Comments on Latest MLM nonsense, just tried the Goji juice? »
December 30, 2008
Marcello @ 3:32 pm
The first problem is that your Aunt is selling a product on the notion of having medical qualifications when her only qualification was that she signed a distributorship with an MLM company.
Secondly, your Aunt probably told you about all sorts of amazing claims that their wonder tonic has, perhaps even some of their own. Your Aunt, however, naively thinks that just because there is a lot of hype around the product (misplaced because the hype is really about keeping them in MLM, not selling product), that the product must be great. Your Aunt was undoubtedly unable to come up with anyone other than family/friends of her own or other MLMers in with their company who could offer a positive review…ie. they have never heard an unbiased opinion on the product.
Your Aunt also undoubtedly told you about all sorts of medical research on the product that justifies how great it is, but just like MLMers in any other MLM company selling the latest "wonder tonic" (there are always new ones replacing the old ones), your Aunt naively forgot to read them closely and see that the reviews were specifically in regards to an ingredient in the product, not the product themselves. Goji makes up about 20% of the product, whereas the remaining is just juice. You are paying nearly $40 for 80% juice. If you read any review in an unbiased manner on Goji you will find that there is nothing more positive about Goji said than is said about tea leaves. Yet MLMers convince themselves that selling 20%tea/80% juice at $40 a bottle with totally unjustified claims is a smart business idea.
Lastly, just as in all MLM companies, those trying to convince you of their product/business are more driven by hype than by fact, more driven by potential than by results, and more driven by bias than any logical reasoning. MLMers will look flat in the face of logic and fact and assume the exact opposite because it justifies their naive dreams and because their upline coddles them and tells them the rest of the world is naive…this same upline who claims to be making all sorts of MLM money yet never shared any proof with their downline. Due diligence is like kryptonite to the MLMer. Quite laughable!
MLMers will inevitably follow me calling me the negative one, calling me the biased one, calling me the uneducated one…yet all I did was point out the obvious. You decide, although it sounds like you have already found out the truth.
Eventually your aunt will learn selling hype with the hope of a future fortune at the expense of family relationships and credibility isn't quite worth it.
Goji berries are, in fact, a very healthy berry to consume. However, they are not a miracle berry. You have to consume at leaste 1 oz. of the berries, or 2 oz. of their juice daily for at least a month before you will start seeing any of the health benefits. Unfortunately, the berries do not come cheap.
Your aunt is not wrong though when she encourages you to drink the juice. Goji berries, also known as Wolfberries and Lycium berries, are very good for the Liver and work as a tonifer.
Check out some of these sites to get more information.
Comments on Latest MLM nonsense, just tried the Goji juice? »
The first problem is that your Aunt is selling a product on the notion of having medical qualifications when her only qualification was that she signed a distributorship with an MLM company.
Secondly, your Aunt probably told you about all sorts of amazing claims that their wonder tonic has, perhaps even some of their own. Your Aunt, however, naively thinks that just because there is a lot of hype around the product (misplaced because the hype is really about keeping them in MLM, not selling product), that the product must be great. Your Aunt was undoubtedly unable to come up with anyone other than family/friends of her own or other MLMers in with their company who could offer a positive review…ie. they have never heard an unbiased opinion on the product.
Your Aunt also undoubtedly told you about all sorts of medical research on the product that justifies how great it is, but just like MLMers in any other MLM company selling the latest "wonder tonic" (there are always new ones replacing the old ones), your Aunt naively forgot to read them closely and see that the reviews were specifically in regards to an ingredient in the product, not the product themselves. Goji makes up about 20% of the product, whereas the remaining is just juice. You are paying nearly $40 for 80% juice. If you read any review in an unbiased manner on Goji you will find that there is nothing more positive about Goji said than is said about tea leaves. Yet MLMers convince themselves that selling 20%tea/80% juice at $40 a bottle with totally unjustified claims is a smart business idea.
Lastly, just as in all MLM companies, those trying to convince you of their product/business are more driven by hype than by fact, more driven by potential than by results, and more driven by bias than any logical reasoning. MLMers will look flat in the face of logic and fact and assume the exact opposite because it justifies their naive dreams and because their upline coddles them and tells them the rest of the world is naive…this same upline who claims to be making all sorts of MLM money yet never shared any proof with their downline. Due diligence is like kryptonite to the MLMer. Quite laughable!
MLMers will inevitably follow me calling me the negative one, calling me the biased one, calling me the uneducated one…yet all I did was point out the obvious. You decide, although it sounds like you have already found out the truth.
Eventually your aunt will learn selling hype with the hope of a future fortune at the expense of family relationships and credibility isn't quite worth it.
Best of luck.
Goji berries are, in fact, a very healthy berry to consume. However, they are not a miracle berry. You have to consume at leaste 1 oz. of the berries, or 2 oz. of their juice daily for at least a month before you will start seeing any of the health benefits. Unfortunately, the berries do not come cheap.
Your aunt is not wrong though when she encourages you to drink the juice. Goji berries, also known as Wolfberries and Lycium berries, are very good for the Liver and work as a tonifer.
Check out some of these sites to get more information.