Author Topic: The Niece, the MLM and Auntie Curmudgeon: What Would You Do?  (Read 2032 times)

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My niece just signed up for one of those "intimate" MLMs, in the middle of a pandemic. I've been a financial buffer for her from time to time, and I'm  disappointed for her, and a little worried.

I've become a major anti-fan of the idea that your friends/relatives/contacts should somehow become your customers. I guess if I liked the stuff, I'd be happy to buy it, but most of the times I don't have any interest.

There no way most people--and certainly not my niece--have a large enough circle of acquaintances that they can make a sustainable business out of it.

ZekailleTasker

Light at the end of the tunnel, Toots:  last week, I was talking with Niece because extra product arrived at my address with her name on it.  Seems that because I bought stuff during a time when elephants were in the House of Conjunctiitis and the Giraffes were aligning with the Marmosets of Thunder, I got an extra bottle of body butter plus some things I didn't ask for but will use anyway.  (Hey, my explanation makes even more sense than the one she gave me which had to do with all the bonuses I earned trying not to spend much money.

Anyway, I asked how sales were going and she said "Oh, I'm taking a break.  I don't know if I will go back to it."

She'd only been at it for like what--not quite a month? 

So there is hope. 

I will say that I am glad to have received a second tub of the body lotion or whatever it is.  Body wash and body lotion.  The stuff is so rich that I only need a little and without even using the lotion, my dry skin itch has calmed down in a way most oatmeal and shea butter preps haven't achieved.  Hopefully, I will make it last for years!
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Light at the end of the tunnel, Toots:  last week, I was talking with Niece because extra product arrived at my address with her name on it.  Seems that because I bought stuff during a time when elephants were in the House of Conjunctiitis and the Giraffes were aligning with the Marmosets of Thunder, I got an extra bottle of body butter plus some things I didn't ask for but will use anyway.  (Hey, my explanation makes even more sense than the one she gave me which had to do with all the bonuses I earned trying not to spend much money.

Anyway, I asked how sales were going and she said "Oh, I'm taking a break.  I don't know if I will go back to it."

She'd only been at it for like what--not quite a month? 

So there is hope. 

I will say that I am glad to have received a second tub of the body lotion or whatever it is.  Body wash and body lotion.  The stuff is so rich that I only need a little and without even using the lotion, my dry skin itch has calmed down in a way most oatmeal and shea butter preps haven't achieved.  Hopefully, I will make it last for years!

Be careful that you weren't set up on a monthly auto-bill/auto-ship subscription. A lot of these groups work that way.
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ZekailleTasker

O.M.G.  I didn't think of that!  Well, I will keep my eyes peeled. Thanks!!!!
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