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Re: No Subject - MLM SPAM

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On 31 Dec 95 at 13:27,  in Re: No Subject - MLM SPAM, 
DPULMAN@GC1.GEORCOLL.ON.CA wrote:

> Jacques:
> I take acception to your personal attack on Brian Gruss in
> the following message.
> 
> >Yes,
> 
> >Continue to put out your MLM junk e-mail everywhere you
> >can until your service provider cancels your account and
> >everyone hates your name.  >Then you 
> can either go into a legitimate business or get a job.
> 
> >Regards,
> 
> >Jacques Werth
> 
> Most lists advise subscribers against personal attacks,
> and  often gives 'cause' to unsubscribe offenders. You
> have by implication suggested that Brian is engaged in an
> illegitmate business without evidence to support that
> claim.  You have also suggested that because his job is
> not like yours then it isn't a job.  This tells us more
> about you than you may think.
> 
> According to "Success" magazine, 35,000 people per week
> become involved in network marketing - the term MLM is
> outdated - in North America .  This means that you are
> also making  judgments about 1.82M other people/ year.  In
> addition 75% of the homes in North America have made a
> purchase from a network marketing company, so perhaps you
> are making a judgment about their intelligence too.
> 
> I am sorry if you have been 'burned' at some time, but
> there are crooks in all businesses, including your so
> called "legitimate" businesses.

Dave;

You're right, that personal attacks are not permitted on
this list, but I "heard" an attack on a *post*, which is the
nature of lists. And the post attacked was a spam, which is
not acceptable anywhere.

The *attack* was also on MLM, also fair. Playing semantic
games like "network" marketing does not legitimize a
business. If 35,000 people are victims of MLM schemes
weekly, that does not legitimize them. If 75% of the US buys
MLM products that is no more justification than saying 75%
of everyone has been a crime victim- I'm not equating MLM
with crime, merely pointing out that numbers do not equal
legitimacy.

I wonder how many of the 35,000 are the same week to week,
the type who look for the easy money promise of MLM.

I also wonder how many of the 75% have bought from the
fairly legit "MLM" like Tupperware/Avon/Mary K versus the
pyramid schemes. 

On another list recently, someone made the key 
distinguishing point between legit and bad MLM:

Legit has a limited "downline", perhaps 4 levels: 
manufacturer-distributor-sales manager-salesperson, and
focuses on selling product.

The bad have an infinite downline, and focus on recruiting
the downline, (to which they then sell, rather than selling
product itself.

Abby


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