Why Don't Pyramid Schemes Work?

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  • nexcom28
    So Fucking Banned
    • Jan 2005
    • 3716
    #1

    Why Don't Pyramid Schemes Work?

    I could never understand why people would say they never work or they would never make you money (apart from the fact they are illegal in most countries).

    You invite 100 people to send you a dollar with a list of 100 names on a list. Your name is top. They then send the list to another 100 friends who add their name to the list and remove the bottom one from the list... Continue >>

    Think it's something like this.

    Anyway, why do they not work?
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    • Sly
      Let's do some business!
      • Sep 2004
      • 31376
      #2
      Send me $10,000 and I'll tell you.
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        • Markul
          Likes Pie
          • Dec 2007
          • 12403
          #3
          They work for those that start it.. so go for it lol
          But.... I pulled out...

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            • TheSquealer
              Mayor of Thneedville
              • Oct 2004
              • 26174
              #4
              This is certainly one way to announce your abysmal IQ to the public
              .
              Yes, fewer illegal immigrants working equates to more job opportunities for American citizens.

              Rochard

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                • beerptrol
                  Confirmed Asshole
                  • Feb 2003
                  • 12722
                  #5
                  Yep, it works quite well for the ones at the top!
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                    • nexcom28
                      So Fucking Banned
                      • Jan 2005
                      • 3716
                      #6
                      Originally posted by TheSquealer
                      This is certainly one way to announce your abysmal IQ to the public
                      It's the alcohol. Still it's probably double yours.

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                        • JockoHomo
                          "LIKE I GIVE A SHIT"
                          • Jun 2013
                          • 1523
                          #7
                          Read all about it...

                          "A pyramid scheme is an unsustainable business model that involves promising participants payment or services, primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme, rather than supplying any real investment or sale of products or services to the public."

                          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_schemehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_scheme

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                            • TheSquealer
                              Mayor of Thneedville
                              • Oct 2004
                              • 26174
                              #8
                              Originally posted by nexcom28
                              It's the alcohol. Still it's probably double yours.
                              Alcohol doesn't make you stupid. It lowers your inhibitions allowing you to say all the stupid shit you restrain yourself from saying otherwise.
                              .
                              Yes, fewer illegal immigrants working equates to more job opportunities for American citizens.

                              Rochard

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                                • JockoHomo
                                  "LIKE I GIVE A SHIT"
                                  • Jun 2013
                                  • 1523
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by TheSquealer
                                  Alcohol doesn't make you stupid. It lowers your inhibitions allowing you to say all the stupid shit you restrain yourself from saying otherwise.
                                  No true. Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant and as such lowers your ability to rationally think which is another way of stating "make you stupid."

                                  The higher the dosage the more anesthetized the user becomes and the more stupid.

                                  Now drink up and go out driving you fucking asshole.

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                                    • seeandsee
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                                      • Mar 2006
                                      • 50945
                                      #10
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                                        • DBS.US
                                          Geo Cities
                                          • Aug 2003
                                          • 11843
                                          #11
                                          People don't want to send $1 to anyone and get nothing in return.
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                                            • nexcom28
                                              So Fucking Banned
                                              • Jan 2005
                                              • 3716
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by DBS.US
                                              People don't want to send $1 to anyone and get nothing in return.
                                              Even if it guarantees 100k back

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                                                • TheSquealer
                                                  Mayor of Thneedville
                                                  • Oct 2004
                                                  • 26174
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by JockoHomo
                                                  No true. Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant and as such lowers your ability to rationally think which is another way of stating "make you stupid."

                                                  The higher the dosage the more anesthetized the user becomes and the more stupid.

                                                  Now drink up and go out driving you fucking asshole.
                                                  Gee, my self fisting friend,... care to explain how motor and sensory nerves are related to conscious "thinking"?

                                                  Thanks in advance.
                                                  .
                                                  Yes, fewer illegal immigrants working equates to more job opportunities for American citizens.

                                                  Rochard

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                                                    • Jel
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Feb 2007
                                                      • 6904
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by TheSquealer
                                                      This is certainly one way to announce your abysmal IQ to the public
                                                      totally storing that for real world use

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                                                        • bluebook18
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Mar 2012
                                                          • 4082
                                                          #15
                                                          i've seen people on TV arrested because of this pyramid scheme, how this shit work?

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                                                            • pornmasta
                                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                              • Jun 2006
                                                              • 20016
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by TheSquealer
                                                              This is certainly one way to announce your abysmal IQ to the public

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                                                                • 2MuchMark
                                                                  Mark of 2Much.net
                                                                  • Aug 2004
                                                                  • 50977
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Pyramid schemes work for the person on the very top of the pyramid. The lower you are on the pyramid, the harder you have to work to get more suckers to send you money, and the less money you make. It's illegal obviously and as far as I know, isn't attempted by too many people anymore.

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                                                                    • L-Pink
                                                                      working on my tan
                                                                      • Mar 2005
                                                                      • 39151
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by TheSquealer
                                                                      Gee, my self fisting friend

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                                                                        • ottopottomouse
                                                                          She is ugly, bad luck.
                                                                          • Jan 2010
                                                                          • 13177
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Originally posted by TheSquealer
                                                                          This is certainly one way to announce your abysmal IQ to the public
                                                                          ↑ see post ↑
                                                                          13101

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                                                                            • pimpmaster9000
                                                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                              • Dec 2011
                                                                              • 26732
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Originally posted by nexcom28
                                                                              I could never understand why people would say they never work or they would never make you money (apart from the fact they are illegal in most countries).

                                                                              You invite 100 people to send you a dollar with a list of 100 names on a list. Your name is top. They then send the list to another 100 friends who add their name to the list and remove the bottom one from the list... Continue >>

                                                                              Think it's something like this.

                                                                              Anyway, why do they not work?
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                                                                                • DBS.US
                                                                                  Geo Cities
                                                                                  • Aug 2003
                                                                                  • 11843
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Originally posted by nexcom28
                                                                                  Even if it guarantees 100k back
                                                                                  Send me $1 and put your name on top of the list
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                                                                                    • iSpyCams
                                                                                      Amateur Gynecologist
                                                                                      • May 2009
                                                                                      • 4436
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      Ponzi scheme - fake investment scheme where you pay out the first investor with the second investor's money to make it look real.

                                                                                      Pyramid scheme - same thing but with no fake investment and you don't pay anybody you make them get their own.

                                                                                      Multi level marketing (MLM) - same thing bu you ship physical goods

                                                                                      Bullshit affiliate programs work the same way. Offer a a huge PPS, get a bunch of affiliates on board, pay the first few to get the rest excited, then quietly disappear with everybody's money, change their nats passwords and bank while everyone tries to figure out who you are. Then announce a change of ownership or change of heart, rinse, repeat.

                                                                                      All these systems make money for whoever is pulling the strings and that's it.
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                                                                                        • bronco67
                                                                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                          • Dec 2006
                                                                                          • 29032
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          Schemes only work the schemer.

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                                                                                            • Barry-xlovecam
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                                                                                              • Jun 2010
                                                                                              • 18083
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                                                                                                • lordaRaG0n
                                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                                  • Nov 2013
                                                                                                  • 93
                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  they don't work because the rocks at the bottom that sustain all those rocks up the top are weak :D

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                                                                                                    • DannyA
                                                                                                      Registered User
                                                                                                      • Oct 2005
                                                                                                      • 85
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      I actually made a pretty good amount off straight up illegal offshore pyramid schemes back in the day when e-gold was a thing. They were all over the place and to be honest I don't think there was anything wrong with the because the risk was realistically advertised. I even got away with heavily advertising on Google somehow, but I think I avoided a lot of trouble because I was promoting it as a gamble/challenge not an investment.

                                                                                                      Honestly I think MLM programs are way worse. I had a whole bunch of friends get into Primerica and wanted to treat it like their new full time job. I was running sites for legit insurance companies so I offered to set them up with lead gen campaigns my companies clients would pay millions for, but not a single one of them was ever interested in selling an insurance policy. At the same time, they started working 40 hour weeks trying to get people to sign up and teach them to do the same damn thing. Primerica doesn't care if they hook 100 impoverished suckers into dedicating weeks of unpaid promotion as long as they get one who's smart enough to sell insurance for them down the line. To me that's worse than any stupid pyramid game.

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