What do I do? Wife wants to join RF

[PSD Ryan]

My wife got a facebook message from a friend out of the blue about joining Rodan + Fields. It's a pyramic scheme that sells anti aging crap. She wants to join and it looks like if she does, we stand to lose no less than $350-1000. I'm trying to explain to her how it works, and that it will fail. The stuff runs $50 per bottle, and I guess consultants make 25%, so just to make up the initial investment, she'd have to sell 29 bottles at the minimum buy in level, and 83 at the big one. And each bottle lasts 2 months, so even if she could get a few people buying regularly, it would take at least a year to pay off the initial investment, and stands almost no chance of being a significant source of income.

anyway, I explain all this to her, and how 90% of people fail at this kind of thing, and she still wants to do it. Not quite sure how to let her know it's stupid and she will fail without sounding like a jerk about it. She's convinced she can pull it off because she sold cosmetics at walgreens for a year. This is about networking more than salesmanship.

Anyone have some RF horror stories?

[BrandonA]

My ex signed up for about 3-4 schemes like this. Everyone a money losing venture.

[TxTechBowhunter]

Any company that you have to buy their product to become an employee is generally a bad idea.

Mary Kay, Avon, Scentsy, etc. All are multilevel marketing schemes were you basically are recruiting people to sell the product more than you are actually selling any product.

Sure, a few people will make good money off of it, but like you said over 90% of them will fail.

[CastAndBlast]

I have a family member that has bought into almost every pyramid scheme business out there. No kidding, at least 20+ that I know of. Every holiday that I see this individual, they present a new "business" to my family and I. I have gone so far as to give them money, but not allow them to "sign me up".


All of that to say, out of all of these opportunities. They have never succeeded at a single one. Now they are living with their parents at 50+ yoa, and still borrowing money to invest in the next pyramid scheme.

It may work for some, but I have yet to meet one of those

[Skyjunky]

Time to put the man foot down.

[crow]

I say give her the funds. if she fails it's ok but she will get to try.

[Coach W]

My wife sold mary Kay while we were in college... Said she could make money at it... Blah blah blah....

Well knowing she'd be ****** if I told her the truth, that she wasnt gonna make any money and she was just a pawn for an old lady in a pink car with too much blue eye shadow... I went along with it and supported her 100%... She did eventually fail. Never made any money at it but she was happy.

If you have 350-1000 to blow to make her happy. Hell it's worth it. Or better yet just tell her you'd take her to the jewelers and y'all could spend the money there instead... Whatever she says then just go with it.

You may have the weiner.... But she's got the bun... And hotdogs are a ton better than a lonely weenie.

[hammackc]

My wife sold mary Kay while we were in college... Said she could make money at it... Blah blah blah....

Well knowing she'd be ****** if I told her the truth, that she wasnt gonna make any money and she was just a pawn for an old lady in a pink car with too much blue eye shadow... I went along with it and supported her 100%... She did eventually fail. Never made any money at it but she was happy.

If you have 350-1000 to blow to make her happy. Hell it's worth it. Or better yet just tell her you'd take her to the jewelers and y'all could spend the money there instead... Whatever she says then just go with it.

You may have the weiner.... But she's got the bun... And hotdogs are a ton better than a lonely weenie.

Lmao, and good advice!

[Russ]

My fiance made $35,000 extra aside from her full time job by selling Silpada jewelry last year!!! But you don't have to buy the product first in order to sell it. All those deals seem shady but she has made me a believer in that silver jewelry she sells for a side job. She loves it too!

[TxSuperDad]

Tell her that I said there are better products to sell with less start up cost that does not revolve around the scheme.

I have done many of the pyrimid type deals and even the ones that say they arent pyramid deals and it just sucks to put it simply.

With a good product that is in demand anyone can sell it because it sells itself. Just find the woman something to do. She just wants to make some money brother

[captainsling]

My fiance made $35,000 extra aside from her full time job by selling Silpada jewelry last year!!! But you don't have to buy the product first in order to sell it. All those deals seem shady but she has made me a believer in that silver jewelry she sells for a side job. She loves it too!

My wife sold Silpada for a while and made good money at it for about a year and then lost interest. Now "we" have over a $1000 in silver jewelry that she had to have to sell it!

[Raypo]

Let her loose the money or you will get grief for every gun or investment you make in the future

[PSD Ryan]

I may give it to her, but when it fails, I'm going to end up saying "i told ya so". lol Thanks guys.

[dhillis]

try talking her into doing something with less investment up front. My wife sells thirty-one(bags and organization stuff) and scentsy(wickless/flameless candles) and makes a lil spending money

[BigL]

set $2000 aside, give her half to spend how she wants no questions asked and the same for you. Go to the strip club and have a great time.