I have received very serious complaints about multi-level marketing groups, such as Amway/Quixtar, Herbalife, Equinox and Trek Alliance regarding the methods they have used to recruit and retain members.
Certainly, these groups are not "cults," but the methods they use to manipulate people are often "cult like."
See the personal stories posted under those titled pages.
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This website and the Open Forum is not exclusively for information about groups called "cults," but also for sharing informaiton about controversial groups and movements, which includes multi-level marketing schemes.
The common thread that many of these groups seem to have are their methods of manipulation and general scheme to gain what can be seen as undue influence over participants.
This has certainly been a common complaint about many multi-level marketing groups.