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Multi Level Marketing...."pyramids"

 
 
timberlandko
 
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Reply Mon 15 Mar, 2004 06:27 pm
SYNERGY generates over 500 hits in one newsgroup for spam-and-scam fighters, and over 700 in ANOTHER. That pretty much tells me all I need to know ... as if the MLM bit wasn't enough of a tip-off already. The outfit is not a BBB member, either. Draw your own conclusions, folks.

Oh, and its not toilet bowl cleaner, its healthcare stuff ... seems their big seller is a "DNA Repair Skin Cream". I remember an Andy of Mayberry episode in which Opie and Barney got into a bind over something similar. Leave It To Beaver had a similar episode ... I think The Beav was the dupe, but it might have been Wally ... it was a long time ago. I didn't bother to check any of their stuff through the FDA, though anybody who cares is welcome to.
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Ladywrkn2retire
 
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Reply Mon 15 Mar, 2004 06:50 pm
BOY! Did you slam dunk me! Wanna do it again?

Synergy rep's are enthusiastic from what you are telling me and everyone else out there. This info only gives me the conviction to work harder.

The only come back I will give you is this: Because we are such a good company we are attracting new entrepreneuers to our company who aren't savvy to the way in which business should be handled. We are looking for those who want to work to succeed.

Sounds to me like you spend your day looking for something to condemn.

Have a great synergyistic day in whichever way you can...
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Slappy Doo Hoo
 
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Reply Mon 15 Mar, 2004 07:22 pm
You can address me anyway you like...Slappy, Slappy Doo Hoo, jerk, clown...

I looked at the website, and you're right...the products are expensive. As someone who purchases nutritional supplements, does a lot of reading about fitness in general, and likes to think I make good educated desicions...in my opinion I didn't find anything that's worth the $$. $40 for 1 lb of whey protien is pretty crazy, no matter how high the quality. I'm also a little wary of the creatine pills and the "facts" it states about traditional creatine monohydrate.

HOWEVER...don't think I'm bashing the company or your job there. Companies often use their price point to position their product in the market. They justify the high price with the hoped perception of high quality. It's just my opinion that the products are priced too high! As long as the products are truly what's represented on the labels, the company can market them any way they like.

At least the company doesn't seem to over-promote "opportunity," get rich fast, and make moon-promises, like the company I worked for. It is what it is, and like a regular business, it's what you make of it. Do you guys have "cult-like" meetings, where they do chants, and try to recruit, or are you completely on your own?

I didn't really look into the links too much timber posted...I opened a few and I'm not quite sure how to read into them, it's a lot of jumbled text.
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Ladywrkn2retire
 
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Reply Mon 15 Mar, 2004 07:30 pm
Creatine? Where? Enlighten me?
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Slappy Doo Hoo
 
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Reply Mon 15 Mar, 2004 07:38 pm
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Ladywrkn2retire
 
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Reply Mon 15 Mar, 2004 08:04 pm
Good! I'm glad we've got that cleared up!
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Ladywrkn2retire
 
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Reply Mon 15 Mar, 2004 08:05 pm
GOTTA LOVE ME. I love life and all it brings on
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timberlandko
 
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Reply Mon 15 Mar, 2004 08:12 pm
Ladywrkn2retire wrote:
BOY! Did you slam dunk me! ...
Sounds to me like you spend your day looking for something to condemn.

Have a great synergyistic day in whichever way you can...


Nah, spammer, you slamdunk yourself just fine with no help at all. A Ponzi Scheme is a Ponzi scheme, no matter how its wrapped. You're attempting to promote your pyramid, and I just don't care to see folks I care about get scammed. Instead of sitting here toying with you, I ought to just pull all your self-promotional posts, but for now, anyway, this is fun. Sometimes I just get into a mood.

From perusing the product efficacy claims on your outfit's website, I come away with a strong taste of junk science ... but that's just me. Maybe the marketing plan works for you, and if it does, fine ... it works for you. I could be wrong here ... happens from time to time ... but I imagine you haven't been with the firm more than a few months or so, maybe a year, and that you're eager, spirited, and convinced. Cool. You're convinced. I'm not. That's just me. You're welcome to believe your outfit is super, and more or less welcome to say so, depending on how you go about saying so. I'm welcome to hold a different point of view, and to express that also.
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timberlandko
 
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Reply Mon 15 Mar, 2004 08:19 pm
Oh, Slappy ... all that "jumbled text" is the form in which official complaints regarding spam and fraud e-mails and deceptive or fraudulent internet advertising are presented to ISP administrators and legal authorities.
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Slappy Doo Hoo
 
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Reply Mon 15 Mar, 2004 08:20 pm
Ladywrkn2retire wrote:
Good! I'm glad we've got that cleared up!


Cleared what up? That the product is making false claims?
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cjhsa
 
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Reply Tue 16 Mar, 2004 10:41 am
LMFAO.
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