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Is ARBONNE mlm a scam? any one here is really making money from it? |
Is ARBONNE mlm a scam? any one here is really making money from it? Many people have a negative idea about network marketing because of some of the big scams in the past. Arbonne, however, is a legit and legal network marketing company that has over 400 consumable products shared through independent consultants. Network marketing is just a form of marketing that channels products from the manufacturer to the consumer through a "network" of independent Consultants. It just cuts out the "middleman" found in most industries. The large profit that would normally go to the wholesalers, warehousers, shippers, advertisers and retailers in traditional retail goes to the independent consultants. Many people ask is Arbonne is a pyramid. The answer is no. A pyramid is illegal and is where only money exchanges hands. Also a pyramid is where there is only 1 person (or a few) at the top and end up with loads of money. With Arbonne, everyone starts out as a consultant and has an equal opportunity to make National VP...you can even pass up your sponsor! There is no glass ceiling and no one to hold you down. Arbonne is also not a "get-rich-quick" scheme. It takes work, just like with any business, and requires effort and activity. You can view all of Arbonne's corporate information online, including the average monthly incomes, amount of time it's taking consultants to make the different levels of management, etc. They do not hide any of their information from the public. If you're curious or need more information, feel free to browse their website and click on "The Company" It may not technically be a pyramid scam per se, but if you search for other questions regarding arbonne on y/a, you will find many people who have had terrible experiences with Arbonne. As with any pyramid (and YES, it is a pyramid -- it just doesn't qualify as an illegal "pyramid scam"), each person places pressure on the person below them to sell product, and it turns into an Amway-like cultish organization, in which it takes a LONG time (plus feeling comfortable pressuring friends, neighbors, and others) to see any real money. Another thing that makes it a pyramid is that yes, all the money DOES end up with the small group at the top. Anyone who believes that the company is not owned by the usual greedy board of directors is seriously naive. The company encourages you to get more people involved, rather than concentrate on selling product. Why? Because they will make more money the more consultants they have, even if each consultant makes less money. In addition, as it says above, consultants make more based on how much the people they recruit make, so this makes them spend more and more time recruiting (and pressuring the heck out of) new members, hoping for a payoff. (Read the page on www.wikipedia.org about "Arbonne International" to back up the info I put here.) Many y/a questions on here also refer to the fact that companies like this are very destructive to social relationships -- friendships have been ruined because of arguments between Arbonne reps who believe their friends are crazy or selfish for not buying from them and the friends, who won't buy the hype. In conclusion, I would stay away, but the decision is obviously yours. And by the way, if you go to Jennifer's page and click on her homepage link, you'll be directed straight to her rep page on Arbonne's website. Hmmm... wonder why she was so pro-Arbonne...? |
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