"We do not teach such methods [MLM] at the Harvard Business School; they are not part of the curriculum; to my knowledge, they are not taught at this or any other reputable business school in the country . . . Multi-Level Marketing schemes, like chain letters and other devices, sometimes are at the borderline of what is legal -- and over the borderline of what is ethical . . ." - Harvard 'B' School professor Thomas Bonora
Multilevel marketing entices unwary people with the "sweet dream of success."
MLMs are driven largely by greed. The idea of working hard for a while, building up a substantial down-line sales system, and watching the money roll in, is appealing, but is "too good to be true." Literature of the NuSkin company claimed that distributors could make $5,000 to $10,000 per month, but 98% of all distributors earned an average of $38 a month [1]. Even the well-established Amway company has not been able to deliver on the sweet dream for most of its people. In the mid-1990s, the company had 14,000 employees, over 3 million distributors internationally, and global sales of $7 billion. Yet the average monthly gross income of "active" Amway representatives was less than $90.
Källa:
http://www.mlmwatch.org/13Victims/wary.html