You decide
Just had to put my 2 cents worth in. First I am biased, because I have been a very satisfied member of Team National for over 2 ½ years now and have saved almost 6 times what my membership cost me. And personally I have not bought anything that I would not have bought if I were not a member. I also will not defend Team National, the integrity of the company and its leadership speaks for itself this is just my personal experience and opinion.
Pyramid: I don’t think so. I own a small business and I can say with a reasonable amount of certainty my employees income will never exceed my own. If I choose to take part in the earning program with TN, which I can do at no cost, the potential income is limitless, regardless of how much the person who hosted me chooses to make. Which one sounds like a pyramid to you?
Scam: This Company has been in business since 1997, according to my CPA many scams pop up and fizzle out in 12 – 18 months and if this were a scam it would have burned itself out a long time ago.
Network marketing: For my business in 1 year I spent over $1200.00 for a yellow pages ad, this produced 1 new customer for me who spent approximately $150.00. I spent an additional $400.00 for a newspaper ad, this netted me $0.00 and no new customers whatsoever. I do semi-annual direct mailings to existing customers at a cost of about $200.00 that produces about $900.00 dollars in income but no new clients (so far the best investment). But based on actual customer surveys 95% of my business is repeat customers and ones who have been referred by satisfied customers. That in a nutshell is network marketing. By the way the other 5% have just been driving or walking by and saw my sign. TN pays you for referring customers. With my experience with advertising, that’s smart business, pay for the results, not the circulation statistics.
As for the membership price, I pay to be a member of the local chamber of commerce. I still haven’t figured out the benefit of this. I also pay to be a member of the local Farmer’s COOP, so I save substantially when I go buy feed for my animals. But to save that money, I have to be a member of the group that has negotiated the lower prices based on the volume the group purchases as a whole, not just based on my own purchases. This membership also makes good business sense.
Decide for yourselves, but to me it seemed there were two ways to lose. 1. Not be a member of TN. 2. Be a member & not take advantage of the savings.
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06-11-2007, 08:43 PM
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