I Drank the Kool-Aid
I have long been leery of multilevel marketing (MLM) schemes-- and for good reason. It seems that every month a new craze has hit social media: Advocare, Plexus, It Works!, and a number of other teeth whitening, eye lash lengthening, and otherwise miraculous products. Their peddlers suddenly CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THEIR [insert product here], and 15 other users will comment on these posts echoing that they too cannot live without ________. But just as quickly as these folks have found the cure-all, their posts suddenly go silent. I suspect their sudden hiatus from marketing has to do with inability to meet whatever goal their new employer has given them for the month, but what do I know... This is not to say that some MLM products don't have actual merit. Many gurus in the beauty product world give rave reviews to Rodan & Fields products, for instance. But the aggression of its sellers puts me off-- how do I buy the one product without you trying to put me on your "team...
