MLM's ** Was: Helichrysum Shortage ** Is This True?

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Hello Ien,

 

> End Users need to understand that Group members like me and Marge and

> Marcia and Chris and the other sources of EO are not multi level marketing

> (MLM) conglomerates who use false marketing and provide unsafe advice on use

> of EO to sell our products .>

>

> Butch and all,

>

> I appreciate the insider information on this list

> immensely.

>

> As you know, I try to do my share of educating the

> public about the dangers of undiluted oil use and RDT

> in particular. Whenever the topic of E.O.s comes up

> on other lists, I suggest people go here for the real stuff.

>

> AND. I must protest against a blanket condemnation of

> any MLM.

>

 

Though I am not turned on my MLMs in general .. and I believe that the

downsides to purchasing from an MLM far outweigh the upsides .. I was not

condemning " any " MLM in that particular message .. the context was clear in

that it was replying to a question regarding Young Living.

 

 

> I agree, some of the hype is positively sickening.

> But in reality 95% of so-called members of any of these

> companies are simply contented customers.

>

 

Perhaps you are right .. but to say " any of these companies " might be taking

it a bit too far. We have dozens of ex-YL members on this list who have

time and again written that they were not satisfied.. and there are a lot of

folks who think they might have had good reason to feel that way .. like ..

 

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/invest/inv12.shtm

 

http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/pyramid.htm

 

http://www.vandruff.com/mlm.html

 

http://www.lectlaw.comcos67.htm

 

http://www.mlmwatch.org/

 

And many other sources that are available on the Net .. so maybe some are

good but 95% is a little hard to buy.

 

 

> Yes, Sturgeon's Law applies, as it does elsewhere.

> But there are good ones.

>

> Sturgeon's Law: Theodore Sturgeon was a science

> fiction writer in the fifties, best known for his novel

> about a telepathic human mutation, " Slan " .

>

> Someone told him: " Ninety percent of SF is Cr#p " .

> To which TS replied: " Ninety percent of ANYTHING

> is cr#p " .

>

 

Reminds me of a writer in a Turkish newspaper that was discussing some

ridiculous issue folks were protesting .. he claimed that 60% of the

Turkish population was stupid .. lots of protests came in Letters to the

Editor .. so he changed it and wrote again saying that 40% of the Turkish

population was very intelligent. No protest letters came in .. so I reckon

it means we gotta let folks have options on how they see themselves. ;-)

 

 

> Ien in the Kootenays

> http://freegreenliving.com (blog)

> http://wildhealing.net (Rainforest Herbs)

> http://wildwholefoods.net (AFA algae)

>

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-)

 

Butch ... http://www.AV-AT.com <http://www.av-at.com/>