Its very
pyramid scheme like and I had no doubt it was some kind of guru like thing.
But at least candidates are offered great deals on cheap jewelry from
a pyramid scheme like Chloe and Isabel, right?
Not exact matches
It doesn't take a financial whiz to understand that many ICOs operate
like classic pump and dump scams or
pyramid schemes.
The recent stock market and real estate bubbles are much
like pyramid schemes in the sense that what is bidding up stock and property prices is an exponential inflow of new money from pension plans and mutual funds (for shares) and bank credit (for real estate).
It is more
like: «Look, I don't know if you're a
pyramid scheme or what, but some people think you are, so I want my money back,» which is less an assertion of fraud on Herbalife's part than it is an assertion of red - blooded American litigiousness on the plaintiffs» part.
Like, the lawsuit is almost «you induced me to invest in a
pyramid scheme, and I lost money, so I want my money back,» which is sensible enough.
Herbalife (HLF)-- FTC out with «verdict» on the
Pyramid Scheme — NOT a
Pyramid scheme BUT fines company $ 200m and mandates changes to biz practices — does this seem
like the company is in the clear?
Basing one's philosophy on a
pyramid scheme,
like Mormonism, is idiocy.
I hated going to church because things
like communion cups or kids» choirs or fundraising announcements triggered paranoia about brainwashing and
pyramid schemes.
We saw a lot of ministers showing up on the Ashley Madison hack, and John Oliver shined a light on some people who treat the Kingdom of God
like a
pyramid scheme.
It's
like a
pyramid scheme.
I guess it's a bit
like the chain letters of my childhood (did you do that, there was even a chocolate one, a bit
like a chocolate
pyramid scheme) in that it is popular in your «circle» for a while, then moves on once everyone has had a go.
Just
like a
pyramid scheme, only distressingly legal.
The organization of TFA is a bit
like a
pyramid scheme.
It's
like a text - based
pyramid scheme.
«I've also noted before how ebooks are
like a
pyramid scheme.
Because they work much
like a
pyramid scheme.
All your standard Mario desert themed elements are there
like quicksands,
pyramid, a drab beige colour
scheme that makes me think video game companies assume Egypt and the
pyramids always looked the way they do now...
I mean living at the top of the New York
Pyramid scheme this man makes Ponzi look
like a respectable citizen.
But having said that bitcoin looks
like a
pyramid scheme to me.
Bitcoin looks equally dubious
like a
pyramid scheme.
Everything looks fine, just
like in every
pyramid scheme.
As I blogged about here last week, the editor of Blawg Review kicked off a meme he called Simply the Best, in which he listed his top 10 law blogs and then asked each listed blog to list its 10 top and so on
like some blogger
pyramid scheme.
Like some of those «consumed» with the Amway theory, you may have fallen prey to one of the most well - known
pyramid schemes in history.
Something tells me that, if we were to visualize this
scheme, it might look a bit
like a
pyramid.
Noting the difficulty of determining the real reasons behind bitcoin's most recent value spike,
like others before him, Faux highlighted that it had taken place around the same time that a possible
pyramid scheme was discovered.
But that was on charges of fraud and violating the country's laws on door - to - door sales, and the operation itself was being run
like a
pyramid scheme.
The company actually worked
like a
pyramid scheme, requiring people to pay to become an affiliate and rewarding them for getting others to sign up.
In his scathing critique of the DAICO, Preston Byrne writes: «I feel
like I'm taking crazy pills here, because the SEC literally wrote a report about the original DAO
scheme, likened it to a security, and cited as authority for this proposition not one but TWO cases relating to an infamous 1970s
pyramid scheme that landed its promoter in federal prison for nearly a decade.»
The broken DAO concept, in particular, requires extensive rethinking and movement onto private / permissioned blockchains in order to shed its
pyramid scheme -
like qualities and serve a useful function.
Given the amount of ether wasted weekly in ICO exit scams and
pyramid schemes, games
like Crypto All Stars are arguably one of the better uses for the ethereum network.
In an attempt to dispel fears of any association they might have with a
pyramid scheme, Bitcoiin2Gen responded to the media's allegations by elaborating that their four level
pyramid -
like commission structure, where potential investors can earn money by promoting B2G by word of mouth, will only exist during the Initial Coin Offering (ICO).
Over that period of time we have had numerous agents tell us that their brokers said we were a «cult», «just
like Exit Realty» or a «
pyramid scheme».
It seems, in retrospect, worse than a multi-level marketing
scheme —
like an upsidedown
pyramid.
When a large company
like Rogers puts the effort it has into drawing in buyers and sellers, most not knowing fully what they're a part of, into what I feel is a
pyramid scheme.