I got scammed

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[@Futuremotions_112]

This is not a pyramid scheme It’s a triangle plan

[@sharoncastillo2411]

yeah (rectangular) pyramids do x4 not x2

[@irelpedregosa8047]

No a ‘3D triangle’ plan

[@imnimbusy2885]

No! This is a *Triple Point-allocated Structure Within The Triple Axis’s Which Is Relevant To a Plethora Of Beneficial Actions That May Or May Not Reside Within The Thoughts Of Normal Morality.

[@ohtych1004]

polygon proposal

[@vedantiyer8073]

Yo fr how do I join

[@heyitzronin]

“We aRE noT A pYraMid scHeMe weRE a mULti-LeVEl mArkEtIng cOmPAnYy”

[@lunanoche4128]

(iN a tRiANglE sHaPe)

[@corah7392]

@@mandymom2800 That’s the joke-

[@minedantaken1684]

I mean, there is a difference. Piramid: You pay to get money. MLM: Just a shop with points. For all I know, it's just some people prefer to earn a quick buck by scamming others, or just not having a plan to actually teach their recruits how to do this. Also, a genuine question, that buggs me, why all MLM stories from USA include "I bought a lot of those items and then didn't have anyone to sell them to" or some variation? Can't you buy it AFTER you have a customer?

[@Charoula1608]

​@@minedantaken1684 No you can't buy stuff after the fact. That's how they get you. That's how they steal your money. They don't care about your customer's money. They want yours. You need to have stuff before. Some of them even force you to buy a certain amount of stuff every month.

[@panda3d180]

"What kind of shape does this market work in."

[@youtubesresidentfbiagent8735]

“We are not a pyramid scheme, we are a multi-level marketing company.” _”Ah yes, the floor is made out of floor.”_

[@thykingdomcome2302]

Why are you here ?

[@yussufabukar32]

@@thykingdomcome2302 he was investigating the scammers mentioned in the video

[@yussufabukar32]

@@thykingdomcome2302 bruh I just realized you are also FBI

[@thykingdomcome2302]

@@yussufabukar32 i thought you will never know

[@krazykittykat759]

@@thykingdomcome2302 I AM SO SORRY FOR GRABBING MY FRIEND'S IP I WAS BORED WITH MY LIFE AND HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH MY LIFE PLZ DON'T GET ME IN TROUBLE

[@thecyberninji1915]

Im ashamed that I believed him until he got to the " A beautiful girl"

[@imanard3593]

Same

[@blitz-o-byte]

same here.

[@nelybhatti2053]

I realized when he said he got the car

[@therisingsun247]

no shame I also believed him until then

[@crow_aj]

me too 💀 i was legit thinking “wow hes accomplished so much”

[@sirspegy1390]

"We are not a pyramid scheme" Well, you sure convinced me

[@miyamura3720]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/moLaZapvjMyLmbM

[@waffles2105]

Hell no, thats the Rick Roll

[@EarthItself]

@@waffles2105 Thanks for warning me

[@slyshyguy1955]

Deception 100

[@geraldbal7945]

im sold!

[@robloxdoorsfan8343]

"This isn't a pyramid scheme." _Sounds like what a pyramid scheme would say._

[@bommer5750]

OMG 420 LIKES

[@cucumbersoda]

They’re the imposter, vote ‘em out

[@aalamotaku2756]

@@cucumbersoda ok daddy

[@cucumbersoda]

@@aalamotaku2756 I am your mother, do not speak to me with that tone, young man

[@radiodiscord52]

As person who was targeted by one of these it true if they say that it more likely. Luckily I didn’t buy there bullshit .

[@forgivengamer8381]

Moral of the story: don’t get caught up in a pyramid scheme... start the pyramid scheme

[@arctus4272]

"modern problems require modern solutions"

[@user-kz6ej5lm2e]

Or just learn how to market and sell and you don't have to rely on making your business a pyramid scheme. He said the coffee itself was good. If they just sold it to stores and not charged their sales people(really the re-sellers) like a normal coffee company they could have made money doing that.

[@xrn769]

Wait that’s illegal

[@thedarkknight3315]

@@xrn769 Illegal Is The New Legal

[@jaredojeda2304]

Welll yea jjajja it works if you are the reccruder :3

[@Feeluck]

the redflags you missed: - no education needed - half time, full pay - selling a product that shouldn't be sold like that - saying they had no pyramid scheme - you had to pay for the product you're supposed to sell YOURSELF (in fact they just sold it to you with alot of promises) good job on getting a bad job

[@mochalo4912]

a part from selling coffee weirdly , it seems like normal buisness

[@gontathegentleman9833]

He had mention a few of these red flags. Also it not because there no education needed that it a bad job. Also dont blame someone when they got manipulated into things like this.

[@cheeseycheezy]

@@gontathegentleman9833 they are just naming all the red flags missed, not blaming anyone for not being able to indentfy them, chill.

[@minkeyandzomble6206]

You forgot the Bonuses for roping in others

[@siriusgames7730]

Forgot to mention the car

[@LegatusMortis]

“This is not a pyramid scheme, this is patrick.”

[@jayus2033]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3PHc595h7SZhsU

[@royalredwings3858]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqGQe2p5aciGbqc

[@strawberrymochi5589]

Customer: Is this a pyramid scheme you're tricking me into... The person trying to do so: *Slight panic* NO THIS PATRICK and runs away.

[@ZennExile]

you know what sounds alot like every pyramid scheme ever? The Twitch business model. You know what this is an advertisement for? A twitch channel. You know what twitch is? A KZbin Clone. Can any of you kids spell ironic?

[@LegatusMortis]

Thanks for 1k likes

[@cynicalnerd2529]

I’m ashamed that I believed him up until the “I got a coffee shop” part

[@standing.intherain]

same im also ashamed

[@vickyli5697]

Pfft I believed him up until the lady lol

[@shortbean0]

I believed him until he actually got the BMW

[@floricel_112]

@@shortbean0 same

[@monikakavaliunaite8017]

I'm ashamed I believed him until the winning the car part

[@mochizou823]

I swear.... selling Girl Scout cookies is a pyramid scam-

[@KatanaShojo159]

Agreed. I hated selling the stupid things when I was in girl scouts years ago. It was the lamest part of the whole experience.

[@mochizou823]

@@KatanaShojo159 it was the worst and I had and still have bad social anxiety so that's yea- but like you for real had to buy the stock and you never get the money back from what you sell any way

[@KatanaShojo159]

Pretty much free child labor lol.

[@CyberVirtual]

I thought Girl Scout cookies was just a Fund Raiser.

[@stormyraywaters]

I wouldn't say that. Girl scouts don't pay for the product like a pyramid scheme

[@grimgracious]

My mom is in one and it's depressing seeing how many boxes of product she has. . . but she genuinely likes their product (cooking ware) so despite me trying to explain to her it's pretty much a scam and the wall of product she has is excessive she refuses to quit.

[@axis1198]

Just wait for it, if talking to her doesnt help at all, just wait for it... itll slap harder soon... its sad but... this happened to my father and he regrets it badly even though we've warned him about it...

[@luni_kyuu]

that's the same case with my mom actually. she tells me she's doing well (earning a decent amount) but i'm still worried about her nonless

[@anon-lz8xv]

Is there help she can get for this? Like from a professional or something?

[@sunny_xiao]

Is it getting better?

[@elfryeorin]

I was involved with pyramid scheme too a couple years back (a friend introduced me to them).Too stupid though to realize what it really was at the time. I was just a broke ass college student who wish to make easy cash, and when they said that they could give me that opportunity, I was immediately hooked without a second thought. It was after a while that I come to find out what a multi-level marketing really meant. But just like your mother, it was all good for me too because the product that I was supposed to sell was sanitary pads. And I happened to be a girl, so it works out to me because I just use the products myself, and I also gave some of it to the girls in my friend circles. It was the fact that I was indeed have been fooled that actually get on my nerves. I hope your mother come to her senses someday. I've been there, and those fuckers in the scheme can be really convincing, they literally brainwash us. Some people even come to give blind respect to the leader of the group. It was at some point that it almost look like a cult worshiping the leader that made me feel skittish about them.

[@eeveegaming4798]

you honestly had me intill the part about the hot lady at the park.

[@Mantis227]

Yeah the collage part was very believable.

[@itakei]

i knew something was off when he said that he opened a shop lol, watched domics for so long and he never mentioned it before

[@jugglingloyconsthebest4715]

Same

[@dylan-mi8sv]

intill????

[@Itsgiraffeagain]

Same

[@SSName]

I'm feeling the impulse of attending a Pyramid Scheme Recruitment Meeting just to laugh throughout it.

[@drawapretzel6003]

I did that once. Got about 15 minutes into their silly "leverage time" bullshit and walked out. I hope them other doofuses did too.

[@stoopid2249]

Lol wouldnt it be wacky if you did?

[@josesixx8197]

It's all fun and games until your calling your credit providers to raise your limits for this once in a lifetime opportunity

[@sarahmedina8766]

My mom used to be in one and I would always attend the meetings and they would make it seem like you'll be making millions and I would just laugh and eat the snacks

[@epicboy9906]

Yeah I went to a zoom meeting for one of them bc my family wanted to join it. It was all in mandarin and I didn’t understand so I took the time to take pictures and google translate everything. They target immigrants bc they have trouble understanding English and therefore finding jobs and personal finance might be difficult. At the surface it looks like they are trying to help you but the longer I stayed at the meeting the more suspicious it was with all the incentives they have. The special rings, the product being insurance, and weird events they hold. They are an MLM but so many people fall for it because they make it seem like you’ll be your own entrepreneur but the truth is you don’t get much out of it.

[@MookalH]

Just now realizing that those kids who went around school selling chocolate bars for fundraisers were technically part of a pyramid scheme

[@charliebatchelor6098]

So true

[@molly.dog8brooke792]

Not really, unless they had to pay to get them and they had to recruit others

[@spartapros2120]

Well if it was for a fundraiser, I doubt they had to pay. It’s more like volunteering.

[@P.W.Plays76]

yeah

[@galaxyocicat5660]

If you're talking about the world finest chocolate, a KZbinr named illuminaghti has a video where they speculated it may be an MLM.

[@thanhthuy1219]

Plot twist: the coffee had cocaine.

[@jango4289]

and it slaps

[@deez441]

And it slappppppps

[@royalpain9281]

It’s just Tweak’s Coffee

[@cupio-stardust]

@@royalpain9281 DONT BRING SOUTH PARK INTO THIS-

[@royalpain9281]

@@cupio-stardust no.

[@GoodSoup]

"We are not a pyramid scheme, we simply have a multi-level marketing model in a shape of a triangle, now kindly promote our business."

[@teardrop6392]

Please buy our product then sell it and you WILL achieve greatness. Our employees need no experience in this field.

[@jwonderboss4511]

Isn't that capitalism. (No? I will head myself out)

[@iaminpain8407]

i love how he said "noooo we didnt sell jack shit"

[@TricksterRad]

The difference between an MLM and a Pyramid scheme is whether the majority of profits is from external customers, or members. There's a ton of MLMs which you could, by your logic, call a Pyramid scheme, but they're actually legitimate businesses *because* their profits come from sales to customers and not members.

[@SilverMoonling]

Fun fact: The part about them "giving you a car" is actually MUCH worse than what you would think. They give you a car, yeah, but its not for free. They literally transfer the lease to your name and require you to sell enough to cover the car payments or they take it away. Avoid all MLMs, they aint great.

[@bensoncheung2801]

Did you or someone you know get/lose one?

[@blindtreeman8052]

@@bensoncheung2801 I know someone who got one and did make bank(and a dozen others who didn't). But I also no longer am friends with the dude cause he kept trying to rope me and a bunch of our friends into it. And those he did rope in ended up losing money. He also dropped out of college and is just doing the same crap but he now manages other recruiters.

[@karhammer]

@@blindtreeman8052 Hey, at least he made it right? Lmao

[@TheNyleve16]

@@karhammer he learned how to take advantage of others like he was taken advantage of at some point. He "made it" at the cost of his reputation.

[@karhammer]

@@TheNyleve16 I was being sarcastic, but yeah, pretty much what you said.

[@RayMak]

It's "premium"

[@KudosK42]

Puts the "Pre-" in Premium.

[@adlan_kacak]

you must been heard about herbalife, right? lol

[@ROFL1337PWN]

Why is this not comment not noticed

[@wsitumn]

We all know premium is always better

[@Orangeninja777]

look its comment guy

[@averyanimates3144]

* him talking about how he got a small coffee shop downtown* me: oh that’s really nic- WAIT A SEC

[@komolafe.t3763]

Me too #relatble

[@redd3797]

I would like but it's already wt 69, sooo...

[@wayneandraj]

Note to self: apparently people who do pyramid schemes have VERY shiny heads

[@Interdictiondeltawing]

They could be selling oil to butter up their scalp bUt ThAtS jUsT a ThErOy

[@wayneandraj]

@@Interdictiondeltawing AN OIL THEROY

[@Celesticle_]

Dad? Do you have something to tell me?

[@wayneandraj]

@@Celesticle_ other than the best food on earth no not really

[@MohSadWatt]

Nah man who tried to lure me in had hairs on his head

[@fezz6701]

These pyramid schemes sound like those raffles at schools, "sell this many if this product and you might earn a fidget spinner"

[@lukeepperson1237]

Oh my gosh.

[@iqoiot7990]

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[@saininj]

No seriously. Looking back at those fundraisers, they were just preparing us to do MLMs.

[@arqamislam3877]

:o it all makes sense

[@dontburstmybubble686]

Uh-

[@crow_aj]

all i’m hearing is that i should start a pyramid scheme

[@okemaduchristianukachukwu9888]

😂😂😂😂lmao "No I didn't sell jack shit." I knew he was being sarcastic the moment he said that he began to make money

[@lizziek9517]

My boyfriend got contacted on LinkedIn by a pyramid scheme. He’s a coding engineer and they almost got him because he loves the idea of making more money on the side. Turns out they had collected a ton of engineers, claiming the company needed their expertise. The company had a huge online meeting for new recruits, and luckily I listened into the meeting. Halfway through the meeting I told my bf that company is a pyramid scheme. You could see the wires connect and him get embarrassed that he almost fell for it. They were just feeding engineer’s egos and that made so many of them blind from seeing they were just being used. My bf is a very smart person, this just went over his head for a minute. At the end of the meeting where people could ask questions, he asked some very hard hitting questions. The moment the company realized people were hanging up from the meeting because of his questions showing they were a pyramid scheme, they shut down the meeting immediately.

[@sil-chrisredd2099]

Do you remember any of the questions he asked so we could have some idea of the type of things we could ask if things seem sketchy?

[@pri4782]

I'll wait

[@Piratequeen010156]

dang they got exposeddd

[@kendallstauffer689]

good on you and your bf :3

[@Wolfina1]

@@sil-chrisredd2099 the easiest way, at least for me, to know if it's a pyramid scheme/mlm is to ask how much you'll be making an hour/week. If they can't give you a number or hit you with "As much as you want" or "Just work hard and you'll make a lot" Run! I was almost sucked into one because I had student loans coming due and needed money to cover them. However, I like to budget and them not being able to give me a number scared me. Plus, I wasn't confident in my ability to sell the product because who tf wants a $2,400 vacuum?

[@smallbraingang1454]

I like how he’s talking about getting the shit scammed outta him but the music is just so light hearted like ur playing animal crossing or sum

[@cerebrummaximus3762]

Ikr lmao

[@PERRYS_PROPS]

I guess he learned a lot from the Pharmaceutical commercials :)

[@s1lverbullet1234]

Yeah its called tee music or something

[@rachelhikaru1787]

@ me playing Animal Crossings while watching this video 😅

[@baconpantsable]

your days are numbered, Tom Nook. You capitalist swine

[@dinarawr]

not me finding out my mum has been working in a pyramid scheme without even knowing

[@myyou7335]

My aunt (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

[@Zach_Attack619]

"No, I didn't sell jackshit" -Domics 2020

[@arushgupta3513]

"mUlTi-LeVEl mArKetiNg cOmPAnY" *Oh yea this is big brain time*

[@ruller8901]

basically straight up telling you that its a pyramid marketing company

[@fohduhskreets8301]

it's WEIRD how most of us will never acknowledge each other's existence, for example, if you're reading this, THIS is probably the 1st and last time you'll see THIS kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqSVe2eFp857fJo

[@cafecs3888]

Markplier-2020

[@Noorali-ep9zh]

The best movie in the history of cinema ever,the lady of heaven kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z37EdXSNZc-Fj6-cttps://kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z37EdXSNZc-Fj6-ohe lady of heaven,kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z37EdXSNZc-Fj68

[@jayus2033]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3PHc595h7SZhsU

[@edgeballs3630]

Moral of the story: Don’t trust people with pyramid heads

[@kairossnt]

Illuminaughty? O-O

[@tsktsktsk2779]

@@kairossnt omg I thaught of the illuminaughtii when I saw this notification Side note I am talking about a channel against mlms

[@smpex5417]

But trust robots who play music in pyramids (daft punk)

[@mindfulRuminate]

damn dude, why you gotta do my boys phineas and dr doofenshmirtz like that 😔 /j

[@TenshoWasHere]

Ah shit, my mans Stanford from Oregon fucked up

[@darwin1646]

Dom: unless I get murdered Me: atleast you won’t die on an empty stomache

[@prathix4339]

Or with a hearth attack(where is my death note)

[@darwin1646]

@@prathix4339 *I ate it.*

[@prathix4339]

@@darwin1646 oh no

[@darwin1646]

@@prathix4339 *maniacal laughter*

[@nancy222in47]

To me Domics is a genuinely good guy who has no ego sharing his early stage naivety , insecurities, general bad experiences in life, which can be hugely reassuring to most of us who have been there ourselves. It’s just part of growing up. Thanks Domics 🙂

[@chocolatecharley99]

Yeah he is so chill and just generally respectful. I hope some of that rubs off on me😅

[@Fuggix]

Rule of Thumb: If you PAY for "employment" in any way, form or shape, you are not employed. You are the customer.

[@ShadzGamez]

* eyes Universities and other post secondary education in the US that are basically required for most jobs *

[@dennywang918]

There is this pyramid thing that is where you pay money to teach

[@mmike10720]

@@ShadzGamez Not the same thing at all. But cool

[@mljh11]

@@ShadzGamez Stick to "gamez"

[@KnockManJo]

Especially if you pay with your time and not your creativity, but that's too based of a realization for some

[@sliceofkyla]

As soon as Dom said “ I met a girl” I was like oooh this is a joke

[@cashclam1126]

Yeah I honestly thought he was starting to talk about his gaming cafe

[@orbracha25]

yeah, same, he sounded so serious when talking about that. i actually took until the island to realize it was a joke, i thought the girl was part of the scheme...

[@adithyaajith681]

U r mean af................................................jk....

[@jango4289]

same lmao

[@alias4795]

Same.

[@itsazzy1703]

I legitimately believed until the ‘Girlfriend’ part

[@ExplodingSteve]

6:00 he had us in first half not gonna lie

[@goodolrainbowpet]

he got me for a moment with the "i managed to open a coffee shop" and then i realised where it was going when he said he got the car

[@gruntmaster1]

That was the exact moment that I also realized where this was going.

[@SneakyNinja345]

Took me till the island to figure it out 😑

[@daphnebiascan9365]

@@SneakyNinja345 same

[@subzero5853]

Ya I was like woah, a coffee shop. Not bad

[@eee-xd5bo]

i actually believe it until the car LMAO

[@shnugglebugs5524]

Lmao I genuinely believed him up until he “drove to the park”.

[@danielaalcazar3450]

Same, i was like "oh yeah selling to classmates sounds easy, wow his own coffee shop, I wonder what happened to it, BMW HUH"

[@felixrutto1713]

Lol

[@moodycowcrafts4862]

I was with it for the selling to classmates but I started going 'where'd he get enough money for a coffee shop?' 'did they let him open a coffee shop?' Then the BMW line hit and I was like :| I've been had |: Then the woman in the park like hit and XD XD XD

[@zeffyy3892]

@@moodycowcrafts4862 same

[@yayuman3486]

Same

[@ngocto3290]

I was screaming organo gold, one of my cousins tried to suck everyone into. He also earned the car with the lovely brand of organo gold all over the fugly thing :)

[@natureshade]

Lol dude I knew it was oregano gold.

[@Abstraxtudio]

I was convinced to buy organo gold out of curiosity. I regreted it from the first sip as it tasted like watered down on what is already is a trash coffee if it even was coffee to begin with. I thought it was just me till I found out a mutual friend also did what I did, take a sip, throw the rest out and immediately went to a barista to buy a proper brewed coffee.

[@gordonieves1]

Why did I believe him until the Married Scene?? 😭

[@b.sharp.]

"This is absolutely not a pyramid scheme, trust us. It's actually just a multilevel marketing strategy." 😁😁

[@fohduhskreets8301]

it's WEIRD how most of us will never acknowledge each other's existence, for example, if you're reading this, THIS is probably the 1st and last time you'll see THIS kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqSVe2eFp857fJo

[@tritanbarackle]

@@fohduhskreets8301 just don't, just grow a channel yourself.

[@cafecs3888]

Truee... lol

[@miyamura3720]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/moLaZapvjMyLmbM

[@robertcaldwell6267]

I agree it’s more like just be good woth marketing and you will probably get paid becuse it’s a decent product.

[@space1607]

I actually thought that that was real until he started talking about opening a coffee shop.

[@InvdrDana]

I believed that part about the shop since he has a game cafe now, and just figured he had good business sense lol. Then he mentioned the car and it got sus real quick.

[@miraculoustalesofobliviousness]

Yeah same. I thought it was real until he said coffee shop. I was like “uhhh how come you never mentioned this until now” and i realized he was just joking 🤣

[@roseshogun4616]

I was questioning it and was like “okay this got sus real quick” and it was somewhat hard to believe. I realized I was almost played

[@nanamirai14]

they got me until he said “own island guarded by narwhals” that’s when i knew,,

[@Davis...]

I thought it was real till the car part and the woman part is a gold digger reference...

[@crazychimera1]

6:15 I legit thought his was the beginning of the gaming cafe 😂

[@danielasoteloclaveria9816]

my latin friends need to see this *now*

[@SuddenAce]

Organo gold? 😆

[@nataliemaebasa828]

"Are you open-minded?" well, that's a red flag.

[@SuperNikhil001]

Long lost acquaintance calls you that there is a business and asks you to join him with an "open mind" ..... Huge Red .... Better disconnect the and the acquaintance

[@carjac820]

Hell yeah. That statement reminds me on one of the times I was almost recruited

[@r1ft206]

i feel like jfk would qualify for that

[@en00001]

Why is that a red flag?

[@michelynk3818]

Exactly

[@LegatusMortis]

“This is not a pyramid scheme, this is amazon tech support.”

[@tsktsktsk2779]

No this is patrick

[@timtantoast]

No this is a McDonald's drive thru-

[@yeon_ster]

Sir this is a Wendy’s

[@worldofxtra]

1:17 Omg I see Valkyrae LIVE!! 😃😃

[@Layan-pk9ct]

I didnt know you were fan 👀

[@user-ny9wj1xq5z]

Omg hii stan im a fan of yours!! Your videos are so entertaining ♥️

[@lokith8660]

@Mason Le yeah block shuffle

[@cupio-stardust]

@Big piggy23 And jaiden, and emirichu.

[@blatantslander]

well this didn't age well

[@xiaorouzusanius9630]

It's been years and his intro still doesn't change. It's still fvckin' good.

[@mysteriousshadowofdoom2311]

Also the term “multi-level marketing” is basically a fancy term for pyramid scheme

[@qtini5782]

Sometimes. But Burger King and other similar franchisees are technically multi-level marketing structures, except they actually sell to a consumer. A pyramid scheme sells to it's "employees"

[@sammi1998]

“Legal” term for a pyramid schemes

[@idkbro9703]

not really its just the main excuse pyramid schemes use and 95 percent of mlm ads are pyramid schemes

[@foolsvideofactory]

@@qtini5782 pyramid schemes are just capitalism on a smaller scale

[@zenhasarrived4690]

Yeah, the main difference is that MLMs sell actual products, which makes them legal

[@exhoost5780]

Fun fact: he probably made more money on this video than he made from the pyramid scheme

[@angeloiturriaga1327]

Ye right

[@minedantaken1684]

I mean, he even said he didn't earn from that, so yeah, of course

[@edgarlopez1195]

Bold of you to give a slight chance of that not being 100%

[@capra2935]

Well, because he wasn't able to liquify his massive stocks of coffee, he actually probably lost money.

[@theshamanite]

Funny thing, I would totally buy from a pyramid scheme if their products weren't so expensive XD

[@Aerodumb]

So that's how these things are called! The other day I went to a job interview for a pyramid scheme and I annoyed the hell out of those guys by asking four questions at the end of their presentation. They said they would call some of us later, and they didn't call me lmao

[@_nicholette]

6:03 you got me on the first half of the story ngl

[@cemadiby]

An important red flag: When you have to buy something, before earning anything, it is most likely a scam EDIT: I meant buisness and being employed

[@DaniiLuma]

You know, if you have a store, you technically buy stuff before earning anything 😅

[@fohduhskreets8301]

it's WEIRD how most of us will never acknowledge each other's existence, for example, if you're reading this, THIS is probably the 1st and last time you'll see THIS kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqSVe2eFp857fJo

[@jimmymax3405]

Except from stocks

[@val.closet712]

@@DaniiLuma but that’s your business, not your employers. That’s not a good comparison

[@raiden168]

@@DaniiLuma the thing is, thats your own inventory being sold from your own shop so you know what the product is and how much to sell it for.

[@some1intheuniverse351]

“NO I didn’t sell jack shit 😢😂” the face he animated thoo

[@humixmusic4lyf]

SAME!! 😂😂😂

[@almazokbamichael6994]

I replayed that same like 10 times

[@whynotyk2308]

timestap please? :/

[@nbnowl]

@@whynotyk2308 6:42

[@whynotyk2308]

@@nbnowl thanks! 💖

[@katesword9345]

Bro shoutout to these guys man being consistant every day and making the start of the week alot better making banger recovery big up *leapnotch*

[@Han-kg9cs]

Just started watching this channel today as I was looking for something to watch after my exercise, College work, chores and needed something to do while drawing. This Channel is amazing and I've already gone through a few videos. I realise how relatable Domic is and I'm glad I found this channel.

[@spidunko9310]

“Don’t think of it as a pyramid scheme, think of it as a pyramid team!”

[@cloveradelaide]

a pyramid family, some might say

[@Tony0Red]

Infinity train?

[@spidunko9310]

@@Tony0Red “Depends, who’s asking?”

[@Tony0Red]

@@spidunko9310 a fan

[@patrickanderson62]

Honestly I want that on a t shirt.

[@jacksoneee6759]

The most successful pyramid scheme is history has got to be the selling of girlscout cookies.

[@BuniBee]

THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING LOLLL

[@zainab_hashmiii]

@@thecomplications6223 stop self-advertising lmao

[@stuff5757]

Too be fair, they do actually sell the cookies

[@BuniBee]

@@stuff5757 they do and they are bomb loll

[@lman2710]

That's different. Scouts need money so they can buy equipment to go camping, and hiking, and other stuff scouts do. Equipment costs, believe me. And the people responsible for the scout group (the adults) are there just because they enjoy it. Nobody is giving them all the money necessary for all the equipment. So yeah, scouts go selling cookies or whatever they decide to sell so that they can buy all the equipment themselves. As a side note, more often than not you already have the equipment from scouts that came before you, but said equipment can break, deteriorate, and so that money is spent on maintenance

[@graced9583]

Thanks *Leapnotch!* The world has been pretty bad lately. Almost everyone have been crying practically, but it kept happening. That's what you get when you feel you can navigate the process on your own. Big thanks to you. I'm not bothered with how bad the world is because my assets are insured due to your advice and I still receive my money back.

[@TheGroovyGuitarDude]

Nothing like a random, uncharacteristic “Hey, let’s meet up!” text to make you question the motives of even your closest friends and family 😬

[@ericmulumbakande3684]

Facts. They always start like that.

[@willy9473]

Ok

[@johnsacrehew5522]

The terrifying thing is how many people you thought decent are trying to lure into that trap

[@0siiris]

Dude after graduating high school this year a SHOCKING number of my friends or just people I barely talked to in school were contacting me with offers of the most obvious pyramid schemes I've ever seen. One guy was selling expensive knife sets and genuinely tried to convince me to buy it like dude I dont even have a house yet. I said no then he tried convincing me to also try selling knife sets. A chick who I never spoke a word to in my life asked me to buy some healthy drink powder shit and when I said no she got mad at me. Some peoples Instagram and Snapchat stories just transformed into free ad space for any bullshit pyramid scheme that could convince them the fastest. How the hell do these people fall for this? And why do they think I'm gonna fall for it?

[@lj_ljh]

Oh damn Groovy guitar dude! I've watched some of your vids. Cool seeing you here too

[@Carbon_Crow]

Important tip for all of yall: IF YOU HAVE TO *PAY* FOR THE STUFF YOU'LL BE *SELLING,* _IT'S A PYRAMID SCHEME._

[@xurikenx]

Isn’t that how profiting works ?

[@CorelUser]

If you buy inventory without proper ways to resell it you're just a customer

[@animekittykitty]

@@xurikenx if it is your own business, like if you own a bakery or run an online craft shop or such then yes. But if you have to pay a minimum of $100 of candles each month and then make a profit of $500 each month in order to stay an employee and you're the one being forced to set a price and you recruitment is a huge part of your commission, then no. The big thing with MLMs and Pyramid schemes is that they make the premise sound easy, but their main goal is to get you to sell so much to your friends and family that you have no other choice but to try reaching out to others in the hopes of getting them to help you sell this product that the market gets oversaturated with products no one actually needs until eventually you just convince yourself that you HAVE to keep trying because you've already sunk so much time and money into this venture. That's why "hunbots" tend to be portrayed as the middle-aged woman one social media posting about how "these yoga pants have just changed my life guys and I bet it will change yours too!!! #bossbabe #makethatmoney 🍷💕😘😍💕😁😊"

[@xurikenx]

@@animekittykitty yo I need those yoga pants ASAP

[@Ss15996]

If you ever need to pay your "employers" to work for them, just dont. It never ends well, ever.

[@pacoramon9468]

Every philipino animator gets scamed at least 2 types in their life.

[@war2theren227]

I remember when Domics would get compared to Swoozie all the time, back when he first made his channel. This randomly popped up on my feed, and I am impressed with how big he's gotten. Kudos to you Dom

[@Insertsmth]

"-and how they reward BMWs for their recruits who work hard" - yep, this is definitely a scam.

[@Carbon-cringe-human]

@RPGReki still a little tacky

[@yoloodevil4170]

@@Carbon-cringe-human Nah itd make sense if they did it for the top employee if he wasn't someone new

[@TheTopNotchOne]

I got scammed too I wasn't early

[@carlwheezer3960]

Block

[@jaezcorp]

Here in the Philippines, the red flag is when someone starts asking if you're open minded. 😅

[@ashq1831]

That's a good one 😅 In Saudi Arabia: "are u willing to be ur own man?" 😑😂😂

[@papiapoumilaei]

In Greece it's when a mean person starts calling you "buddy" lmaoo

[@nasiffarhan1239]

In Bangladesh its when a boy your age approaches you from a super expensive car offering for a ride

[@sleepysleeps6950]

Ah yes, Frontrow.

[@Janneve]

True 😆

[@kathleenalexander2022]

They addressed so many issues lots of people had with the scammers and that makes me extremely happy to know that *Leapnotch* is really listening to their community like they did so many years ago

[@royalcass]

it's like those chocolate bars we used to sell at school but instead of every bar being a dollar you have no idea how to sell what you're selling

[@_yusujo]

It took me a solid moment to realize the coffee shop thing was a joke and I’m genuinely embarrassed

[@zahrahroa1550]

Lol, I also got the joke pretty damn late. I knew he was kidding when he was in the car and the girl showed up 😂

[@absolutelynot524]

@@zahrahroa1550 I got the joke only when the girl showed up 😭

[@Lance-qs3kc]

X2 don't worry bb c:

[@cherilynsarts8845]

@@absolutelynot524 same!

[@g-fletchoriginalvevo2710]

2021 is going to be a great year for you😊😍 Click and like post to return blessings⬇️ TIA kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYXJpouQi8l3btU

[@billionai4871]

the first indicator that you might be looking at a pyramid scheme: They'll tell you that it isn't a pyramid scheme

[@rmjunk]

I love the sanji wanted poster reference! Started One Piece not too long ago and love seeing references pop up in old videos that I've watched! Good job to Domics and his team!

[@rinatopotato]

You know its a Red flag if an old classmate invited you into "a meeting"

[@clairemccormick6306]

I was listening to this while cleaning, and when he talked about getting a coffee shop he sounded so serious, and I straight up thought he was serious up until the girl complimented his wallet size

[@gordatados]

Same 😂

[@orobosaigho-osagie5522]

Me tooo... I was like heh?? How did that happen 😂😂

[@rainbow4103]

This just sounds like a high school fundraiser but with adult problems

[@jayus2033]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3PHc595h7SZhsU

[@clashdevil2925]

Thanks to domics making me aware of pyramid scheme 3 years ago. I am just rewatching his old vids y'all continue.

[@mattiarubio3240]

“It’s not a pyramid scheme, it’s a triangle of opportunity”

[@mattk555]

When I was 17 I got an "interview" for one of these companies. I was told I didn't need any education and I could "make full time money with part time work". My interview was held in some sketchy office above a plaza that I'm sure you could probably rent by the day. The recruiter was this early to mid 20 year old woman that was super pushy during our presentation. The entire "interview" lasted nearly 2 hours! Not sure why I stuck around, guess I didn't wanna be rude. When she "offered me the job" I said I wanted to think about it, she didn't take that well. I was by far the youngest there, as most of the people were college kids or middle aged adults, but I'm still proud of myself that I was able to say no, and walk out on the "job offer". I ended up finding a retail job a couple weeks later, it sucked ALOT but I stuck around for 5 years (while I was in college) and I also met my wife there. Guess everything happens for a reason.

[@abdallazun-nunhema7938]

You Da Real Mvp

[@TheFerretofEarth]

So you dodge a pyramid scheme and found your wife when working at retail + Respect

[@Ali-db8ku]

Recently I was recruited to one of these companies too. Our interview is not long but after I'm recruited they make us spend 2 days to be "educated" about sale and marketing. The so-called teacher said he was a sale expert which is the highest place in the company. He said he is still studying and has already earned so much and that he values hard work. It basically feels like being brainwashed. Eventually I sensed something fishy about this company and left after the first day and I didn't regret it.

[@HinagaMoizaf]

Bro wtf I had a similar experience 🙃

[@sharpnelshots]

Damnnn that's amazing!

[@melodyowojori4213]

“And what made you want to start an illegal business practice?” Pyramid schemes: mOnEy

[@fohduhskreets8301]

it's WEIRD how most of us will never acknowledge each other's existence, for example, if you're reading this, THIS is probably the 1st and last time you'll see THIS kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqSVe2eFp857fJo

[@plsdontdoxme2644]

yeah no shit, money is the root of the most illegal stuff

[@picklecaptain5176]

I've recently been watching erased since I remembered you mentioned it a while back and it honestly lives up to the hype and I probably wouldn't have gotten into anime if I didn't watch your videos, so I thank you for that.

[@sidhantjasrotia220]

Wish i had that power

[@munzil127]

The thumbnail is so close to squid games theme

[@stopprocrastinatingmate3649]

I was literally looking for this comment

[@AliAlhussaini]

Pyramid scheme company: I’m not a pyramid scheme Dominic: shut up and take my money

[@mariamkuchava3811]

hi, mangekyo sharingan, didn't know you had youtube.

[@dopevines3175]

100 shots challenge 👀kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKKWd6hveaZoadGtjtrgy

[@AliAlhussaini]

@@mariamkuchava3811 the more you know مريم

[@mariamkuchava3811]

@@AliAlhussaini oh btw, isn't that madara's?

[@AliAlhussaini]

@@mariamkuchava3811 it is indeed

[@michaelp7556]

Its so cool seeing the scenes that dom animated on twitch together!

[@xerox1354]

Yeah dude

[@neontd]

I know!

[@ggmangold1165]

Yrp

[@TheMagickKatt]

Time traveler!! Lol

[@gibraltar4841]

Bro got scammed

[@pokemoninmypant.20yearsago39]

Your videos are sooo detailed and smooth that it's just Perfect

[@rewyan]

can we all just take a moment to admire the video template dom created. the amount of attention to detail with emirichu, valkyrae, jaiden animations and other creators are featured on the video list in this scene. actually amazing :D

[@isaic.641]

Domics: this was an illegal act, a pyramid scheme Me: That just sounds like school fund raisers with extra steps

[@teafisher]

I'll be back to like this comment. You're on 123

[@ruthwikalamuru7648]

Premium, Organic and Instant coffee Sounds like an oxymoron to me chief

[@TACTICAL_TICKLER69]

when tf did you comment

[@sahibdeepsaini1124]

@@TACTICAL_TICKLER69 he is a member of his channel = early videos

[@castilllia]

@@sahibdeepsaini1124 no, were just in the discord lol, we don’t pay shit

[@jahanvimaheshwari930]

@@castilllia can i be added?

[@Ruchunteur]

It only sound like an oxymoron. But it is in fact, possible. As you can use premium organic coffee bean to make the powder itself.

[@minehkhachatourian767]

I dodged one of these a few years ago and was so disappointed at the "friend" who tried to bring me into their "high-pay and high-benefit job" that I blocked her everywhere. Lmao I remember asking them during their presentation about the downside of the job, but all they did was telling me more benefits and calling them "downfalls". That was one of the biggest red flags lol

[@teamceline9712]

This reminds me of that knife selling bull they target teens with. Worst 6 weeks of my life

[@astridc7833]

“This is not a pyramid scheme” sounds like Primerica

[@SakuraofLyoko]

Yep. Primerica is an MLM. There's tooootally a difference /s

[@monzeybear5892]

Loool I was gonna comment the same thing

[@kelmouse29]

Primerica is not a scam. I joined while in college. Got state licensed and now I got those licenses while I moved to work in a bank.

[@likua8]

@@kelmouse29 And let me guess, u also have an island guarded with narwals? Lmao, sucks to get scammed

[@gelandsmithers4764]

@@SakuraofLyoko is primerica a pyramid scheme? A random person texted me and tried to employ me

[@bobalvr777]

WHY DOES THIS SOUND LIKE THSOE SCHOOL FUNDRAISERS😀😀😀

[@gnhun101]

Because they are schemes too

[@blazeedge1631]

Legit scam lmao

[@Burden-Boy]

I mean realistically what NOBODY gets is that almost everything we do in life is a pyramid scheme if you really look at it analytically lmaooo

[@dovahjaron]

@@Burden-Boy well not really, what makes something a pyramid scheme isn’t the descending layers of sellers but actually the process where you have to buy the inventory from the “company”

[@radomiami]

For $5, you can get a rubber duck! For $10-500, you can get useless stuff you don't want! For $1,000, you can get an Xbox Series X which costs half the price! For $25,000, you can become the next vessel for the blood god!

[@justyouraveragenoob1438]

It really sucks, because the legit businesses also get accused of being a scheme, and the schemes always get trusted.

[@absorb5667]

Has nobody realized the leaders are characters from Your Lie In April

[@reyanair949]

Wait really? Which ones are they? I can’t tell sorry.

[@absorb5667]

The first ones

[@absorb5667]

The ones giving dom coffee

[@absorb5667]

@@reyanair949 oh you mean character oh they are the ones that worked so hard to beat him then went against him in the classical Piano competition or whatever

[@---xv5jp]

Kids, never ever accept a job that asks for money first. Never give them money too, they should be giving you money instead.

[@fightttttt]

ya even as a kid i would know that lol and know im literally just buying their product. if i wanted to buy in bulk and sell something i can do that without them

[@SuddenAce]

Extremely stupid, but I fell for a fake job offer through a hacked school email. I’m never going to see that $750 again.

[@bluewyvern7858]

@@SuddenAce Was there a name of the job offer that you could provide? Last year a bunch of student emails at my school were hacked as well. Nobody lost any money, but it was trying to reach every person on campus.

[@SuddenAce]

@@bluewyvern7858 Mmm, they went under a ton of business names, but the info in the email was usually like “‘Make $xxx a week, at home job etc etc”, me and a few others I know about lost money. This is a NYC based college btw. Also, one of the main “boss names” was Leon Thomas.

[@geegoflex6762]

Girl scouts imma joke to u

[@bwibbleman1984]

Dunno bout that coffee, but this animation low-key slaps.

[@Locomamonk]

great from you to release a video like this in these times, I thank you for it

[@blacklight683]

6:26lol I was like wow you're good at marketing until you said they gave you a car😂

[@MotherEingana]

The MapleStory slimes really brought me back in time to when this happened.

[@angelsuarez713]

Yeah bro 🙌🏻 those good old days

[@elenessdark2810]

Wut

[@Khormologia]

Thank you for raising awareness , I definitely should talk about that to my local audience

[@Realrat2]

pogchamp

[@instagramstar5928]

Here to mark my presence

[@willy9473]

Pugchump

[@theduckfromtheducksong1596]

ermello

[@pandaface1941]

yes sir

[@cameronsmiljan9374]

I almost fell for one of these myself. Found the listing on a job board app and they tried to reel in with vacations. They wanted you to sell Life Insurance for the price they had already set, but you get to set your own hours and weekly quota of newly signed contracts. I caught on pretty quick after I watched this video (seen it 3 times now, love it) and thought "... wait a sec... this is the EXACT thing Dom was talking about! MISS ME WITH THAT PYRAMID SHIT." Thank you Dom, this video helped me avoid one of these schemes myself

[@benl.4577]

Why the hell, does this sound so familiar? I have a big feeling I actually tasted this coffee, and it did in fact slap. I remember family friends selling a bunch of boxes to us.

[@jesseniabourne8460]

anyone who sold chocolates at school. to win those "prizes" feels familliar

[@flightjam]

At least we didn't have to buy those chocolates to then sell.

[@lotus_flower2001]

I sold coupon booklets. Managed to sell like 7 of them so I won a goodie bag.

[@jyeet8670]

our school let us buy chocolates from the school to sell, but any leftover chocolates that weren't sold/damaged would be bought back/returned to the school at the same price

[@vegetasaiyajin3323]

@@lotus_flower2001 I remember selling coupon a lot for school while growing up, never won anything even though I sold 3 or 4 book coupons each time. Sad times.

[@adela6715]

It's not exactly the same, but each year back in my old school we would sell magnets and the money would go to charity.