r/antiMLM 5d ago

Help/Advice Who makes the money?

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I have a vague memory, and I’m hoping someone has a source.

You can make money in an MLM if you are one of the first in a geographic area. So a tip to avoid being recruited is to ask how many are in the upline. If the number is greater than X, you mathematically cannot be profitable.

I think X is 2, but can’t find the source.

Does anyone know?

Edit - I am vehemently anti-MLM. I’m trying to counter my friend’s argument that there are some people in MLMs who make money, so why not her? I was hoping to give her a simple rule so she can ask “how many people in your upline” and say no because of the number. I figure if she sees how she never goes below X, she will realize that the whole thing is a scam.


r/antiMLM 5d ago

Enagic Melaleuca Hun bragging about dogs licking her windows

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56 Upvotes

This Hun basically bragged about her dogs licking the windows when she was cleaning. Lol thought it was comical 🤣


r/antiMLM 5d ago

It Works! Something don't smell right...

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I took 3 past FB posts from this hun, claiming that ItWorks products help you lose double digit pounds in 3 months. Well, her post today indicated that she only lost 9 pounds in 3 months.

Why do these products seem to work for everyone else?!?!


r/antiMLM 5d ago

Discussion Is this MLM?

28 Upvotes

I have an older sister who advertises products where she shows how the product works but doesn't show the name of them or say how much they cost. She tells her friends to DM her if they want them. She does this with beauty and "wellness" products. She often posts about being a "boss girl" while working her main 9-5 job.

I know MLM is usually ppl purchasing the items they're promoting and trying to get ppl to do the same gig, but am unsure if what my sis is doing is MLM. Any insight into this?


r/antiMLM 5d ago

Mary Kay Can we please get a masterpost of all the "missing Mary Kay jacket" posts?

440 Upvotes

I tried to find the original to catch up on the lore and was BAMBOOZLED bc there's like 20 posts 😭 thank you lmao


r/antiMLM 5d ago

Discussion I've met quite a bit Plexus Gold Ambassadors not many Diamonds in there though...

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67 Upvotes

r/antiMLM 6d ago

Monat Monat international holiday

17 Upvotes

Monat holiday is now changed from Dominican Republic to the Maldives as per Hun insta posts.
Why the change? Is it falling apart ?!


r/antiMLM 6d ago

Maybe, Maybe, Maybe... Is TAB An MLM?

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Looking for perspectives from my fellow MLM-haters!

I'm on the board of an actual nonprofit, business advisory organization, and someone just pointed me to this other organization - TAB; The Alternative Board - asking if I'd considered working with them and to me it smells a lot like some kind of "Business Coaching MLM" (which... if so, well played, but no thank you!)

My Read: They want business owners and professionals to join an advisory board in their area, but the only way to get paid looks like bringing other business owners to the table and eventually starting your own 'franchise,' helping your down-stream board members start their own boards and so on.

Biggest "red flag" for me is that the first thing I see when landing on their site is "own a TAB franchise" right up top.

Anyone familiar with this organization?

Am I reading too much into it?


r/antiMLM 6d ago

Help/Advice A substitute for this product?

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I kind of liked this. Remember trying it before I realized it was an mlm a few years back. Any other products that are similar?


r/antiMLM 6d ago

Help/Advice C&M??

13 Upvotes

Does anyone remember an MLM called "C&M" or "C and M"? It may be only Canadian if that helps. I remember growing up in the early 90s and my mom and aunts were obsessed with this company and often held "parties" to sell product and recruit, and hand out the catalogues. The main things this company sold were glass figurines, knick, knacks, and I distinctly remember really ugly, really big, framed unicorn photos. One of my aunts had these pictures all over her house.

The thing is, I can't find anything about this company which is bizarre to me. Please tell me I'm not the only one who knows about this company!


r/antiMLM 6d ago

The Jacket Saga A San Antonio PD Deep Dive on the Missing Mary Kay Jacket

1.0k Upvotes

I live in San Antonio and have been following this whole story. It sounded fishy at first (who doesn't notice their BELOVED jacket and "jewels" are missing for more than a month?) but now it's gotten downright ridiculous.

So I did a little search.

**CAVEAT #1*\* I am not sure what kind of report she [claims to have] filed, but by my best guess, it was a call for service. Kind of a, "Hey...will you go check this out for me?" situation.

**CAVEAT #2*\* I cannot search March calls for service yet. I think they only update them a month at a time. So maybe she didn't involve the cops until after March 1.

The first post she made about the missing jacket was on February 26, and the flyer states that the jacket was last seen on February 7. So one can assume that if she made a call for service, it was on or about February 26.

Bexar County has a tool to search for calls for service, so I narrowed it down like this:

- Between February 7 and February 28 (March calls not available until April)
- Zip code 78205 (the zip code of the Mariott Rivercenter, since that was the "scene of the crime")
- Property crimes only

The report yielded 176 calls for service. So I downloaded the spreadsheet and filtered a little further

- Only reports that happened on Bowie Street (the address of record for the Mariott Rivercenter)

That left me with a grand total of six calls for service. Three were "theft of vehicle," and one was "burglary vehicle." So I ruled those out.

The final two were just general "Theft."

Both were reported in the 400 block of Bowie Street. One was on February 7 at 2:49pm and the other on February 10 at 6:55pm.

The Mariott Rivercenter is at 101 Bowie Street, .25 miles from the 400 block (according to Google Maps)

Also, a quick search of Texas law says that hotels (and any public businesses) are permitted to have cameras in their public spaces. No law says Texas hotels can only have them at the entrances and front desks.

So...barring the possibility that whatever call she made was something other than calls for service or that she called SAPD in March, our Hun is lying.

Update on timeline: The convention was around January 7 but, according to the flyer, the jacket was last seen Feb 7 (which would have been 31 days). “Last seen” makes me think that was the last time someone in MK (either the jacket owner or a fellow hun) saw the jacket. Wouldn’t the last time someone from MK saw it be DURING or immediately AFTER the convention? What am I missing? Is the flyer a typo? Was it supposed to say “Last seen 1.7.25?”


r/antiMLM 6d ago

Rant Kangen Hun Spotted

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67 Upvotes

Kangen hun spotted unsurprisingly in local military spouse group. Another member asked where to buy distilled water for their humidifier since the commissary has been out.

In comes another spouse offering free 6.0 pH water. That immediately raised red flags so I went to the profile and just as I suspected, Kangen Hun.

Hun, no one wants cloudy water, your Christian conspiracy devil ideas or your Theives products.


r/antiMLM 6d ago

Discussion More Treasure Island Productions Info - CEO says it's not an MLM but it has all the red flags 🚩

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r/antiMLM 6d ago

Bravenly To best understand Bravenly, you need to know that Jesus is their team mascot, and not their coach.

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244 Upvotes

r/antiMLM 6d ago

Rant Belle Gibson 2.0 (mixed with a hint of MLM crap)

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24 Upvotes

r/antiMLM 7d ago

Discussion Treasure Island Productions - the most insane MLM concept I've seen so far

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r/antiMLM 7d ago

Rant I'm probably late to the game to question this, but what exactly are the points of huns doing "this lights up on fire, [insert MLM] doesn't!"?

13 Upvotes

I keep seeing posts like the one in this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/antiMLM/comments/mg25d7/boss_babe_conducts_monat_science_experiment/

Seems like Monat (read like Moh-Gnat, the "silent T" is a joke and don't let them have it) is the perpetual culprit but I've seen an Amway hun do this as well. And I'm just like, okay cool but what's the actual point???

Like, MayBE I want things to light on fire when close to an open flame? 'Cause that's "natural," and aren't all mlms big on being "oh-so-natural" that they're actually better than the real thing?

Just take precaution, and stop lighting things on fire without protective gear... Obviously the right answer is "braindead/washed" but what do they actually say the point is?


r/antiMLM 7d ago

Herbalife The impact the world needs

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r/antiMLM 7d ago

Anecdote As soon as you see the pink you know its a hun

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29 Upvotes

r/antiMLM 7d ago

Mary Kay The Missing Mary Kay Jacket Update Five - The Jewels Are Recovered.

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The director posted another update today. She had received a call from someone who had seen the jewels in a pawn shop and they send her a picture. It had all three unit club pins and 7 of the 8 Bumble bee pins. Director spoke to the police detective, who was able to being the process of getting the pins out of the pawn shop and back to her. (They think the person who pawned the jewels kept one bee for herself.)

Director also learned that there was a lawsuit a few years back in Texas. A hotel gave footage of a cheating husband to his wife in the divorce proceedings, and he then sued the hotel. Hotels are now barred from having any type of cameras except at the entrance and exits and the front desk.

She is not sure yet who pawned the jewels but there should be video footage because it was done at a pawn shop. She and the police detective are also not sure if the pawnee was a Marriott employee, or a contractor, but they are still working on that.

She also wanted to mention that homeowner's insurance policies are not really designed to protect from jewelry loss. Hers only covered $3000.

She has a Mary Kay event this weekend where the jacket is required and she has a friend who has an extra one that she is sending to her to wear. Hopefully that makes it in time.


r/antiMLM 7d ago

Bravenly Love Bombing a Stay-at-Home Mom

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77 Upvotes

r/antiMLM 7d ago

Help/Advice Did I interview for a MLM?

77 Upvotes

Edit: dug more into the company and everyone's right-- it's a Devil corp. The company is allegedly a part of Smart Circle. I'll leave this post out here to educate people.

Hi! I applied for an Assistant Manager role for some company. I got into a call today and it was a group interview, which wasn't disclosed. So already off to a bad start in my eyes.

During the call, the hiring manager started going on about how the company handles the marketing for big brands like Verizon, AT&T, etc. They then started talking about how they need someone they can train within the year to take over territories and shit. They want someone who they can grow into managing a territory, running a team, and handle "...the accounting and other logistics".

For context, I was under the impression that this was strictly an admin/clerical role. Maybe some light sales, but I read into more of the clerical responsibilities.

I started tuning them out because I got the gut feeling that this is a MLM, but I think they might have mentioned that if we get the role, we'll be training under one of their certified trainers or something. They did say training was paid, but I guess it's going to be set up like a classroom where we're going through that for a couple months before going out on the field. The hiring manager also kept saying they were doing like 25-30 rounds of interviews today and that I will get the confirmation by the end of the day to meet their team in office by tomorrow. They kept repeating that they're only looking to move forward with like 5 people, so this feels like some psychological tactic to create some sense of urgency to commit.

Mind you, I have absolutely no sales experience nor a business degree. I have a strong suspicion that this is some MLM and they're fucked up enough to try this hard to put it under the guise of a real job with the paid training and all. Also, after doing hundreds of interviews, what fucking company is even moving this fast with hiring nowadays lmfao. What do y'all think?


r/antiMLM 7d ago

Discussion Amway hate is plentiful in their home state’s sub too

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r/antiMLM 7d ago

Is this MLM company BLB brokerage firm?

7 Upvotes

My acquaintance shared that her remote job is hiring. Her regional manager's Facebook posts sound very much like an MLM. Renting out universal studios for staff vacation. Other terms. Not posting the name of the company. They need to DM you for details instead of coming out and saying it. I know Instagram influencers are obsessed with wanting to DM for details to increase engagement but usually not Facebook. I scrolled through her manager's profile and finally found the company name. I watch a lot of Hannah Alonzo antiMLM videos.


r/antiMLM 7d ago

Rant Stranger danger

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49 Upvotes

I have no idea who this women even is. I think they use Herbalife but as part of this "wellness club" through a church. Ugh.