What can you guys tell me about network marketing pyramid schemes?

[MrScorpio]

I got a call about one today

[Hugin]

1. One word for ya... Don't. n/t

[catmandu57]

2. Gotta second the don't

Only people at the top of these things ever make money, and that's because they started it casting the net for suckers. Tell them to have a good life and keep your money.

[Wapsie B]

3. Besides being mathmatically impossible for everyone

to do as people present them to be it's just throwing good money after bad. The people who make $$ on these things are people at the top, the founders of the co. or friends/relatives of the founders. They're at the top of the matrix. For people to be able to make it work even recruiting 2 or 3 people underneath them pretty soon you'd run out of potential recruits.

It's presented as a ground floor opportunity. That term is used a lot.
There's talk of only having a small amount of market penetration and what the upside potential is. Problem is most people don't buy this way. And the products to generate enough commission $$ to make the whole thing worthwhile have got to be priced higher than what you could get elsewhere on your own.

[MissB]

4. Do

call your state AG to see if it legit. Chances are it isn't.

[Misunderestimator]

5. Buy a bunch of lottery tickets instead...

better chances.

[MrScorpio]

6. The guy at the bottom called me

http://www.bcoverview.com/

It was a pretty slick website and the second the mentioned "Network Marketing" the fist this I thought of was AMWAY.

I've heard these pitches before, and I wasn't too impressed by them.

[Double T]

7. Pyramid Schemes Don't Work And You Will End Up With A Basement Full

Of Product That Will Be Difficult To Sell.