Евгений, охотно. Только ошибся с %. На самом деле 30% может потребляться сетью. Остальное обязаны продавать вовне, не являющимся членами сети.
http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/other/dvimf16.shtm
"There are two tell-tale signs that a product is simply being used to disguise a pyramid scheme: inventory loading and a lack of retail sales. Inventory loading occurs when a company's incentive program forces recruits to buy more products than they could ever sell, often at inflated prices. If this occurs throughout the company's distribution system, the people at the top of the pyramid reap substantial profits, even though little or no product moves to market. The people at the bottom make excessive payments for inventory that simply accumulates in their basements. A lack of retail sales is also a red flag that a pyramid exists. Many pyramid schemes will claim
that their product is selling like hot cakes. However, on closer examination, the sales occur only between people inside the pyramid structure or to new recruits joining the structure, not to consumers out in the general public....
Some people confuse pyramid and Ponzi schemes with legitimate multilevel marketing. Multilevel marketing programs are known as MLM's,(4) and unlike pyramid or Ponzi schemes, MLM's have a real product to sell. More importantly, MLM's actually sell their product to members of the general public, without requiring these consumers to pay anything extra or to join the MLM system. MLM's may pay commissions to a long string of distributors, but these commission are paid for real retail sales, not for new recruits.
The 1990's first brought an important refinement in the law. As the Commission pursued new pyramid cases, many defendants proclaimed their innocence, stating that they had adopted the same safeguards -- the inventory buy-back policy, the 70% rule, and the 10 customer rule -- that were found acceptable in Amway. However, an appellate court decision called Webster v. Omnitrition Int'l, Inc.,(24) pointed out that the Amway safeguards do not immunize every marketing program. The court noted that the "70% rule" and "10 customer rule" are meaningless if commissions are paid based on a distributor's wholesale sales (which are only sales to new recruits), and not based on actual retail sales.(25) The court also noted that an inventory buy-back policy is an effective safeguard only if it is actually enforced.
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2 основных правила, которым подчиняются все млм-конторы в Штатах:
1) 70% оборота сети должно быть обеспечено за счет прямых продаж от нпа к людям, не являющимся членами данной млм-конторы (дистрибьюторами, нпа и т.д.).
2) Ежемесячно каждый дистрибьютор обязан осуществлять как минимум по одной продаже разным 10 людям, не являющимся дистрибьюторами данной млм-конторы.
Все, что не выполняет данные правила в Штатах однозначно и законодательно определено, как финансовая пирамида. Т.е. и Визион и НСП и Амвей и прочая шняга, учитывая то, как они действуют в России и странах СНГ, по законам США - однозначно и безаппеляционно финансовые пирамиды. Вот поэтому, все млм-конторы Америки суммарно не достигли даже оборота в 1% от всех розничных продаж товаров. Унылая, убогая, загнивающая индустрия для неудачников и бедных стран с глупым населением.