MLM TOP FAILS #13 | Arbonne reps try to debunk myths about multi-level marketing

[@vaneruizm]

"you make time for what's important for you" You know what's important for me? RESTING.

[@ReturnToSenderz]

The whole “everyone has the same amount of time” is some primo gaslighting. Each person lives 24 hours a day, but that doesn’t mean we all have the same amount of unoccupied time. Stay-at-home parents especially are on duty 24/7, so those “pockets of time” in between cooking, cleaning, running errands, etc. are often unplanned, short-lived, and CHERISHED. I’m not sacrificing my (sometimes) ten minutes of reading time to hassle people to join my team; I enjoy my sanity, thanks. ✌️

[@HannahAlonzo]

Absolutely!! Such a good point! Relaxation and down time should be just as valued as “working” or “hustling”

[@erinw8787]

Yyyeeesssss. I work full time in a job that is demanding physically and mentally and I am a solo mama. No way in hell am I giving up my rare down time to harass people to join my team and peddle over priced products that no one wants . I also don’t want to give up my dignity so yeah - no thanks .

[@AshatHome]

Yesss!!! I am a mom and have chronic illnesses so if I'm having a good health day I won't be wasting it harassing others to buy overpriced mlm products.

[@trashketchup1497]

Exactly! One of my biggest pet peeves from them is when they say things like oh you’re scrolling on social media right now so you should be working this business instead. Like uh I’m sorry Bethaley but when I’m on social media that means it’s one of the rare moments of time I have for myself and the ABSOLUTE LAST thing I want to do with that time is try to scam every person I’ve encountered all while making zero money 🙄🤦‍♀️

[@tima2553]

Exactly!!!!

[@josephsalvador51]

No matter how bad things get I remind myself I could be trapped in a pyramid scheme convinced I'm a business owner.

[@SummerFace]

LOL so true and so funny… I think that’s why a lot of us love her content 🤣🤣🤣

[@wawawhale49]

I’m a lawyer and can confirm lawyers have trash opinions all the time.

[@HannahAlonzo]

I’m dead 😂 thank you for confirming!

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

This instantly made me think of Rudy Giuliani 😂

[@NikkiRN-CLC]

I almost married a lawyer so, also can confirm 😅

[@parentingadabsurdum]

And the “nooks and crannies.” Stay out the nooks and crannies of my day, if you please.

[@erinw8787]

Lol I honestly said the same thing one day when watching a video - keep out of my nooks and crannies you weirdos 👀😂😂

[@SummerFace]

LMAOO

[@christinadenkinger5966]

I’m always so perplexed that if you are a “business owner” why all the meetings with your up line?! My friend who is in Arbonne has so many meetings it’s just wild! It’s more than what a real business owner would ever have! Just craziness

[@nickigregersen1826]

So now I need to buy a shirt that says ANTI MLM across the front in bold font just to bring my kids to the park. Noted.

[@Allisonsaul]

Yeah, I like pumpkin spice lattes. I might even tell people that. The difference is I don’t then badger those people to also get pumpkin spice lattes and harrass them mercilessly to make sure they do. I don’t take it personally if they don’t buy them and criticise their “pumpkinless mindset” for it. I’m just…. Sharing my opinion about products I like. Ironically.

[@sarahsassypants4110]

Haha... “pumpkinless mindset” is PURE GOLD. 😂

[@nicoledoubleyou]

@@sarahsassypants4110 agreed, came here to say "pumpkinless mindset" is what I'm gonna use next time my bf says he doesn't understand something about why I love fall and Halloween

[@trashketchup1497]

Pumpkinless mindset needs to become a band name 🤷🏼‍♀️😅

[@desireeclaire2044]

So glad someone pointed this out because I wanted to point this out as well. I am happy to tell friends or family about things I enjoy, especially if I think some of them might enjoy them too. But I make one single post about it and never mention it again!

[@lexwithbub]

You also don't harass people to only buy YOUR brand of pumpkin slice lattes, or that other brands are no good, and that they must buy them at a higher price through you.

[@meredithszymanski4720]

You can work in “pockets of time” and “everyone has 20 minutes.” Yet when we say most people actually lose money in an MLM, their response is that those people haven’t worked hard enough. So frustrating.

[@HannahAlonzo]

Absolutely a double standard!

[@jasdawn5]

so all it takes is 20 minutes a day to make money??? what about all the training and hour long zoom calls??? lies. all lies.

[@Karen_of_Kanada]

If you're "an attorney" and you're on reels shilling your MLM, I'm thinking you've not got a book of clients for a reason. Also, it proves that cognitive dissonance is real, and that "smart" people can be conned. LOLd at her "don't try me, I'm an attorney line". Sis, please. Source: am lawyer

[@trashketchup1497]

Whenever I see huns like that, the super educated and such ones, I’m convinced that they know exactly what they’re doing and joined because they thought they’d be able to recruit a bunch of people and make tons of money

[@natalietitus3234]

What?

[@Thornspyre81]

So true, there are a few actual PhD's who are Young Earth Creationists. I'm tired of sleazy and demonstrably erroneous concepts/ideals/scams attempting to portray legitimacy by having "smart" people pitch their b.s.

[@myT22-4]

Agreed!

[@yolandaponkers1581]

The Mayo Clinic claim is quite troubling, and it’s pretty horrifying that these people can flat out lie to push the product.

[@HannahAlonzo]

Agreed!

[@G-L-O-R-I-A]

Wow! If we had been playing an MLM drinking game, we’d all have been plastered halfway through this video. They said all the catch phrases!

[@kerryconklin9828]

I can tell them one difference. Starbucks doesn't care if I share them in the morning and Folgers that evening.

[@nightowl8548]

I think the legal department at Mayo Clinic would be VERY interested

[@cretnotonic]

I thought she said "Male Clinic"

[@EmilyJeanBlatt]

Right from the Mayo Clinic Site 🤔🤣 “Mayo Clinic's position on product endorsement Mayo Clinic does not support or endorse any commercial products or companies and never has. Yet, from time to time, we hear from concerned consumers, patients and employees or the media about materials they see in the marketplace where a non-Mayo company has used the Mayo Clinic name to help market a product or service. This type of unauthorized use of the Mayo Clinic name should not be misconstrued as an endorsement or support for a particular product, service or company.” 👎 🙅‍♀️

[@HannahAlonzo]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@tarajh]

Sounds like somebody needs to be reported to the Compliance office!

[@NikkiRN-CLC]

​@@tarajhdid anyone report this?

[@lycianempire]

The idea that I would have to pay to try a product before I sold it is wild to me. When I got hired at a winery they sent me home with bottles of the four most popular wines, and then encouraged me to taste and try the rest over the next few weeks when we had downtime in the tasting room. Because obviously I could sell wine better if I had personal experience with what they tasted like, their tannin levels, what they paired well with, etc.

[@xxmidnight12xx18]

“I’ve been professionally trained to research and argue.” Unfortunately not well enough.

[@Bellyofthebeast6]

"If you're not improving yourself, you're choosing that!" As a disabled person nothing makes me rage more than that line.

[@pattipeters9861]

Tell us you have done no research on your own without telling us you have done no research on your own. “That’s how it was explained to me and that’s what I (chose to) believe.”

[@julia_cat6]

Being approached by another mother at the park only to be pitched an MLM is pure social anxiety nightmare fuel LOL

[@tcort]

The double speak is insane. The hunbots tout time freedom as one of the reasons to join an MLM but they encourage you to work while you're at the park with your kids. There is no work life balance.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

After unknowingly joining an MLM, this was what I realized as well. It was for selling life insurance policies. We cold-called a lot and people would be at work and wouldn't respond until after I'd stopped for the day. If I were running my own, LEGITIMATE business, sure, I'd be more inclined to still try to make a sale after-hours. But after 9 to 10 hours of working, hell no do I want to then continue trying to work. I felt like I never had a break from working. Left very soon after joining (like, the next week, lol) and thankfully didn't lose anything but $40 for a background check.

[@cherylw3669]

That recruiting advice sounds like the start of a "How to become a social pariah for Dummies" book.

[@nightowl8548]

I'm laughing that they continually call it a "Network Marketing Business " like they are trying to flip the narrative to keep you from associating them as a MLM

[@parentingadabsurdum]

Why are they all so obsessed with the pumpkin spiced latte??! (Edited to say, I commented this 5 seconds before you said the same thing 😂.)

[@HannahAlonzo]

THEY ALL SAY IT 😂

[@Hnyb16]

29:42 I love love how you’re like “I’m heated, I need to eat something”!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Same!

[@rondotexe]

It's so frustrating when huns say "I'm not a salesperson! In fact, I hate sales! I've never sold anything, I just share products that I love ❤️!" They just need to be honest. If it isn't for a person, let it not be for them. They need to stop trying to figure out a way to frame everything as ultimately being positive. Some things are for certain people, and that is okay!

[@HannahAlonzo]

This is a really great perspective! Sales aren’t for everybody, and that’s okay! But MLM reps are convinced that being in an MLM is what everyone wants and needs 😂

[@mulberry9093]

I'm very attempted to report this to the Mayo Clinic to see if they know their name is being used like this. I work for a very well known institution and our Trademark office are not people I'd want to deal with.

[@kristyrussell1748]

Attorneys like her.....🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ I worked for a few law firms.....many different types of law...not every attorney knows every type of law. They just don't . She's embarrassing.

[@trashketchup1497]

Right! I come from a family of many lawyers, who all specialize in a different area, and it’s really soooo different. Basically none do the same work at all even thought they’re technically in the same profession

[@NikkiRN-CLC]

Right! I'm a nurse and doctors and nurses don't know every single area of medicine. We know a bit but we're really most well trained on our specific field (I work in lactation and post partum for example), which is the same as law.

[@Denvercoder]

My dad used to always tell me, "Never trust someone that is trying to sell you something."

[@chantelbrown5843]

Omg Kendra was my upline and I just sent in an MLM horror story! 😂 I just started watching this video but I can’t wait to watch the rest lol

[@christiannaauthor]

So glad you talked about Starbucks! They are so annoying with that

[@trashketchup1497]

PuMpKiN sPiCe LaTtE sEaSoN gIrLiEeEeEs

[@kristyrussell1748]

Ok Karen, I don't have to recruit people in order to share my favorite products. Bless your sweet soul for sitting through these calls day after day....I can't even anymore. I can't. 😂

[@brittanynicole9318]

A salon..... Lol. I can't take advise from someone calling a salon a "styling shop". God help these girls. 🤓

[@HannahAlonzo]

Styling shop killed me 😂 I know she was just searching for the right term to say but still so funny

[@jocelynnelson]

When you said "They defend the MLM like their lives depend on it" it reminded be of Once Upon a Song when the stepmom tells Katy, "Sing like your life depends on it, 'cause sugar, it does." 😂 Also, being an attorney doesnt make you always right when it comes to the law just like being a doctor doesn't make you always right when it comes to medicine. I've worked in healthcare and have seen amazing, knowledgeable providers look through their reference books and consult with other providers when treating a condition that's tricky or something they haven't encountered since school. They're all human like the rest of us!

[@Denvercoder]

I wonder if this is like the "Phone Game". So someone WAY up the upline chain is like: "We should see if we can get the Mayo Clinic to endorse our products" "We are going to see if the Mayo Clinic can endorse our products." "The Mayo Clinic is going to endorse some of our products." "Our products have been tested by the Mayo Clinic."

[@erinw8787]

I like to share products and companies I love occasionally on my Instagram - especially small businesses in the current climate we have here in Australia . I make it clear that I paid for the items and that I am not affiliated with them in anyway I am just sharing because I love it . I am under no pressure to do it and I don’t do it with every little thing I buy and I get nothing in return , other than the product I bought that I love . To say it’s the same as what they do is ridiculous.

[@rachclare8245]

Yes, same! Whenever a hun DMs me I always tell them that I only use Australian made beauty & health products from small Aussie businesses & if I ever was to get paid for sharing anything, it would be products from Australia. They can’t overcome that objection 🙃

[@kateemma22]

Sharing things for free online is sometimes just about basic human decency and showing support. But they sold that bit of their humanity when they joined this scam.

[@tisthebestest]

Can you please recommend as I'm in Australia too :)

[@HairByReneeLLC]

Oh she did NOT just compare MLM to being a stylist or owning a salon 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🙄🙄🙄😂😂😂

[@destructokat]

I love being shamed about how I choose to spend my time too!

[@suzannedecree3887]

New drinking game: take a shot every time a hunbot says “like”.

[@TheYazmanian]

Wasted in 10 minutes

[@suzannedecree3887]

@@TheYazmanian That long???

[@TheYazmanian]

@@suzannedecree3887 🤣 I started actually counting after I left that comment and realized it would take less than 2 minutes!

[@suzannedecree3887]

@@TheYazmanian LMFAO!

[@marle2573]

I thank Jesus I found you while researching the ARBONNE and now I know what to answer. Thank you for your effort.

[@jasdawn5]

there is a difference between working in "pockets of available time" vs working through all your regular daily activities. work while you are doing all the things, that is actually what is demanded to not be called lazy or that you "aren't working hard enough". absolutel gaslighting at every turn!

[@TheRonnieaj]

I can hear Mack Attack repeating “pockets of time” over and over. Because we all know there’s no way you make real money in MLMs in “pockets of time.” Heck, the leadership calls they do prove that!

[@april1947]

i was with arbonne in the late 00s and it's fascinating tonsee what the game of telephone has done to some of the pitch over the years

[@showducky81]

Time is money. If I’m working I want compensation for it. If I’m only reliant on commissions and not paid for my time, I can’t pay bills.

[@rentme2011]

15:45 I was waiting for her to suggest doing a video while sitting on the toilet or while taking a shower

[@grumpusm1651]

When she talked about mom's in the park.....that sounds predatory.

[@HannahAlonzo]

DEFINITELY predatory

[@karenkelly4385]

And not just mom's - struggling moms! Ugh!

[@mandylee3862]

Why does the lingo "kiddo" and "momma" get on my nerves so much

[@nicoledoubleyou]

@@mandylee3862 I also hate kiddo but my babies call me mama. Oh ew I just heard her say it, adults should NOT be saying mama

[@mandylee3862]

@@nicoledoubleyou oh of course, I think it’s totally normal for your kids to call you momma! I just find it so cringe when these adult women do it hahaha

[@briannahatcher9422]

I've been loving all these videos lately. Love having your videos on while I'm cooking/cleaning 💜

[@HannahAlonzo]

Thank you Brianna!! I watch CC Suarez when I cook 🤩

[@disasterbi8610]

Is anyone else driven absolutely mad by the chipper, catty, bratty, shallow, word-salad way that these MLM women talk? They ALL talk like they've stopped emotionally maturing at 14. It's beyond creepy, and to me, utterly infuriating.

[@elizabethmccoy272]

Dang it right when I comment I need to say something else on this binge. I’m watching and cooking dinner and I hear them say “mindset” and I have to put down my skillet and rewind so I can see your face when she said that 😂😂😂

[@silverlimosine]

Your videos get me through the day! Thank you for all your hard work in making content for everyone to share - it’s so important! This could save a lot of women from falling prey to these schemes

[@HannahAlonzo]

Thank you for your kind words! 🥺

[@Blake1720]

It's ALWAYS a scam if you have to pay your employer to start working.

[@LisaHarvey16]

Very true 🙂

[@luvzdogz]

To answer the question about where are they getting this information (ex. About Mayo clinic)... their up line! Not just them ofcourse, all these rather new huns, you can just tell by the lack of confidence in their delivery that they are just repeating a bunch of nonsense that was told to them!

[@HannahAlonzo]

That’s a great point! They probably just heard it from someone on their team and assumed it to be true 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@kelseylovingbeauty8268]

I absolutely love your channel and love your MLM content! I do know that with the “start up fee” you usually get access to some back office software and a link that you can hand out that people can order under you. However, most huns say that you have to buy a starter set and some company’s have deals and very very little people just sign up without any starter kit at all. It’s all so backwards and predatory!

[@LaraBee]

The $49 startup fee basically just covers having the replicated website and brochures…however they often pressure you to buy a starter pack that you make…aka for me it was the entire 30 days to healthy living, which meant the $49 + the $250? or so for that…they really push that so that you can know what you’re talking about supposedly…and use the products. -ex-Arbonne rep

[@ozmathegreatand]

Paying any amount of money under the false assumption that you will be employed* (you are not your own boss in any MLM. you are a distributor at best) should be a huge red flag.

[@HannahAlonzo]

Agreed!!

[@annloundy333]

On Arbonne ties to the Mayo Clinic has to do with something that was in place a long time ago. I was a long time unsuccessful Arbonne Consultant. There was a tie with the Mayo Clinic. I think it was two fold someone from the Mayo clinic was on the Arbonne board or a committee on wellness products or 30 days to fitness working. I don't remember if they actually evaluated products. I'm guessing that the Mayo clinic regretted their association and made them scrub clean any ties. It was a thing and was really out there. If it doesn't exist anymore there is a good reason

[@eloisepharmacist]

Interesting 🤔

[@Komandarin]

The amount of "like" inserted after every 2 words...Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh. Kill me now!

[@NikkiRN-CLC]

Like, you're literally like, sharing the business opportunity. That's a direct quote.

[@classybrunettexxx]

I almost couldn’t finish this video because of it!

[@B-Real-Pshh]

I'm a female owned construction company and would gladly take on ANY of the MLM "failures"! Good hard working staff seems to be impossible to find!

[@brettneygibbs9047]

Chances are, THEY aren't researching a single thing about these products, they're just spewing whatever the hell the CEO tells them.

[@makennashaske9263]

As someone from Rochester, the home of the Mayo Clinic. I’d be SHOCKED if they promoted arbonne. Not true at all.

[@nancyjones6780]

She was thinking about this on her way home from work??!! I thought Arbonne was her job!?

[@oliviasnyder6481]

I recently found you, but you are becoming one of my favorite KZbinrs! I love the videos!

[@HannahAlonzo]

Thanks for your support Olivia!!

[@AzuraSnowflake]

I did met an awesome person bcz of mlm and its Hannah!! 😂❤

[@ILOLnumber1]

Oh good god. I honestly cannot bear listening to these 2 Arbonne reps. I'm trying to for the sake of your algorithm, Hannah :) but ughhhh. I'm at the 20:30 mark and unless I'm having a seizure, I'm pretty sure my eyeballs have rolled up as far as they can. The layers of irony with MLM reps is that they seem to have no idea that THEY are the marketing victims!!! LOL. Poor, ignorant things! Oh, if they only knew how foolish they sound...

[@birb5306]

I hate the huge difference between what they say to get people to join and what they say once people are in.

[@irisx1602]

I 100% agree that a starterkit where you at least get a product pack at a discount seems more of a worthwile investment than a mere start up fee. It seems impossible to sell a product you have never tried yourself, plus let's be fair: your upline will continuesly yell at you to be a product of the product, cause they want you to run autoships and make sure the group volume remains at an all time high.

[@irisx1602]

also little sidenote, my boyfriend has been watching some anti MLM content with me every now and then. When I told him I was gonna watch your new vid he asked to watch it with me, as he overheard me watching your latest video during work and he said you sounded nice. You are now his fav, cause he thinks you're so much nicer than the other people I watch. I'll tell him to go sub then haha.

[@HannahAlonzo]

Awww that’s so nice, I love that!

[@pickledpeaches7513]

I find it funny how they try and sell like as this “anyone can do this even just part time!” But then when *the majority* of Huns running an MLM leave the business, they are criticized for not putting enough time in and that is the reason used as to why they failed. They are constantly contradicting themselves.

[@antascless1490]

16:30 The longer Hannah watches them the more she turns in Mona Lisa

[@DowntownTasty]

I love how they’re like “our products are expensive cuz they’re quality and you get what you pay for” when many MLMs get sued for having faulty or dangerous products. An example is one that was going on when I was younger in my area called Mona Vie. It was one of those “super juices” and it really had toxic levels of lead and arsenic in it. Like WHY?!

[@LisaHarvey16]

That is so true 🙂

[@livinonacloud]

Every single second of your day doesn't have to be productive. We're all allowed to have relaxation time.

[@LisaHarvey16]

Not if you want to make money in a MLM 🙂

[@brittneybee4820]

I found a document supporting the Arbonne & Mayo Clinic relationship.. but it’s interesting because it was one study, according to the information provided.. and on the last page of the document it actually tells the reader ‘don’t say mayo clinic tests or endorses Arbonne.’ I can send the link if you’d like. :)

[@HannahAlonzo]

Ooh yes I would love to see this document! Can you email it to me??

[@shanncimakasky6836]

God you can’t even go to the park with your kids anymore without getting stalked by huns . Do they wake up every morning have a meeting and decide where they are all going to stalk ppl ? It’s like okay Karen you have the park today , Karen 2 you hang out at the elementary school, Karen3 you hang out at daycares, Karen4 you hang out at Lamaze classes . Who agrees with me??

[@erinw8787]

In many teams that is legit how it pretty much goes . I remember a mum at my kids school I was friendly with was in it works and she would seriously tell me how she had talked with people on her team and she was going to the food court at one shopping centre and another was going to a different one and then another day they would hit up various parks etc .

[@trashketchup1497]

But when you really think about it you can see how incredibly heartbreaking it is. Like most of them probably wake up every morning and immediately become majorly stressed out because they know they have to do all that just to make the tiniest bit of money and they really can’t even go to the park with their kids and just take a minute off

[@erinw8787]

@@trashketchup1497 oh yeah for sure . So stressful and sad :(.

[@kateemma22]

This is a horror film plot.

[@soundbysamantha]

9:50 - your grimace! hahaha i love it

[@HannahAlonzo]

Openly admitting to preying on moms really makes me cringe 😂😂

[@CoutureAndCode]

The attorney being in a pyramid scheme as a flex is such a misconception. Most lawyers specialize in an area of law so unless she’s an employment lawyer, fraud lawyer, maybe an entertainment lawyer (because a lot of these ppl use being an influencer as a way to trap ppl). My sister is a federal judge, but she literally ONLY knows employment law so asking her for advice is useless outside of that. She can argue all day but she will tell you real quick she needs to call in advice.

[@samanthaconk6574]

why is it okay to not recruit family because of their “money situations” but not for someone they’re cold messaging??

[@LisaHarvey16]

That's a really great question 🙂

[@KelliConan]

These reps in all mlms love to use Starbucks as a thing that everyone loves to talk about. I don't go to Starbucks hardly ever and none of the mlms get people paid for talking about Starbucks. So that example they overly use doesn't work.

[@katyr2382]

They seem to target Target too. Not living in the US I'm unclear why it gets such a hard time from them

[@DaneCoCourtCapture]

@@katyr2382 Hunbots love basic white girl shit. Target and Starbucks. Here in the US... they put Starbucks inside Targets.

[@rosebeck4759]

To the attorney in Monat, it’s called confirmation bias, babe.

[@KelliConan]

I feel like it's worse to only pay a startup fee. Then the up line convince people that they need to buy products or a starter pack as well 'cause they need to use the products to be able to get people to buy the products and or join. Which makes sense to need to buy products. I wouldn't think that a person that only pays a startup fee can get any customers or others to join. It would be better if these startup only fee required would do a choice of a startup fee or a starter kit starting at $100. This is just a lame way to get people to spend more money, but people end up doing it.

[@trashketchup1497]

I also think that they get people to join and buy the starter pack all while acting like their best friend but then once the person buys the starter pack they’ll do a complete 180 since they know that they’re probably not going to get much more money from the person 🤷🏼‍♀️😬

[@GabrinaB]

Who knew Thomas's English muffins would get so many shout outs from the huns? #Nook'sAndCranniesBusiness

[@mizzle8]

Methinks that attorney knows exactly what she’s doing, and that is why she would never discuss the actual legality of it.

[@gnomie2.0]

Love your videos! I’ve been watching tons of anti-MLM content for months and months, and was still so thrilled to find your channel to add to the lineup. Love your logical breakdowns of all the b.s. Keep it coming! 🎉 (as long as you enjoy it, anyway ❤️)

[@HannahAlonzo]

Definitely enjoying it! Thank you so much for your support! 🤩

[@kellynache377]

Big thanks to the super rad girl for inspiring me to call salons “hair cut stores” from now on 😂

[@brittanynicole9318]

TBH I did MLM for like 2 months. I quit, because I lost so much money in just 2 months. Ugggg. Thank God, I got out. 😅

[@HannahAlonzo]

Thank goodness!! So happy for you! 🙌🏼

[@Sm57204west]

But, remember, you failed because you quit!

[@brittanynicole9318]

@@Sm57204west I know. I literally didnt work hard enough. 🤫

[@binknbaby]

On the value thing... Just because something is a "good value" doesn't mean someone has the money in their budget to pay for it. Maybe there's a brand new car available for $10K, but it has to be cash. Just because it's a "good deal" doesn't mean I have $10K in the bank to pay cash for it. Expecting people to fork over $100 for your product may be a "good deal", but if they don't have the room in their budget for it (for whatever reason), pressuring them to go for it to the detriment of their budget is inappropriate.

[@user-bv2ib9bo5e]

FOR THE LOVE 😫 they don’t get paid for SHARING on social media 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@hawaiianshirts4715]

Even if these women were making, like, good points? About something I found important? I couldn't, like, take them seriously? Because, like, the way they talk? It's as if almost every phrase? Is, like, a question?

[@HannahAlonzo]

Oh my gosh this is so funny and true 😂

[@ginnygin7141]

Did you hear her "this is how it was explained to me and that's how I understand it now" in other words "my upline told me this when she was trying to scam me and I never bothered to look beyond that"

[@kateemma22]

No one at your local playground is safe from the Arbonne huns!

[@HannahAlonzo]

Be on the lookout! 😂

[@giorgimartinez781]

The smaller fee for nothing is worse😂

[@NBvagabond]

i hate the argument about "starting your own business would cost so much more!" like, yes, obviously it would. but what if i don't want to be a business owner? what if i just want to make money? to GET a job cost me $0. (except for new shoes but even that wasn't 100% necessary upfront)

[@CatLady555]

Spending 50 dollars without any product.. just the opportunity.. is that... is that not a pyramid scheme...

[@Catglittercrafts]

I’m so scared I’m gonna see my bff in one of these. She’s in a few MLMs. And runs a military spouse blog. I love her to pieces and admire her immensely so I don’t judge, I’m just scared she’s losing money believing the lies when she’s way too smart for that.

[@HannahAlonzo]

It’s hard when someone you know and love is in an MLM 💔

[@shanncimakasky6836]

Is the GIFT 🎁 loosing money?? Cause that’s not my understanding of a GIFT 💝

[@allison9088]

New sub here! I’m really enjoying your content.

[@HannahAlonzo]

Hi Allison!! So happy you’re here! 🤩

[@elizabethmccoy272]

She just said my main issue!!! “You’re not selling a product” ummm sometimes you are! And there are some MLM products I actually like and even the dups I’ve found I don’t like as much. But when the band booster president won’t stop texting me about buying face soap when I’m trying to find out when and where to show up to be a chaperone???? Nooooooooooo Thank goodness I haven’t been asked about the opportunity yet because hell no. I just went to your pop up because I’m nice and you didn’t say what the pop up was for

[@Lunaesque]

I once visited my friend at home and found Arbonne products there. I didn't know what it was. Never heard of it at that time. But she had several products. She's kind of a health nut and so is her hubby and they really bought into this Arbonne thing at that time. I have always considered her to be very smart and intelligent. And now, watching these videos and realized that Arbonne is an MLM, I didn't think she's the kind of person to be roped in. Luckily she didn't sell me anything or even asked me to join (or maybe she did and I just said NO). We are still best friends, and I don't think I've seen Arbonne again at her home.

[@candicecrawford2996]

They are flat out lying.

[@destructokat]

I love the Starbucks example because they never get it right. 1) they don't get paid to post. They post in the hopes of getting a sale or getting a recruit but the act of sharing and posting itself is not something that is monetized. It only works that way if its sponsored in which, yeah, you post and someone paid you for that. 2) when people outside of Starbucks share a drink they like, they do not benefit whatsoever from Starbucks and that makes a recommendation genuine! You have no reason to share other than the fact that you actually like it. When you stand to benefit from a recommendation, you're obviously biased and you aren't making the recommendation in good faith. Why should I trust their biased recommendation? They'll say anything to get me to buy. 3) maybe people don't need or want to monetize every aspect of their lives.

[@HannahAlonzo]

Yes to all of this! 🙌🏼

[@mightbecam]

Every video is so good! Love your commentary.

[@HannahAlonzo]

Thank you so much for your support!!

[@Allisonsaul]

Deborah Downline by day, Debbie Downer by night 😂