Sunday, August 14, 2005

MLM or direct marketing...

Really hate these people. some of them really all out to cheat you $, hardearned $. of course some of them actually make good $ out of it.

MLM is multi level marketing, similar to Pyramid selling. you pay an amt , start recruiting "friends" to join in, the more you recruit, the higher level you go and more $ you get. sometimes, you dun have to sell a thing, all you need is juz get more pp in. A friend of mine told me he foot $500 to join this resort shared properties (4got the exact name) . He joined becos his friends encourage him to. He said he has to keep paying the organisation few hundreds every mth till finished paying the full amt. You get to stay in the resorts in various countries free when you sign up.

I asked him, how often does he go overseas? where on earth are these resorts located, faraway from city? why signed up just becos your so called friend asked you to. Now he regrets his decision and duno wat to do. i think it's got something to do with 分时度假村MLM case which CASE received lots of complaints recently. Why are there so many people falling in their trap?? most importantly what can be done to resolve the matter?

Anybody got similar experience?

只要不贪,人就不容易上当。我还是相信钱存放在银行是最妥当最安全的钱生钱的方法。

6 comments:

Loos said...

Few colleagues of mine is in "it". One of them slog harder for it than for our compnay. Going to bed as last as 2,3 am. I really think it's not worth.
Anyway, my coll knew that they can't make any money out from me so they didn't bother to do so.
But find these MLM thing really irritating.

~六翼天使~ said...

mlm can be irritating when ur so call frens start to irritate u
so far none dare to irritate me with that
so far one product i try becos my mum bought. not too bad.
just that i too lazy to eat everyday
another product i dun believe is He...l l..e
went to listen bcos entertain a fren
not much info on product but keep havin ppl says it works
of cos work lah. skip a meal n just drink milk also will work.

as for the so call tour thing
my sis kena con in
now still paying cannot even stop
hahaha.....

傻MUI said...

Did a call in programme with ahong yesterday on timeshare resort. and...true enough a lot of people got cheated. one paid 10k without even enjoying the benefits, cos there are lots of additional costs involved and those resorts are situated away from city areas. whatsmore they will give you free air tix only if you invest more. stupid right? might as well pay yourself. another intend to quit paying and they threatened they will send lawyer letter to her. she ignored the letter and soon, no more letters.

If you are approached by timeshare people, dun sign anything, leave immediately. and if you have already started paying and intend to opt out. you can approach cASE (pay a annual fee of $40) and they can help you claim back the amount. (might take long time) Dun be afraid of "lawyer letters", let's see who has more $ and time to waste.

One listener signed becos she got so bored of the presentation, intend to leave but they kept her in the room and tried persuading her over and over again. she signed juz to get over it.

And DO NOT invest in Timeshare thinking you can sell it away in the near future. And....dun not buy becos he/she is your friend and you feel like supporting him. You've got to pay a lot to support him!

Good luck.

DJ Kevin said...

i once went up the Orchard Road office. I just told them.. i am unemployed and they said.. thank you and Bye Bye..

Loos said...

that's a good one! hahaha...

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