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MonaVie

Just What The Heck Is MonaVie, And Should I Sell It?

An anonymous reader asks,

I've been approached by a friend to join up with MonaVie acai juice—it's a "superfood" juice that's sold through "network marketing." I actually do like the product, and this is a friend I trust, but my alarm bells are still going off. I don't want to get sucked into a scam, obviously. There's nothing about this company on your site, so I thought I'd drop you a line and see if you had any advice.

Here's our advice: don't do it! When you look at the business details and filter out the friend-of-a-friend stories, it's not worth the hassle.

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7:14 PM on Mon Oct 6 2008
By Chris Walters
19,387 views, 108 comments

Latest by fonfa: While I was in the USA a coworker tried to convince me to join and be the first brazilian seller more »

scams

How The Modern Pyramid Scheme Stays Barely Legal

The modern pyramid scheme has undergone slight tweaks in order to stay just with the bounds of the law, and still keep the fun scam times going. When you strip away all the pretty foil and chocolate, though, a naked Ponzi sits in the center, laughing his ass off. More »

Feature

7:24 PM on Fri Oct 5 2007
By Ben Popken
11,156 views, 63 comments

Latest by mikagsd: For those of you bashing the entire network marketing industry, did you ever stop to think about the fact Warren more »

ds-max

4 Typical DS-MAX MLM Scam Job Ads Found On Monster, HotJobs, CareerBuilder And Jobster

Using the names of companies accused of being DS-Max (now known as Innovage) subsidiaries/affiliates on Ripoffreport and a list on DS-Max The Aftermath, I did a search of Monster, Hot Jobs, and other job sites to pick out real ads that are out there and should be avoided. More »

11:49 AM on Tue Jun 19 2007
By Ben Popken
5,998 views, 18 comments

Latest by quentinr: I'm currently out of a job, and am certainly will NOT be fooled by their BS. Doing a google search more »

ds-max

How To Spot A DS-MAX Style MLM Scam Job Ad

Here are some of the qualities of a "business" operating under DS-MAX (now known as Innovage, though the same company owns both trademarks...) principles, an organization responsible for many complaints alleging scams, fraud, and general employee deprivation in a "sales-cult" atmosphere. More »

6:13 PM on Mon Jun 18 2007
By Ben Popken
4,541 views, 12 comments

Latest by flyover: Hey - don't insult highschoolers web design effort. While in high school, my computer friend were are very talented and I more »

brandwashing

Amway's Baaaaaaccck!

Like a sequel to a horror movie, the Amway brand name is bursting out of a shallow grave, reports ABCmoney:
The move also was widely viewed as a way of helping the company shed some of the negative connotations the Amway name had acquired. The Quixtar name, however, never resonated with the public.
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1:41 PM on Wed Jun 13 2007
By Ben Popken
1,810 views, 22 comments

Latest by jothar: Rickross.com lists Amway as a cult. more »

sock puppets

Nu-Life Owns The Trademarks For Innovage AND DS-MAX

Nu-Life, the company so mad at us about "adversely" affecting its DS-MAX trademark, saying that old DS-MAX became Innovage and Nu-Life has nothing to do with the actions of old DS-MAX or new Innovage... More »

12:56 AM on Wed Jun 13 2007
By Ben Popken
3,605 views, 39 comments

quantum marketing

Man Escapes Working For DS-MAX-esque Charity Scam, Lives To Blogs His Tale

A reader who used to work for Quantum Marketing, one of the "Aftermax" companies, (the term for companies that old DS-MAX (now known as Innovage) spawned), wrote several posts describing how his company scammed people who thought they were donating money to D.A.R.E. More »

4:07 PM on Tue Jun 12 2007
By Ben Popken
2,850 views, 14 comments

Latest by bja2563: I was on an All-Day Observation recently with Atacora Enterprises, based in Baltimore, MD. It didn't take me long more »

chilling effect

DS-MAX Tries To Shut Down Our IDT-Energy Investigation

UPDATE: Nu-Life Owns The Trademarks For Innovage AND DS-MAX More »
investigations

Consumerist Undercover At IDT Energy: Table Of Contents

In case you missed any of 7-part undercover report on IDT-Energy, Midtown Promotions, and the fabulous worlds of energy resale and multi-level-marketing, here's a recap: More »

10:48 AM on Tue Jun 12 2007
By Ben Popken
4,683 views, 11 comments

investigations

Consumerist Undercover At IDT Energy: The Confession

After only three days with Midtown Promotions, I could already tell that I'd wait weeks, maybe months or a full year before coming upon hard evidence of fraud, if I found any evidence at all. After leaving James and Doreen in the Bronx, I took the afternoon off and went to work on these diaries. More »

Feature

3:35 PM on Fri Jun 8 2007
By consumerintern
12,341 views, 48 comments

Latest by waddsworth: I think the problem with this article is that it set out to find a specific piece of evidence to more »