And then you suggest AFFILIATE MARKETING?! Are you on drugs? Why would anyone who has a college degree invest time into that?

The representatives (priests), the not-having-to-pay-taxes-yet-asking-for-m… and false hopes of "you can be like me"…

Think about it…it’s Avon, except the ‘products’ are our morals
kdanley – I didn’t overgeneralize, if you actually read the title and details

Old Timer Too – However, there are some financial contributions that are paid back (like inefficient care centers, hushing priest rape victims, etc)

Ever heard of the phrase, "that company is a pyramid." They don’t say its a "pyramid scheme", but they say its a pyramid. What do they mean??

Do they mean where one person does work and not only he/she gets paid, but the person who hired/recruited him/her also gets paid? If this is what I think it mean, then what’s the big deal? All businesses are a pyramid!!
I know what a "pyramid scheme" is, I just want to know what is a "pyramid" in business/corporate sense. (Not those Egyptian things or the food pyramid)

Now that I’m interested, I have a question that needs help: What about the paper trail to the ‘investors’? Isn’t the project of running such a scheme call for MORE work on the paper? Lying always sucks and is never easy in the long run, so how can people be so fooled for so long if the paper trail (stock price, book value, etc.) is so transparent?

note: i just admire business from afar and may not be using terms that correctly. I just like to use them….

Ponzi or pyramid scheme, and would be willing to share your experience for a news story – please e-mail joshua.mellin@loop.colum.edu or reply here.

Thanks for any information!

So, some college kid on facebook befriends and e-mails me asking if I was interested in some job, with some business he owns where I work with some local companies. He calls me up, and says its hard to explain, so he sends me this website that has a video. This video is 5 minutes, and never explains exactly what I would be doing. So he books me for a seminar for tomorrow at 8:00pm.

I have recently been asked to join this pyramid scheme from a friend of a friend and I did some searching on GOOGLE with the term movemynetworth and have come up with a lot of negativity from individuals who are not promoters of this pyramid and some obvious individuals who are promoters trying to sell you. It appears to be nothing more than a website thrown together and sold as a pyramid where only the top line makes anything. There are literally hundreds of these financial websites available on the internet for FREE. What do you think?

My wife and I have a close friend who’s a very trusting person (usually a plus). What do we do? Do we intervene? If so, how do we do it without compromising our friendship?

how are the two different? both are multi-level marketing. Amway seems to have established itself as a legit business.

ok can someone tell me how a pyramid scheme works and how to set one up… and can you dumb it down so i can understand thanks

How do I talk sence into him? He is not the chart and graph sort of person. I found plenty of advice online but it was all math that he won’t get, it would be over his head. I am considering knocking him over and using violence. Is there any website that anyone knows that has a rational explaination a common guy can get?

How did that work for you?

I know pyramid schemes are illegal, and MLM’s are not. But if any one out there can further educate me on the differences, I’d be very grateful. Thank you

Parents say it looks a lot like a pyramid scheme ….. i just need some proof besides youtube.

What is the payoff to those at the top?