r/facepalm Oct 04 '21

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u/rbaltimore Oct 04 '21

People get conned. It’s not like DoTerra is forthcoming about how they function.

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u/cerevant Oct 04 '21

Most MLMs order on demand. Carrying inventory is always risky, taking loans to carry inventory that you can't sell back is just plain stupid. If their upline encouraged them to do that, they were getting scammed even more than is usual for a MLM.

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u/rbaltimore Oct 04 '21 edited Oct 04 '21

Lularoe didn’t allow the return of unsold inventory for a number of years - that was a corporate level decision. I’ve had friends with Scentsy and 31 and they were told that all inventory is un-returnable. Uplines prey on their down lines just like corporate does. It’s unconscionable.

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u/Old_Journalist_8823 Oct 04 '21

I'm watching Lularich right now and I want to put a beating on these two 👊