MLM HORROR STORIES #19 | MLMs destroying families, creepy neighbor selling Pure Romance

[@RosenHeartQueen]

I was asked to not come to Mary Kay parties because my skin reactions are bad for sales. Especially when you call out the quality of the products.

[@michelleprieur1]

Sorry I'm late to the party, just found this awesome lady. My jaw dropped when I read your comment. I'm sorry that you were told that. I've struggled with my weight my entire life and I have similar experiences. The worst was a few years ago, long story short I was on a first date. As we were getting the check at the restaurant, the waitress handed me a business card for her weight loss products. She looked directly at me and explained what her products were. Didn't even simply slip me the card discreetly, nooooo. My date was as surprised as I was. I could have crawled under the table.

[@DarkFire1536]

@@michelleprieur1 Ugh. How awkward that she did that. Very inappropriate. I am sorry that happened to you.

[@dixiech1ck]

My cousin was selling Mary Kay. She was really really aggressive and would ask all the time if I would be interested since I love makeup. Finally I had to tell her I'm allergic to their low grade product. She never talks to me now. 🤣

[@missamanda2703]

I looked like a meth addict for 1 week after younique concelar on my face for 12 hours. I had to take 3 days off work. I'm a nurse. I can't look like that.

[@MeatwadSmoking]

This is reason enough to crash the party. Show them the truth. The truth will set them freeeeee!

[@yolandaponkers1581]

I feel as though MLMers who think they can’t be fired because they own the business need to hear this woman’s story about being cancelled because she deleted her Facebook!

[@HannahAlonzo]

Yes so true!

[@mistyanderson4910]

@@HannahAlonzo when someone signs up for beachbody from the infomercial or website they are assigned a coach. Coaches only get that “perk” after meeting certain criteria. I’m sure the criteria has changed but back when I was a coach I probably had 30 folks I didn’t know or recruit signed up as a customer under me and I made commission on their purchases.

[@helianabanes4875]

They don't own anything.

[@cle3763]

The sister story is just awful! I work in finances and while I've seen many examples of family fraud and elder abuse, that story is one of the worst I have come across.

[@KvDenko]

That's saying something 😞

[@Annie_Annie__]

I have a family member that did similar things to her elderly mother and similarly tore the family apart, but it ended up being because of a drug addiction. It seems telling and heartbreaking that an MLM affected their family like drug addiction has affected mine. It does seem like the brainwashing and love-bombing that MLM up lines do becomes like an addiction. There’s that gambling element to it (making a big sale or signing someone up feels like hitting a small jackpot), coupled with the cult techniques.

[@krystinaxxlea]

@@Annie_Annie__ omg I literally just left a comment saying that it's just like a drug addiction. I'm a past addict and that story reminded me of alot of people I've met when I was using it's scary af that their so similar and one is a physical drug and the other is makeup and leggings like my mind is blown.

[@perfectlyimperfect_8528]

My grandma was my closest and dearest friend that I ever had. I talked to her daily about EVERYTHING. When I was 16 & passed my driving test, first thing I did was go pick up my stepsister & went to my grandmas. I would drive over there like 2-3 a week and every Sunday afternoon I was there. In the summer I’d go there every single day for 2wks straight just to eat lots of great salads & garden w my grandma. Anyways the story of Katie using grandmas house as collateral and then losing it!!!!! And taking out all these credit card loans and everything in grandmas name…. Oh that makes me so mad. If that was my sibling… idk… idk how I’d handle that

[@LDrosophila]

Gotta love our Grammas! I lost mine she was my sweet friend too and my rock. I miss her. I hope your Grandma is doing well.

[@Mels0103]

That's so heartwarming to read. I'm glad you got to have that 💗

[@leahcutler8605]

The 🎉🎉🎉you uhave

[@bongRIP69]

i won a contest for a free makeover and the contest details specifically left out that it was a makeover by a marykay rep. ive never had a middle aged woman go full karen on me so fast when i told her i wasn’t going to be accepting the prize and they can pass it along to the next person. when she asked me why i was turning down “such an amazing opportunity to have my makeup done by a professional makeup artist” i laughed, told her i dont fuck with cheap ass makeup unless its from walmart 🤣 and then then karen parade started

[@pillbugfairy]

Omg slay such a sassy response 😂

[@sandy68917250]

This happened to me with winning a free facial! The lady said we had to do it at my house and I’d have the opportunity to buy her Mary Kay products after. I declined and luckily I never heard from her again.

[@kunya16]

Same happened to me. "I like to keep my skin intact thank you. And being a Mary Kay rep doesn't make you a professional makeup artist." Enter the howling.

[@dixiech1ck]

Professional makeup artist? 🤣🤣🤣

[@smolexfundie6458]

How do these stories keep getting worse?? Grandma house as collateral?? Yikes! That story was so sad.

[@HannahAlonzo]

I always think I’ve heard the worst and then… I haven’t

[@mrsi82]

It's just so sad 😞

[@heatherframpton9693]

Horrible! Did you hear me gasp out loud "no freaking way!" from SE Michigan? 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳 For "Katie's" family to support this earlier on and berate the cousin writing about this "being jealous of her wealth" pushing her to buy something to keep her lights on...knowing that she was so heavily and becoming more in debt. WTH To have their Grandma take the ultimate hit by losing her house. How that recruiter can look at herself in the mirror, too. 😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵

[@amyhillary1512]

When I tell you my jaw dropped… oh my god these stories are insane today

[@HannahAlonzo]

They were soooooo crazy!

[@AChickandaDuck]

Right?!

[@chelktty]

Mine too!!

[@MKE_Mike]

I'm nominating "Grandma's porn stash and The Swingers Across The Street" for horror story of the year. I know it's early days but still.

[@annah7587]

Can you imagine being at Target trying to shop and an employee follows you around the whole time trying to convince you to quit your job and work for Target. That’s how stupid MLM’s are.

[@glamoroussunset5361]

More people need to see vids like this. People still really don't understand how predatory MLM's actually are and how damaging they can be to the relationships in your life.

[@BedeSisters]

Absolutely horrified that a grandmother lost her house!

[@chelktty]

I cannot tell you how many times I would be invited to a “girls night” only for it to turn out to be one of these MLM sales and recruitment bullshit.

[@LDrosophila]

so dissapointing you think oh how fun I get to be with friends and its just a sales pitch

[@chelktty]

@@LDrosophila right?? I don’t want to buy a fucking casserole dish, Christine. Just pass me the wine and some charcuterie!

[@giadaamarini4724]

I actually went to a wedding expo and I “won” a bridal makeover from a Mary Kay consultant lol I’m glad I never followed up. They were always there though. Every wedding expo there was at least one both! Some sneaky … offering hair and makeup 🙄

[@adbreon]

I “won” the same thing but at a David’s bridal. They claimed when I agreed to being sent emails with promotions I agreed to share my information with the Mary Kay consultant. I would have made a bigger fuss over it but my sisters lived 5 states away from me in opposite directions and I needed to use a store for bridesmaid dresses which they both could get to. Getting rid of the Mary Kay lady took months.

[@giadaamarini4724]

@@adbreon omg! That’s crazy!! I had a horrible experience with them, so I’m not that surprised they allowed that 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@elizabethwilliams5377]

Lol just happened to me, too! Different MLM, but I "won" a girls' party

[@MeatwadSmoking]

Speaking of weddings and Huns, my cousin married a nice girl, but her friend is an mlm hun. I forget which but it is a makeup one. She added all their friends to a “virtual bachelorette party” actually I think it was Mary Kay. Anyway I never met the bride in person as they live on the other side of the country, and never met her friend at all. I somehow ended up in the group, and missed the video call. To where the next week, this girl (not the bride, her hun friend) she messages me like “OMG wasn’t the virtual party so much fun?” Or something along those lines, and then continues with her pitch, and I’m like “I wasn’t there.” And she’s like “really? I coulda sworn I saw your name” and I’m like “nope, wasn’t me,” wasn’t even on my phone at the time, hell my phone was probably dead. It had the mlm name in the event name so I wasn’t gonna sign in with folks I don’t know to be solicited to. No offense to my cousin’s girl, she’s cool, but I think her hun is nuts. Honestly I think it was disrespectful to sell her products at a “party” she’s claiming to be throwing for her friend, a literal Bride but that’s just my opinion. Day shoulda been about the Bride not about Mary Kay junk. It was creepy to me that the hun added me to the group in the first place. If the bride did then ok that’s fine, but the hun was a complete stranger , it was really weird. I marked the message thread as spam so she can’t try to sell to me. I take my privacy seriously and don’t feel like putting up with some hun idk hassling me on messenger. Ain’t got time for that. Even if I didn’t know all about MLM’s I’d never join one because I absolutely despise sales positions. I personally hate every minute of selling. Any situation I got myself into where I had to do it at work, I dreaded it. It’s a line of work I’d be most miserable doing. I’m also simple, I don’t use a lot of “products” outside the basic toiletries (soap, toothpaste, deodorant, some makeup, body spray/perfume) and I definitely wouldn’t use one from an MLM because I have no use for it. I’m also very picky with my makeup, and a creature of habit. Don’t see any incentive in spending more on something when the one I already use is cheaper, shades I actually like, and I know I’m not allergic to. (I found out I’m allergic to certain drugstore brands so far I’ve only had a reaction to concealer where I break out in a mild face rash for about 36-72 hours or so)

[@TakeItSlowMo]

My heart goes out to the first person. As someone who has been the victim of online harassment and stalking, it is a traumatic experience which no one seems to take seriously, including law-enforcement. Even though the situation took place years ago, to this day it affects me and I refuse to put my name on any social media or show my face in fear he will track me down again, like he has before. Stay safe all.

[@starlingswallow]

I am so sorry you went through that, still going through it. I cannot even imagine what that was like! 😢🥺 I'm truly sorry you went through that.

[@luckyneko1]

Someone I know could not get a restraining order because her boyfriend's threats of death were verbal, not physical. He shot and killed her while she was walking down a city street. It's insane.

[@aurorethebore]

This pisses me off so much. The fact that we have to wait for someone to act on death threats before being able to get any help! This bullshit has lead to the death of so many amazing men and women who just wanted to live their lives free of abuse and harassment. I'm so sorry for your loss and I'm disgusted that this is still allowed to happen.

[@e.t.9868]

@@aurorethebore Hear hear

[@MissArtsyDeee]

Wow, so tragic 😢

[@OriginallyKieraMarie]

My SIL cousin signed up my SIL as well as two of her daughters (aged 13 and 10), she was assigning them sales every month, and collecting a check FOR EACH OF THEM into her own account. My SIL only found out because she called to cancel like a monthly reoccurring of products because she didn't like them and they asked if she wanted to cancel her position (or whatever you call it) too. We still don't know who else in the family she might be spoofing.

[@shannonigans_]

HOLY SHIT that sister family needs to get on Roberta’s pod or something to show how devastating mlms can be

[@casfletcher4076]

Reminds me of the time I was walking to the bus stop for work and an Avon rep literally chased me into the street and nearly got hit by a car just to give me an Avon pamphlet that I threw away immediately. These huns can't tell me they're living their best lives and doing so well when they're so desperate they'll literally risk their lives

[@tash4270]

Saturday morning here, watching from my bed with coffee and cats 🥰

[@HannahAlonzo]

Love this!!

[@erinw8787]

Same except from my couch Sat morn with coffee and zero cats .

[@tash4270]

@@erinw8787 good morning fellow southern hemisphere dweller ☺️

[@erinw8787]

@@tash4270 good morning ! I hope your Saturday is as quiet and chilled as mine is 😊.

[@krystinaxxlea]

That 3rd story reminds me of a drug addict, coming from a past drug addict I was lucky enough to usually always have a job but I've had friends who've ruined their families by doing shit like that. It's crazy an mlm can have the same hold on someone just like pills/ heroin. That's fucking scary.

[@kerryconklin9828]

@Krystina Darfus Right! I thought the same thing! As a recovering addict so much of that story could be heard at any NA meeting! It's funny/sad what all people can get addicted to. (ETA tag the person I was replying too)

[@MeatwadSmoking]

It also has the same hold on folks as cults do. Who woulda thought Drugs, Cults, and Scams would have so much in common

[@LeftieLoosie]

I did Avon for like 2 weeks… they also came after me for 3 dollars!!! But i never paid them lol 😝

[@tonyabdeals6219]

Lol same when I was in Jr college, I think it was about $40 in my case😭😂

[@davekaio5934]

Every time I think the stories can't get crazier.. Naked neighbours, homes lost, $3 repo huns...???. I stand corrected.. again...

[@HannahAlonzo]

My jaw is continually on the floor with these stories

[@kristyrussell1748]

Dave, wonder if those neighbors wanna join the no pants club 😂

[@davekaio5934]

@@kristyrussell1748 Young lady, you know the NPC is a VERY exclusive club with strict rules. No Pants Tops must be worn

[@kristyrussell1748]

@@davekaio5934 fine fine! Possibly a good idea.

[@MrsMuffin11]

wait pure romance is an mlm??? my sister in law hosted one for her bachelorette haha wowwww

[@2446Ann]

If you go to the Reddit forum antimlm, the first post is essentially "is this an mlm" with a look-up list in case you ever run into a party or offer. There's way more mlms than you can imagine.

[@yw5630]

I didn’t know either! I hear of them for the first time at a pride parade and I’m shocked they allowed an mlm to have a stand and give away stuff

[@loosilu]

Can the person who sent the grandma's neighbor story please start a youtube channel?

[@toiletfrog]

Yeah I had a seizure and heart palpitations when I was extremely anorexic and I almost died. Losing 80lb from MLM weight loss coffee apparently has the same effect… Not great

[@bo-atelier.borealis]

Im bingeing your horror stories playlist while frantically sewing my exam projects, the grandma s*x toy one had me howlinggggg and almost messing up my seam😂😂😂😂 oh dear, glad they dodged it

[@loriwitton699]

I also binge these while sewing! They're perfect for it

[@cannibalculture4499]

Pure Romance would, IMO, do a lot more business if they just sold their merchandise online (if they don't already). I did go to a pure Romance party once and got this skin-soothing after shave spray. It is the ONLY THING I've ever used that actually prevented razor burn/irritation on my bikini line. I loved it. But when I went to that party, not only was I oblivious to it being an MLM, it was before I knew what an MLM was. That stuff lasted me YEARS (which technically is probably not a good thing to keep and use it for that long, but it worked perfectly down to the last spray). Now I'm torn because I don't want to support an MLM, but I REALLY miss that spray.

[@Belldandy722]

Maybe look into the ingredients list and see if you can dupe? Idk. Just an idea lol

[@businessacc179]

Have you tried pure witch hazel? That’s been the best for me!

[@kunya16]

There are a few MLM's that could actually do well because their products are good. Plexus did good things for me and Usborne books are pretty fantastic. It's just the predatory, manipulative and trashy business model that brings them down. Like, why not sell good products like normal people? It's stupid.

[@MaggieMumblesThings]

I love this grandmother. She’s very endearing.

[@Aalisrocklist]

I recently learned that Adrianne Curry-Rhode, the winner of the 1st cycle of america's next top model, became an Avon lady and she is like a top ranked hunbot now.

[@culturelove]

Yes and her social/political views are fairly horrific too.

[@LaLa-xf7ku]

Wow, ANTM, marry/divorce Peter Brady and now Avon? Yikes!

[@MichiganCrimeTime]

I un-friended her because of it…and her a loving political views.

[@dani3166]

Dang it! I liked her too. Sigh.

[@nikkilovesbooks27]

In BeachBody, once you hit a certain rank (I think it's emerald) you go into the pool of 'coaches' that are randomly assigned to those who sign up on the website. It's very weird, but just another reason for uplines to push their downline to racing certain ranks.

[@Lemoncholy7]

“The business doesn’t work itself” But somehow also “The product sells itself” 🤣

[@elewysoffinchingefeld3066]

If I start any message with "Hey Girl!" my closest friends would come right over to make sure I haven't joined a cult. But if I joined an MLM, I guess that would be true....

[@TiBunCosplay]

I once had someone try to rope me into an MLM. Back when I was in college I got a phone call from a guy who was in the D&D group I played with, saying he could hook me up with a job since he knew I was looking for one. So I set up a day and time to meet with him and his "boss" at a local restaurant for lunch. Now, I had never heard the term MLM before, but I had heard Pyramid scheme before and it wasn't long before I started thinking that this was just that. A pyramid scheme. So I decided right then that I'd listen to the pitch to be polite because they did pay for my lunch, but I wasn't joining shit. Sure enough, the biggest red flag confirmed my suspicions. The "boss" stated "This isn't a pyramid scheme" before going into why it's "not" that despite being exactly that. I went home after telling them I'd think it over (just to be polite) where my dad asked how it went and I said "I think it's a pyramid scheme" and told him about it and he said "yeah, don't touch that" I ended up leaving the D&D group to avoid the guy after that because he kept pushing me to join the team even after I said no. (I don't remember what MLM company it was but I think they sold vacuums or something like that IDK, it's been years and I didn't exactly pay much attention after I realized it wasn't actually a job offer.)

[@drakosflame]

Hi! New here - after watching yet another Savannah Marie video, you came up as relevant content in my sidebar (in case you needed proof the algorithm works sometimes!). Oh man these are some horror stories, indeed. The story involving the grandma losing her house is gut-wrenching. It's sickening elder financial abuse, and the story is akin to someone having a terrible drug addiction and tearing apart their entire family in the process in order to feed their physical dependance on the drug. The anti-MLM community is the only form of that kind of rehab there seems to be, and it's kind of upsetting, because it really does take a form of post-cult-level-deprogramming for some to see the truth and get out. Many times, the irreparable damage is already done, much like what happened here. :(

[@tiffanyrussotto]

Why didn't she save her grandma from the sex toy lady 😂😂😂😂

[@jennifergeorge7280]

Right!!?? “It’s time for you to leave “ Done

[@bigpooper4156]

The only thing I could think of would be that maybe she was underage and felt awkward about it

[@asarishepard8171]

12:00 LOL im not polite, that lady wouldn't be on my porch for three hours :P Id make an excuse, go inside, lock the door then say through the window to leave or im calling the cops :P

[@loosilu]

Exactly what I was thinking!

[@webkinzalex]

These stories are on a whole other level today. Their grandma sounds like a whole lot of fun though 🤣

[@laina-brown]

People should be required to learn about this stuff in high school.

[@mrsevaeva7950]

I saw the text on the thumbnail and NEVER have I clicked on a video faster…like what?! I am mind-blown. Whenever I think it cannot get worse (as in whatever story I am hearing at this moment is the worst I have ever heard), it somehow DOES GET WORSE and I always wonder how this is even possible… 🤯😳🤭

[@mrsevaeva7950]

Also, you look sooooo beautiful in this video! 😍👏🏻

[@HannahAlonzo]

That story was so shocking!!

[@mrsevaeva7950]

@@HannahAlonzo …but also the grandma story. And all the other stories! Like this time (in this video) I really don’t know which horror story I think is worse as for whatever reason they all make my heart „hurt“. 😓

[@dewilew2137]

Story 3 is a literal nightmare. These companies are pure evil.

[@tricialavenbein7802]

One time I bought from an MK consultant and she had me fill out a "shipping" form but it turns out she just tricked me into joining the company 🙃

[@mslcoca]

Okay I’ve watched like 40 of these episodes but this had the most wild stories 🤣🤣🤣 the grandma being pitched pure romance and the sister turning her cousins wedding into a marry kay party 💀🤣

[@MichiganCrimeTime]

ColorStreet is EXTREMELY predatory. They make “stylists” pay full price then get a refund every two weeks or something. At the beginning of the pandemic they were having supply shortages and then senior stylists would buy huge numbers of the most popular sets, leaving nothing for others. They then put number limits and randomly assigned which level would get first grabs, but the women would use multiple different credit cards (pre-paid ones) to place multiple orders with the max numbers for each order. I quit after 3 months.

[@ashassassin]

What these stories taught me is to not enable people in MLMs especially if they're family.

[@NotJayRefillableMug]

This is the first that I heard the same skin reaction to Mary Kay that I had. I already had/have cystic acne, but my whole face exploded painfully after only a few days. I was actually really sad about it, because it did leave my skin softer than anything else ever has. The rep just told me that it was the toxins coming out. 🙄

[@wolfsmaid6815]

"the toxins coming out"? wait what? that is so predatory and dismissive, it makes me sick.

[@shesforgivennfree]

I dont have an actual story but here is something people don't know Keller Williams is the MLM of Real Estate, I got my license in 2018 and joined a local agency during classes I saw how much they pushed you to get other agents to come on board.

[@ReadAndThrift]

Oh my gosh this just triggered a memory I had totally forgotten about! I don’t even remember how I met this woman or who she was but she had me come to her house to do a “free makeup” session with me and then pressured me into buying things. I was beyond broke in beauty school. I wish I could remember how I met her. I don’t remember ever seeing her again. She sold Avon or Mary Kay.

[@kbeautyhobbit]

I started binging this playlist a few days ago (from most recent backward) and I love it. I find most anti mlm content is only good in smaller doses, but this channel is 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 say hi to the cat (I hope he gets a cut of ad revenue haha). So happy I found you ❤️

[@ayalex05]

I love the grandma story. Your channel is an awesome resource ❤️❤️

[@abbywatkins4742]

Fellow child care provider here! The amount of MLM’s in the childcare sphere is unreal! I have worked at two centers in my area now and I can’t escape tea bombs!

[@breannaculpepper9938]

These stories are TRULY horrifying. Wowza 😳

[@ShaneyBright]

Hey Hannah! I'm Posh listing while I listen! Hope all is well with your reselling venture, too.

[@justjordyn6729]

Despite Beachbody being an MLM, they were pretty great back in the day. Our family got Turbo Jam, 10 minute workout, and Insanity. I didn’t even know Beachbody was an MLM until about 2 years ago

[@opalineskies]

Turbo Jam was my shit in middle school!

[@nipponhakkyou]

These stories are WILD. I feel so bad for Katy 😟

[@HannahAlonzo]

Sooooo wild. That story kept getting worse and worse 😣

[@sondraeacker3125]

Ok it’s killing me 🤣 my friend who is now tied up in the MLM Areiyl 🙄 just gave their products credit for her long beautiful hair, she has literally had this gorgeous head of hair since I have known her and nearly hit the floor when I heard her say it on a Facebook live the other night. Not to mention the product list she shared she uses daily has to amount to no less than $250 in the products 😬

[@zuleymacatherine]

I also know a lady that sells Monat, and talks about her hair all the time that is the result of the products. But she always had that long beautiful hair😫😫😫 such lies!!!

[@hollyboring6663]

I am so glad you’re sharing the stories and the viewer’s sending their stories in. Especially, since you have this platform.

[@dannylieberwirth1784]

ive watched at least half of the videos on this playlist and story 3 from this video is the only one that made me gasp and exclaim actual words out loud. katie, dude..

[@stephaniemartinez7233]

So glad you came across my home page! ❤️ I would have never thought of this type of channel! Love it! I too have fallen victim to an MLM, but I learned my lesson quick!

[@Just.a.girl.named.Kristy]

Wow. These set of stories were a rollercoaster ride! So many ups and downs and crazy turns.

[@kareenah.kreations]

You just unlocked a memory 😮when I was in high school, my cousin burned the insanity dvds and I hated every minute of it lol 😂

[@HannahAlonzo]

Oh my gosh! Yeah they’re definitely super difficult workouts 😅

[@jennifergeorge7280]

I loved them! But the second month they are sooooooo long

[@kareenah.kreations]

@@jennifergeorge7280 😂

[@DowntownTasty]

They’re very weird about nickel and diming people too. “Here’s a book. Pay me later” “here’s lunch. Pay me later” and now “you owe us 3 dollars. Pay now!!!” This doesn’t sound like a business that’s oh so successful or people who have soooo much money and are just #blessed

[@TheThriftyBroad]

These stories never cease to amaze me! Keep up the great work Hannah! :)

[@imapisces0308]

I can’t believe this girl let her granny loose her house!

[@uninvincibleete]

that third story is horrific. i'm 5'11'' and when i weighed 160 people started accusing me of having an eating disorder (i did not, i was actually eating more than before, just doing keto with whole foods and working out a lot). i genuinely cannot imagine what someone would look like at the same height but half that size.

[@CarboneCat]

These stories were nuts, we were only one crazy MLM knappin away for the total package.

[@HeatherHunterJ]

Pure Haven my daughter's friends mom sold it, she roped me into it and when I when to check out she listed me as a Distributer NOT a Customer. That sucked. Hey clearly you messed up, sure it was an accident and shocking we aren't friends anymore :(

[@corriehanson1988]

I love your content. Thank you for sharing these stories. I hope people on the fence about these companies will read them and save themselves heart aches. I have joined 6 in my life not know what a MLM was but always knowing something is not right. I will be sending you my story.

[@CicisTrialSizedLife]

Wow, the same thing happened to my sister with the Mary Kay products - she wasn't a seller but wore it exclusively for a year, until the crazy acne began.

[@chaoticXmisfit]

I've slowly lost my best friend since middle school to Pure Romance, she's gone on Facebook and made post swearing it's not an MLM. Tried to get me involved, course I know better and noped the hell out

[@nicolekulikowski2401]

I LOVE how well you talk and read everyone's stories! 🙌🏻

[@beyourownsunshine5548]

The story of the girl who ruined her family is giving me the downward spiral of someone who has a major addiction like going out of your way to do anything you can even if it is destructive to get the money for your addiction which is so so sad especially since someone in her up line was enabling her by scamming the grandma so that she can get more money

[@trickedbykathycat5250]

Wow! Those are some really wild and horrifying stories. But those creepy naked grandma's neighbors made me laugh. They probably were trying really hard to be the product of the product so they didn't have time to waste for such a silly things like getting dressed to answer the door. 😂😀😆

[@zen_ccg]

Oh man the Mary Kay ones here remind me of how when I was 17 I tried hosting an MK party and 0 people came. Literally the only people around were those in my family home. Most embarrassing moment ever as the random rep is sitting around judging me and I'm depressedly eating the cookies I baked

[@Blankphotograph5799]

I can't believe I almost got wrapped up in one of these. This is probably the only time I'll thank my anxiety cause it actually saved me from it. Well that and being way to broke to afford any of the products.

[@marinelaortiz3202]

I remembered being in college and I was starting to get into skin care but my skin was really sensitive so I try to avoid it I mean avoid it until I met some Mary Kay reps that try to push a consultation on me. I told him that my skin is too sensitive and that their products will not work out for me. When I told my mom about it, she told me how one of her former coworkers used to rave about Mary Kay products and her skin went to crap all things to the skin care. This is why you patch test anything, when a rep came to my job tag people tried some products and she talked about a charcoal mask that she said charcoal is good for all skin types. I wanted to burst out with it’s good for oily skin not all skin types. I want to see you so bad! Anyways, I just did a patch test on my hand and it gave me a weird tingling sensation and I did not like it and asked for the wet towel to get it off because it was bothering me. I was glad I never done it on my face.

[@leighanataylor8765]

My sister-in-law gave me a DōTERRA account for Christmas without my pets mission. I didn’t understand really until years later that she really put me in her down line.

[@OrthodoxMidwife]

I managed and worked at a thrift store for two years. We got donated a lot of peoples Mary Kay, and lots of random Arbonne stuff, purses, fancy branded bags and hats etc.

[@sideshowratt]

I can only imagine "weight loss coffee" means a LOT of time on the toilet.

[@AllHailDiskordia]

it baffles me that MLMs are even legal

[@vanessavega8517]

In this episode: When MLMs attack grandmas! This was a crazy one but it made me laugh.

[@StephanieBeitzel]

This is so hilarious. Sad for those involved. But the letter was great, and your reading of it made it!

[@Sassy-pants68]

I used to be a big consumer of Medi fast, when my “coach’s coach” convinced me that I needed to have my own business. I didn’t understand half the stuff that he was talking about, but we were sitting at Starbucks with my computer so he could set everything up when a friend I hadn’t talked to in years saw that I was online and just messaged me “how are you doing?” Since my coach’s coach was sitting right there he thought that this was a grand time that I hit this person up to be my first customer. So this poor girl that I had not spoken to in years getssome crappy message from me that says, “hey I am selling medifast blah blah blah blah blah. “ She was very polite and said she would think about it and then I never heard from her again. Years later I messaged her and I apologize profusely. When it happened I was horribly angry and embarrassed. But for some reason I didn’t want to hurt my coaches coach’s feelings . He didn’t have any trouble hurting my feelings or destroying a friendship, but I was worried about his feelings… I did not know that this was an MLM until I started watching a show.

[@LindaStitches]

Oh geez…a memory I need to share: The Mary Kay Huns who ooohed and ahhhhed at how I looked once I applied MK makeup at a friend( consultant ‘s ) party. Like, Dude, I wear makeup every fricking day. This was not a revelation that makeup makes me look better! Oh. SO cringey. I couldn’t get out of there soon enough. I once, through Instagram was messaged by a friend’s daughter who was deeply in the Beachbody team. Oh geeeeez, that was weird. I have been planning my own workouts with home DVDs and eating super healthy… I am vegan… For 10 years. She was pushing that she had this marvelous wonderful plan. Oh man. Cut that off immediately. They are weirdos.

[@uninvincibleete]

I'm in the same boat about Beach Body! I had the dvds back before they were an mlm and I really enjoyed the workouts. A cousin of mine worked at the company (not a coach or sales, the corporate side) so I got it for super cheap. I ended up losing the dvds in a move so I just found them online and downloaded them. Back then they just had a little promo for shakeology in each workout and I remember thinking to myself even way back then that it sounded like bs haha. They would say stuff like 'you'd have to eat 50 heads of broccoli' and all these other things to get the nutrition in shakeology, and even as a teen I remember thinking they must have been cherry-picking a single nutrient in each of those comparisons to make it sound better, like you'd have to eat 50 heads of broccoli to match the protein or vitamin c or whatever in shakeology, but that's because they intentionally picked a healthy food low in that particular nutrient to compare haha.

[@janejones7638]

I once was recruited to Amway by a coworker. He wanted to discuss a business opportunity and met me at the local Village Inn. He had his upline with him. I was too poor to fall for Amway. I was working a shift where I got off about 8 pm at night. My friends and I would meet at the Village Inn because it was cheap, clean, and open 24/7. I started to notice how many Amway pitches took place there. I felt like it was just college students and Amway meetings that filled the restaurant at night.

[@reidleblanc3140]

I've been binging this series lately and this HAS to be the best video LMAO so many bonkers stories

[@dreamteam9748]

The twists and turns of the gramma story I love it

[@LDrosophila]

That Grandma story is so funny. I could just imagine my Gramma and I busting up laughing for ages. I miss her. 💜

[@daisalendd]

the same thing just happened to my mom that someone signed her up without her consent, it was for young living and thankfully we caught it and called them

[@lifestylehomestead]

Can people sue the MLM for these horrible situations that happen to reps??

[@PointeStarr]

The stories this week are wild!

[@Trainer_TaraFit]

I'm a certified personal trainer and I'm not ashamed I also did the Insanity DVD program 🤪

[@AndeLikeTheMint]

Just found your channel and I'm right at home. Please keep these coming!

[@robertross8243]

Grandmas rock. They don't give a fluff.

[@bigcreepythings]

Lord, the Mary Kay one... A friend from high school got in deep to Mary Kay for years after graduation and at one point I had to put our friendship on pause because literally every time she contacted me to "hang out" or "get coffee" it was really either a sales or recruitment pitch and it came down to, "Hey, I'm never going to join or buy this stuff, if you want to hang out and actually hang out we absolutely can, but if all you want to do is pitch your pyramid scheme to me, I'm not interested in talking to you." We didn't talk for several years until she finally got out after realizing that it was a complete scam and that she'd lost significantly more money than she ever made.

[@monicamolina2221]

These stories are so so infuriating. Thank you so much for your kindness and awesome reading giggles. I love your reactions. Keep up the good work. 👍

[@americandevo]

Amway brainwashed a good friend who tried to get me to join despite the fact that any time she started her Amway pitch I responded by warning her they were a pyramid and she would go broke. My friend asked me to attend a "women's empowerment seminar" which turned out to be a bizarre Amway cult rally. The people were horrible, money grubbing, materialistic Amway fanatics. When I realized I was LIED TO and where I was I asked my friend to take me home but it was an hour drive so I was stuck at this hotel until the event was over, we were there for 6 hours, no food or drink offered. I walked around the hotel and found a "store", I bought a drink and something to eat then I noticed the rack of porn magazines. I bought one that was called Forum and it had few pictures and was letters where people told their dirty stories. I sat in the back of the large banquet room, propped my feet up on a chair and read my porn magazine. Many Amway freaks noticed, most were pissed and had something to say about MY "ignorance". My friend was irate with me, I was angry with her. We had been best friends for over 10 years but that was the end. I found out it took 2 years but she and her husband went bankrupt, lost their house, loaded their old Chevy van with the thousands of dollars worth of Amway soap from their basement and moved to a bad neighborhood in Chicago to live with her mother.

[@jeanieolahful]

This was some crazy collection! My head is spinning!

[@kristinelaybourn5929]

My former best friend did Mary Kay. She was pushy and lost friends because of it. I went to one of their meetings . My inner voice always said this is too good to be true.

[@Michelle-zz7no]

😳😳😳. These stories are horrible!!!! 😩. I’ve been approached through Facebook messenger regarding quite a few MLM products. I don’t even bother replying. I’m no spring chicken and I’ve seen way to many of these hoaxes! Thank you for sharing these stories. You are saving many people from financial and relationship destruction. ❤️