don't say until like you purposely let others win.Originally posted by christopher_rf:OKOK, You win..
I give up, please celebrate your victory and pray that we will fall asap or you have to eat your words
Whatever proof you want its definitely you have to meet up with the management, but don't bother as i have already said... 100 posts a day.
You just want some stupid idiot to post his income tax so that his personal details will be on a forum.
Than his address home no. contacts and all will be shown to public, what a fool...
Be his customer, or downline, that person will gladly show you
Keep it up,
When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.. 200 posts tmr!
than what if the mlm is being used to masked/cover-up ponzi scheme on the surface?Originally posted by bangkokboy:By the way guys, MLM companies can last longer than Ponzi Schemes because they do not make the promises of 100% capital return + interest.
Ponzi Schemes normally collapses after 3-5 years when it gets really complicated. Most of the times, the signs to watch out for are rapidly diminishing returns for new investors.
That was what was said 3 years ago, and some even claim sunshine empire exited for 28 yearsOriginally posted by Razorsharp:I see no point in this thread. Everything anyone from SE says turn to dust.
I agree the fact that aunties and uncles are being brought in questionable, and god knows how long the company will last. But on the other side of it, there are indeed services being launched by the company, and it is developing. I think the company still has some time before its success its judged.
The EMCOM wireless project is estimated to launch by Jan 08, and the EMCALL service to launch officially in 1-2 months' time. Maybe you guys can come back and declare it a failure after the poor response from the market.
Just a word of Advice.Originally posted by Razorsharp:I see no point in this thread. Everything anyone from SE says turn to dust.
I agree the fact that aunties and uncles are being brought in questionable, and god knows how long the company will last. But on the other side of it, there are indeed services being launched by the company, and it is developing. I think the company still has some time before its success its judged.
The EMCOM wireless project is estimated to launch by Jan 08, and the EMCALL service to launch officially in 1-2 months' time. Maybe you guys can come back and declare it a failure after the poor response from the market.
Aiyo.....Christopher.......comon la.......be mature la. Who are you to come to this forum and explain so many bullshit? don't you understand until now? Who do you think is the moderator? Fireice or Laurence82?Originally posted by laurence82:If dont want to get into shit, dont even start
Anyone who comes in and boast about anything, must expect to be challenged
Nobody gonna sit around and think whatever you said is true
And please dont act like a small child demanding to be obeyed and listened to
To set the record straight, Sunshine Empire did not exist for 28 years. It was registered last year in which they changed name from a previous Niutrend International. More likely the 28 years statistic is the length of time JP spent engaging in business and/or MLM.Originally posted by laurence82:That was what was said 3 years ago, and some even claim sunshine empire exited for 28 years
and we still waiting
and read the list of failed schemes posted by Telescope
Yeap, i agree, people who are not legally recognised as agents, representative or employees should not be representing the company or even answering questions. Its not their duty to do so, as they can get away with saying even the most ludicrous stuff.Originally posted by Procter:True, there may be too many past projects which suggest that there may have been a major problem with the network in the past, but just what if, what if the current one is different and just might work out?
Anyway, this forum is likely to stay in ad hominem stasis because except for the odd interest, very few distributors from SE who are earning big bucks, getting their income taxes and cars will be bothered to come down and put in their two cents' worth. Most will likely be new, enthusiastic and probably not fully-trained people (pardon my unintended slight) who just happened to hunker down onto this forum. And in which, they'll most likely respond to the slightest insult towards their company more with their emotions and less with universal reason.
In that case, other than the fictional 'perfect training system' that i mentioned beforehand, would u happen to have a solution to this issue? The very core activity in network marketing happens to be spreading of the company's profile mouth-to-mouth (relatively) informally, not by professional advertising, corporate appointments and such. The government itself recognises and does not dispute the existance and legality of MLM, but due to the long standing war between consumers/unhappy distributors vs the way they handle their operations, even the head honchos of the country did not deign to comment on the development of this industry.Originally posted by laurence82:Yeap, i agree, people who are not legally recognised as agents, representative or employees should not be representing the company or even answering questions. Its not their duty to do so, as they can get away with saying even the most ludicrous stuff.
What you're referring to is disillusion. Granted that negative reaction to a new project after a string of failures is not unexpected, but does that mean that no quarter for consideration should be given to a new one if it does start to adhere to promises and is moving in a different direction from the past? Critics should respond in a rational enough manner that would make pple feel that their stand is justified, rather than to make strongly suggestive statements that i find not much basis on. Again, i refer to a few individuals. Sorry about that.As for keeping hope, this been said many times everytime there is a new project (note the damn high turnover of projects). So issit doomsayers prophecies, or is it people no longer bothered to be conned to keep hope?
Similiarly, on the other side of the gulf, there are also forumers who thrive on targeting agents with lack of any tact and shoot off the barrel without bothering to think about what they're saying. As i said before, no offense meant, but the agents you see here are most likely the bottom-of-the-barrel, too used to spending time picking nits on the net rather than spending useful time outside consolidating their knowledge and expanding their network. I dare say even that the company itself may not approve of some of the material mentioned in the threads, just that it has not taken any action.As for ad hominem arguments, even forumers who came in with neutrality or has no interest in this subject has noted how agents are ruining the image of the companies with tireless ranting, whining and flaming, and which subsequently lead to banning, and more ranting whining and flaming.
However i can assure you, such behaviour is much less apparent in the company. It might seem significant in the forum, but forum is out of company bounds and not within its direct jurisdiction. Unless a discussion in this forum directly threatens company interests, of course.If the company cannot get control and cease this behaviour on the significant scale, there is no point telling people numerous times that these are rookies. This is the business world, ie, who cares? In the real world, rookies like these are fired immediately.
I have heard a quote from one of the better respected individuals in the company, saying that most of the people in SE, no matter how much they earn in the company, will earn less than peanuts if we're all thrown into the real business world. This is something I, and many other agents are painfully aware of. 95% of the agents are learning sales skills (and some rather not efficiently due to the size of the company), not business management. So if you wish to use the analogy of a corporate business on SE, you're right, a pwning session will be in progress.This is not a school where people are given chances and be allowed to justify themselves. Which is what i said, get away from the pseudo business world James Phang been putting you guys in. Go to the real business world with these ridiculous ideas and prepared to be pwned, as they say.
so at the end..what? the company's solution is? again, you are harping on an omnipotent and perfect system, but my posts say 'on the significant scale', please stick to the point...at the end of the day, after saying all this, then what? if there are a few who can do the damage, lets say, on this forum alone, then what? no matter how much you harp on omnipotent CEO and perfect training system, someone, or rather, now a bunch of people doing the damage, now what?Originally posted by Procter:Correct, distributor profile is an important indicator as to the manner in which information is distributed to the public.. It depends on the makeup of the company in the first place. Certain companies, strangely, attract youngsters more and others attract older and more mature individuals, just like your Amway and Herbalife. And I'll have to agree that companies whose demographics are younger, tend to be experiencing more problems with portraying company image. SE is not the only one with this issue, others with hot-blooded youths include Venture Era and Enyouth.
That's why the supposedly 'more-established' companies are able to handle themselves better. SE's management has tried to tackle this with the introduction of the minimum age (1 rule (probably in accordance to official working regulations), but what i was enquiring here was a more efficient way of handling overenthusiastic young people. Top down influence might work under controlled situations where everybody down the line has the minimum maturity to adhere to the right things, but not when there's a sprawling network spread everywhere with an enticing product that does not require that much of a distributor's efforts to close the average layman as other products such as aromatherapy and magnetic mattresses. Not easy to try to be an omnipotent CEO, u know.
after reading through this part, i am still aghast, damage is done, you realise that, then what? you talk about not being able to explain everything away...then why are you here doing what you said that was not perfectly possible? again, my point was, damage is done, what is the company doing? i mean, the rest of your points doesnt make sense, things like, i have to give them some time, give the company time...does this work in the real world? damage is done, and you are telling people to back off, be nice and so on? huh?Originally posted by Procter:Exchange of information in this forum is a very interesting topic you know. Since this place is not an official representation of SE, you have to always take what you see here with a very heavy pinch of salt. The only real info as to what the company is portraying is what comes from its official talks and seminars. Therefore inference from this place should never be taken seriously unless quoted by a reliable or official source. Even than, that is subject to scrutiny as it may be outdated.
Damage is done everywhere you know. Even my grandpa hurls constant abuse at EPL when among his friends (due to losing bets) and there's no end of criticism at practically every company that exists. There's a good and bad side to everything. But laurence, if anti-laurence clubs sprang up in a dozen forums, would you go and try explaining yourself to all of them, or would you simply stick to what you know is right and let everything clear up when enough evidence them being mistaken emerges? SE knows it has a string of past failures to answer up for, and therefore is spending its resources to keep expanding its profile instead of snapping back. Proof in eventual action, eventual because nothing can be proven overnight. You have to give them some time. Just like this project is relatively new, the company also has to research and spend time to develop ways to try and curb the wanton behaviour of some of its more dubious members while making sure the project is not going to collaspe this time. Yes its a cold harsh world, but no one said it was going to be an easy ride in the first place.
By the way, even if the company was doing something to arrest the situation, there's always the possibility that forumers here are not aware about it because of the "exchange of information" here, or rather the lack of it.
again, solutions, results, solutions..not what if the company has done, what the company may have done, what could possibly not be disseminated to the publicOriginally posted by Procter:By the way, even if the company was doing something to arrest the situation, there's always the possibility that forumers here are not aware about it because of the "exchange of information" here, or rather the lack of it.
this is clear bullcrap, any mlm scheme is a hybrid investment scheme, since you have to input your own resources to gain something, whether its frontloading, investing in promotion tools or simply registering to begin your own businessOriginally posted by Procter:And for hopefully the last time, there is no investment scheme in SE. If there was, MAS would have come down on the management's throats by now. If anyone wants a clarification of this, feel free to pm me.
if anyone is to come to sgforums and boast their income, or most importantly their uplines income, it follows that they must be ready toOriginally posted by Procter:From your inference, I can conclude that there are many, many people who have 'blighted' sales skills because there are too many uneducated salespeople in many, many industries without proper training. I, for one, will not hesitate to prove my income when my income tax comes out in Oct (this is my first year filing tax). Unless there's a horde of people baying for my unaudited preliminary statement of tax right now, of course. ^^
And my fellow networkers whom have earned significant income have all filed our taxes too. You should have seen those of us new to it scramble on Apr 15 only to find out that it had been extended for e-filing.
The so called phrases out of mid air, namely 'corporate biz' and 'traditional biz'
were mentioned because of your previous statement that all of those involved in this 'pseudo business world' would be pwned if all of us were displaced into a fully corporate setting. Hence my statement that no one here can claim that they are a businessman in a meaningful way. i'm not trying to discard any ideas here unless it is so by my lack of perception.
Originally posted by laurence82:In fact, which of these stuff i mentioned during the rounds of debates can ever be so cleanly classified as 'biz management'? What is the point of using 'corporate business'? How come that got into the discussion, its like out of mid air. Same for the talk about traditional business?
Do you mean to say, for example, MLMers can evade tax because its no longer the tradtional business? Can MLMers be less professional because its no longer the traditional business? These are the issues that have been discussed all along and i didnt noe because its a new type of business, these ideas can be discarded.
who stated that rule.. erm.. you?Originally posted by laurence82:i
f anyone is to come to sgforums and boast their income, or most importantly their uplines income, it follows that they must be ready to
a) prove it online,
b) prove the whole company distributors have been benefitting significantly from this scheme for a long term period
not any short get rick quick scheme, not a scheme where top earns and bottom earn pitiful amount in comparison, not anything else, but a scheme where the large part of the distributors earn in the long term
again, corporate setting do not mean 'businessman' or 'entrepenurship' alone (since when i mention such definition anyway), again, please do not evade the issue by narrowing it down to businessman
this was the issue posted earlier
again, like i said, dont believe me, go and do that in the real worldOriginally posted by christopher_rf:who stated that rule.. erm.. you?
so i believe if anyone is to come to sgforums and declare a company illegal or most importantly that it is a scam, it follows that they must be ready to
a) prove it online,
b) prove the whole company distributors have been cheated and not benifitting.
is a short get rick quick scheme, a scheme where top earns and bottom earn pitiful amount in comparison, not anything else,
again, corporate setting do not mean 'businessman' or 'entrepenurship' alone (since when i mention such definition anyway), again, please do not evade the issue by narrowing it down to businessman
this was the issue posted earlier
I'm lazy to edit all you know wha ti mean...
Why do you think sgforumers call him the channel banana?Originally posted by Procter:p.s. Laurence, u do offer good food for thought at times!
Well i told you that they do show their incomes to their prospects and downlines... but which idiot would do it online, would you? would you laurence do that?Originally posted by laurence82:again, like i said, dont believe me, go and do that in the real world
for eg. join an investment company, market a fund and tell people you dont have the duty to prove whether the fund is capable of generating returns
go tell other MLMers you dont have to prove your income
tell people the law regarding median, mean, mode income is fake
told you many times, boast something and trying to market something you have an interest in, prove it
this is basic logic, i cant believe i am explaining this to people who say they are learning sales skills
Till date, no one is explaining or trying to rebutt. Instead, they are harping on various issues that may be subjective.Originally posted by mrleech:I find it strange is that why everyone is making such a big fuss over personal attacks. How you decide to react is entirely up to your own judgement. No point getting worked up.
MLM is an industry to stay, whether you like it or not. However, I guess plenty of goverance and legislation would be needed to ensure the proper development. See how the trade of insurance have changed throughout the years.
With the case for Sunshine Empire and EGA, no point pushing and shoving around verbally. Facts should be shown and facts are facts. They cannot be wrong unless there are concrete evidence. Thus flaming alone will not change those facts.
Fact 1
NTI has been renamed Sunshine Empire.
HBCI has been renamed EGA
Thus, both NTI and HBCI should not be reflected under the group of companies under EGA.
Fact 2
As of the last check, EGA's shareholders are not shareholders in Emcom or SE. Thus the claim of EGA having SE and Emcom as subsidiaries are baseless. How to check? Go ACRA and do an enquiry. Pay $5.20 and you have your answer. Want more information? Pay more and you can see more.
Fact 3
EGA's paid up capital is $100k. Emcom's paid up is $2m. SE's paid up is $150k. Don't you find it interesting that a company with $100k paid up should be an owner of a $2m paid up company?
Fact 4
The marketing plan requires you to at least join as a Bronze Member (BM). If my sources are correct, the value is US$280. With a membership, you can then decide to stay there or upgrade to a partner level. The most common is the GP or Gold Partner costing US$6900. That aside, I was told by a Business Development Manager from SE that I can already enjoy my commission payback even as a BM by getting another BM to join under my wings. Those familiar with the MLM Law in SG would be able to detect what is wrong.
Do make your own judgement even when you read the points I made. If you feel that I may not be making right statements, please feel free to drop by their company to ask for yourself. Nothing beats finding out the information yourself.
Please note that I am not advocating that the business is good/legitimate/scam/etc. I made my own judgement call with information that I have found. You should make your own judgement. Do a due diligence check. Imagine if you are going to start a business, a businessman would do as much checks on the industry and stuff before deciding on his next step. Same goes for MLM.
Again, you only narrow down the issue to a simplistic situation for which no logic can be applied, and which was never what i said or imply.Originally posted by christopher_rf:Well i told you that they do show their incomes to their prospects and downlines... but which idiot would do it online, would you? would you laurence do that?
Please quote other things besides the "i don't wanna be an idiot and paste my income slip on a public website" Quote why it will fail in a few months... you have been doing that for years...
Post something that will work the company to death..