MLM & clinics

[Guest guest]

Hello Everyone,

I have been solicited quite a few times about the gogi berry and other

various " herbal " products with the idea that I can sell them to my

patients. The pitch is that I can create a win/win for the patients

and myself. The patient gets this great $40 bottle of juice and I get

residual money from the sale.

Here is my problem and I wonder if anyone else is struggling with this

one. I work very hard to show my patients I am a competent, honest,

professional that is in service to helping their health. What would

happen to all of that dedication and hard work when the first

Dateline,20/20,CNBC special that comes on talking about a pyramid

scheme that involves gogi berry juice or anything else I'm selling?

 

I think this is a great discussion and I have a site dedicated to the

business of acupuncture. www.acupunctureeconomics.ning.com. Please

check it out and give feedback.

 

Thank you

 

Steve Smith, M.Ed.,M.Ac.,L.Ac

Acupuncturist

301-524-6170

[Guest guest]

Hi Steve,

 

I read your presentation at http://www.mindfulhealing.biz/acupuncturist.shtml

and feel that you are making a good contribution to Chinese medicine's

cultivation in American culture. I'm impressed with what you've done on behalf

of acupuncture in the military and government setting. Congratulations.

 

With regard to the economics of MLM, all pyramid schemes are

win-lose-lose-squared-lose-cubed, etc. It doesn't take a degree in mathematics

to see that any individual's profits come from downstream distribution. End

users always get a fraction of what they pay for. It's the economics of the

monarchy, kingdom or empire. It takes a multitude of pawns to create and

support the wealth at the pinnacle of the kingdom. Our Western culture

supposedly outgrew that sort of thing in the 18th Century. Could be that some

folks didn't get the memo.

 

Respectfully,

Emmanuel Segmen