Stay cool,
hear my story.

Few of my cousins (3 of them, so far) had called my mother in the last few years and said as they didnt come my house for a long time,
they wan to pay a visit to my parents.
my mother was overjoyed,
thinking how siao shun they were, and how they had grown up.
Before the visit,
i noticed smth wrong.
y would a 18 year old cousin,
whom we jus see once every year,
come and 'pay a visit?'
they said "Oh, its really nth, they jus happen to be around here and wan to drop by and say hello."
i told my parents beforehand not to buy anything if they were to sell products.
true enough,
when he reached, he bought with him a 'friend'.
and say theres a good 'business' they wan to share with us.
they had their seat,
and start taking out their products.
my parents feel veri pai seh abt not buying their products,
they jus gave him $20 ask him buy food eat. -.-"
i never talk to him since.
i understand he wan to promote his product.
not sell.
theres not force selling involve.
but he keep saying
"oh if u have difficulties buying then get the smaller products lar"
i mean,
DO U HAVE TO DO DAT!?!?
i hate him ever since, seriously.
if u wan to sell smth,
jus SAY U GOT A PRODUCT WHICH IS GOOD FOR THEM AND WAN TO PROMOTE LAR!!!
KNN,
NOT SAY OH U LONG TIME NVR SEE THEM, WAN PAY A VISIT.

Ive heard abt MLM at dat time,
but still hasnt got a vivid clue wads dat abt.
my grandfather bought a $1000 mattress from another of my cousin to help her 'promote' to sales executive, so dat she can recruit her own downline and earn more commission.
same as prior, she told my grandfather she got a business to confront him and pay a visit.
my granddad too, were veri happy and bought drinks and food for her.
it turned out the same.
she bought another fren with her,
and her fren were the one who do much talking.

Yes,
They all were from venture era.

I didnt really understand how things work at dat time,
so i took an opportunity after my 'o' level and join the company.
when i first joined,
i had my fair share of critics.
alot of my fren (whom last time work in kfc) told me
wad they nid to sell drink, wad mattress,
all shit.
i didnt believe them.
All the person there were veri veri good to me.
they can sweettalk me until i blur blur and my believe in their products became a faith.
i tot "hey! this is where i can earn alot money!"
they showed me how much their top seller earn,
how they earn more then a uni grads.
and how alot ppl got BMWs from dat company.
i was envious.
i wanted to be like them.
wanted to earn more money (as i have no money at my bank at that time)
i attended their morning seminars, which had funs and games and motivational talks.
it was very cool...the speakers there were veri funny.
cracking jokes,
and seniors there were all too energetic.

Weeks past by,
and i starting to feel the heat.
i still went there almost everyday.
it took me jus one fine morning to realise that
hey, ive joined the company for more then a month,
i haven got any income yet.
and days later i heard my upline talking back behind me.
say my face veri guai lan, veri ah beng, with colored hair and stuff.
i fumed, but pretend i never heard it.
lo and behold, they were ALL SMILING in front of me, talk crap,
eat with me, train me how to sell their products (even after few weeks) when they OBVIOUSLY TALKING BAD THING BEHIND ME!
i couldnt stand it.
i confronted them one day,
and they shift it aside, saying its nth big.

One day when i was a lau pak sak (they were located raffles at dat time)
i heard my upline calling people from a list.
it was the SAME TYPE of list they asked me to write down all my POTENTIAL customer and their telephone on it!!!
they called
"hi, is this bla bla bla? yes im from VE (not venture ear even if they ask) and i would like to check with u whether u're looking for a job at this moment of time?"
if they reply YES,
then "Oh, we have various positions in my company, got customer service, surveyor, marketing sales, and different position. maybe u can come down over and i'll explain more to u"
i was buffed.
i asked my upline why she have to do dat.
she told me EXACTLY like the above conversation when she called me at first.
i at first tot they REALLY have different position, but turn out to bea big bullshit.
she say "aiya..if tell them we from venture era they wun join one"
how true...

Enough of lying to my relative saying i wan to pay them a visit when i wan to promote things to them, i quit.

See.
their product is genuinely good.
their business type is unique and can let u earn alot money.
but its AGAINST my moral to tell white lies to earn money.

Just last year,
a fren suddenly called me.
"hey, ive got a job for u, are u interested?"
I asked her wad company.
she told me "aiya, u come down over then i'll tell u. here can earn, trust me"
i asked again.
she said she from venture era
i told her not to waste her time there and get a proper job.
she dun listen. thinking she can earn big.
Same rule applied, sell one and can recruit ppl.
but wad she did was. she herself bought it ($1000)
the catch is,
she waited for more then afew weeks and didnt rev the product from the supplier.
she THEN want to cancel her order.
she asked me for help (i dunno y =.=")
and i called my cousin working there as a 'manager'
he then talked to her, advice her how to cancel the order and stuff.
her upline keep telling her everyday to wait wait wait wait.
she went to the supplier office and found out they hasnt summited her order for 3weeks.
she said she wan to cancel and guess wad,
she get back the money $300 less! (pay 1000, got back 700)
they said its for admin purposes.
haha..
i keep suan-ing her for not listening to me at first.

A good fren of mine, too, went into venture era to join his fren.
when he told me he joined VE,
i told him all the procedures, wad they sell, how they go abt selling.
but this time i encourage him to work (not my problem anyway)
and tell him to drive the company BMW and fetch me to sch
haha...
he is a smart fellow. So im not too worried for him.
and he quit around a month or two.

I wan to point out smth.
they are not scammers
they are not cons.
they jus do their business differently.
but trust me.
if anybody calls u without telling u how they get ur number from (most probably from ur frens inside),
ASK WADS THEIR COMPANY.
VE is not good enough.
and i encourage u to go and listen how they work,
how they do business.
but one thing.
dun let their sweet talking (dats wad they are good at) overwhelm u.

They first will talk abt ur future.
ask u wad u wan to do in the future.
THEN criticize/insult ur future,
saying there no future in ur field
(how much can u earn working for apple??)
then they give u a "Reality check"
how cost of price raising,
how petrol price increasing,
Say ur job would not be able to make the money to cover it.
THEN,
they'll "console" you.
saying "hey dun wry, here at venture era, its a gr8 opportunities for u"
they will then start giving u EXAMPLES,
like how people here earn more then uni grads,
"Look at him, he iss 22, so young, driving car liao"
Say how MLM had "changed their lives" and "made them a better person".
THEN
they'll talk abt their company,
how fast they've grown,
how gr8 their seniors are.
THEN the BIG GUN (manager) arrive and tell u the same thing all over again.
hahaha...

Many MLMs giv ppl the false hope of making it big.
Giv examples of ppl driving car, 5 figure income, in suitsm,
retire early, free working hours and one all will say is
"Why work for 40 years, retire for 20 when u can work 20yrs, retire for 40?"

One thing.
They target youth.
y? cos:
1) more frends (more potential downlines)
2) more lively (can sell more)
3) more daring
4) are presumed to be at crossroad of deciding wad they wan to do in their future
5) are presumed to be unsure of their future
6) are presumed to need $$$

Im a humble ex MLM-er.
i dun boast wad i say is totally true and they all cheats.
no.
wad i wan to say is,
OPEN UR EYES BIG BIG
AND SEE WHETHER IS IT PRACTICAL FOR U TO STAY IN MLM.

Im working a $6/h part timer and my life is happier then i work there.
cos

I dun have to lie.