IS PARK LANE JEWELRY A PYRAMID SCHEME? | Zoom call admitting that it’s all about recruiting

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[@md206md]

It's too bad that these highly motivated women could just be in regular sales jobs making commission and instead are wasting their skills on a "recruiting" job that pays them nothing

[@Kayla_P99]

Or even go into real recruiting for the HR branch of a business if that's their true passion (that at least has health insurance)

[@carlic.7555]

Right, like there's literally staffing companies that they can recruit people for a living, earn a base salary or hourly wage + commission....why not just do that?

[@msmagsmn]

I think this all the time. These women often have so many good traits - they're hardworking, motivated, often creative...they have so many positive qualities that are just wasted in MLMs.

[@karinaz8756]

@@carlic.7555 you have to remember- these women target other VULNERABLE women. A lot of their “sales” skills is emotion and brainwashing. They may not have the same success trying to recruit a high income earner for a job. Different skill set.

[@DowntownTasty]

Seriously. Why not just go to a regular job with commission then? They’ll get an hourly or salary and also benefits. Like there’s no advantage to an MLM

[@verminter]

Imagine being on this call and learning exactly what had been done to you.

[@cutandgo]

And worse, knowing but continuing to do it.

[@LisaChenNg]

Happened to me! I was duped!

[@morgantrowbridge3074]

@@LisaChenNgyou should send your story in!

[@desireeclaire2044]

I've wondered how these new reps feel when they hear the coaches discuss ways to lure people with trickery or deception, and realize they fell for these same tactics...I'd probably cuss them out, and quit on the spot.

[@lucyyagodich4129]

Hannah: *uploads a video* Me: 🏃💨

[@sierrasnode]

Same 😂

[@Katjj]

Saaameeee🙊😄

[@kellyspryszak80]

Same lol

[@Jessenia24_]

Same 😂😂

[@chelseacaton2908]

Me too!

[@chaseohara4781]

“If they love the jewellery, they might love selling it.” Can you imagine walking into a grocery store, getting something from the bakery, and being pitched on working there because clearly you love bread?

[@christafranken9170]

At least that would stop when the market for sales people is saturated. The baker makes money from selling bread and when that would go better with one or more people extra in the shop, they might pitch the job (once or twice) to people who might be interested and who might be a good fit for the job. The baker won't keep harassing you when there are enough sales people in the shop or when you aren't interested

[@bee2874]

To be fair thats exactly how I started working at hot topic

[@felisaisnthere]

It's funny that I can... I mean, I'm here, eat watching Hannah, I'm clearly anti mlm, but that's exactly how I got all my jobs... "Oh, I see you like Mexican food? Would you like to work here?" - I stayed at that place for three years and became a manager

[@francinejones2524]

I love toast!! 🍞

[@Kiolashei]

At 9:42 she almost said, “open your wallet,” but caught herself and said, “open your mind”. Oh gosh 😅

[@Brittainy89]

Haha I totally heard this too! Was just about to comment lol - Freudian slip? 😅

[@dahliacheung6020]

Pffffttt 😂😂😂 that's too much. These mlm calls are always full of Freudian slips

[@dantesque1728]

So the magic system is to invite literally EVERYBODY you come in contact with and annoy them to the point of submission. How revolutionary!

[@coolbeansnyc]

😂

[@sharongasparaitis3392]

😂

[@TraciTariVlog]

😂

[@Mama_Bear524]

No concept of boundaries. No means no huns!!!

[@kamilal6311]

😂

[@mr.balloffur]

I cannot wait to hear this. I'll never forget when I filled a card out at the department store to win jewelry, I didn't know it was an MLM. Then I got a call and she said I WON..... a chance to host a party 🤣 1994ish

[@tuschi8039]

Haha Same 😂 but I think it was 2000ish 🤔 and i was underage to boot

[@zaphireniatheodoraki1590]

Lucky you 😂

[@ladyv5655]

That's cringy.😟

[@horsenroundstudio]

Yeah, I responded to a "model request," and lo and behold, it was a Mary Kay party in a stranger's basement. I should have just turned around when I figured it out. :D

[@msmagsmn]

Oh lord, big cringe!! 😆

[@mesocylon]

It's such a wildly privileged mindset to believe anyone and everyone can immediately quit their day job for a position they're not guaranteed income with.

[@AbiGodinha]

I’m not even sure it’s privileged. It is illogical, irrational, and borders on delusional. It’s an unwise idea even for very wealthy people. People don’t become wealthy making bad decisions like that!

[@elena_1776]

I love the phrase "no is a complete sentence." It's such an empowering mindset to have. I hate how the MLM rep said "she's going to have a harder time saying no a second time." Like stop, please stop.

[@paytonsarno4979]

Yes. Exactly

[@alfalfa2155]

There was another call I saw where the phrase “No means not right now” was actually written on a powerpoint slide - in a cute curly handwriting font, no less. Like, how does a person type this up and then say it out loud without even a moment of self-reflection that this is EXACTLY the same kind of line scummy pick-up artists teach to their own followers? And in both cases it’s directed primarily at women. So gross.

[@MZB80]

​@@alfalfa2155 exactly. It has a very rapey feel to it, right?

[@mirandahenkel550]

I feel like if you have to disassociate from something in order to accomplish a task, it usually means it’s wrong

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

EXACTLY!

[@Mama_Bear524]

Right?!

[@JamesQMurphy]

Yup! Disassociation is usually something I hear about on police interrogation videos.

[@throwbackpoet8598]

Yeah, I do feel like a lot of people experience dissociation to some degree to get through the workday here and there, but the overreach into your personal life present in MLM’s creates a whole new dynamic.

[@Youtubeuser10873]

@@JamesQMurphywhat do you mean?

[@Bnpeck]

This video just brought a memory out of my brain vault 😂 My mom was in Park Lane when I was a kid. I remember every time she would have a party, my sister and I had to go in our room and play until it was over. We were old enough to look after ourselves for a little while, but I just remember being so mad that we had to go to our room while all the ladies tried on jewelry 😭😂

[@zvxiv_7027]

Hannah !!! Just wanted to say we found out on the same day we were pregnant and now you said you’re having a daughter, so am I !!! I hope everything is going well with your pregnancy ❤

[@HannahAlonzo]

Oh wow congratulations!!

[@zvxiv_7027]

@@HannahAlonzo awe thank you congrats to you too !! 💖💖

[@marisacowan603]

When I worked at McDonald's(my first job) I felt bad asking people if they wanted to Super Size their meals!!! I could never be in an MLM. Plus I love math so keep those stats coming!!

[@thebookwitch895]

Same!! I'm always scared to tell the clients of the pizza shop I work at their total cause im scared they will yell at me 😬 being in an mlm is my worst nightmare 😅

[@aperfectplace]

This is so funny, you felt bad for asking people if they want to Super Size their meals..😂

[@RobynNanae]

A further result of “taking the emotions out” is that these reps will start to see people not as people anymore which opens up a whole other layer of psychological patterns.

[@tcort]

When she started talking about paying for trips to Hawaii and Disney World my alarm bells started going off.... income claim. Then she explains how to make that income... recruiting. Definitely a scheme that resembles a polyhedron.

[@TheHitsubasa]

“Legitimate MLM business opportunity” is the funniest thing I’ve heard all day.

[@BuNnYb0oGaming]

I love these zoom calls! It's like watching a train wreck you can't look away.

[@lilessab85]

💯 but we're "haters". Rotfl!!!! 🤣

[@ikb9386]

I really wonder what it must be like to be recruited thinking your upline saw something special in you, especially being pursued so aggressively. Then you join and hear on the call that you are just part of a strategy done to literally every stranger that will listen (and even those who won’t). The audacity is just shocking to me.

[@Youtubeuser10873]

That’s sad

[@PravallikaManju]

Sometimes I cannot believe how many MLMs I've never heard of exist 😩 But I'm so glad content creators like you exist and do great work to educate people about the predatory business practices of this industry. Keep up the great work 💗

[@karinaz8756]

They are easy to start but hard to maintain. If you get in on the ground floor - you can make your money and bounce.

[@chelseacaton2908]

When I looked at the jewelry. I realized it’s basically the jewelry you can find at Marshalls for a lot more 🙄

[@B.H.56]

Like the Paparazzi jewelry is the same crap I can buy on Ebay direct from China, with free shipping, for much less.

[@dahliacheung6020]

@@B.H.56the jewelry I've "bought" for free, $1 shipping from Wish 😂 miss those days.

[@paytonsarno4979]

this one is so triggering. Hearing someone talk so surely and confidently about ignoring the word “No.”. I could cry. Like I just keep thinking about all the young people who have said “no” to sex and been talked into it using these exact tactics…. This may be a stretch but how does this women/these people not see how harmful ignoring a “no” can be. Idk this one got me in a different way

[@laurelloaf]

I swear she almost said “open your wallet” instead of “open your mind” at around 9:41 😂

[@Youtubeuser10873]

😂

[@delaynec]

I can never understand why these people don’t realize that a real retail business doesn’t want more competition? A real business person doesn’t ask everyone they see to open up the same kind of business across the street! That right there should tell everyone that it’s not about selling the product.

[@jessielynn]

“Planting the seed today and then following up with ppl over the course of weeks, months and years sounds absolutely exhausting.” It IS exhausting! That’s why I left Primerica. They guilt trip you into seeing every person you encounter as a prospect. I didn’t want to do that. I value relationships too much and I wasn’t going to ruin them for money.

[@MrsMuffin11]

I left Primerica too! I was with a "expanding family business" that used Primerica and that's how they sucked me in. I thought it was legit. But they used the same MLM tactics to recruit.

[@jessielynn]

@@MrsMuffin11 out of all the MLMs, they seem to be the most legit, but still. I do not want to recruit my friends and family.

[@MrsMuffin11]

@Jessie ya the products are real and you are compensated for selling. the idea is great but a lot of teams are sketchy and just push sales and recruiting without the teaching aspect and don't always do the best thing for the customer. Ya, I didn't either. I recruited one of my friends and we enjoyed getting our life licenses but they made us go to multiple meetings every week and do team calls and made it way less fun and started being pushy as hell. They went from doing it in your spare time to quit your regular job because this job is too demanding and you aren't focused...like ok I'm 22 I don't want to make this my full time thing, I still wanna have fun with my life lol

[@MrsMuffin11]

@Jessie I wanted to clock in, work, get paid, and clock out. wasn't made for that kind of "business" lol all work and basically no profit unless you build a team

[@jessielynn]

@@MrsMuffin11 same experience at the same age! I was 22 when I started and I actually liked the classes to get licensed, but all the meetings and pushing us to work so hard just to NOT get paid that often was a bummer. I made money but it was so much time and effort for so little, it wasn’t worth it to me. I did my best for 3 years then called it quits.

[@Snazaran95]

whoa: to keep cold-messaging someone to try to sell them once they've asked you to stop may well be a violation of the CAN-SPAM Act and subject violators to fines!! Would love to know how CAN-SPAM Act applies to MLMs and if there have been any applications to MLM distributors.

[@joooy54]

cleaning my room while i listen, and at 32:00 ("shes gonna have a harder time telling you no a second time") i whirled around to see if i really heard that, and hannas making the same face to assure me that she really did say that 🤦‍♀

[@erinbailey4631]

I’m a dental assistant and my program had 4 instructors and we needed alll of them! It breaks my heart that she is convincing this woman to leave her teaching job where future dental assistants need her. Heart breaking Edit: after baby sister comes you may have to get a few more changing pads for the other furry babies 😂 So cute!

[@harleeblack9997]

Just had my first ultrasound for my first baby and watching a new Hannah video is the best way to wind down after that. 🖤

[@jessielynn]

I was just approached by someone at Storyville (library fun house for kids) while I was with my son. She was asking me about my work and if my family was nearby then asked if my husband and I ever thought of ways to get out of our jobs and home with our children. I knew exactly where she was going with that. It was a shame because she was really nice and I thought she was chatting me up to connect, not to pitch me on her mlm that she refused to name. I was disappointed. Thought I was making a friend at first.

[@user-tl2nj3ip5v]

I wonder why they always refuse to say what MLM they are a part of or what it is they are selling 🤔

[@jessielynn]

@@user-tl2nj3ip5v I flat out asked her “what do they do?” She was talking about this well to do family who has all this time with their children. She said her husband was able to quit his job and stay home too. When I asked what they did, she looked down at the ground and said, “Well it would take hours to explain, but…” blah blah blah about how wonderful their life is. I said again, what’s the business? She said, something about e-commerce but would not say the name smh.

[@clairepaffey1727]

My guess is so you can't go home, Google the company and find all the lawsuits and bad reviews.

[@gracelevorse8867]

I love learning about the lesser-known MLMs, thank you for this!

[@muuuune]

My friend invited me to a presentation and it turned out to be a Park Lane sales call. Mind you I was in the process of starting my OWN small jewelry business. She got a discount or free stuff (based on the amount of orders she got from the call) and we got offered a discount. No. Thx.

[@lmsmith015]

I haven't heard of this company either! I think it makes sense when you consider how many huns get frustrated being in the middle or bottom of the pyramid and think, "Maybe I should just start my own!"

[@yolandaponkers1581]

I collect vintage jewelry and was stunned to learn that so many of the designers in my collection were/are MLMs! Park Lane, Sarah Coventry, Premier Designs, and Judy Lee are a few examples. MLMs are everywhere!

[@kikiTHEalien]

"Designers"

[@timriehl1500]

I did not know Sarah Coventry was an MLM! My mother and grandmother wore it in the 60's through the 90's. But I know they bought it in a store. I saw it in Walmart in the 90's.

[@nikedoesthings]

I am so happy I am not in the US, I read so many comments like this and I would definitely be just as clueless if there were that many! It's getting hard to remember all the names at this point.

[@maryeckel9682]

Sarah Coventry in particular is very collectible, too! I know my mom had several pieces.

[@levelxxiv]

I fully support cat cameos for EVERY video

[@chaseohara4781]

8:08 “you could sell more product, but that’s really harddddddd” 😂😂 legitimately tearing up

[@novakien2714]

Everything is for cat. Even baby is for cat. Cat cannot be convinced otherwise.

[@5thStFoster]

"Mercer Method" my foot. That is the EXACT training I received in 2 different MLM's

[@LydiaTaylorMusic]

My favorite part of this is where she sneakily goes "maybe you want to go on a family trip for ten grand...I'm here to tell you that you can become a master recruiter!" Like putting those two phrases together makes it sound like she's promising ten grand for recruiting. But couldn't get in trouble with the company because technically she avoided actually saying that.

[@chrisstroud1915]

Oh wow, that's a really devious and manipulative tactic. We don't usually hear them talking about specific numbers in these meetings, but this lady seems like she's saying the quiet part out loud!

[@lilessab85]

How many YEARS would that take? Ha ha! 🤣

[@bro6568]

And she said 9:40 “I want you to open your brain.. and open your wal- mind” 😂😂 Freudian slip right there..

[@LydiaTaylorMusic]

@@bro6568 God I can't un hear it now

[@bro6568]

@@LydiaTaylorMusic I’m glad I’m not the only one that caught that little gem 😂

[@momof3chis291]

Oh wow, your daughter’s nursery 🥰. My niece just had her first baby (boy) in November. I’m so excited for y’all! ALL babies are precious, of course, but your first baby is just different. 💞

[@Pirates08Ecu]

Love that excel sheet to illustrate how many levels will be able to be recruited.

[@hawaiianshirts4715]

Perfectly effective use of Excel to illustrate a point! I would have done the same thing. "Complex math? Ooh, this calls for a spreadsheet."

[@lifeafter2396]

The cats need a cat bed by you when you film 🥰 thank you for the new video! Drop everything for this video ❤

[@kristinegarner3027]

Love the update about your cats new behavior! Can't wait to see their reaction when the baby is here.

[@dawnf.1703]

Zeke & Cooper need their own changing cushion. Problem solved! 😂😻😻 Also, I had never heard of this company either.

[@MissBeeeBeee]

I thought the same thing!! They totally need their own changing cushion. How absolutely adorable!!!! 🥰🥰😻😻

[@princesspeppermint007]

Yea I remember a call where a top earner said she is the top closer, That because she will refute any no's or doubt. Even if they say they need to speak to their spouse she would say " I am sure your spouse trust your judgment".

[@joannahofer6447]

Atleast they are being straightforward on this call and just saying, “you have to recruit a lot of people” instead of the usual manifestation stuff 😂

[@aurelia2132]

I loved the mid-video break to see the kitties on the changing pad! :D

[@andreipopescu349]

1955 but I bet now is the best time to join 😅

[@katie4929]

Thank you for the cat cameo, it was so needed after the day I had!!! They will be the best big brothers to your little girl 😻❤️

[@maryeckel9682]

I swear first girl almost said "open your mind and open your wallet." She said the "w" and stopped herself. Your top is beautiful btw Edit 2: AWWW the cats

[@munchkinwizard1027]

I heard that too. lol

[@emilyvanderlaan7699]

Has anyone heard of a “solar panel” MLM? I’ve been hearing stories on Reddit about very aggressive door to door salespeople trying to push solar panels for your home. Weird

[@nicoledoubleyou]

For anyone that gets these people at their door, just say you don't own your home, you rent. Use that for anyone trying to sell you something to do with your home like new windows, landscaping, etc

[@Momnpop98]

We got suckered into panels by a super legit honest salesman. Ended up the company never had the "green light" from the electric company. Fight fight fight trying to get the panels hooked up. Could never get our salesman on the phone. Found out the company dissolved, blah, blah, blah. Found out our salesman ACTUALLY QUIT THE COMPANY because of us and how we we were set up (NDA & noncompete). Actually everything worked out in the end and he truly was a standup salesman.

[@camilleroblin5005]

I live in France and I had one! The stupid rep didn't see we already have solar panels... yeah, he missed the massive solar panels on the roof in front of him. I was stunned 😂

[@ArwenNMyrtlesMom]

Not only have I heard of them, I have a box full of pieces from them. This was wayyy back in the day- early 90s. I was invited by a friend to her party (yes, we used to go to parties in people's houses). It's fairly decent jewelry, none of it has corroded or turned green. I haven't looked at it in a while. I'll dig some out and take some pictures, if I remember.

[@maryeckel9682]

It is much nicer than Paparazzi

[@mrspink1066]

It's really good jewelry.

[@malyssanicole7146]

" type a 3 in the chat if you wanna lose time and money in this pyramid scheme!!!" Lololol my favorite part of these calls

[@cecarea6887]

It really grinds my gears that they call it recruiting. I'm an actual recruiter and they make my job seem predatory.

[@CDForney]

People today want to buy from Amazon or Etsy, etc, when they’re shopping for jewelry. This type of mlm is outdated and gross

[@kaie.6323]

Your videos are always so perfect to have on while I do a puzzle. So relaxing, so informative!

[@annamariefella8315]

High school math teacher here! LOVE when you do the numbers! That was so clear!

[@purrmanum]

for real, leave it to a teacher to math out the math 📉

[@randl7423]

I find it so funny that one of the first things these huns always "teach" is to depersonalize the experience of recruitment and intentionally dissociate from your feelings during it. Um, those icky feelings in your stomach? That's your conscience, lol. Maybe you should listen to it?! 😬

[@devinmilanwyatt3762]

Can you please do more about melaleuca? They swear they’re not an MLM 😅

[@bittersweetroads]

Mlm huns are so skilled at talking so much and saying absolutely nothing.

[@HayleighPaige]

I like to believe that the movie It Follows is really just a metaphor for what it must feel like to be in an MLM trying to keep up your income

[@purrmanum]

omg i just watched that for the first time a couple months ago. such a good movie!

[@Momnpop98]

The death curse that you could only get rid of by having sex with someone and it they don't pass along the curse it falls back to the person who passed it to you? That one was a double thumbs down from me.

[@jenniefrost3074]

I used to sell Scentsy back in the day, I didn’t have a “holy shit this is cultish” vibes till I went to their huge convention they have every year. It was very weird, and not too shortly after that I quit. They ended up changing the amount you had to sell to $200, and I was lucky to make that (or close to it) in a 3 month period. I do wish I had wrote down how much I spent compared to what I made to see how much I lost, cause I’m almost positive I lost money and didn’t make any.

[@jenniefrost3074]

@@Tktikipunch I also spent money on event tables, for supplies not in their store, gas money driving to houses, stuff like that is what I wish I could have kept tabs on. I wasn’t thinking I wouldn’t make money back when I joined, but I didn’t think I’d make so much that I could quit my job and stay home.

[@jenniefrost3074]

@@Tktikipunch you as well, yeah they wanted us to keep receipts for tax purposes too, I just didn’t thinking it wouldn’t be worth it. They’d also spout the whole “this stuff sells itself” crap so you’d feel like if you weren’t selling it was a you problem. I never believed that, but they also pushed recruiting your customers and I never understood that. So I’m going to recruit the only people buying from me and then I’ll have to find more people to buy from me and then recruit. Eventually I’m going to run out of people. So I’d just have parties and if people at a party ordered enough for a “combine and save” but separately I’d add them together so they could save money. (Combine and save you could get 2 warmers and 6 bars cheaper than if you ordered them separately). Our group that sold was a good group of people, helpful, we weren’t bullied. The worst time I had in it was really the conventions I paid to go to oddly enough cause I was told I was the reason I was failing.

[@marygraham6966]

This woman's system of taking the "hard emotion" out of recruiting sure explains the single-minded persistence of the pitch. They shut off any common decency they might have, and ignore any response but a sucessful one, in effect turning themselves into a- - - - - - s.

[@chaseohara4781]

It’s one thing to say with your message to someone “hey, there’s also an opportunity”, but the whole “you have great tastes, obviously you should be doing this” to every person is so disingenuous and gross.

[@Tulany1978]

Park Lake still exists?!?! I’m in my 40s and my mom used to live in this “lux” jewelry she bought from friends 😅

[@Sloanexhd]

What I’ve learned today: ‘pester people to join your mlm.’ Check..

[@yvonned627]

This “system” is such a turn off! As someone that got a “hey girl” message, I immediately got turned off.

[@dahliacheung6020]

My mom hosted a party for this company when I was like 12. As her "hostess gift" she got to pick out jewelry and since I helped host (no way I was missing that snack spread) I got to pick something. I got this super sparkly necklace and was one of my prized possessions. Until I learned about mlm and such. I still love the necklace though but my brother ended up getting me a cat pendant that I haven't taken off except to clean in three years. Safe to say that's my new "prized possession".

[@pantaleimona]

I truly can't imagine choosing to direct sell & recruit over being a professional via my education. Smh

[@mightyowl1800]

As someone with a subpar American education, thank you for pointing out Scotland and the UK are part of the same thing 😅 Learning a lil bit more every day

[@thgritic102]

That whole "don't get so connected to your audience" part of the call irk me as an artist. I work mainly with BW as I am a BW myself, & I have seen first-hand how we are treated in the art community, galleries, and so on, so I have that connection with others to give them what they want. It's emotional and shows they are not alone, and them buying my products is what I'm going for, them sticking around is up to them, and I appreciate that. Plus, what I learn from all of my art teachers is to leave the people who said No alone. Not everyone is your audience, and a lot of MLMs don't understand that since they are so focused on recruiting.

[@heatherrawlings6561]

She says open your brain and wa…. Mind. It sounded like she was going to say wallet 💳 lol😅

[@MommaB74]

Same!!

[@maryeckel9682]

I caught that too! Oops!

[@Tottosmile]

such a good call! they're proving every point

[@vixes6344]

Love you Hannah! You’re easily my favorite anti-mlm creator! You’re a beacon of light in this dark, corrupt, and manipulative space. And that you’re a cat mom ❤️ totes relate. Keep up the sensational work. Huge fan of Your content!

[@SkwithOv]

wooooooow she is saying EVERYTHING out loud

[@cosmic60s]

Oh that lady starting off the call is SHAMELESS lol

[@andreawhittvalleyhs8900]

Thank you for spreading the word and doing the work! Also, you look AMAZING! Pregnancy looks god on you!

[@nikkilovesbooks27]

Yay a new video! The best way to end my winter break before school starts back tomorrow!

[@winterchild6120]

Oh we need your commentary, no way am I just listening to team calls with out it 😂😂

[@tuschi8039]

I would go insane without her, too 🥺

[@ashleyschneider8434]

My friend just did a Facebook party for that Park lane company first time ive ever heard about that one. I accepted the invitation from Facebook because I literally didnt know anything about it or what it was. That's a new one to add to my list! I've learned so much from watching your videos thanks for all your hard work 💕

[@karenbb5063]

My cat was in my daughter's stroller at every possible opportunity.

[@mswifeycatlady7583]

I’ve never heard of this one either.. but we don’t have as many MLMs here in Australia I truly appreciate all that you do Hannah 💐💐 I’ve been binging your videos for that past week and they are fantastic 💖 thank you so much

[@alioop3306]

I didn’t even think Park lane was still around. My mum used to host parties for them when I was in high school in the 90’s

[@Lailer10]

I really enjoy when you bring the exponential math to burst the recruitment facade. It never ceases to open my eyes to the business model flaws, every single time. I used this math to 'gently' deter an MLM hun from Beachbody. I hope it worked lol

[@jakewebster755]

Love your videos! They help me do my accounting work every day haha

[@01moretime]

Oh goodness. I haven't even gotten past the 2 minute mark. I know someone rather high up in park lane that sold me on the jewelry. I can't even wear the earrings and the other stuff is rather.... gaudy. My aunt gets suckered into it on a regular basis and has gifted my sister and me jewelry rom there.

[@cindybuerge5298]

If it makes you uncomfortable, then you KNOW it's wrong!!!! Because you wouldn't want this done to you!! I just don't get how these reps are fine with shamelessly harassing friends, family, and STRANGERS until they break.

[@cecilefeun4521]

So glad you're uploading so much lately 🤩 I've almost binged your entire playlist haha

[@msmagsmn]

Yay, I'm snowed in and there's new Hannah content! That top is super cute, btw. 😄 Edit: Nooooooo stop it with the word 'tribe,' ugh. Edit #2: Wow. Can we just send this whole vid to the FTC? It's got it all.

[@pokemonfanthings4444]

I already knew the vocabulary like ‘hun’ and ‘warm versus cold markets’ but I appreciate you explaining because someone had to do that for me before I found your channel

[@stephanielowe1205]

Oh Park Lane. I once worked with a woman who sold Park Lane Jewelry. I just started working at the office and she brought a catalogue. As it was before Christmas, and I wanted to make a good first impression, I ordered $140.00 worth of items to give out as gifts to friends and family. Apparently Park Lane “lost” my package and I never received my jewelry. She promised to follow up on this and I gave her several months. I contacted the company myself and they said they did not have an order in my name or address or combination of items I ordered. I never had my money returned nor seen any items. It was an expensive lesson.

[@oliviamarie3951]

I was randomly recommended one of your videos a while ago, never searched or thought about mlm stuff, now I binge your videos throughout my entire days 😂

[@tashaedwards]

This is how she went from a normal person selling jewelry (cringy cute) to full unhinged hun.

[@francinejones2524]

Haha when you said “Do you even need me here??🤷🏼‍♀️” I was thinking “Zeke could’ve ran this one🤔🐈‍⬛”

[@shanncimakasky6836]

How are they considered a stylist??????? That’s insulting to ppl who go to school to be a stylist.

[@mackenzielauermeier2847]

I work as a professional fundraiser for a local non-profit. Part of my job is to keep having conversations with people and reaching out to them in the hopes that when I do solicit or ask for a donation that they say yes, but with my job I get paid salary since I work in an office. I would HATE to work for an MLM where you can work so hard and get 0$ paid out to you

[@chaseohara4781]

I actually think my grandmother had a Park Lane party years and years ago, so it does ring a bell. I think it’s one of those more staid, more older audience leaning MLMs, which might be one of the reasons it’s not quite as obvious as the more flashy ones.

[@sarahhush2201]

What really bothers me about these "trainings" is I've never seen a company that focuses so little on the product that they sell. Like I've been to virtual trainings and usually when the focus more on relationship and emotions it's all smoke and mirrors

[@karinaz8756]

Agreed. I was approached as a freshman in college to sell Mary Kay. I really thought I was going to learn how to be a makeup artist. 😅

[@sarahhush2201]

@@karinaz8756same! I was fresh out of high school I was gonna go through with it but didn't have the start up money

[@karinaz8756]

@@sarahhush2201 I fell for it. Wasted $300 I didn’t have. I kept telling the huntbot I didn’t have the money. So she loaned me the money for the starter kit. Sold half of the stuff and dropped it. Do you know this woman wrote me the nastiest, meanest letter, to get her money back. So I promptly wrote her a check right there . And told her don’t pressure people into doing something they don’t want to do if you’re going to act like that. I have hated MLM ever since then.

[@swiftienifty8160]

You are looking even more beautiful than usual in this video, Hannah! Love your content 🥰

[@hatfieldsrus1]

I love what you are doing, thank you!