mastermind@lemm.ee to AsklemmyEnglish · 1 year agoWhat's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore?message-squaremessage-square1075fedilinkarrow-up1732arrow-down124
arrow-up1708arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore?mastermind@lemm.ee to AsklemmyEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square1075fedilink
minus-squareabraxaslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoExcept, isn’t Herbalife something that’s never branded? My cup had some smallbiz-seeming name on it. Definitely not Herbalife. I subbed to an anti-MLM subreddit in the past, and that’s the exact shifty behavior they removeded about Herbalife having. I just hadn’t seen it.
minus-squareSouthEndSunset@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIm gonna be honest, I know of Herbal Life in name only, we dont have it here.
minus-squareabraxaslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoTheir Schtick is that people start Herbalife “franchises” under another name, but then serve Herbalife. I believe they are generally not supposed to use the word “Herbalife” anywhere on their merchandising.
Except, isn’t Herbalife something that’s never branded? My cup had some smallbiz-seeming name on it. Definitely not Herbalife.
I subbed to an anti-MLM subreddit in the past, and that’s the exact shifty behavior they removeded about Herbalife having. I just hadn’t seen it.
Im gonna be honest, I know of Herbal Life in name only, we dont have it here.
Their Schtick is that people start Herbalife “franchises” under another name, but then serve Herbalife. I believe they are generally not supposed to use the word “Herbalife” anywhere on their merchandising.
Thanks.