I have a ton of school-mates on FB who cover the spectrum of every single MLM mentioned here, and probably a few more that aren't listed. It's incredible. I do see that it's exclusively the stay at home mom set that attempts these strategies, and it makes be sad to see soo many of them fall victim to these scams. In many cases, these people are struggling, and they make those struggles public on their page all the time. I noticed one who just yesterday posted a reminder of her LuLaRoe party coming up today, and seeing what y'all have written about the startup costs, I can only imagine that there is some sort of financing that makes even more money to the company, and puts these people who can least afford it in even more debt. This particular mom often complains about the lack of heat and various other problems in her apartment, does the side hustle on occasion of being a blackjack dealer at private parties at very off hours, and has two children with some medical issues that her hubby's insurance doesn't do a great job of covering the cost. Yup, a whole lot of "poor me" in those posts, and now an MLM? Scary and Sad.
I have a neighbor who is all about Plexus and "Think Pink". She often tells these stories of how much weight she's lost (looks the same to me), and how her OB/GYN was thrilled to learn that she's drinking Plexus while pregnant! Yeah, I highly doubt that. Finances have always been tight in the 2 years that she's moved to our reasonably priced neighborhood, but I'm guessing that someone who buys a $200K house and has a $2K mortgage payment probably had no down payment and horrible credit. Now that baby #2 is on the way, they've listed the house for an inflated amount, and the plan is to go back to renting.
However, my all time favorite post from her about Plexus is the attached file. She freely admits that she is at the Ambassador level, and talks about how much $$ she's adding to her HHI, yet this chart disputes her claims, not to mention how biased the chart is, someone did some creative work on that thing! I'm also wondering if the Plexus training program explained to her that this isn't the type of thing you should be posting. I resisted the urge to make any comments, but this shows how clueless she is about the whole thing...