Multilevel marketing MLM discussion

Re: Live Healthier and make money !

Should this be merged with the MLM thread?

Looks like it to me, the website has a section for opportunities, and reeks of MLM.

I didn't know where else to post this, but since local MLM efforts seem targeted at struggling fool's gold prospectors, I figured this was as good a place as any.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4b243902-fd06-11dc-961e-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1

could you paste the article please?

High prices spark fresh gold rush in California
By Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles

Published: March 28 2008 20:38 | Last updated: March 28 2008 20:38

It has been almost 160 years since the first California gold rush but, with prices hitting record highs, prospectors are once again flocking to the state’s rivers and deserts in search of the precious metal.

Gold’s ascent – prices crossed the $1,000 an ounce barrier this month and remain well above $900 – has sent sales of mining equipment soaring.

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High prices spark fresh gold rush in California
By Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles

Published: March 28 2008 20:38 | Last updated: March 28 2008 20:38

It has been almost 160 years since the first California gold rush but, with prices hitting record highs, prospectors are once again flocking to the state?s rivers and deserts in search of the precious metal.

Gold?s ascent ? prices crossed the $1,000 an ounce barrier this month and remain well above $900 ? has sent sales of mining equipment soaring.

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High prices spark fresh gold rush in California
By Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles

It has been almost 160 years since the first California gold rush but, with prices hitting record highs, prospectors are once again flocking to the state?s rivers and deserts in search of the precious metal.

Gold?s ascent ? prices crossed the $1,000 an ounce barrier this month and remain well above $900 ? has sent sales of mining equipment soaring.

?There?s been a dramatic change . . . our sales have risen four-fold in the last three months,? said Harrigan McGregor, owner of GoldFeverProspecting.com, an equipment retailer in northern California.

?This is the second big California gold rush. We?ve had a lot of phone calls from people who are quitting their jobs and prospecting full-time.?

The growth of prospecting by individuals has been accompanied by a sharp increase in commercial mining activity. Commercial claims, most of which involve gold mining, rocketed to 2,274 in the first quarter of this year, up from 132 in the same period of 2005, the Bureau of Land Management says.

Roger Haskins, senior specialist for mining law at the BLM, said the high price of gold was ?obviously driving [mining] activity up tremendously?.

?We have a market imbalance at the moment and there?s more demand than supply,? he added. ?Gold sits in a little niche because it?s speculative . . . People buy it as a hedge for the future.?

Membership in the Gold Prospectors Association of America ?has tripled in a very short space of time?, said Corey Rudolph, an official of the southern California-based group, which organises events for recreational miners.

The hotspot is a 320km strip known as the Gold Belt, or ?Motherlode?, which runs near Highway 49 (named for prospecting ?49ers? of the 19th century) and the Sierra Nevada mountains. Mr Rudolph said 5-10 per cent of available gold had been mined. ?There?s still a lot of gold out there for the smart guys.?

The market in second-hand gold is also booming, with southern California pawnshops reporting increased trade as people sell unwanted gold items. Depending on the quality, these items can be refined and resold.

However, Mr McGregor said raw gold can fetch even higher prices. ?If you find a nugget larger than your pinkie finger, it could sell for up to 30 per cent more than the spot price.?
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Now is a great time to buy.....picks and shovels.



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Anyone ever tried this chocolate? Curious as to the taste. I heard it on the radio, suppose to be able to eat it three times a day and get all your servings of fruits and vegetables.

It is a MLM product. $300 to get involved seems a bit over the top to me, I was just curious about the chocolate itself.

if it was better than other chocolate, it would be sold in grocery stores, rather than door to door.

Re: Live Healthier and make money !

There is a meeting today for anyone interested in more information. There is no charge. This is our main kickoff event of the year and we expect as many as 500 people. [
Any questions please call me at 622-0722 or 865-0582

Thanks!

Re: Live Healthier and make money !

Re: Live Healthier and make money !

This pinged the meter!

There are "no products to buy", yet I can "choose to only subscribe to the newsletter" and "earn commissions"? :roll:

Only $12 a month to get independent research and advice from folks who have no credentials and who are quick w/ the legalese to tell me I must verify their findings with the same folks they slam in their sales pitch - think I'll get that martini instead! ;-)
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Will you be needing directions?

Hey, I've got a photoblocker to sell! It isn't particularly healthy but will save you money from potential red-light-camera tickets and allow you to speed through those intersections on red. Could you ask for anything more? You don't even go to a meeting - just order and chunk down your hard-earned $$!

Re: Live Healthier and make money !

Will you be needing directions?

Yeah, do I go left or right to get to the venue when I get into Suckerville?

Geez :roll: these MLMs are becoming like roaches in this area/economy....I blame Greenspan and Bush.

WRobert--here's you chance to taste this "chocolate vegetable," just get prepared to be beaten into submission to become a business owner.

Economically speaking, we'll know we've reached the "bottom" when these things (MLMs) start to disappear...from the looks of things, we've got a loooooonnnnnngggg way to go.


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Re: Live Healthier and make money !

Yeha do I go left or right to get to the venue when I get into Suckerville?

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My 2nd red chiclet! It says "The poster is disparaging without personal knowledge of the opportunity insuring that other interested parties will shy away" I disagree that I am "ensuring" that other interested parties will stay away. If you believe in your product you will need to defend it occasionally.

You got a red chiclet for that??? Someone is awfully free with their bloody chiclets!


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My 2nd red chiclet! It says "The poster is disparaging without personal knowledge of the opportunity insuring that other interested parties will shy away"

Consider it a badge of honor.


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Here's a couple films about the "opportunity" so you can save yourself time and gas attending the presentation:

http://thechocolatecdsystem.com/program3/player.html

http://www.thechocolatecdsystem.com/program4/player.html


:roll: No need to thank me now.


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Re: Live Healthier and make money !

There is a meeting today for anyone interested in more information. There is no charge. This is our main kickoff event of the year and we expect as many as 500 people. [
Any questions please call me at 622-0722 or 865-0582

Thanks!

Take some pics for us.

Economically speaking, we'll know we've reached the "bottom" when these things (MLMs) start to disappear...from the looks of things, we've got a loooooonnnnnngggg way to go.


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How do you figure that? Seems to me the bottom is when everyone is pimping MLMs, not when they start to disappear.

Wow, Gordo. I didn't get my second one for dissin' MLM. Where's my second red chicklet?

Wow, Gordo. I didn't get my second one for dissin' MLM. Where's my second red chicklet?

Scared to mess with you probably

I guess the MLM proponents are too busy sharpening their pick axes to give us an earnings update;-)

How do you figure that? Seems to me the bottom is when everyone is pimping MLMs, not when they start to disappear.

These MLMs tend to pop-up as the economy goes into decline (once people realize that the economy is not going to be "all better" in a couple of weeks) and they multiply as we fall further into the abyss. The pyramids take some time to form as they work themselves back and forth across the country and as they cycle through new "companies and products."

As unemployment numbers rise and inflation takes hold, more and more people are drawn to these "get rich owning your own company" schemes. Eventually, after wasting much time and much money, "company owners" come to the realization that there is no market for their "products" and recruiting opportunities have dried up (not only because the product is too expensive and/or useless, but also the customers and downlines are struggling with the economic downturn themselves).

IMO, the economy hasn't bottomed yet; I expect to see more and more of these MLMs pop up over the coming months. They're well aware that there are droves of folks, who became accustomed to making mucho < & easy> dinero during the RE bubble, just ripe for the picking.

Once the economy corrects and employment picks up, the crumpling MLM pyramids will crash and the top folks at the MLM headquarters will slither back under their rocks to count their money.


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