Has anyone else here been harassed by friends peddling this crap?
Apparently, "Efusjon" (pronounced "e-fusion," by some bizarre logic) is an energy drink that's sold via some MLM scheme. You buy a bunch of cases of it to start with, then sell it off while trying to get other people to join the scheme. They try to tell you that it's not a pyramid scheme, then when they draw out the diagram of how you make money by getting sellers below you, it has a curious, triangular shape. ("You get three friends to join, then they get three friends, then they get three ... and you get paid on everyone beneath you!")
Worse, it's damn hard to find links explaining why it's a scam, because every joker selling the crap on the Web includes keywords like "efusjon scam," so when you Google it, you get their site offering you their sugar water and "amazing moneymaking opportunity."
I bring it up here because I have at least four friends on various networking sites trying to recruit for this garbage. And apparently, you can't slam the stuff online without Efusjon-heads dogpiling you. (I half expect someone to join up and reply here to talk about how great it is.)
Of course, none of these friends have even pulled in four figures, let alone the six figures they indicate as possible. This, I imagine, is due to the main (huge) fucking flaw with any of these schemes:
Your friends and family do not want you to peddle shit to them, nor do they want to peddle shit for you.
One of these friends, a guy I went to college with and consider a cool, funny, intelligent guy, made the following comment after I cracked a joke about the product's stupid name:
As quickly as this thing is growing, if you havn't heard from a friend about it yet, odds are you will soon. When you do, make sure your pimp hand is strong, because some slapping will need to be done.
Apparently, "Efusjon" (pronounced "e-fusion," by some bizarre logic) is an energy drink that's sold via some MLM scheme. You buy a bunch of cases of it to start with, then sell it off while trying to get other people to join the scheme. They try to tell you that it's not a pyramid scheme, then when they draw out the diagram of how you make money by getting sellers below you, it has a curious, triangular shape. ("You get three friends to join, then they get three friends, then they get three ... and you get paid on everyone beneath you!")
Worse, it's damn hard to find links explaining why it's a scam, because every joker selling the crap on the Web includes keywords like "efusjon scam," so when you Google it, you get their site offering you their sugar water and "amazing moneymaking opportunity."
I bring it up here because I have at least four friends on various networking sites trying to recruit for this garbage. And apparently, you can't slam the stuff online without Efusjon-heads dogpiling you. (I half expect someone to join up and reply here to talk about how great it is.)
Of course, none of these friends have even pulled in four figures, let alone the six figures they indicate as possible. This, I imagine, is due to the main (huge) fucking flaw with any of these schemes:
Your friends and family do not want you to peddle shit to them, nor do they want to peddle shit for you.
One of these friends, a guy I went to college with and consider a cool, funny, intelligent guy, made the following comment after I cracked a joke about the product's stupid name:
I almost puked into my Cracklin' Oat Bran. I've known his guy for fifteen years, and now he's spouting social engineering crap at me.
As quickly as this thing is growing, if you havn't heard from a friend about it yet, odds are you will soon. When you do, make sure your pimp hand is strong, because some slapping will need to be done.
