Let's learn from Dr Jon M. Taylor's long experience in the MLM industry and take advantage from his vast research to avoid being trapped in the most deceptive business in the world:
"Knowing my
grasshopper approach to career decisions
in the past,
hopping from one startup
business to another,
friends have asked me what has
driven me to stay with my consumer
advocacy, focusing so
intently on this one business
model for 18 years.
"My answer
is that when
I discovered how deceptive,
unfair, viral, and
predatory this industry is,
and how few
people – including regulators
– understand the
flaws and consequences of MLM participation, both individually
and in the
aggregate, I decided to
use my unique
background and skills to
challenge the industry and to provide guidance
to prevent consumers
from being victimized by
fraudulent MLMs.
"It is both
the outrage I feel at the unchecked growth of this unfair and
deceptive practice, as
well as letters of
deep appreciation and encouragement from
persons around the world
who have been
helped with this information and these warnings.
"Just like
the chain letter, MLM assumes an
infinite market, which does not exist in the real world.
"It also
assumes a virgin
market, which don’t exist for long – which necessitates that an MLM
expand –
or “repyramid” – into new
markets.
"Thus, MLM
with its endless chains of
recruitment, is inherently
flawed, unfair, and deceptive.
"Fifteen years
of worldwide feedback tells
me that MLM is
also extremely viral
and predatory.
"This is advantageous for the founders, TOPPs (top
of-the-pyramid promoters), and
the MLM company itself, but works
to the detriment of new recruits –
who are being
sold a ticket on a flight that has already left the ground.
"As will be
seen from further analysis, it would be difficult to conceive of a more unfair
and deceptive practice than MLM, to say nothing of its extremely viral and
predatory nature.
"Again, in
this FTC definition, as with the Wikipedia definition, no mention is made of
the inherent flaws in any MLM system – endless chains of recruitment and a pay
plan that is recruitment-driven, top-weighted, and financed primarily by
incentivized purchases of the participants themselves.
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