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Originally Posted by pylon
I know of a family that Primerica litteraly tore apart culminating in total bankruptcy, and a shotgun under a chin. These places are just foul, evil business models that suck people dry, have zero remorse, and take no prisoners. In my opinion, they can be cults more dangerous than scientology. There is probably a 1% or less chance you can actually make a viable living off of these MLM scams, and even the ones that do, or the ring leaders, typically end up going broke theselves... google Don Lapre or Kevin Trudeau to see what I mean.
It's a loser opportunity... for losers to be blunt. Tell your friend that, bluntly, and he may think otherwise.
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When I first came out of university, and was desperatly looking for a job, I posted me resume on monster.ca, and someone from Primerica contacted me asking if I wanted to attend a seminar. Being the naive and lack of world experience person that I was, I went thinking it was some sort of job interview.
So I attended, and it quickly dawned on me what they were trying to do. They basically wanted me to sucker friends and relatives into buying their crap. The whole seminar experience was kind of creepy. They had guys go up there extolling the awesomeness of the company and how it made them steady 6 digit incomes every year. Then, they played a clip of the Primerica founder, and after the clip finished, people were standing up and clapping and cheering.
By this point, I figure, heck, I'm there, might as well get in on the free food before I go. I was surprised there were people who bought into this garbage. It honestly felt like a cult. I made my exit pretty quick after that, but they kept calling me afterwards asking if I was interested. I finally had to basically tell them to fata off before they'd stop calling.