So I have this business I'm looking to expand...

It is depressing to see that Pyramid Schemes are still alive and well these days, albeit with a new friendly name like Multilevel Marketing.

All you need is a few hundred people, their people, and their people's people buying overpriced crap from The Website, and you too can be a millionaire!

Or not.

It is vaguely disturbing that anyone actually thinks that pyramid schemes/multilevel marketing/whatever is a good idea for anyone but the guy on the top. And if it's being sold to you...you aren't on top.

One thing I did learn is that if you want to get someone trying to sell you on Quixtar out of your house, the magic phrase is "No offense, this looks a lot like a Pyramid Scheme". Tada, they are packing up and leaving faster then you can say 'No thanks'.