Comments on: I will crush you under a pyramid of lame

By: dan

dan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:20:08 +0000

Replied to the most recent comment here:

http://www.danwalmsley.com/2009/11/02/acn-serves-up-a-piping-hot-nonsenseburger/

By: rothesburger

rothesburger — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:05:54 +0000

You are a fool no offense my friend but you don’t understand the concept of the video phone or the way the business works and that’s a shame. It is not a pyramid scheme because pyramids are illegal in a lot of countries including my own. I don’t know about yours but this company is in 20 different countries all around the world and i have had no complaints with my customers and people who have chosen ACN as there provider. This is not a get rich quick so if that’s what you were looking for right off the bat then i am sorry to say that nothing in life is that easy. This is simple you sell EXISTING services wireless, local and long distance, TV etc. If you recall way back bell was the only option for Internet and home phone, do to deregulation it opened up the doors for other companies like Sprint, Rogers, AT&T etc…. ACN is just another one of those options. The difference is they have a method that bypasses advertising, marketing and mass mailing which costs millions a day to allow people like myself and others to acquire customers themselves and by doing so putting themselves in a position to earn a percentage of there customers bills every time they pay them. This is legit the start up fee is basically a license to sell telecommunication services and telus phones and plans, like any license you want to acquire there is a fee. ACN takes care of all customer service all technical service and all the things nobody wants to do when they open there own business. Try opening up your own Telus phone booth and see how much it costs you i guarantee that it is nowhere near $500. This is your own business you have the ability to sell all the services that you use today and the services of the future, your going to pay for them anyways why not make some money off of it.

By: BEM

BEM — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:21:53 +0000

We were just approached about this “opportunity”. First of all, if anyone asks you to listen to a presentation about an “opportunity” but won’t tell you what it’s about – RUN. Second, if the presentation is all about how much money you can make and says nothing about the actual product you are to sell….RUN.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:43:23 +0000

A colleague was just contacted by an ACN rep (allegedly) via text message after placing a normal “for sale” classified ad in a local newspaper. Presumably other advertisers were contacted too.

From what I’ve read, such cold-calling is not allowed (I’m not even certain if number-farming like this is legal?) but could not see any such limitation in the Australian agreement at:
https://myacn2.acninc.com/OnLineRepAgreement/jsp/AU/AULegal.jsp

Has the agreement changed or did I miss the important bit as I skimmed through?

By: lola

lola — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:36:40 +0000

I have a friend that tried to convince me to try ACN. They think they are going to retire from it in a couple of months. So far they have made some money, but i hear that runs dry. I’ve tried giving the cons. I find it unmoral. We just don’t talk about it anymore or we argue.

By: Dan Walmsley :: ACN Video Phone part XCVIII: The ACN-enning!

Dan Walmsley :: ACN Video Phone part XCVIII: The ACN-enning! — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:46:26 +0000

[...] was conned into meeting with an ACN representative under false pretenses, and blogged it. I don’t like the way ACN does business because it [...]

By: ACN and business, part III: » Dan Walmsley

ACN and business, part III: » Dan Walmsley — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:44:01 +0000

[...] bring you up to speed: A lovely young man called Francis tried to recruit me into shameless pyramid scheme ACN, and I just sent him an email asking him to consider whether [...]

By: brent

brent — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:55:05 +0000

so… I don’t have a website, but if I WERE to do so there wouldn’t be a section called “Nope, not a baby-eater. No babies eaten since 1984, promise.” because, you know, I’m NOT a baby-eater, so I don’t need a section on the website that I don’t have telling people that I’m not.

By: Michael Webster

Michael Webster — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:07:35 +0000

I like this analysis a lot.

On my website, the acn pyramid posts appear to the most popular.

(Except for the recent interest in Kirk Wright’s suicide.)

I will shoot you a link from my site because this is a nice and clear business analysis with what is wrong with ACN product.

By: trav

trav — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:44:08 +0000

I hope you managed to convince him to bail, but it’s probably unlikely. My dad’s a real sucker for pyramid setups, he’s tried em so many times and lost out every time.
Amazing how reasonably bright and talented people can be sucked in by that stuff.