Dipo,
why do you feel the need to justify yourself... if MLM is the way for you that should be your choice...some may not be interested simply out of principle, as in that is not a way to make money for them.

You trying to draw analogy to everything in life as a pyramid in not necessary ( IMHO)

MLM, (IMO) is temporary...it's not long term. It a matter of the early bird eats the fattest worm!
but then again, to each his own I say!

PS: Looking forward to other topics other than MLM.

Dipo, Are you telling me it is not money from your downlines that is used to pay you your own $6000. Is the company bringing money from outside the pyramid to pay off those at the top? If the answer to those two questions is no, then I wonder what constitutes a ponzi scheme if not this one. As I said, they might be getting more sales on their vouchers with the arrangement, but the fact remains that even with it the process of getting $6000 is a ponzi arrangement

Dipo

I beg to differ. When you make an analogy with your company, you are forgetting that you do not all contribute money to pay your CEO who is at the head of the pyramid. The institution has a structure which generates money and you get you share of it, commesurate with your position on the pyramid. This is very different from MLM where your money is being used to pay someone else and no value is generated even though a $150 travel voucher is involved. Why don't they just go ahead and market the vouchers if that is their core business and forget the ponzi arrangement. Or if I sign on today and feel I don't want the $6000 again, will I get a travel voucher along with the change if that is the main reason for the program. The whole thing is just glorified ponzi, only they were smart enough to attach a product to it

Dipo,
My pastor once said that some Christians are poor not because they did not see businesses to do, but, because they reject businesses on grounds that Christians must not be seeing doing certain businesses. Many try to be more catholic than the Pope. When opportunities (risks) that will transform their lives come, they frown at it and look for an appropriate verse in the Bible to support their argument. Over the weekend, my friends and I were reviewing these schemes. We tried to convince one of us one the workability of the schemes and he quickly asked “are we sure they are not into money rituals”. That was the end of the discussion because it was obvious that he was being myopic. It would take ages to convince him to change his mind. He was just not ready for the risk. We left him