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Actually, they're not at all. MLM is a pefectly legitimate and respectable business model. The problems to which you refer have been with all the things pretending to be MLM's that were actually illegal pyramid scams (as courts declared).

The point is that it's very difficult for a layman (and sometimes difficult even for a lawyer) to tell them apart.

I suspect that you and I agree about this particular company, Thomas. But some of your comments show only your prejudice against MLM companies, some of which actually sell lotions and potions that cost less than retail prices and/or higher quality items without retail equivalents (and many, of course, have nothing to do with lotions or potions at all). There are also some which your description fits perfectly, it's true. But it's a shame (and certainly does you no favors at all!) to offer your description as a generalization, because that's only going to get you "not taken seriously". And with some reason, to be fair. In this specific instance, I'm "on your side", but even I feel the need to dissociate myself from your expression of your prejudices.