I guess a picture is worth a thousand words. Decided to upload this picture to really stress what i'm trying to say here. I think many of you guys out there heard about and maybe have been approached by people from a company called DCHL. My advice to you, stay away from it. Run as far as you can before they start brainwashing you.
So how did this little crusade start? Let me tell you a simple story. It was one sunny Friday where everything was going on pretty well.. well then again.. maybe not so well cos i lost every dota match on that day. A former classmate of mine called me in the afternoon to ask me out for a drink in the evening. Note, this friend was involved in the national service with me. I thinking to myself, "hmm.. haven't been in contact for so long, still can remember me eh? Of course wan go yam cha la.. can catch up on old times." So i agreed for the meeting without thinking twice.
Arriving at Starbucks, i was suprised to see so many of my old classmates there. At first, i thought they were there to study or it was just a coincident. Boy, how wrong was I. They were all there waiting for people to enter their den so they can have a bite. Started to chat with this friend of mine. Our topic seems to always hover on the theme of money. "How much money are you making now? Are you interested in making more money?" was his questions. Then he started to unveil his "business plan" which is no other than another MLM (Multi level marketing) scheme. At first, i thought " what the heck, ask me out for another MLM session?" After that, i was thinking since i was there already, my as well hear him out. To cut the story short, he was proposing that i pay RM2500 to join/buy the company's (DCHL) franchise/membership. After that, all my former classmates started to come one by one to "talk" to me. After the 2nd person, i was already feeling like having a mass massacre in there. Imagine 6 people coming to you and start singing the same song. One of my former classmate, which i shall call KJ, came and talked to me. Now, this guy used to be the biggest BS in class/form/school (you pick one). Now, after joining that DCHL thingy, i think he would qualify for the world's biggest BSser. Join 9 days onli wan come and talk like you've been in there for 20 years? Please la, i'm not a 5 year old kid for you to bluff.
Came back pretty pissed off. Went straight to my comp and started to research on that company. Called up my contacts in WSJ (Wall Street Journal) for some background info. It appears that this company is pretty "famous" on Lowyat.net already. Quite a number of people have falled for their "brilliant business plan" ( my take as someone who studied business, the plan is flawed and cannot be used in the real world ). You see, what they are trying to do here is sell a membership to me, not a product. After that, i'll then have to find another 5 people to sell the membership in order for me to recoup my loss. That 5 will then find another 5 so that they can recoup their loss and the list goes on. In order to earn real money, i'll then have to fork out 30k so that i can "cut count" and be upgraded to a count status. So where do i find this 30K? By digging from my downlines of course. I get them to work harder, recuit more people so that i can earn from their membership fees. Gee, thats so clever rite? In the end, what have i turned into? I'm no different from a blood sucking vampire!
What DCHL's members are focusing now is on the sale of their membership. Their products are secondary. I mean, who would want to sell products when membership recuitment yields the most? FYI, if more than 60% of an MLM's profit is derived from membership recuitment fees, then it's called a pyramid scheme and is illegal in many countries. The only reason why no action has been taken thus far is because in the process of the transaction, they (DCHL people) will transfer over some products to make it look legal. A friend of mine told me, "u dun wan Lampe Berger? nevermine, can take estabelle skincare products or eduard pinot perfume." Those items are useless in business term. They cannot be sold to the masses because there's no demand for them and their price is being marked up so high to feed all the uplines. Who would in the right mind, spend 300-400 bucks a month for aromatherapy oil or 1-3k for a Letterman bag? As you can see, the market for it is pretty ninche.
If anyone tries to approach you to join this scheme, ask them in the face to show you a breakdown on their actual real profit. Ask them to show you the actual profit from the sale of products, not from the recuiting fees. Ask them how much of their product is actually sold to an end user, not to their own distributer. Most of the people who joined end up being the users of those products because they cannot sell it off. Either that or they transfer it to their brainwashed downlines.
There's just too much to say in one post. If you're interested to know more, please join us in our discussion at
LB discussion or you can visit
Lampe Berger Help for a comprehensive explaination.
Anti Lampe Berger is also another good site for our anti DCHL/LB campaign.
remember, say no to DCHL. They'll only make your life miserable, not happy. Is it worth to lose your friends just to earn a few bucks? Where's the satisfaction in doing that? In the end, your only circle of friends is limited to your business partner.
