Michael Horn has always had a bit of a problem with the truth. He is the publicist for Billy Meier after all. However, in his latest email newsletter he asks his readers to join him in the Multi-Level Marketing scam involving Multi-Pure water filtration systems. Here is his email:
Dear List Members,
A number of important things to tell you about. I’ll try to keep it brief.
A Real Win-Win
The focus of this newsletter is on the environment and on personal ways to make a positive contribution, reduce environmental impact and actually save/make money in the process.
Drinking water conditions are such that even President Obama and his cancer research team highly suggest that every family now use a water filter.
I’ve personally used and sold the most effective water filters in the world for more than 30 years and they have been rated a BEST BUY by Consumers Digest.
Because of my long standing relationship with Multi-Pure, I’ve created a promo code here that will give you discounts between $59.95 and $79.95 on your system. That means instead of my making that money when you buy a system…YOU will receive it back as YOUR discount!
Really, it’s yours. No tricks, no gimmicks. You sign up to be a distributor ($10). Then use my *promo codes to get any of their drinking water systems at the discounted price (plus a FREE gift!). There’s isn’t any obligation to sell products to get the discount. If you want to build a business, go for it – they have the number one products, great commissions and phenomenal support. And everyone who cares about their health will want and need the best systems available. (Their shower filters also remove chlorine!)
Benefits:
You get a *$59.95 – *$79.95 discount on all drinking water systems!
You get a FREE gift with purchase of every system (usually at least $40 value)!
You can buy on their installment plan and still get the discount!
You can rent if you prefer at $19.50 p/month (no discount)!
You get pure drinking water at $.08 per gallon!
You can earn money selling or referring!
They’re a long term green company and very community conscious. And you get enough pure water from just one replacement filter cartridge to eliminate the need for 12,000 8 ounce water bottles!!! Some places in the U.S. are even considering banning bottled water, good areas to promote this smarter alternative! So just go here to start saving money.
*Once again, discount codes (enter when ordering):
For $59.95 use: [redacted]
For $79.95 use: [redacted]
Lastly, once again, please do yourself the favor of getting the best quality drinking (and even showering) water available, save a ton of money over bottled water, help reduce the huge amount of plastic polluting our planet…and even create a thriving business for yourself in the process.
All the best,
MH
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written by zapperz February 7th, 2011 at 23:24 | #1
Funny you call MLM a scam, tell that to AMWAY a $6 billion corporation that started out just like that and is listed on the NYSE. If your link is the best you can do to slam MLM, then your research is the shoddiest I have seen yet for an organization to call itself a research group. Sounds more like a smear campaign like the liberal media that slams anyone that disagrees with them. Keith Oberman would be proud of you guys, but personally I find most of your stuff to be shoddy.
written by tboice April 6th, 2011 at 09:40 | #2
Are you ignorant or just dishonest? You really need to do your research before you make false claims. Your tagline says that you “investigate claims from a rational, scientific viewpoint, and disseminate factual information about such inquiries to the public.”
You clearly don’t understand MLM as a business model, nor Multi-Pure. While there most definitely are pyramid scams out there disguised as MLM, the network marketing industry is a legitimate business model that pays representatives commissions when they sell products.
Pyramid scams that are based on paying reps to sign up new reps without real products being sold are scams, indeed. In order to find a REAL MLM business opportunity, find out if it is listed as a member of the Direct Selling Association, which has a strict code of ethics and serves as a watchdog for the industry.
Multi-Pure is a DSA member and has been a leader in the drinking water industry for 40 years. It offers a genuine business opportunity for individuals to earn commissions when they recommend and sell Multi-Pure water filters. Everything Michael Horn shared in his letter is correct. As an independent distributor of the company, he can offer discounts and free gifts when customers wish to purchase from him.
The MLM business model is so effective at distribution, that some of the big mainstream companies are now including it in their marketing plans: Dove Chocolates, Medifast, energy companies, and many more!
The fact is that companies utilizing the MLM system, are many times, more profitable than mainstream companies, especially in a bad economy. If you use network marketing, you already have an army of people promoting your product. You don’t need to spend heavily on television spots (hiring expensive actors, directors, shooting locations) or on billboards or on newspaper front pages. You have your network speaking about your product and they will keep promoting it because they’re rewarded financially for doing so. It’s really no different than affiliate marketing on the internet…reps get paid commissions to share products.
There is no shortage of web sites and blogs dedicated to slamming the MLM industry. There ARE scams out there, and the people who vocally complain are those who didn’t do their research and got sucked into scams. They’re also the ones who got started in legitimate MLM companies, but didn’t earn all of the money they thought they could. Some MLMs require monthly autoship, so unless the networker is out there making sales, their part-time business venture could be costly. Multi-Pure requires no monthly autoship and only charges $10 to sign up to become a distributor for life!
There are also countless web sites and blogs written by network marketers whose lives have been richly blessed by their MLM business opportunities. It’s netWORK…you do the work and you can succeed.
Do your research. To declare Michael Horn as a scam artist, simply because he is recommending a product is dishonest and ignorant.
written by tboice May 4th, 2011 at 15:33 | #3
Why does moderation take so long? I submitted my comment an entire month ago. Your claim that Multi-Pure is a scam is libelous and outrageous. Unless my comment is posted by May 10 to defend Multi-Pure, you will face legal action.
written by jsrail August 21st, 2011 at 11:17 | #4
I would suggest that anyone interested in any MLM deal contact Multi-Pure Company directly, as they offer these “distributorships.” Make sure and understand EXACTLY what is being asked of you and decide whether or not you think its something you are interested in. Go in not believing anything they tell you and that will help. Ask lots of questions and walk away if it sounds too good to be true. I have seen too many people over the years looking for get-rich-quick schemes go into them blind and find out 3 months later, that they feel ripped off. Understand that you have to be a sales person if you ever want to make money, develop your own customer base, etc., etc. Very few people ever even make their original investment back out. And these discounts are offered by dozens of people on the internet that I found within a few minutes on Google. Personally, I tell everyone to run away as fast as they can whenever they start looking into MLM’s! Do your homework first folks.