Comments on: Tupperware (and Avon, Amway, Pampered Chef, Cutco, Mary Kay, et. al)

By: MKXcomm

MKXcomm — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:48:05 +0000

Yep, Reliv is a scam. My grandmother got conned into selling that stuff. They are very tight financially and they got her to give them $5000 for her “starter kit”. When I heard that, I wanted find one of them and beat them up. I went to one of their meetings with her and they kept saying “don’t focus on the product, just focus on telling people how much money they’re going to make!” And yet they claim not to be a pyramid scheme. Makes me want to choke some people!!!

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:42:48 +0000

Anyone else constantly get hit up for the $4,000 Kangen Water Ionizer scam? They claim it makes the water slightly basic….I’m always thinking, would that matter when the water hit my stomach ACID? To counteract that, it would almost have to be the PH of Drano.

The sad part is that the people claim to feel better and to be healthier, when the real reason they are having health improvements has nothing to do with the $4K machine but has probably more to do with the fact that they now drink 85 glasses of water a day..lol.

I got hit up for Reliv the other week…what turned out to be a $40 smoothie.

What I don’t get about these people is that they have no consideration of what it does to the gospel they are “selling” when they are selling scam products. If I was an unbeliever and someone tried to sell me some crap in a bottle that was really a pyramid scheme, am I going to take what they say about Jesus seriously?

By: MKXcomm

MKXcomm — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:13:21 +0000

LOL If I had a dollar for every scentsy or “jewelry made from radiated lead from China” party, I’d be rich! Leave me alone fundy women! I do not want to finance your boredome!

By: Seen Enough

Seen Enough — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:03:34 +0000

Natalie, what a great site! I love it! MLMs…shudder.

By: Mandy

Mandy — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:44:17 +0000

We have several ladies in our church that sell for various companies like this, and I’ve even been to a couple of the parties. Thankfully, they aren’t at all pushy about it. They don’t really talk about it a lot, unless you ask them, and they don’t even try to pressure you at the parties (which are actually fun). So, I guess some of us got lucky!

By: Guilt Ridden

Guilt Ridden — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:47:18 +0000

At the strong, controlling church I left, I don’t think there were any MLM-types. I was there a long time and never heard any approach.

At the current church, there is at least one, but very low-key. Seldom talks about it, not pushy at all.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:49:56 +0000

And, I always grew up being taught that Amway was bad because it took people away from church.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:49:19 +0000

Over at PinkTruth.com (a website talking about the other side of Mary Kay), they share funny stories about women ducking under their pews with they see the MK lady in the church coming… ha ha.

By: grace2live

grace2live — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:14:01 +0000

“Nah, there are normal fundamentalists out there.”

Whew! *Wiping brow* There’s hope for me after all.

By: Pastor's Wife

Pastor's Wife — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:00:11 +0000

I usually go when invited and perhaps buy something inexpensive (although that’s hard to find!), but I would never sign up to host a party. They always tried to pressure you into hosting your own party, but I think that my position as pastor’s wife makes it WAY too awkward to be asking people to come buy stuff. People are already giving in the offering to pay my husband’s salary; I can’t ask them to spend more money at my party so I can get a hostess’ gift.