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Posted By: Dominique In Response To: Re: Advocare (Tom)
Friday, 10 December 2004, at 12:07 p.m.
> That is another characteristic of a pyramid scam is to attack the person
> that tries to alert others to the fraud. That is normal behavior for
> covering up--attack the whistleblower!! Also I am not afraid of hard
> work--I just happen to work 2 jobs to support my family. That is all I was
> looking for when I joined advocare was something to supplement my income.
> When finding out it was not feasible and that my profit was going to my
> upline I went out and found a REAL job.
As I have stated earlier, I have a job, I'm a personal trainer and a previous gym owner. I spend my days helping people, so I know what a lousy supplement company looks like when I see one. And on top of having a job I have 3 children, a husband, a house and 2 cats to take care of. So please... There is no cover up here, I just wanted to be able to state that not all AdvoCare distributors are out to screw everybody. Anyone who gets involved with this company, should realize that if you are not interested in helping people you will not succeed. This is not a get rich quick scheme. Again, Tom I am sorry your upline sucked, there are definitely going to be people who are in these kinds of companies for the wrong reasons. You said you didn't lose weight on the supplements, what one were you taking? How much weight were you hoping to lose and how long were you trying to lose it? My clients have all gotten great results from the products, but also I personally stay on top of what they are taking and have made adjustments accordingly. Most have been able to lose the weight and now take products from the POS line. I also have clients that have fibromyalgia, lupus, rhemetoid arthritis, familial tremors, terrible circulation problems and eating disorders etc., they all have gotten good results from the AdvoCare products that I suggested they try. They have chosen to stay on product because of those results not because of my supposed "brainwashing". When you quit AdvoCare I hope you sent back your unopened product so that you at least could recoup some of your losses. One last thought, "Corporate America" if analyzed solely on pay scale is a pyramid scam, you name me one lowly mail clerk that makes a larger income than the CEO of the same company.
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