Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: Re: MLMs
From: sabarnett@ualr.edu
Date: 29 Jul 92 14:53:03 GMT
Organization: University of Arkansas at Little Rock

In article <1992Jun29.131450.7669@hellgate.utah.edu>, llarsen%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Loren Larsen) writes:
> The thing that people who are involved in MLMs keep saying is that it is
> the wave of the future.  You can shop much more conveniently and eliminate
> the middle man.  Quite frankly I love to shop.  I love to go to the mall and
> walk out with numerous bags of expensive items under my arms.  I like to go
> to Nordstrom's and be assisted in my shopping by beautiful women.  I like
> to be able to actually try things on before I buy them.  I like to touch and
> examine things I'm going to buy to see if they are up to my standards of
> quality.  Now compare those advantages to dealing with annoying MLM reps
> who are more concerned with building a pyramidal distribution network under 
> them where they can profit for years to come without working for it than to
> provide me with service.  If I want a choice of products, I have to look
> through catalogs, fill out order forms, etc.  Then I will likely need to
> return things because they either to don't fit right, don't look as good
> as they did in the magazine or for a multitude of other reasons.  
> 
> Now tell me WHY I should buy ANYTHING through an MLM organization?  I just
> can't figure it.  The way I figure it, it is much more time consuming and
> frustrating than to "suffer" through a mall where you have a multitude of
> choices and real service.  Please, someone explain to what MLMs are about
> except getting wealthy for a few at the top.
> 
> Loren

Loren, your deduction of MLM's is false.   It is true that there are
a lot of bad or illegal MLM's going up everyday, but your assuming that
everyone of the network marketing organizations are scam oriented.

That's not true at all.   In additional, if you didn't know it yet,
shopping malls are going to be a thing of the past.  

(i.e. look at any small town's downtown shopping district.  If there
is a WALMART store nearby you can usually tell that the city's 
other businesses will most likely be phasing out due to competitive pricing.)

Don't be rubbed the wrong way by my response, but network marketing 
is for some people, not all.  (It's for people who really what to better
themselves).    Most people in this country don't appreciate the 
free enterprise options available to each and everyone of us.

Let's talk more, I don't mean to sound off, but I can't let you get away
with downing ALL Organizations that practice Network Marketing.

Hope to here from you soon, 
Sean

SABARNETT@UALR.EDU 

P.S. I would love to go to the malls, but why should I spend most of my
money paying someone else for getting something I needed than buying it myself.

Also, if you go into a department store which is having a final sale,
1. you have to wait for the sales to start. 
2. you have to fight people for the same item.
3. you can't return wore mechandise if it doesn't fit.
(FINAL means FINAL)   What kind of deal is that??  I'd call that a SCAM!


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