Pyramid Schemes

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i got caught up in Cutco my freshman year. a floormate of mine swore she make serious money ("fat checks" as she called them) and i went to one of their "presentations." Which was in a random walk-up apartment in midtown. the "CEO" was some dude with a brow ring, wore white socks with his suit and his "office" was--no joke--a walk-in closet.

Vector Marketing, they called it. My roommate pretty much laughed in my face after i told her about my "new job."

and THEN years later (last year actually) my line sister caught me up in Amway/Quixtar. She and her bf (now husband) sell as a team. I dont know if they make serious money off it, but really her schpiels start off the same way: she'll engage in some random conversation, then pull out a generic bag of lemon cookies and offer you some. then talk up about how good they taste and BAM! comes the sell.

and would you believe after i went to the presentation, their up-line was all like "hey you need to go meet the (whatever they call the head honcho) because if she knows who you are then shell tell people about your business. and be sure to mention my name, that will help too."

whatEVER man. she roped another friend in and she was quicker on the scam than i was. she pretty much regurgitated what they told her and she said "that sound like bullisht, because i worked for Ameriprise and its the same concept."

that was totally awkward. would you believe she (and the husband) call me, a year later, asking for the "promotional literature" back? please, like im really gonna go around exposing you guys and your BS business.