I got a friend who asked me to listen to a seminar in
commonwealth, from Bel' Air (some 'aroma-medicare') MLM
company.
First thing I noticed on the ground floor are the products, looked
like Lampe Berger (another MLM i think) stuff only fancier.
(recognised it 'coz i got a friend pushing me to buy his products
from LB, ended up totally ignoring him).
Then to the seminar. Got to write down your name, mobile number, on
the list before you go in. The whole room smell of their product,
some diffuser thingy (think Lampe Berger).
The MC was some Myanmar girl, who said how her family benefit from
using the stuff, how she is now earning a 5-digit income after 1
year into the biz. Everytime the MC said something motivating, the
'associates' will clap, and they will play that stupid dragostea
song. So much of psycho'ing IMO.
The main talker is some ex-insurance woman or something, and said
how she quitted her job to do this Bel' Air, saying she's earning a
5 or 6 digit (yah, right) income now.
Thru-out the seminar, she flashed pics of sports cars, holiday
locations, houses (with occasional applause from 'associates' +
dragostea song). The emphasis on the products were a bare minimal,
although she said that the products will sell due to increasing air
pollution, that the smell can kill H5N1 virus, blah blah
blah)
She ended the talk with numbers, stressing about starting at a
count level(investing 14K!!!) and getting your commissions by
finding future prospects to join. And to work your way up to Duke
(Count -> Marquis -> Duke) and earning some global bonus
using that position.
The whole thing smells so fishy to me. This seems to be more of a
pyramid scheme, by encouraging active recruitment instead of
product sales.
- If u are investing 14k, and earning (i think 3.7k) per
recruitment, where does all the rest of the money go to??
- These people told me that family and friends will definitely
object to me joining this biz, but that I must have self-belief in
it. They told me to think of what the 14k can bring to me, to
fulfill my dreams. All these sounds like brain-washing to me! They
said they can help me to find the 14k, but I must be the one to
take the first step. Said I am not going to be doing this alone,
that they will help me as I go along.
- How can these people sleep at night? Asking their family and
friends to invest so much, and may not be able to recover the
investment?
- How long can this recruitment chain stretch?
- Bel' Air got some Gold Medal and sponsored NDP for some years,
how did they do it?
When I asked my friend if he is really getting a 5-digit income in
this, all he said was 'there is no point in me showing you my
income statement, if you dun believe in this biz'. Up till now, he
hasnt showed me his income yet.
Oh yea, I was introduced to two people that joined (around 2 years
ago) and are now driving Alfa Romeo and RX-8 sports cars, and
another duke (I think) getting an Integra (still in NUS). Are these
really possible? I shiver thinking how many 'downlines' are under
them now...
Athough I may sound biased to Bel' Air, I like to stress that I am
not against or for this business. I think that there should be some
awareness for people thinking of joining this company.
Maybe someone (working or used to work) in Bel' Air will like to
share his/her opinion on it?
