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The_Dunedan · 07-20-2007, 03:00 AM

OK, time to have some fun.

I'm being rather aggressively approached by a representative for a utilities company which uses MLM to sell its' services. I have to say this is the first such thing I've heard of which sells services instead of products.

I'm meeting this gent in a bit, and he's gonna try and hit me with the pitch. He's already offered to waive the "license fee," so I think I may have a real live one here. If this turns out to be a scam, I intend on having as much email-related fun as I can with this, all for your enjoyment.

I have to say, however, that I'm intrigued by this. I've never heard of an MLM scheme working out well, but all such things that I've heard of involved product sales, not services. Services could theoretically avoid the market-saturation problem with product sales...in any case, he's buying the beer.

07-20-2007, 03:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
The_Dunedan Junkie	"Crack"-ing MLM OK, time to have some fun. I'm being rather aggressively approached by a representative for a utilities company which uses MLM to sell its' services. I have to say this is the first such thing I've heard of which sells services instead of products. I'm meeting this gent in a bit, and he's gonna try and hit me with the pitch. He's already offered to waive the "license fee," so I think I may have a real live one here. If this turns out to be a scam, I intend on having as much email-related fun as I can with this, all for your enjoyment. I have to say, however, that I'm intrigued by this. I've never heard of an MLM scheme working out well, but all such things that I've heard of involved product sales, not services. Services could theoretically avoid the market-saturation problem with product sales...in any case, he's buying the beer.