This "Efusjon" Crap.

[miraclefan]

No, the dancing lizards are for Sobe.

Ah! Thank you.

 

[Praetor]

I laughed.

Hard.

As did I.

These people... they don't also sell Cutco Knives, do they?

 

[Sephiroth]

it's AmWay again, pyramid scheme after pyramid scheme, I break the legs of door-to-door salesmen that have the misfortune of catching me at home, i'm sick of it

 

[plague]

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.

When people try to sell me things, I just turn it around and try to sell back to them.

My parents are doing the MLM thing for Reliv. They're hopeless.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I finally tried some of the stuff that my Uncle Joe is selling. It must be good for you, because it's awful.

 

[Hoser]

Well, I just had to block three old college friends because they wouldn't stop spamming up my Facebook with 'TRY EFUSJON JOIN OUR TEAM' zombie stuff.
On a related note, someone gave my wife some Amway baby diapers and she's addicted to them.

 

[Hoser]

I actually have a high risk of suffering, although that's due mostly to Charlie Brown Karma.

 

[sojourner]

Well, I just had to block three old college friends because they wouldn't stop spamming up my Facebook with 'TRY EFUSJON JOIN OUR TEAM' zombie stuff.
On a related note, someone gave my wife some Amway baby diapers and she's addicted to them.

Hi,

Efusjon offers nutrition rich energy drinks. These products presents a cool fusion of natural ingredients that you can enjoy. As it is created to provide nutrition and increase energy, it does not contain harmful components. It is low sugar content so it is perfect for individuals that are at high risk of suffering or developing diabetes or coronary heart diseases.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

Well, I just had to block three old college friends because they wouldn't stop spamming up my Facebook with 'TRY EFUSJON JOIN OUR TEAM' zombie stuff.
On a related note, someone gave my wife some Amway baby diapers and she's addicted to them.

Hi,

Efusjon offers nutrition rich energy drinks. These products presents a cool fusion of natural ingredients that you can enjoy. As it is created to provide nutrition and increase energy, it does not contain harmful components. It is low sugar content so it is perfect for individuals that are at high risk of suffering or developing diabetes or coronary heart diseases.

Nothing quite like bumping a multi month old thread.

 

[Hoser]

Well, I just had to block three old college friends because they wouldn't stop spamming up my Facebook with 'TRY EFUSJON JOIN OUR TEAM' zombie stuff.
On a related note, someone gave my wife some Amway baby diapers and she's addicted to them.

Hi,

Efusjon offers nutrition rich energy drinks. These products presents a cool fusion of natural ingredients that you can enjoy. As it is created to provide nutrition and increase energy, it does not contain harmful components. It is low sugar content so it is perfect for individuals that are at high risk of suffering or developing diabetes or coronary heart diseases.

Nothing quite like bumping a multi month old thread.

...to try to sell the thing we all had been ripping on.

 

[RJDiogenes]

He was trying to set us straight. He cares, man.

 

[Sephiroth]

well, I've allready tracked his I.P. address, he'll get the customary #3 buckshot to the face replay on the morrow.

 

[Roger Wilco]

If this drink is so good - why don't they sell it in the supermarket?

 

[Miss Chicken]

I missed this thread when it first aired but I think I should tell a little story -

Many years ago I received a phonecall from a man I had been dating for several months. He said he was coming around because he wanted to discuss a very important matter with me. As I waited for him I thougnt to myself "God, I hope he isn't going to propose" (as I have no intentions of ever getting married again).

Any way as soon as he arrived he said he had a wonderful business opportunity for me and he launched into the Amwaty spiel. I started to laugh (mainly because I was so relieved that it wasn't what I thought it would be). I told him I wasn't interested in Amway.

We actually broke up not long after as he was more interested in going to Amway meetings than going anywhere with me and he kept trying to sell me Amway products and I didn't want to buy them at all.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

This sounds like stuff my Uncle Joe is selling; or something similar. He gave some to my Mother, telling her it would help my Father's cancer.

I finally tried some of the stuff that my Uncle Joe is selling. It must be good for you, because it's awful.

Sounds like that Acai berry stuff. We have a friend who sells it, and she tried to get us to buy a case, which is a couple hundred bucks. We tasted it, and the shit was awful. I don't care what health benefits they say it has, it's fucking gross. I'll just swig mineral oil, at least I can buy that for $2 a bottle.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Yeah, that sounds like it. This comes in bottles that look like wine bottles; I guess that's supposed to fool us into thinking it tastes good.

 

[Lindley]

Sounds like that Acai berry stuff. We have a friend who sells it, and she tried to get us to buy a case, which is a couple hundred bucks. We tasted it, and the shit was awful. I don't care what health benefits they say it has, it's fucking gross. I'll just swig mineral oil, at least I can buy that for $2 a bottle.

I actually like the juice from Bom Dia. I get it at the supermarket along with fruit smoothies from Bolthouse.

 

[Cakes488]

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:

In all seriousness, man, you're like me... you have a family and probably a lot of dreams of things that you'd like to accomplish financially. This is our chance.

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.

Now these "friends" that are trying to recruit you...are they really your friends or are they "internet" friends? How close are these people to you exactly?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Efusjon must be crap, the way that it's spelled.

No way would I drink it, I know that much. I drink mainly these things:

Water
Milk
Pepsi
Coffee
More coffee
Even more coffee
fancy Starbucks drinks that involve coffee