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Old 11-03-2006, 10:34 AM
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a legitamate and professional business deals with two separate parties:
1.the business itself
2.its customers/clients

MLM's deal with one party:
1.itself

MLM's just try to distract people with verbage and make it seem like they offer a product to "customers" when in reality, their entire existance of business (aka profit) relies solely on a recruitment process which requires its own "future" employees to pay to become part of the company. therefore, like dirtypwntang has said several times already, the business's major source of revenue/income/profit comes from the pockets of its own employees.

that is whack sh*t.
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Originally Posted by asukadc,Nov 3 2006, 11:32 AM
and simply i was just talking about the shape of the real world 's business structure. who said real world = pyramid scheme?
u definitely implied... no need to play word games
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here, enough talking.

i'll give u guys some pyramid.

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Originally Posted by edirtaynine,Nov 3 2006, 11:34 AM
the business's major source of revenue/income/profit comes from the pockets of its own employees.

that is whack sh*t.
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Originally Posted by problem_child,Nov 3 2006, 11:34 AM
u definitely implied... no need to play word games
i sure didn't.

and again, not support any side of this.
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we got pictures now
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Originally Posted by Mad_Paradox,Nov 3 2006, 11:37 AM
we got pictures now
that's right dawg!
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Originally Posted by asukadc,Nov 3 2006, 11:30 AM
exactly,

MLM is illegal.

it's now direct marketing we're talking about , similar but different.

they wouldn't stay in business if it was MLM.

income is generated by product sale/service, recruitments, membership, monthly maintaining rule, re-new fee.. and they are required to fill out a sales report, either the company does it for them already, or you have to fill one out yourself.

MLM/ the pyramid scheme thing u have in mind is quite different.

as for the real world, i was simply stating the shape of the structure that's all. nothing else.
Let's be honest here. There AREN'T millions in revenue coming in from customers buying their products. There's millions beind REPORTED because of "cheaty" accountants and a CPA who's about to lose his license. It happens with every "network marketing" company. The money comes from their own EMPLOYEE signups. Also, keep in mind that a company's "worth" isn't the same as the money they generate, though most companies LOVE to claim that they're worth x amount of dollars. This is determined by a VARIETY of factors, including years in business, size of revenue, and most importantly the worth of OTHER companies in the industry. Let's say a tiny restaurant with less than $500k a year in gross sales decides to go public. After the greuling wait to get an IPO, they may be listed as having a net worth of a couple million. It's tricky, and to be honest I've forgotten all the nitty-gritty details, but you get the point. The money ISN'T there. I've never HEARD of ACN, nor has anybody around me. Their vision of conquering the world is one of HIRING the world, NOT selling their products to everybody. Nobody (not to be taken literally) is going to deal with a no-name company employing a few thousand college kids who have no clue how their products actually work, and who have probably no real-world job experience.
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