Thread: FlexKom aka Flexcom aka Weeconomy - legitimate MLM or scam ??

@stewart

I think how to "spot" a scam and how to "prove" a scam do indeed have different criteria. Since proving one in court is such a lengthy process, and that's if it gets there, I think spotting one will save me my money and hopefully others.

The first thing I look at is "who" then "what". It's interesting because the two always compliment each other. I just see it as a short cut because some of these scam products are very cleverly disguised like Flexkom. They take a while to understand completely, then by that time, it's too late. All by design of course.

Identifying serial scammers has given me a 100% success rate in picking scams. Lol, that's not saying much because it's really easy after you know what to look for. Also, I've never come across an MLM that works in the way it's presented. Yes I think ALL MLMs are scams because of this fact. I use "scam" as an umbrella term because there are different kinds - Discussed a few posts back.

I'd also add that even when there is a product that someone needs like soap from Amway, that theory about identifying a need for a product etc. might be unreliable. In a normal business, yes, but not in the recruiting pyramid scheme mlm business. Here again we go back to the system - A system that can't work.

Here's a very good read for people considering MLM What's Wrong With Multi-Level Marketing?

Stewart, I'm mostly agreeing with what you posted but just explaining my approach:)

Originally Posted by Char

... I think ALL MLMs are scams because of this fact. I use "scam" as an umbrella term because there are different kinds - Discussed a few posts back.
... Here again we go back to the system - A system that can't work.

For me there's always been one other reason to stay clear of any kind of MLM. I've not much discussed it here or elsewhere because it's an opinion type thing, rather than a factual argument. It's a question of taste.

I've always thought of MLM's that on a personal level, they would lose you your real friends, whilst making you fake friends out of others.

In other words, it would go like this:
You get into an MLM which sells widgets. You start talking to all your friends about widgets. Prior to that you were friends for whatever reason. Maybe you both like motorbikes. Maybe you were in the war together. Maybe you got the same taste in music. Maybe you like to talk politics.
But now you're talking to them about widgets. They may tolerate this for a little while. They may express some opinion or other, or stay quiet. But eventually, if you don't STFU they're won't be calling you to the next barbecue.
Meanwhile, you accumulate a lot of "friends" who do get interested in these widgets, when you sales-pitch them.

For me, friends are the people you call when you marriage hits a rough patch, or when your son gets into drugs at school, or when you get hit by an uninsured driver, or you need to organise some all-day childcare with someone you trust, etc.
And you're there for the reverse flow to them when they need something.

Why would you pollute that for sake of widgets?
And if there's even a 0.1% chance of a scam, I couldn't take the risk - I wouldn't sleep thinking that I might have scammed through ignorance someone who had been a friend.