Episode 65: MLM Horror Stories

Life After MLM

Roberta Blevins

Society & Culture, Education

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

This weeks sponsor is BetterHelp. Listeners of the show receive 10% off their first month of online therapy by visiting betterhelp.com/mlm. Content warning : Some of the stories in this episode deal with triggering topics, including mental health, PTSD, suicide and more. Each story that has these topics, has a small warning at the beginning, so you may skip around as needed. I put out a call to action this month on social media, asking for personal MLM Horror stories and YOU RESPONDED!!! You sent in emails, sent me links to stories, tagged me in posts and even sat down for some mini chats! Enjoy this megasode of lots of MLM Horror Stories from around the internet! This is also the first time we have done an episode like this, so if you enjoy these Multi Story Minisodes, let me know and we can create more! The holidays are coming... Show Notes Paige - https://www.tiktok.com/@pretty_pettyx Advocare vs FTC - https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2019/10/ftc-advocare-business-model-was-pyramid-scheme Reddit Stories - https://www.reddit.com/r/antiMLM/comments/8kpzpf/most_bizarre_mlm_pitch/ https://www.reddit.com/r/antiMLM/comments/q7i3t3/starting_them_early_barf/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&utm_term=link https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5xe68p/what_are_your_mlm_multilevel_marketing_horror/ https://www.reddit.com/r/antiMLM/comments/99lqpa/my_worst_mlm_story/ https://www.reddit.com/r/antiMLM/comments/q8phek/has_anyone_else_been_datefished_by_someone_trying/ HuffPost Stories - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mlm-horror-stories_l_5d952097e4b0da7f66211f35 Dr. Steven Hassan's BITE Model - https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/ Ponzinomics by Robert L. FitzPatrick - https://amzn.to/3q16oJb How can you help? Report false income and health claims here: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/ Or go to: https://www.truthinadvertising.org You can also report to your state Attorney General's office! https://www.naag.org/find-my-ag/ Not in the U.S.? Go here: https://www.ftc.gov/policy/international/competition-consumer-protection-authorities-worldwide Support the Podcast! Buy me a Taco and leave me a note! 🌮💖 - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/robertablevins Follow me on TikTok for Anti MLM content, education, and humor! - https://www.tiktok.com/@bertalikewhoa & https://www.tiktok.com/@bertalikewhoa2.0 Follow us on Instagram for visual show notes, FAQ, and updates! - https://www.instagram.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast/ Like us on Facebook and join our show fan page to jump in on the conversation! - https://www.facebook.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast Find me on CLUBHOUSE at @therealrobertablevins *Some links may be affiliate links. When you purchase things from these links, I get a small commission that I use to buy us tacos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Roberta Blovins, and this is life after M.L.M.
0:11.2	A podcast where we work to end the stigma of failure in an industry designed for you to fail.
0:17.0	Hey, quick call to action and a little bit of housekeeping before we start the show.
0:26.0	I don't know if you guys saw my Tik-Tok video that I posted a couple days ago, but a little mini spoiler,
0:32.4	there is another Lula Row documentary in the works and they are looking for victims of Lula Row to send in little snippets of their story to share in the documentary.
0:45.0	So I'm putting out a quick call to action to anybody who's been victimized by Lula Row.
0:50.0	Go ahead and send an email over to Lula Row documentary at gmail.com.
0:56.0	You will get back an email with a list of questions and then it will be up to you to
1:02.0	answer those questions and record yourself answering
1:04.6	those questions and then send it in. This is very time sensitive and so if you're
1:11.0	interested in doing this I would maybe pause this and do that right now and then come back to it.
1:16.2	There is a very, very quick turnaround. This thing is almost in post-production.
1:21.6	And so yeah, that's why I'm out here. in post-production.
1:22.8	And so yeah, that's why I'm out here asking for just a little bit more help.
1:27.8	We would love if hundreds of people could reach out and send an email.
1:31.3	So if you've already done it, you are amazing. Thank you so much. So if you've already done it you are amazing. Thank you so much and if you haven't that's okay too. But if you want to get those stories in.
1:39.3	Thank you so much and enjoy the show. Welcome back to another episode of Life After MLM.
1:46.2	Today we're doing something a little different.
1:48.6	I've never done an episode like this before.
1:50.8	For the past couple weeks, I've been putting out a call to action on social media
1:54.0	asking for your guys as MLM horror story experiences. I've gotten emails, messages,
2:00.4	you guys have been tagging me and things it is fantastic. I even got a couple of you to hop on a Zoom call with me and
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