This is just shy of a pyramid scheme.

It is true that you can make a lot of money at this game, but only if you have no soul and are willing to con lots and lots of people just like yourself.

Your sick feelings are your instincts shouting at you at the top of their lungs. Your posting here to ask a question was very wise. Good job. You win!

Cheers!
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There is an inherent problem with the design of these companies. Only the people at the top rows make the real money. As you go down the levels, you have less opportunity to make money, as the product becomes more familiar and saturates the market.

Now as far as using your circle of influence (sound familiar?), most people will say no. Sorry, they are not going to share your excitement for the product and some are going to be familiar with this type of marketing and will back off. You may get one or two family members, a few friends and your organization may appear to grow from there. What will happen is that when everyone sees how most people say no and are negative, they will give up. At that point your part of the organization will collapse. Someone may continue to sell it on the side as they may like the product. But that will be the extent of it.

Go with your instincts, this is not a 'job'. They call it a business opportunity, we call the best way to alienate your friends and family!
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experience with MLM

Read this:

Bj of Santa Teresa NM (03/06/08)
While attending ASU, I responded to an opportunity to become a Carico sales rep to make money part-time during the summer. The company reps assured me that this was easy money, all I had to do was learn about the products at their training seminar and then demo the same to potential customers. They promised support, additional training, and whatever I needed to ensure my success but that the products are so well made and the Carico name represents quality, so the products practically sell themselves….I just needed to understand their features and benefits and be able to present them to customers. The training was several days at a local hotel, of which I had to pay. Then I had to pay for a distributor fee, then had to buy a sales kit and product brochures…but they assured me that all the upfront costs would be gained back in the first sale. After completing my training, I began to demo the products to friends, neighbors, and referrals.

I did eight demos, primarily of their water filtration system because the water quality is so bad in the greater Phoenix area, but could not convince a single person to purchase. I could not even get people to give me referrals primarily because they all said the products cost too much, and they would rather lug bottled water from the grocery store. After several weeks, I no longer heard from my area sales manager, but continued to receive mailers from the corporate office talking about all the trips and conventions that were coming up and listing all their top sales people from across the USA.

Bottomline: after paying about $400 and spending a weekend in training, then spending about 20 hours developing leads and doing demos of the products, I ended up with $400 less in my bank account instead of having a part-time summer job with tons of potential with $200-400 per week pay. NOTonly do their customers get ripped-off, their distributors do, too. Their sales programs is a lot like AMWAY–a lot of hype and promises but little to no results.

Instead of making money at a summer part-time job, I spent $400 trying to make money selling Carico's overpriced products. After the initial couple weeks of trying to sell their products, I stopped hearing from my area sales managers (David Quiroz and Pat Lawson) and never heard from them again.
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http://www.consumeraffairs.com/homeowners/carico.html