On Pyramid Schemes, Abortions And Drugs

Maybe something is important than money!

Like I said, Bill. Thanks for your comments.

If you think anyone with any intelligence is going to help promote your support for scammers by giving this post a like you got to be joking.

Wrong Roosevelt. All you have to do is look at the FTC definition and look at the scam I did not say Gray area because of some scam calling itself legitimate I said gray area because you have to look at the site and see how it fits as a membership program since there different types of membership set ups and those have nothing to do with scams or any remote resemblance to scams. Corey I did post the complete article now

Thanks Cheryl, in Canada we have Costco which is similar to Sam's Club (I believe Costco is in the US as well??) - I guess our lives are quite often full of those "grey areas", so then referring back to my original post - "we are 100% responsible as individuals for the choices, decisions and results in our life."

Due diligence becomes an important aspect of what we have to do in order to make the correct choices. In saying that, - we are human and that being the case there is still margin

Cheryl, you make a good point about "gray areas". Life is never just "black and white". There are always "gray areas", even within the law. There are and will be progams out there that you can't say defintively whether they are a pyramid scheme or not, even using FTC guidelines. That's why we should be careful before we call something a "scam", in my opinion.

Corey I started to add the answer here but It is far to long to post as a comment I will post an article instead.

@Cheryl, just referencing your following statement:
"It becomes a Pyramid/Ponzi when the service/product comes with a string attached-namely having to become a part of the corporate structure "
So how does a person rate a "membership" situation whereby you become a member of an organization in order to take part in the benefits/information offered by the membership. In these situations you typically pay a yearly or monthly membership fee in order to be part of the "structure" and in some cases

Hey, all you people commenting on my article, I would apprciate if you hit the "like" button because I think we have had a good dialogue on the subject of "scams" or illegal pyramid schmes. Even if you don't "like" this article I appreciate all your comments.

Yeah, you have a point there Dave

Paula true Newbies are not scammers they may be promoting a scam unawares that it is a scam but they are rarely the principle scammer, however just because someone is new to a network doesn't mean they are not experienced or capable of running an elaborate scam, Generally a pm will have little effect however a comment explaining that they are promoting a scam and what makes it a scam educates not only the necomer but also everyone who visits the page the scam is promoted on.

Paula, that sounds like a very reasonable and considerate way to protect both the newbies and APSense. Why can't I stop visualizing you playing your sax? LOL!

Hey, Dave how did you know , though I am sixty years old, that I am still "a little boy, at heart"? You are indeed a good judge of character but so am I. I will keep my assessment of your character to myself. Love you, Man!

Yes, they do need to be exposed but I do have some consideration for newbies. So those I pm in private first to give them the opportunity to read tos and rules and to correct them selves. If they don't comply I go public.

Roosevelt that shows your immaturity there is nothing funny about scams or the effects they have on their victims i may be a hard ass but at least i support those that most need it in case you missed the sign on the door this is a Business Network not a social club and there is nothing funny about business

There is another very good reason that scams need to be publicly exposed. To warn the next person looking at joining. If a site is a scam these people not only need to know, but have every right to know that before they join up and become a victim of it.

telling a scammer in private that he's a crook achieves what roosevelt... gives him a chuckle maybe ? exposing him publically and shaming him into stopping his anti-social behaviour is the only way Scams need to be publically denounced to prevent people being sucked into it and becoming a victim

Hey, Dave and Cheryl, you guys really have a sense of humor! I am laughing my head off right now! You are not somber and serious all the time,are you? Thanks for your comments. (Hard Asses!)

"Soft docters make smelly stinking wounds". I'll have to think about that Paula! LOL! But now that you mention it, using the private message link is much better when you need to discipline or reproach someone than doing it openly in public, as I see it.

Sorry Roosevelt 12 years experience working in a police dept tells me that the soft approach accomplishes nothing. A slap on the wrist accomplishes nothing unless it is a first offense. After that they have proven that they will not respond unless you throw the book at them. They are called repeat offenders and the only thing that gets through to them is sitting in a jail cell next to Bubba. And believe me there is nothing tactful or mild about Bubba, but he sure can straighten a lot of peop