Plexus pushers

insightful first post.

Tomk652015 wrote: »

insightful first post.

#sarcasm

but the thing is there is good money to be made, so unfortunately it will never end

I got sucked in by the plexus pushers on Facebook! The only thing i lost was $$$$$$$. A complete and total waste of time, it's yet another mlm scam!

Just because it isn't right for you doesn't mean it isn't for others. I don't use Plexus but I do use Advocare and have for several years and it has changed my life. I don't push it on others but if I am asked what is different about me I share. I tried a thousand ways to get all of my weight off and gain energy and I struggled. Advocare was a game changer for me.

TonyaLeeC wrote: »

Oh Dear Christine....I actually thought about it..the hype is good...but I just don't have that kind of money..yes..I agree...a scam. It bothers me that my friend is pushing it..She is a good soul and I think believes it..

It's like they use some sort of jedi mind control lol It took me many months of seeing it day in day out on my newsfeed to try it (I deleted my facebook since then). I made contact with many other plexus users, not the salespeople/ambassadors, and plexus did nothing for any of them either! The only people it works wonderfully for were the people who sold it....... ironically :huh:

Then when you go on their pages to ask questions on why it's not working, the two stock standard answers every single time were "You must be riddled with candida, you need to add x,y and z products" and "You're not drinking enough water, you MUST drink 1/2 your body weight in ounces every day for plexus to work".
Many people got banned from their support groups for questioning this BS. I spent nearly $200 a month on this crap, for iirc 5-6 straight months, with zero results!

TonyaLeeC wrote: »

What is it about people who "discover" a new MLM weight loss program...it is like getting religion! A friend on facebook got on it and now she pushes it at people constantly...egads....I have been around a long time and have seen these things come and go...if it works for ya..great..but golly give it a break now and then LOL

It's not just MLMs, people are like that with all sorts of things related to weight loss, health, or fitness. My FB feed is filled with workout check-ins from the new hot activity of the month, and recipes and links to articles about foods and diets. If you stick around here long enough, you can even watch people go from extolling the virtues of one way of eating to another. People just get excited when they find something that works for them after years of things not working. There was a time on the forums where you couldn't enter a post about strength training or body recomp without 10+ people recommending Stronglifts, because most of them just started and it was the Best. Program. Ever. and the frustration hadn't set in yet about not being able to handle the volume at a deficit with higher loads or hitting a wall because they couldn't handle the recommended weight increase and their gym didn't have fractional plates. There's always going to be some new, hot trend in the health and fitness world that everyone loves until the immediate gratification wears off, I personally just scroll on by and leave them to it.

Alatariel75 wrote: »

kgeyser wrote: »

TonyaLeeC wrote: »

What is it about people who "discover" a new MLM weight loss program...it is like getting religion! A friend on facebook got on it and now she pushes it at people constantly...egads....I have been around a long time and have seen these things come and go...if it works for ya..great..but golly give it a break now and then LOL

It's not just MLMs, people are like that with all sorts of things related to weight loss, health, or fitness. My FB feed is filled with workout check-ins from the new hot activity of the month, and recipes and links to articles about foods and diets. If you stick around here long enough, you can even watch people go from extolling the virtues of one way of eating to another. People just get excited when they find something that works for them after years of things not working. There was a time on the forums where you couldn't enter a post about strength training or body recomp without 10+ people recommending Stronglifts, because most of them just started and it was the Best. Program. Ever. and the frustration hadn't set in yet about not being able to handle the volume at a deficit with higher loads or hitting a wall because they couldn't handle the recommended weight increase and their gym didn't have fractional plates. There's always going to be some new, hot trend in the health and fitness world that everyone loves until the immediate gratification wears off, I personally just scroll on by and leave them to it.

I think the difference between the latest fad/trend and the MLMs though, is that often (not always) but often the people pushing the MLMs use underhanded tactics to get people on board "Try my free 5 day clean eating challenge!!", or will blatantly lie about the effects "This drink can cure diabetes, CFS, excema etc etc!" to make sales. So it's not just a fad, it's an actively promoted scam. They don't just recommend it, they actively try to convince people that they cannot possibly succeed without it, and will take money from people who can't afford it or don't need it just to hit sales targets.

Total agreement, plus they've also go skin in the game. My neighborhood facebook pusher of plexus made all kinds of off the wall claims about it from it cured rheumatoid arthritis to massive weight losses paired with massive muscle gains to never needing to take her kids to the doctor because of it.

I think there's been some pretty big crackdowns on the plexus peddlers recently. She went from wild heath claims daily to pretty much just posting about coupons and/or free shipping deals.

Alatariel75 wrote: »

kgeyser wrote: »

TonyaLeeC wrote: »

What is it about people who "discover" a new MLM weight loss program...it is like getting religion! A friend on facebook got on it and now she pushes it at people constantly...egads....I have been around a long time and have seen these things come and go...if it works for ya..great..but golly give it a break now and then LOL

It's not just MLMs, people are like that with all sorts of things related to weight loss, health, or fitness. My FB feed is filled with workout check-ins from the new hot activity of the month, and recipes and links to articles about foods and diets. If you stick around here long enough, you can even watch people go from extolling the virtues of one way of eating to another. People just get excited when they find something that works for them after years of things not working. There was a time on the forums where you couldn't enter a post about strength training or body recomp without 10+ people recommending Stronglifts, because most of them just started and it was the Best. Program. Ever. and the frustration hadn't set in yet about not being able to handle the volume at a deficit with higher loads or hitting a wall because they couldn't handle the recommended weight increase and their gym didn't have fractional plates. There's always going to be some new, hot trend in the health and fitness world that everyone loves until the immediate gratification wears off, I personally just scroll on by and leave them to it.

I think the difference between the latest fad/trend and the MLMs though, is that often (not always) but often the people pushing the MLMs use underhanded tactics to get people on board "Try my free 5 day clean eating challenge!!", or will blatantly lie about the effects "This drink can cure diabetes, CFS, excema etc etc!" to make sales. So it's not just a fad, it's an actively promoted scam. They don't just recommend it, they actively try to convince people that they cannot possibly succeed without it, and will take money from people who can't afford it or don't need it just to hit sales targets.

A free trial is just clever marketing that plays on emotions, not really dishonest. The challenge is to not feel obligated to buy after the trial period.

It's the miracle claims they make that are dishonest, all convoluted by what's really happening. The cabbage soup diet will legitimately shed both water and fat weight, it's just not sustainable.

TonyaLeeC wrote: »

What is it about people who "discover" a new MLM weight loss program...it is like getting religion! A friend on facebook got on it and now she pushes it at people constantly...egads....I have been around a long time and have seen these things come and go...if it works for ya..great..but golly give it a break now and then LOL

All MLMs are like that; it's not just weight loss programs. Even Amway attracts a good deal of religious-like fervor.