Haha, I think your 'friend' is about as 'honest' as my friend,
income of 5 digit my ass.
If i got an income of 5 digit,
1) I will not take MRT to Commonwealth (Bel'Air HQ). Just flag a
taxi, so simple and don't have to squeeze for space on the train.
(And how much really does it cost? 10 dollars tops? what is it if
one is earning 5 digit income haha.)
2) I will go to Fullerton Hotel for a 5-star dinner to bait my
friends to join (my friend treated me one BBQ chicken wing,
seriously).
3) I will give up my day job (my friend is still a salesperson in
some electronic store), why bother to face your boss, have fixed
working hours, and still get f'ed left, right, up, down,center,
when you can just attend seminars, workshops, speeches (and
whatever they throw at you) on how to use a aromatherapuetic
lamp.
4) I will not be desperately looking for people to 'join' this
'business opportunity'.
I think the 4 points your friends make needs abit of editing... so
here goes:
1) Ability to analyse and spot trends in the world (eg the bird flu
can generate a lot of fragrance business)
Aility to analyse and spot trends in the world, even if Bel'Air
really can't fit into the trend, must convince people that it
does.
2) Must love money
Must love money , but in this business you have to cheat your
family, friends and relatives and ask them to fish out a 'low risk
investment' of 12k so they can have the chance to love more
money
3) Must be ambitious so that one is willing to fork out time
Must be ambitious so that one is willing to fork out time to listen
to brainwashing talks, trainings, collecting stocks, going to HQ
(commonwealth on weekends) and training centre (Boon Keng on
weekdays) i think, every 7 pm, , not too sure. And of course no
transport provided.
4) (i forgot)
Maybe along the lines of 'after you sign the documents, you are on
your own, if your friends/family don't want to fork out 12k, there
is nothing we can do, just make sure u collect the 12k worth of
lamp goods (i heard lamps similar to Bel'Air, Lampe Berger, is
available on the market at 10% of Bel'Air selling price), and don't
ask for refund.'
Take my example, when I went to some Marquis' house for celebration
(he is supposedly earning 5 digit). I looked at his house, almost
cannot imagine if he has that kind of income, why don't he do up
his shack.
Like what DKSG said,these friends can really be written off (but
disowning family members is a bit drastic).
Just look at the people doing the Bel' Air business, observe what
they really own and do. Of course, they'll psycho you by saying
things like how negative people feel about MLMs, how you have to
put in alot of hard work prospecting, and that only through
perseverance and determination can you earn that type of income. I
found out from some anti-mlm websites, that some people do earn
these income, but only because they start early, and have plenty of
downlines that are striving so hard to survive (to recoup the
initial investment), thus giving these few people the high
commission.
People have got to think, if they are earning so much money, where
is the source of their money coming from? There must be some poor
soul that is buying your product (read: marketing plan), and they
are gullible to believe that this is an investment of money that
will provide returns of tenfolds.
Just too bad that no legal investigations are conducted in MlMs
like Bel' Air, NTI or whatever company.
If you believe in what your friend says, then hopefully what he
says is really true. Maybe he went overseas and got a major network
of distributors going. I've lost 1k in this, but more importantly i
lost my trust for my 'friend' (and to think, he used to be quite
streetsmart too). This type of friends, I rather not have. Feel so
pissed what he took me for.
