One user noted, “It’s just the saddest thing to watch. Decent people fall into it, become super excited about it, and allow MLMs to take over their lives. Meanwhile, these pyramid schemes bleed them dry."
“My neighbors once spent all their money on a private firework show, then had to hide their cars from the repo man for months. Edit: no longer neighbors."
“My mum has spent $1000s on crystals and stones. Yet, she continues and even gives them as gifts. I have no idea what I should do with them, so I put them in my plants’ pots then she gets upset for some reason."
“I had a coworker back in the mid-2000s rent a PlayStation 2. He was a good guy but always strapped for cash, but he was very proud he finally got a PS2. They were like $200 brand new. And he was paying $40/wk for 12 weeks,” one shared.
“I spent nearly $400 to get my ex’s car back out of a towing lot after he traded it for a fake check from a scammer, who then got arrested, and the car ended up in a lot,” a final person commented.