MLM TOP FAILS: HOLIDAY EDITION | The huns are wild this time of year

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[@HannahAlonzo]

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[@SolarCrush48]

Just did! Thank you! Really struggling with having enough time to get everything done right now. I think this will help a lot.

[@lucyinthesky4701]

I just saw your video about "restock" influencers and I totally agreed that single packed products and extra containers are adding to all to plastic we produce. So now I'm a bit disappointed to see that you're promoting Factor and Hello Fresh - services that are of course convenient but pretty bad from a sustainable point of view because of all the packaging and the fact that it's an extra delivery to your door step :( Love your anti-MLM content nevertheless! ❤

[@magmartin9726]

My dears, in my opinion you should not worry so much about this new trend that the rich people are promoting so badly, when their fleets of private jets and lavish life stiles are responsible for doing more damage in 1 year than the entire population of the planet in 13 years. We need to eat, don’t we?! A trip to the store or hello fresh is the same thing....

[@lucyinthesky4701]

@@magmartin9726 You might be actually right. I looked a bit into it and it seems that meal kits are really not that environmentally harmful as I thought. So thank you for your input. 😊

[@jiruribakachan365]

So you are anti MLM but have no issue promoting a company who's known for union busting and having unsafe work environment to the point of workers slipping, loosing limbs and even dying. Hope Hello Fresh payed good!

[@artisticflower]

lol, they literally sold a pyramid shaped advent calendar to their reps for $300 … anyone else see the irony there? 😂

[@melodyfaith3806]

Hahahahah I thought the same thing lol .

[@anainesgonzalez8868]

It is actually a prism not a pyramid but that is funny either way 😂

[@deboracopeland4795]

Hysterical lol

[@chelseacollett7242]

I just came on to comment exactly this!! 😂😂😂😂

[@HSSG7]

Here's a video of me opening a "pyramid" shaped Advent Calendar.....Lol!!

[@ashleypierce1631]

My sister has a small business selling handmade press on nails and we just went to a holiday craft event this weekend. The event organizers almost denied her because a Color Street hun had already signed up and they try to not have two people selling similar products. Luckily she got in, but it’s sad how they almost turned away a real small business owner in favor for of an MLM scammer

[@kkarlinsey07]

I sell Scentsy and do 2 regular events every month. The coordinators for both events have asked me if it was OK if they allowed other small business wax melts in, I told them to please include those other businesses because everyone sells something different. In some instances I directed people to their booth because they had scents that I didn't. I know I'm not the usual mlm rep, it's definitely frustrating to see the gross behavior that seems to be the norm.

[@sweetness371]

Does your sister have an online store? I love to check it out!

[@courtneywitherspoon8584]

@ashleypierce1631 I would love to check out your sisters shop if she has an online store!!

[@NoMind93]

Same. I make wax melts and got stuck next to a scentsy rep. I decided to be an ass and ask her 'oh did you make those yourself?' Luckily I made a sale while she didn't 😂

[@Steveve4123]

It blows my mind that Huns spend their own money to be at these shows with MLM products. I work in the wedding and event industry as a business owner and the amount of people who pay money to join bridal fairs and open houses (sometimes like $1000) and don’t get even one bite from a customer is mind boggling. It makes me very sad.

[@MKCraftsandFamily]

As a true crafter… I hate seeing MLMs in craft fairs… it defeats the propose of a local artist show!

[@cece121234]

They really should put the mlm tables in a separate corner...

[@Saritababy13]

Agreed! If I see that mlms will be there, I won’t participate in that market.

[@randibone3618]

I’ve stopped going to craft shows in my area mainly because they’re always completely flooded with MLM crap.

[@nicolekerry4041]

Another true crafter here... I agree!!!!! My business partner and I started our micro business from the ground up with our own money and we make all our inventory BY HAND. It's almost insulting to be placed next to an MLM booth when we go to craft fairs! Not to mention one craft fair we were looking at was being planned and organized by a Paparazzi hun... the email address we had to use to communicate with her about the fair was her Paparazzi email address! 😭 Needless to say we didn't end up vending at that one. It's just such a jungle out there for us ACTUAL small businesses to navigate!

[@theeverydaybombshell]

As a customer at these local fairs, mlms as vendors annoy me to no end and I simply completely avoid them. Luckily, in my area, you must fully make (not just sell) whatever you offer up at our Wednesdays/Sundays fairs.

[@hannahbanana84237]

Retail value is so funny because a company can just say oh yes this is TOTALLY worth $100 🤪

[@Akira_of_the_Fae]

A burkin bag is DEFINITELY worth a house lol

[@hannahbanana84237]

@@Akira_of_the_Fae supply and demand are wild concepts 🥴

[@JillianSteins]

Yeah, there's a company I know of that offers a membership for now.....get this....3k a year. They say they are offering it now for 50% off, with over $1,000+ extra in value. I'm like, sorry but if you CAN discount it that much how much is it worth really 😂

[@hannahbanana84237]

@@JillianSteins knowing profit margins can really destroy “value”/worth-it-ness for just about any product and or service.

[@TwoSistersAndSomeYarn]

I can honestly say I’d never seen an mlm advent. In the yarn world, hand dyed yarn advents are a HUGE deal and they are expensive. But even they aren’t (normally) $300 bucks! And they usually are 24 days of “minis” and one full size skein, and come with patterns, stitch markers or other goodies. That’s the only advent I’d pay for! Oh and the wine one from aldi. Which by my math it was Christmas two weeks ago

[@charlottet9035]

i’ll never understand why Australians join MLMs. our minimum wage is $23 before any kind of loading. you’d easily make so much more money working one day a week than you would selling crap online 😭

[@norclag]

Very true. I'm an aussie and My SIL got sucked into Younique (sorry spelling) and my older sister and I gathered soooo much evidence to show her it was an MLM scam. This was also back in 2016 so there was nowhere near as many videos available but we still had a bunch of info to show her it was not legit and she was going to lose all her money. My brother had no idea she put everything at the beginning on his credit card and oh my when he found out, he was beyond angry. The thing that my sister and I could not understand is why she just wouldn't even listen to us AND she has never known how to apply make up...like at all. We always did her make up for her on spesh occasions etc so it made no sense. She scammed soooo many of her friends who she doesn't understand why they stopped talking to her and are still not friends with her. It took about a year for her to realise she was in a hole and had SO much product that was sitting just going bad. I refused to buy anything from her as I stuck to my morals but my sister was nice and got some crappy eye shadows. I got mad at my sister cos she was enabling her but I can see why she wanted to support her. It's now the main thing we aren't allowed to talk about or bring up by her which I think is just ridiculous. Oh btw my SIL is probably one of the most selfish and entitled person I've ever met so it all made sense.

[@Leah-ic1et]

Australian here, I can see why mums do this. I was part of nutramedics for years, you can earn up to 40 thousand ( from memory that is ) and not pay tax as the gov classes these mlms as a hobby not as an income source. I only bought products for myself and my mum as I enjoyed them and we got a discount, never did any parties nor was I pushed to do them. I stopped buying because it got too expensive and I couldn’t no longer afford to buy a $25 bottle of shower wash.

[@mommy2libras]

Not if you have a couple of kids that will have to go into day care. That eats a big chunk of your pay, plus you don't get to spend that time with them every day. I can easily see why especially stay at home mothers or fathers would get into these "jobs" for the income. And if you live farther out from wherever the jobs are, all the more reason. Just being able to avoid having to get small children up and going very early in the morning, driving them to day care then driving to work, working, coming home and then wanting to spend time with the kids but still having things like dinner and laundry to tend to makes it worth it if you can make at least equal to minimum wage. Or even a bit less, since you wouldn't be bringing home minimum wage after child care anyway.

[@charlottet9035]

@@mommy2libras this is true if you have very young children, but children aged 3 and above and above should be in kinder (free in my state) for 5-15 hours per week, or full time school

[@BedeSisters]

I feel so badly for the Christmas Bazaar crafters, those selling things they personally made, trying to sell next to mlm reps. I’ve been there (I sell hand dyed yarn and hand made bags) and it’s so frustrating to be next to a big company’s products at one of these events.

[@Girlhead]

UGH- I agree. MLMs should be banned from craft fairs!

[@MusikGirl23]

I agree! I do knit and crochet projects, Diamond art, etc. I was just at a sale yesterday and sold a grand total of 4 items…the MLM tables were right by the door…

[@BedeSisters]

@@MusikGirl23 Maddening! Your 4 customers got the best deal!

[@MusikGirl23]

@@BedeSisters awe thanks :) I do put love and effort into every piece!

[@dixiech1ck]

I just went to a holiday event and can't tell you how many of them tried to get me to their table. One lady said oh, is there a reason and I said yes, I'm allergic to MLM. 😂😂

[@Brain_Kandi]

It makes me SOOOOO ANGRY when I see MLMs at pop-ups!!! Being an ACTUAL small business owner, it just takes away from us. People get so SOURED from getting pitched at, that they WILL LEAVE without seeing what we have to offer. Being a small business isn't easy. Sometimes you won't profit for your first couple of years in business... so the lies are all disgusting... they need to take their garbage elsewhere...

[@xoxo2026]

What’s ur small business? I’d love to check it out ♥️♥️ I love supporting actual small businesses

[@robynfree1558]

I had a cousin who is a Mary Kay hun, and a few Christmases ago she posted about how you should make sure you support a local business this year and said to call her if you want makeup supplies from her local company. 😅 I don't think multi-million dollar companies are what people usually mean when they say support local businesses.

[@ElinWinblad]

There are plenty of multimillion dollar companies local to me where the ppl started them here and are still here and would 109% support them if I need their service or product but an mlm isn’t their ground up business 😂

[@littlemisssunshine890]

Me “oh those cosmetic bags are cute, Monat sells those?” Her: I got these from Kmart. 🤣🤣

[@Denise_Suzanne]

I thought the same.

[@maximumbees]

same i was like "there's no way monat sells those-- oh."

[@nad_bell_]

If Monat sold them they'd cost $250 😂

[@angiechristinefitness]

“It helps put money in my bank account before Christmas” and takes money out of your bank account before Xmas. 🙃

[@TREVASLARK]

😏😏😏👏👏

[@kaylarealtalk_safespace5127]

The advent calnder shaped like a pyramid, I CANNOT 🤣

[@catboymikey]

Omg I just KNEW that triangle advent calendar was gonna be expensive but 300?????? Holy moly

[@heather957]

Ah, the craft fairs. I went to a bunch of them recently, and when one e-mailed me looking for feedback, I specifically told them I was so glad they didn't have any MLMs there, and that I probably would not attend if they added them.

[@nadinegriffin5252]

I've pretty much stopped going to craft shows and farmers markets. There is always too much MLM stuff in my area and it was hard for me in the past to not purchase products from people I knew because I also was a Hun for awhile. So the best thing for me is to not go. I might go to one or two shows a year but I now treat them like garage sales and antique stores in that it is okay to look and not buy. My favorite excuse is that I'm a minimalist or currently decluttering or using up the products I have but I will maybe keep them in mind when I would like to make a purchase in the future. Living in a small town, every one is either a Hun, a crafter or a baker. Well, I'm never going to be a Hun again, I like to do my own crafting and I like my own baking better than most people. 😆

[@noubussey]

I crochet plushies and sell at craft fairs. I just found out recently that there are people who buy already made crochet items from like Temu and Alibaba to sell at craft fairs as handmade! Makes me very sad. There are some organizers who does asked you to confirm that they are handmade or assembled by the seller but who follows up on that.

[@emmatfink]

I’m happy with my Lindt advent calendar where I get a piece of awesome chocolate every day 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Conval-wi5eh]

I bet it was less than 300 dollars 😂

[@TREVASLARK]

Now THAT'S value !

[@GentaroYumeno]

my £3 cadbury advent calendar!!

[@janebellco]

My mom grew up with carnie (carnival stand owners) parents… as she always told me “Don’t be a mark”. Meaning don’t get duped like so many others do. I’m glad that strong sense of skepticism has carried me through life not being led into bad situations like joining an MLM.

[@JaimeLeighArt]

As an artist, I was part of a local “Holiday Art Market” and I’m happy to say there were Zero MLM’s as vendors! Rare to see, sadly, but it was nice to see the room populated with actual artisans and small business owners! Also I love this video idea! It would be amazing if people watched and thought, ew let’s add schilling a pyramid scheme to the already high level of stress and anxiety? No thanks! And then swore off ever getting involved in an MLM! That would be your Christmas gift to them, Hannah!

[@belovedwinter]

I've noticed more and more art markets and craft sales either not allowing MLMs, or limiting them to 2 or 3 tables out of 50. I love seeing it, because the sooner these things die, the better, and when you're advertising an "artisan" event and have MLMs... what are you even doing? Lol

[@GentaroYumeno]

i'm still confused on what MLM is

[@JaimeLeighArt]

@@GentaroYumeno MLM stands for Multi Level Marketing and it means a business where the person selling items for the MLM company also is required to get other people to sign up and sell items for the company in order to make money (because they make money from the people they sign up). It’s very unethical because the majority of people working for MLM companies don’t make money even though they work hard. These companies often show up at fairs and markets pretending to be small businesses. Think pampered chef, paparazzi, stampin up, scentscy, thirty-one gifts, etc

[@elizabeth184]

Omg here is the aftermath of recruiting new girls from Australia. They only just started and you can hear the desperation in them already.

[@ericadiaz1551]

I find it insane how they preach of it being an amazing opportunity and compensation system whilst begging people to buy and telling everyone how broke they are

[@yolandaponkers1581]

I can’t get over the pyramid scheme shaped advent calendar 😂😂😂 Hannah, I hope that you and your family have a wonderful Christmas! ❤

[@HannahAlonzo]

Oh my gosh I didn’t even mention that it was pyramid-shaped! 😂 major fail on my part hahaha

[@TwoSistersAndSomeYarn]

I didn’t even CATCH that

[@annepoitrineau5650]

The Xmas seller who wants to hit the next level made me awfully sad. It smells of desperation.

[@Brea890]

As someone who sells actual hand made items, it drives me nuts that literally HALF the vendors at most markets are freaking MLMs 🙄

[@MusikGirl23]

Agreed. Agreed…

[@ElinWinblad]

We should start our own and exclude mlm and import shops

[@emmadorothy3520]

“Sounds free to me” lol mlm reps are so brandwashed they literally think that when you buy an item and you get than item that it’s free bc they are used to paying for things with zero return 😂😂😂

[@BrennanCh06]

Advent is 4 weeks before Christmas, 12 days of Christmas is the 12 days *after* Christmas

[@dawnf.1703]

Thank you for the PSA to Craft Fair organizers!! As the owner of a handmade craft business it irks me when craft fairs allow MLMs. I dream up, design & make all my own products with my own hands. They sell over priced crap that they had no say in creating. Plus, a lot of people won’t go to craft fairs if MLMs are allowed which then reduces attendance for the actual crafts people.

[@77andsunny]

16:12 selfless and thoughtful would be saying “here try this, if you like it, I’ll get it for you at cost”

[@jworth7203]

I participate in sales organized by a certain group and while they do allow one of each MLM up to a certain number-like 15 total MLMs-I love that they put them in a separate area, all in one line. I’ve been to craft sales where they have them all mixed in and I hate that.

[@shanlieart]

These poor souls are so lost into delusion they can't even see the scam coming right out of their own wallets. That lady #5 literally went"Please buy my MLM because I'm not making any money with it" *30 seconds later* "You guys should sign up for the MLM to make money, you could get like $1,000 in a few months, so easy right?"

[@karmagal78]

I agree that craft shows should stop letting MLMs in. They’re just taking space from actual creators/vendors

[@Brain_Kandi]

The policies shpuld be "if it's not designed or created by you, it has no place in a craft fair, because you didn't actually CRAFT ANYTHING!

[@karmagal78]

@@Brain_Kandi 100% this!!!

[@emoxlovex5395]

It's so sad that any legit small business at that holiday bazaar inevitably had their sales impacted by all those MLM huns :/

[@MurdaMeg]

I live in Texas and I’ve seen MLM stalls at craft fairs. My aunt and I love going to them and finding unique gifts. I always very clearly and loudly tell my aunt “NOT THAT ONE, it’s an MLM!”

[@cate7540]

I got an Advent calendar this year from a normal company. It was $150 for 24 full size skin care and makeup items. That MLM calendar is a rip-off.

[@jennyb1650]

I have a friend that sells some magic water machine thing, she’s convinced she’s not in an mlm.....but had to spend $4,000 to buy the machine to join. Its amazing how people you know can go from normal to deluded so quickly. 😂

[@CocoN341]

😂💀

[@Supersteffy]

If only mlmers put their passion and hard work into forming a skill or trade, they could legit follow most of their own advice and actually do something great! Art, content creation, freelance work for countless skills--the options these days are endless! And they legit DO give you satisfaction in yourself and your work. You can start from nothing and work to make something of yourself, all without a soulless, toxic company.

[@anainesgonzalez8868]

It makes me so sad that people in MLMs are not offered anything ever. In most normal companies even if they can be horrible in many aspects, something is offered for the holidays and specially the products the company sells… and specially to their sales workers. I worked in a call center for a chocolate company and we were all gifted 2kilos of chocolate once. I hated that job but I do miss the chocolate

[@gracelevorse8867]

I'm having a hard time surviving my last Monday before Christmas--thanks for making it a bit easier!

[@nancyjones6780]

It makes me super sad that Usborn books is now an mlm. My son,who's 34 now, and I adored those books when he was small. I would purchase them at a bookstore (remember those? 😢). Heartbreaking. All of it.

[@maximumbees]

petition for annual holiday themed antimlm video

[@anavillafranca3326]

The girl that was asking for help sounds so doubtfull while promoting the business.

[@brat7776]

The booth fees for these holiday bazaars or "craft shows" is an additional untold cost of the MLM nightmare. The traffic is usually very little. It ends up being a bunch of MLM huns "supporting each other's businesses". Then there's the drama of which mlm has the best business model. 😂 omg....I spent way too much for so very little trying to run a "business." The drama that came with it was so exhausting.

[@nicolebaker-wagner5891]

This is a great point!! It costs $ to have a booth. But for me, when I've helped friends at their (small business) booths, it was the energy suck that was so tough. I would have a much harder time being excited all day about MLM products...

[@joannecraft9842]

I know a woman who sells Mary Kay. She's relatively high in the ranks, but her whole life is spent around that company! I don't even think she does anything normal.

[@VanessaChats]

Top Fail 5: Is it just me or can you hear her 'crying' and 'desparation' in her voice? Holy crap. This woman is desperately unhappy.

[@Steveve4123]

I own a business in the wedding and event industry and it’s not uncommon for us to pay anywhere from $120 to $1000 to join as a vendor at bridal expos and fairs. There is at least one MLM booth at every one of these events. I have never seen any of them make a single sale and I don’t understand why they continue to spend their own money on them. It makes me so sad.

[@kendrawheeler]

that advent calendar is also only 12 days. most advents are 24 or 25 😅

[@olingecko]

I think you need to make this bingo card for people who end up at craft fairs anyway next.

[@shanel4294]

Honestly, just to have in our back pockets, then someone can send in a horror story telling us how it went

[@user-tl2nj3ip5v]

I love how the first item on the video is an advent calendar in the shape of a ...PYRAMID!! 😭

[@meaghannemack82]

Nuh uh!! It's a Christmas tree lol (I'm being totally sarcastic)

[@user-tl2nj3ip5v]

@@meaghannemack82 🤣

[@charq52]

I am a quilter and a certain website I frequent sold a “Christmas box for more than $200 for 24 Days of Christmas.” I watched the unboxing of each item…there wasn’t even one item I thought I might like…except the Box! It was a really cool box. This went on my “Money I saved because I didn’t buy it” spreadsheet.

[@TREVASLARK]

Money you EARNED because you failed to spend it !! 😄😄

[@Sina-aka-potatosupreme]

The advent calendars are surely a win for the top of the pyramid. I don’t know how much a rep is making on a sale, but when they have 4-5 people in their downline it may already pays out. But of course, the company always makes the most.

[@Ilgashmilga]

Can you imagine how sick and tired of it the people in her life are? Oh thank you! You got me monat……..again

[@maryeckel9682]

*immediately tosses 20th vial of Rejuvenique oil after sister leaves*

[@rachelgee7894]

The Advent calendar is just the products without the markup for the rep 😂

[@shilowyatt3859]

"If you are wondering how I am making this work..." says the lady that is literally begging people to buy products because shes broke.... Weird flex, but okay

[@rosanaghfigureskates]

I get the sense that the Australian one doesn’t believe what she is saying. Either that or she is nervous about posting. A lot of umming and ahhing and doesn’t seem convinced by it at all.

[@agentfranciszachmorgan]

god. i live in rural australia too and have all my life, and the monat girlie likely had very, very little opportunity to find employment otherwise. you either work at the local supermarket, at the mines, at the school, at the hospital...wherever you can get in, but if you have young kids and if your farm doesn't have many workers (or any), then it's likely she's already doing triple shifts as a mother, a farmhand, AND an accountant/bookkeeper as is. and rural internet is pretty shitty, though it's gotten better from when I was younger, but still...wfh jobs out in the country are also pretty rough. i really hope she finds something else that won't ruin her, since farming's hard enough as is and it can be isolating.

[@marycramer2650]

That Arbonne store front is so bizarre, serious brainwashing

[@julia_cat6]

I just about spit out my drink at the price of that Advent calendar. $300! WTF!

[@SkwithOv]

so wait the calendar was $300, valued at $600, but the products inside are all 40% off the day they're opened?? so it's worth just over $300, and you could just buy the individual products on sale that you want instead for about the same amount (maybe plus shipping, idk how shipping works for that company)

[@sarao8074]

The local craft fairs around here are letting Pure Romance set up a booth. In the GRADE SCHOOLS.

[@Anna-dd4rh]

🤢🤢🤢

[@maryeckel9682]

Oh sweet baby Jesus

[@19020]

Factor is literally the only premade meal service I’ve liked. I get a box every other week. Great partnership!

[@graciepeanutpi7537]

It's so strange to me to hear non-American MLM huns

[@partysuvius]

I love how these huns said in the most words that they’re glad they scammed people to buy overpriced low-to-mid-quality products just to fill their own pockets with their victim’s money

[@SeanSich]

We purchased some services from a home improvement company. They did a fantastic job and I had no complaints. It was strange to get an ornament from them with their company logo on it. When I saw the advent calendar and heard what you said about the ornament, your thoughts aligned with mine. Oh wow, an advertisement, on our tree. How... wonderful.

[@eo6028]

We just went to one of our kids holiday bazaars and to my horror, the one mlm booth that was there was OPTAVIA 🤢

[@maryeckel9682]

Yikes 😬😳

[@dominikakratochvil860]

“It’s holidays, money are tight at this time...” Exactly, so quilt-tripping people who are as tight at money as you to spend a lot of money for overpriced hair oil… I would rather buy a ton of Olaplex oil, that actually work (and is expensive, but not THIS expensive! I can get three and it will still be cheaper than one Monat!)

[@janebellco]

Oh also, I run a small craft business… I try to avoid events that allow MLMs. It’s definitely hard to do but there are a few out there. What’s crazy is I’ll see posts saying “we are full on Scentsy, Papparazi, etc but we have space for Arbonne” or something along those lines.

[@alliu6562]

Personally, I think craft show organizers should make a blanket rule that each vendor must have had some level of involvement with the production of whatever they’re planning to sell. Whether it’s artists selling their homemade holiday cards or beekeepers selling their bees’ honey, every single legitimate small business has some level of involvement in actually creating their wares. The only exceptions should be thrift/charity shops and vintage wares. Otherwise, these MLM huns are taking opportunities from actual small businesses who need the money *and* would probably make better sales than them if they were using that vendor spot.

[@meaghannemack82]

The local craft fair I do twice a year has a clause in the application that says you have to hand make at least 50% of your goods. Keeps out the MLMs completely. Also any businesses that participate have to have an activity as well, not just show up and advertise.

[@ElinWinblad]

And let me tell you those boost out, sell any of the other craft booth. They just sit there with their boxed foods as one more recently was next to me and people just come up and buy it and buy it and then they look at my artwork and they ask what it’s for and how do you use it? I have to explain that you hang on the wall it’s artwork.😂

[@goldenrosetuxedo]

I've been in bed all day (exhaustion) and your intro literally made me get out of it; need hot chocolate. Thank you.❤️

I've been binging Hannah's channel lately. Whenever her cats start meowing in the background I look for my cat to see what she wants before remembering it's probably one of Hannah's 😅

[@gillebro]

I’m in the middle of the video and just heard about the sweet Australian woman having moved out to the country. Oof, yeah. She’s likely to be extremely isolated.

[@lauraeliza1997]

Not MLM-related but please cover the (illegal) holiday pyramid schemes that go around social media every year, such as send 1 book receive 36

[@littleboots9800]

Sounds like the old chain letters.

[@rebeccah3715]

Holiday Hun Madness! I am down for it! This calls for another cup of coffee and a cookie exchange cookie!

[@karinaz8756]

Our once a year holiday bazaar is slowly allowing MLM huns to set up booths. I’ve made sure to point them out to friends.

[@youtubeKathy]

I remember one of my wake up calls was when my SIL bought tastefully simple from me only to gift it back to me 😄😄😄 Not that I didn’t like the stuff, but something about it made me realize people didn’t really want to buy it for all thier family and friends 😂😂😂

[@ennanitsua]

When you said the advent calendar was $300, my jaw dropped. Im used to german advent calendars which have all 25 days and are just a little piece of chocolate or opening a window to see a cute picture. They cost less than €30

[@allisonking3553]

Every christmas, my mother gifts me Mary Kay garbage she buys from some chick. I hate it.

[@lauren.13]

MLM insanity... Truly the best gift of all ✨

[@camkind4377]

There was a kangen water filter booth at the most recent craft fair I went to 😫 And a Christian mlm I'd never heard of before! I was so disappointed.

[@maryeckel9682]

Like they made the water filters 😂

[@juliebisson2643]

If a friend need help with money, christmas or not, i'd prefer give reel money than buyin crap from a mlm😅

[@lexbel8394]

lol my local Christmas bazaar was at our fairgrounds where there’s several different buildings clustered together. Not sure if they did it intentionally but all the MLM vendors were grouped together in one building which happened to be the most distant one

[@Pirategirl4nightwish]

My cousin is in Scentsy and every year they collect stuffed animals to give to kids in the hospital. But only Scentsy stuffed animals! Ridiculous.

[@gojiberry7201]

The Australian lady sounds like she's trying to convince herself what a good deal it is 🙁

[@kaylenewappel6651]

If you are working in sales, it should ALWAYS be about the customer. No body cares about your goals except your mom.

[@user-dt3rc9yt1t]

I feel like you missed the opportunity to point out that the MLM calendar is literally the shape of a pyramid 😂😭

[@natashaslaa1932]

Oh man I did a Christmas market this year and SO many were MLM (including the organizer). It's such a slap in the face to those of us who actually put effort and time and love into our products.

[@bethjensen2396]

32:09 this would be even funnier if you had a little bingo card in your hands, and when you get a bingo you can look at the rep who go you there all excited like and exclaim they've done it! They have given you the MLM bingo you were looking for, then thank them while they look at you in bewilderment.

[@LindzKayK]

I love how in story # 4 she says the makeup bags were only like $10 or $15, but doesn't even mention how many hundreds of dollars the Monat products cost

[@Batdriven]

Just let that sink in - if they can offer an advent calender where the products inside are basically 50% discounted and THEN, on top of it, the company can offer a 40% discount for each product on their website.... eh, just think of the fkn MARGIN these products have when they are offered to you with their regular price... they are STILL making lots of money when the price is cut in half... YIKES

[@Kika3939]

There’s a discovery toys rep here who hits up local businesses to sponsor “gift baskets” for kids in need during the holidays. They get a couple of discovery toys and then some candy and like socks in the basket. Pisses me off and I told her before I wanted no part in her making a profit off of pretend charity.

[@StupidPrizesPosterChild]

The one in 16:26 😬so scattered, sloppy, begging. She just screams, "Run away from meeeeeeee."

[@mrsz1988]

I went to a bizarre recently. I made a point to avoid every single mlm and instead bought from the true small business owners.

[@rosanneclouston9847]

I've pretty much stopped going to craft fairs or Christmas bazaars when there is one around me. There are a few vendors who make their products, or are truly small local business but most are MLM reps. It's disappointing to go thinking I might find some unique gift only to see mostly tables filled with what you can tell are MLM products.

[@myradavis1139]

the advent calendar is giving the Chanel one that just had stickers and paper ornaments 😂 love your videos Hannah!

[@maryeckel9682]

Have you seen the new Disney/Swarovski one? It's over a thousand and has stickers 😅

[@this_is_chycanthropy]

A holiday themed video from Hannah? Santa IS real! ✨ 🎉

[@the_Sarahnator]

I do craft/vendor fairs and I can't STAAAAAND when they include MLMs. It takes away from so many others who create something. I try to choose shows that don't include them, but sometimes it's hard. Sigh.

[@camillelively]

Know what really frosts my [Christmas] cookies about that 'Advent' calendar? The 12 days of Christmas start Christmas day, they are not part of a Christmas countdown. Christmas is 12 days long, which in the Roman calendar is Dec 25 - Jan 6. So that makes it extra stupid. (Countdown to Christmas calendars being called Advent calendars is a whole other thing but not really relevant here.)

[@kathrynrouse2528]

You should design a shirt specifically for people to wear to craft fairs that they can point to when MLM folks try to pitch the opportunity. Something light hearted but still to the point. 😂

[@Anna-dd4rh]

I should wear it to my family Thanksgiving and Xmas too 😅🥴 I have a few die-hard MLMers in my extended fam

[@kristyrussell5493]

I feel bad. I used to do this too, not realizing how manipulative it was. It's hard when you're in it.

[@NTGreekGal]

Did the Monat rep who made cosmetic bag gifts for her sisters say Kmart? I thought I heard her say the bags were from Kmart. I thought all Kmarts closed. Wow!!

[@charlottet9035]

kmarts are very common in australia. i believe the company is completely unaffiliated with kmart in the usa

[@randibone3618]

@@charlottet9035 is the Kmart in Australia the same concept, like one stop shop place?

[@Kaymaree15]

I was so dissapointed to see two of my old coworkers joining Monat. The first one clearly fell for the "you can work AND stay at home with your babies" BS The second one has major social anxiety and further had guilt that she relies financially on her husband because of it, so the first woman sold her on her downline with the promise of working from home while still being able to connect with woman worldwide So sad

[@ExSharkV]

The biggest artisan/craft fair in the state I live in has a strict no MLM policy, in fact most of the artisan fairs/holiday bazaars in my area don't allow MLMs to set up a booth. I know this because one of the MLM huns I happen to be friends with on FB is constantly complaining about how her booth applications for the big fairs and bazaars in the area always get rejected.

[@draconicfeline6177]

Excellent. That's the right direction

[@robinnn777]

Hannah was extra sassy in this video 😂

[@naomisanchez2093]

Not the triangle advent calendar 😬

[@mylittlesuperhero581]

I’m so happy that many of our local craft pop up places like at the mall and farmers markets they don’t allow mlm at all. It takes away from actual small businesses! More places should start catching on.

[@justinebidulopoutchini9774]

My yarn store has an advent callender, and it’s fire 🔥, patterns, accessories and yarns 😍