Thanks to everyone for keeping me from making a big mistake. Today I had a half hour information call considering joining Melaleuca MLM "scam". Thanks to all respondents, good and bad, for the information. I must say that the representatives were not truthful and forthcoming with the knowledge that I learned from all of you. There are some comments I wish to make on some specific posts.
I am disabled, living literally from hand to mouth, and the post from the single mom was powerful. I can't afford that much in products per month, I don't even spend that a month at Wal-Mart.
The posts that I thought most informative and which made up my mind to not persue this course were the ones involving JJ, a company rep. His patronization and condecending attitude illustrated to me how someone can get gung ho about anything if money is involved. If he is any indication of customer service and reps from the company (not to mention the other horror stories) then I want nothing to do with them.
Granted that the products my be wonderful, eco-friendly, natural, etc..., but hasn't anyone ever shopped at a natural food store at all? Has no one ever done a search on the net for natural cleaners, cosmetics, toiletries, and nutritional supplements? They are everywhere, some very reputable and effective. Many less expensive because they do not use marketing scams to sell their products.
A word about tea tree oil used in many of Melaleuca (the scientific name of tea tree) products. I can not use them as I have ultra sensitive skin. As another poster pointed out and was attacked for, I have a horrible allergic reaction to tea tree. I haven't tried to take it internally, but who is to say I wouldn't also have allergies to it internally. Any product, no matter how "safe" and "natural" it is touted, can cause an allergic reaction in someone. How many of us can eat peanuts, use products with peanut oil, yet others have fatal reactions because they have an allergy. As I age I find I am developing allergies to many antibiotics that never before caused even a side effect. As we age our bodies change and as any physician, naturopathopathic doctor, dietician, nutritionist etc... Will tell you nothing is one size fits all with any product used externally or internally on/in our bodies.
Again, thanks to you all! I think I am smart enough to figure out something I can do at home on my own so someone else isn't getting rich off of my hard work.
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