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Is network marketing company USANA a scam?

The health science company of nutritional supplements known as USANA is an MLM, a multilevel marketing company. Is it a scam?

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1. A scam is basically lying to people, giving someone an impression that is not accurate. Usana is a total scam in that they present all these earnings that all these reps are making but do not disclose the real numbers, do not disclose that their top reps are making more money from training materials and “other” company compensation than from their networks, etc. Anyone new to the opportunity would not know this and would simply look at the model and think it is possible. No one is arguing here that you cannot make money or the system itself is at fault (that is an answer to a question you did not ask), but the money being represented is the scam, as it is not only not accurate, it is a blatant lie…in other words, a scam. Usana is badly known for this from anyone with inside knowledge of the top representatives who make all the claims. Just because people fail does not make this a scam. People fail in all walks of life. But if I sold you a restaurant and gave you paper work stating how much business I had in the last 2 years, and that paperwork was blatantly and deliberately false, than that would be a scam…and that is in essence what is going on in Usana. The leaders will defend themselves by telling you that you should not listen to negative people or some people do not have what it takes (or any assortment of reasons to thwart your line of question) but the reality it none of it makes the scam any less of scam.
2. I would like to approach this question differently A scam by definition (Wikipedia) as is an attempt to defraud a person or group by gaining their confidence. MLM, network marketing is a method of distribution method where they used word of mouth to market their products. The reason it is know as multi level because they paid more than one level. By the way, insurance compensate their agents by more than one level. SO there is nothing wrong with the system. There are a lot of people try to use this system to make quick money and without any products they earned money by recruiting members. This is not legal and commonly known as pyramid selling. USANA is a company deal with nutrition products that has value and as long as there is no front loading to buy position in the system, then it is a business opp. Is this biz opp for everyone? NO Not everyone will do everything to achieve freedom of choice, so this is not for everyone. There are lots of people enter this industry and quit. Like any business venture, people fail and other make lot of money. So do you call business as SCAM? Remember you go into MLM business is to learn and be prepared to spend three to five years before see any sizable income coming in if you do not have any business experience before
3. USANA is not a scam as far as I know.