The Cost of Doing Business
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On July 11, TINA.org held its first Ask Me Anything (AMA) on Reddit. The topic was multilevel marketing and pyramid schemes. Throughout the day, we received dozens of questions regarding the Multilevel Marketing – a way of distributing products or services in which the distributors earn income from their own retail sales and from retail sales made by their direct and indirect recruits. industry, our work exposing deceptive practices, and the law as it applies to product and opportunity claims. Here are some of our favorite questions (along with our responses) from the AMA:
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On H.R. 3409, the so-called Anti-Pyramid Promotional Scheme Act of 2017, you asked:
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And then another Redditor noted:
TINA.org was happy to participate in this AMA and comments like this one will definitely bring us back for more:
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