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If only that were true. Seems you just have to be an investment banker.
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mr_a: According to TFA, the Government is NOT handing out billions of dollars in free give-away programs.
If only that were true. Seems you just have to be an investment banker.
Specifically, an investment banker with poor judgment.
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baked beans: I made $500K in 1 year.
Ask me how.
Shamwow?
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baked beans: I made $500K in 1 year.
Ask me how.
Suing someone?
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eddyatwork: I actually had a friend to sell me Amway. He said it wasn't a pyramid scheme and then he proceeded to draw a triangle to show me how it worked. Needless to say I did not buy into it.
I had a friend try to sell me recruit me into Amway. Not only did I lecture him, I refused to share my beer with him that weekend.
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isaaczeke: eddyatwork: I actually had a friend to sell me Amway. He said it wasn't a pyramid scheme and then he proceeded to draw a triangle to show me how it worked. Needless to say I did not buy into it.
I had a friend try to sell me recruit me into Amway. Not only did I lecture him, I refused to share my beer with him that weekend.
this. when i was about 18, some dude at work invited us to (what turned out to be) an Amway meeting. the idea of retiring early was nice, but it smacked of bullshiat.
i didn't speak to him again.
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mr_a: According to TFA, the Government is NOT handing out billions of dollars in free give-away programs.
b-b-b-but he has a cool suit and is on the teevee!!!
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I had the exact same experience once, except it was at an "event" that an old friend from high school asked me to go to.
As soon as the guy drew it on the whiteboard me and like 10 other people stood up and walked out on him mid sentence.
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I LOL'd.
I'm constantly amazed when I see someone who seems to be otherwise a totally rational person (even some celebrities) defend Scientology.
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baked beans: I made $500K in 1 year.
Ask me how.
Did it start with someone walking up to you and telling you they are "looking for bright people to work with?"
That's how the last three people who tried to get me involved in some half-arsed scheme started off. Is that phrase in the playbook?
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dfxdeimos: I actually had a friend to sell me Amway. He said it wasn't a pyramid scheme and then he proceeded to draw a triangle to show me how it worked. Needless to say I did not buy into it.
I had the exact same experience once, except it was at an "event" that an old friend from high school asked me to go to.
As soon as the guy drew it on the whiteboard me and like 10 other people stood up and walked out on him mid sentence.
He only needs one or two to stay.
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My sister is a single mom with three kids working at a job that's a double-whammy for getting shut down or outsourced: Manufacturing auto parts. Sadly, she is also as gullible as they come. So, looking for some extra income, she got suckered into Quixtar. She was swiftly seduced by the videos of the founders tooling around private islands on yachts, lighting Cubans with Benjamins, swearing that it could happen to anyone who worked hard enough. Despite the fact that EVERYONE in my family tried to break down why pyramid schemes don't work, and even showed her news reports and website debunking Quixtar as just Amway in a newer suit, she still believed she'd be a millionaire if she just tried harder. I think she's still trying.
It's the fact that they give honest, but easily-led people like my sister false hope for a better future (then tell them it's THEIR fault for not working hard enough if it doesn't materialize) that makes me want to round these assholes up, dump them in a pit, and set them on fire. Twice.
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People still falling for it everyday. SAD.
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baked beans: I made $500K in 1 year.
Ask me how.
Whoring yourself out to 500 fat people for $1000 each?
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Still, if I were to make a scam, it'd be a complicated one. Sort of like a pyramid scam but with many rammifications, that it would be hellish just to analyze by the IRS.
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JDerek: baked beans: I made $500K in 1 year.
Ask me how.
Whoring yourself out to 500 fat people for $1000 each?
Or 5000 really fat people for $1 each?
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