Denise wrote:Yes the numbers do come from Melaleuca however again you missed the point that they include all customers and many of the people who open a membership simply just want to be a customer and shop and save. I think you would be hard-pressed to find any other company that would put everything in writing like that. High, Average and low.
No, Denise, numbers I cited were NOT of "all customers and many of the people who open a membership simply just want to be a customer and shop and save." I was referring specifically - and ONLY - to Melaleuca "Business Builders." But you were so quick to parrot your answer from your MLM script that you didn't even notice.
Let me give it to you a little plainer:
Melaleuca Developmental Status (2010 Definition): Only 1 out of 9 customers (12%) will decide to start their own Melaleuca business. In any given year less than 7% of them will earn more than minimum wage; the other 93% will fail.
Note that the 7% success rate is ONLY of those 12% of Melaleuca customers who are "Business Builders" in the "Developmental Status" group. When you include the other two Melaleuca member groups, "Customers" and "Customer Referrals Status" (
"... all customers and many of the people who open a membership simply just want to be a customer and shop and save") the ugly truth comes out. 7% times 12% is 0.84%.
Less than one percent of all Melaleuca members will earn more than minimum wage through Melaleuca in any given year.
Denise wrote:{Reciting from MLM script} Interesting that folks buying real products that they really use, that don't require safety caps, helping folks keep harsh chemicals out of their homes, keep their kids safer, saving money while doing so, getting better products then their competitors like Tide is a scam, because Melaleuca gives their revenues back to the end consumer rather then advertising, but when you buy products like Tide, Lysol who pay Billions in advertising each year etc and then sell to Wal-Mart, that isn’t a scam?! So Tide/Lysol/Tilex isn’t overpriced? Somehow Tide/Lysol/Tilex is honorable? Because its sold on a grocery store shelf, its honorable? That makes no sense at all. Just because your sold out on that way of shopping doesn’t make it honorable. All those people shopping are duped into thinking they are buying safe items simply because they are sold on the grocery store shelf idea. Its sheer ignorance and brain washing by the Billions spent on advertising but to you that’s more honorable, lets keep our nation ignorant and broke. Hmmmm
No, Denise, the "sheer ignorance and brain washing" happens when someone convinces you to memorize and recite this script without thinking about it.
I understand though. You've got time and money invested in this. You hope it's true. You want it to be true. You're going to be hurting pretty badly if it's not true. Maybe if you just try a little harder, try a little longer, you'll finally recruit those "Business Builder" customers who are just waiting for your call. Didn't Melaleuca promise you "anyone can do it?"
Denise wrote:{Reciting from MLM script} I use Pampered Chef products, I also love Creative Memories and have many wonderful albums. Many of the folks who get started in those party plans, never make any money and they spend hundreds to get started with a boat load of products they must inventory and sell. Still I'd rather buy from my friend and support her then buy at from a big commercial company, but you all would rather see that Mom trying to make some additional income be squashed because they don’t live up to your standards, they don’t punch a time clock and get minimum wage. Lets keep people broke and poor at minimum wage then give them a chance to do something about their situation. Small brick and mortar business owners don’t make minimum wage either.
Sad mentality when you think about it.
Small brick and mortar business owners who fail to take home more than minimum wage don't stay open very long. But what was that figure you cited? The failure rate for a typical traditional American business is one in five, or 20%? Do you honestly think most of the successful 80% of traditional American businesses are scraping by at less than minimum wage?
I hardly think that misleading and recruiting people into Melaleuca, a company where - year after year after year after year - more than 93% of all "Business Builders" and more than 99% of all members FAIL to make more than minimum wage, is really "giving them a chance to do something about their situation."
If you still think it is, that's the sad part.