Among all the bickering on here, don't you think that it boils down to different strokes for different folks? If MLM works for someone, fine. If other avenues work for others...fine, too. It boils down to having a passion for a mission (for pilots, we are passionate about flying). If we don't like some MLM "opportunity" we don't have to be part of it. If we see other ways to make money that we can get fired up about, why not go for it. It's just that we each have passions for different ways to make that extra money. The idea of a backup income is not bad - everybody ought to have a backup source of making money, wouldn't you agree...be it MLM, teaching, web design, real estate...whatever. Just my $0.02.
PS: I don't work for an MLM company
Thats exactly what it boils down to. Plain and simple.
I make very nice money flying but I want another source of making money both for security and for simply making MORE money. I was about to go into business with a friend 6 months ago in a Bar and Grill down near the beach. Way too much work and overhead, in the end we'd be lucky to make $20,000 a year profit to share. Stock market, no way I'd gamble on that. Long-term investing, well, thats long-term and won't do anything for me now or in the next 15 years. Go spend money to train for a new skill or go back to some kind of school so I can go out and work each week for some part time money, not gonna happen, its just not practical for a pilot. Real estate takes alot of money to get into in my area so thats not an option.
MLM's are mainly a joke and almost 100% of them are scams. But when I know and see more than a dozen pilots, lawyers, cops, land scapers, used car lot owner, and a couple dozen other people I'm becoming friends with, etc..... making anywhere from $200-$17,000 each WEEK, yes each week, for 3 years now, hell if I'm not gonna jump in. I wouldn't do it if it wasn't a damn good actual REAL product either, but it is.
I'll be at my goal of $30,000-$40,000 a year in about 3 months, no question about it. And people love to drink it, what esle can a person ask for in a business. My monthly rent, electric bill, food bill, gas for my car for the month, and all of my restaurant and bars tabs for the month, and my $800/month lease that I'm getting on a new BMW 550....WILL BE PAID FOR 100% BY Mona-Vie..........I have no overhead and I have to spend maybe 2 hours a week talking to people about it, most are interested in it, ONCE THEY EDUCATE THEMSELVES and LEARN ABOUT THE ENTIRE DEAL. Only complete close-minded ignorant people would make a negative comment on something they know NOTHING about, its actually hilarious and very sad for them.
It's just a fact that most (not all) pilots have a god complex and they think they're something special because they fly a plane, and they're NOT. So they bash all MLM's because they think they're above it. And really they are below it because they are commenting on something they are grossly ignorant on. Its actually a case of jealousy, they just don't know it.
There are a ton of pilots in Mona-Vie and most make nice money with it, airline pilots and corporate pilots. Some just drink it because they did some research and see how healthy it is for them. And again, 95% or more of the members of Mona-Vie (1.3 million to date)...ARE ONLY DRINKING IT, they do not do it as a business. The company gives out monthly stats that show this. Mona-Vie is all about a great product, unlike almost all other Bullsh!t MLM's.
I say good luck to anyone who's looking for extra money, I also say do it while putting in the least effort. Hell if I want to fly for a living and then go to work on my days off.
The people/pilots on this forum that have juice and literature in the mail on the way to them right now WILL make extra money with this if they do what I tell them and except my help and the help of my friend. For a tiny, tiny investment compared to all the rip-offs out there, its just stupid not to give it a go.
Good luck.
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