging trend in the
market... NUS has not advocated MLM. There's a difference between
the former and the latter. It is a well-known fact that various
universities all around the world have included such a topic in
their diversed curriculums, as it is a business model worth
studying. Many of my friends who have studied the MLM business
model have watched the MLM video more than 5 times, and its
precisely owing to the fact that they have done such concise and
detailed analysis of the system that they have seen through its
inherent flaws and moral failings and told me about it. In fact,
one local university recently invited a successful singaporean
entrepreneur to give a talk, and in it he said he would not even
consider MLM a viable business nor a career...
i don't care even if an ex-harvard professor comes to me and tells
me how good MLM is. it doesn't prove anything, really. i have
friends who are currently pursuing degrees in london school of
economics, cornell and stanford... and many of them are just as
against the system, whatever their reasons. For its not about who
backs up the system -- its about us assessing the system in an
unbiased manner and trusting in the logic of our assessments. in
the first place... i have never questioned the system... i have
only questioned the way pple have mishandled it and the likelihood
of the system being exposed to all kinds of scammers. can this
system really work in our very flawed world where man is greedy by
nature?
mlm is growing... but many pple are just not seeing the money.
whether mlm will make its presence felt 50 years down the road is
yet another thing. i am not trying to curb its growth... in fact, i
have become accustomed to its existence, however against it i may
be. I have sort of resigned to fate that MLM will always be a
business model used by some companies, and MLM will not cease to
exist as long as we humans do. I very pretty much admit that i am
powerless to do anything about it... but i can't just sit back and
watch people suffer in the system right?
ask yourself are majority of your downlines seeing the money? what
is your advice to them?? to quit or to persevere and continue to
suffer. If you mean them well, tell them to quit.
perhaps you are blinded by the conviction that MLM in sg is bound
to succeed... without hope or agenda, i would like to give you a
piece of advice: why don't you spend perhaps a day or two to think
about the trade. List down its flaws and its fallacies as well as
the benefits it brings. Do some research in the library and over
the net to aide in your listing. in this way you get a more
balanced view of the pros and the cons of the system. be true to
yourself... asked yourself whether it has gone against your
conscience. NO point me arguing with you over the system if its not
going to result in any action being taken...
It may be a sweet fulfillment to see plans develop, that's y you
refuse to give them up, no matter how you know that deep down
inside, you still have a fair share of doubts. If you are prepared
to look at the negative side of things... you will find that many
things in mlm are not what they seem to you. good luck to you,
dude.
