My local buy and sell page is full of antimustachian antics, but when i saw this ad, i knew I had to investigate a little further (you know, for scientific forum posting reasons).
Lady posts an ad that goes like this..
"Anyone looking to get on board with an amazing company where you get to set your own hours for as little as $29.99???
This is not some pyramid scheme as this is a Canadian based company right out of Chilliwack B.C!!!
The company is called ice n fire and we have been rated number two in Canada (calculation error) should been rated number one ;)
We sell candles, melts, aromatherapy soaps, oils, burners and now the awesome bath bombs!!!
Everything has a ring valued anywhere from $25 - $5000!!!
If this interested you or you have any questions please pm me any time"
Right, so many things, where to even start.. First, I don't "get on board" with a company by sending them money, ever. Also, a local location doesn't make something not a pyramid scheme. Nice try. Also, you are rated #1 by who and for what? Great, candles, totally seems legit now. I know where this is going... or so i thought. Wait, rings? what the fuck? I'm going to go look this up.
So i did, and here it is - the company makes cheap, high markup items like candles, STARTING at $29.99 each, but they each have a ring inside them. So when you burn a candle you reveal a ring, "valued at between $25-$5000" according to the company. So i looked up what some of these rings are, and even the ones i could find "valued" at $120 and $200 are only gold-plated or sterling at best and have fake diamonds on them. (In my book, these known as rings worth $10 or less). And I'll bet the ones "worth $5000" are really only worth $300-$400 max, and are of course almost impossible to get.
So there you go, anyone else want to burn $30 and get a shiny, worthless gold-plated ring to help make the pain of the endless need to consume subside for a few fleeting seconds... until you realize the ring doesn't quite fit?