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I joined skinny body care and i lost so much money. I lost over $25, 000. 00 and counting. I was promised by people like ben glinsky (Owner) , wendy royer (His assistant) , eric carten, nate bianco (Right hand person) , tim miller (Right hand person to ben) , steve anderson right hand person to ben) and many more people that i would make no less than $1618. 50 per month and after a year i would make no less than $10, 000. 00 per month. I don't have to enroll one single person. They say this on their conference calls every night, which is another lie. It is not true. I enrolled close to 75 to 100 people in my group and everyone that i personally enrolled and signed up, has all dropped out because skinny body care is one of the biggest scams of this century. Also my up line is all gone too. They all agreed that skinny body care is a scam, and they did not want not part of it and once there is a class action lawsuit i am sure people will get their money back. Also the skinny fiber is really not all that. This product can be bought in any major vitiam store nation wide. Again do not become another victim of skinny body care. These people owe everyone their money back. People also need to know that this skinny fiber product does not really work like they say it does. I did take the pills, and it is only mind over matter. It did not prevent me from eating more. So don't be fooled by these people or this company. Once everyone knows, i am sure no one else will be buying from these con artist any longer.

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Rhoda Weaver
Fairview, US
Sep 02, 2014 11:12 am EDT

I have only been taking Skinny Fiber for a few months and I have not done a lot on the business end of things because of personal circumstances. But I can say that I am grateful for Skinny Fiber because I'm losing weight and my health is improving. I have not been able to play with my children for over a year because my body hurt so bad. I also have a chronic condition with my feet and I have a hard time walking. Well, since about week two of Skinny Fiber, I've been virtually pain free and I have gone from not being able to get around to hiking with my kids and spending time with them. My son almost brought me to tears telling me how happy he is that I'm getting healthy and am able to do things with them now. I can only speak from my own experiences and from what I've seen, Skinny Fiber is my miracle. The anti-inflammatory properties are what my body needed. Yes, I know there are other products out there that help you lose weight and products with anti-inflammatory properties and products that help digestion. But why should I pay money for several different products when I can get what I need from one and its all natural rather than a bunch of chemicals. So I'm sticking with Skinny Fiber. And as far as the business, I am fully confident that when I am able to put in the time and effort, my business will grow. Network marketing is a numbers game. You present your opportunity to enough people, you will be successful.

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Light as a Feather
Phelan, US
Aug 29, 2014 4:03 pm EDT

To tina gootee:

You can't even spell RIDICULOUS. You are pathetic. Pot calling the kettle black much when your lazy ### can't even use a spell check? wow lol

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Carol Brown Surcher
, US
Aug 13, 2014 9:50 pm EDT

I was in Skinny Body Care and got out after not making any money for 4 months. They make it seem like all you have to do is post recipes and pics of people that they say have lost weight. Then they want you to make friends on FB! For what? So you can scam them to join your company? They weren't your friends before and there's too many people trying to sell the same thing on FB. How would anyone know who to join under? I ordered the Gold package for nearly $200 and was on auto ship for 3 months during which I didn't make a dime or sign anyone up. These people making money are the ones at the top that got in when the company first started. They are now making money from the little people that have to buy their product every month to stay in the program. No one in their right mind is going to be on an auto ship for $75 a month if you live in Texas. The person I was under was rude and pushy only worried about making a bigger check each month. This is one company I am so glad I got out when I did especially after reading these comments. Skinny Body Care is coming down. NO one is making money but those at the top. In days like this who has $65-$75 to buy this product every month? I'll give this company a few more years and it too will be gone like every other MLM SCAM out there!

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tigger7
raleigh, US
Jul 28, 2014 10:44 pm EDT

This is just another case of lazy people expecting riches without work. They expected to throw money at it and wake up to hundreds and thousands of dollars in the bank. That is a fairy tale and I dont know any program that pays for doing nothing. You always get these lazy ### people who didnt do the work and then complain that they didnt get paid and now want to cry and point fingers. I have been with the company for 4 months now and have gotten paid. The people that are complaining on here are lazy and 9 times out of 10 lying about how many people they had on the down line. Wowwww. This is Shiraz Keyes and I have no reason to hide.

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Molly Morlino
Johnson City, US
Jul 25, 2014 8:09 pm EDT

Alright, let's get this straight. There's NO WAY you could have lost $25, 000. Like others have said, it costs $10 to join, plus a monthly bottle of product ($59.95). I don't know what you were doing if you lost that much.

I joined SBC on July 31st, 2013. I had never been any MLM business prior to this one. Since then I have spent about $850 in product and made over $20, 000. See my attached June 2014 pay stubs.

This is not a scam. Period. Put work into it, get money out of it. It's been amazing.

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P J Du Plessis
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Jun 27, 2014 2:21 am EDT
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i have made over $150, 000 this year so far, ------ WOOOOOW, is this woman a ###? She made this money from every 1 that joins and selling this obviously fake product, its not what members THAT MUST PAY EVERY MONTH, can make, I wont join a SCAM site like this, because FIRST THING, if U must buy the product every month at that ridiculous price, that's what's making them money, not making U money, LMFAO, any 1 with more than 2 brain-cells will KNOW to stay FAR away from SCAM sites like this

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Sbc Connecticut
Hartford, US
Jun 24, 2014 4:59 pm EDT

Skinny Fiber works!
www.succsucceedwithchrishopkins.com

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frreal
, US
Jun 23, 2014 10:41 pm EDT

I too believe SBC to be a scam. I joined at the end of April. Was asked to do a 90 day challenge, if I was not satisfied after the 90 days I could get a full refund. Not only was I going to loose weight but I could help other people get healthy and make money doing this so I was very excited! I made flyers and ordered business cards I had to borrow money just to buy 1 bottle and pay the $10 to get started but then I got a family member to join me and pay $200 to come it at gold so she could make more money. Well she never made any money and I did make $133 over about 6 weeks. Then about 3 weeks ago I earned $36 for 1 person I recruited and the rest was from our monthly residual pay and I had a number wrong in my routing number of my checking account and so I will not be receiving that pay. They said they do not know where it went and it was my fault for transposing the numbers when entering them into the system. When I tried to return the 2 bottles from my 90 day challenge (because I actually gained 8 pounds in 45 days of taking these pills) They said I had to return within 30 days to get a refund. Really? When the 30 day mark was approaching and I hadn't lost but gained I asked my sponsor then what I should do and was told that I had a full 90 days to try it and sometimes it takes others a little longer to see results. What he meant was buy another bottle so you can't get your money back and I can collect from you for 1 more month. I am not impressed with the product or the customer service. People can say all they want about the haters but I'm not a liar. I cannot promote something that I personally tried for that long and it did not work for me. It sucks when money becomes more important than people but that is the way it seams to be everywhere. I really wish I could get my money back to but after reading these comments it doesn't look like it. My sponsor says they owe him money too bet he doesn't see it either, oh well glad I got out!

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SBC scameers
Surrey, CA
Jun 19, 2014 4:29 pm EDT

I have something I NEED TO SAY ... for 3 years I have busted my
butt selling Skinny fiber it worked for some and not for others ... I
have not ranked up past silver in 3 yrs but yet payed 85 a month for my
autoship so I could get commission ... lets say theres 5000 DTs at 85$ a
bottle =425000 a month times that by 12 month= 5100000 ... I am
spending money NOT taking the product and NOT making money I am and have
been waiting on a my last month end pay now for over
2 weeks! I want all to know that the founder of skinny fiber is in the
middle of some law suits that are very big due to the way he has chosen
to run his business ! It will only be a matter of time before it all
fall down ... I have given SBC many opportunity to give me my money
they kept saying your card is not activated well I spoke with Payoneer
yet again today and my card is and has been active for deposits...
SBC lied to me tried to blame Payoneer so while I was chatting with
Payoneer yet again today I told them all about the law suits on SBC they
were very pleased that I had given them info on this rip off of a
company and are investigating it now ... I told support that if this
matter was not dealt with by today when pay is due to come out again I
was going public well they told me that pay will be done again next week
... So here I am one person one voice telling you all that SBC is NO
LONGER a company I stand behind . I hope that if there are any others
out there that are getting jerked around that you take a stand for your
earnings and then get out of it as fast as you can !

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Thomas D Graham
, CR
May 25, 2014 5:17 pm EDT

Iy´s all explained in the following: Flyer Wealth Mailing System Material ie: http://flyermailingteam.com/sbc/FMT-bporth.html and/or
https://www.skinnybodycare.com/moviePopup

When you sign into the Skinny Body Care website, Your Account Information page go down to:

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A AWESOME MOVIE

SCAMED TWO [protected] call me and we can talk.

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Ashley Stults
Fort Worth, US
May 20, 2014 2:52 pm EDT

Well here is my 2 cents on Skinny Body Care / Skinny Fiber . I have NEVER been involved in any type of MLM Or Network Marketing Business until SBC . Didn't know what 'MLM' Stood for! I started taking Skinny Fiber hoping to lose my stubborn gut from last baby after a YEAR! LOL...BAM! With Skinny Fiber And Water, Gut gone in 7 weeks, 18 pounds in 2 months and have kept it off 8 months now ! LOVED IT SO MUCH I became a DT! Check this out, yall, My abusive ex went to prison in Late August 2013 .
I Lost the house, as I Relied on him financially, he was a contractor and that was the bread n butter.There I was broke with 2 babies, got on food stamps n moved in w mom n dad ! At 32 ! Ugh!September 2013 Started working my Skinny Fiber business consistently several hours a day, sharing on fb my own personal success..
.Fast Forward+TODAY +WHERE AM I ? ...Am I Rich 8 months later ? NOPE! But my belly is FLAT & SEXXY ! LOL HAVE NOT HAD A MIGRAINE SINCE SKINNY FIBER, LET'S SEE... MY KIDS & I ARE IN OUR OWN BRICK HOME & NO LONGER GET ANY GOVERNMENT HELP!
I STAY HOME WITH MY BABIES, SIT IN THE BACKYARD WITH MY LAPTOP ON MY LOUNGE CHAIR WATCHING THE KIDS PLAY, WORKING MY SBC BUSINESS, HELPING PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, Maybe 5 hours a day, I work...'WORK'..LOL, If thats what you wanna call it!:)
I am a Gold Leader and my weekly checks vary from 400 to 800, ..this does not include the monthly bonus checks & rank achievement bonuses, etc...Becoming a distributor for SBC IS THE BEST 10.00 I EVER SPENT ! I THANK GOD DAILY FOR THE PRODUCT & COMPANY, AND BTW MY FAMILIES LOST A COMBINED WEIGHT OF OVER 350 POUNDS IN A YEAR ON THE PRODUCT!~
SO HEY, HATER; If SBC Is a Scam, then I am ONE PROUD VICTIM! LOLOLOL... :P :) Check it out www.meltmybelly.com or find me on fb! skinny fiber with ashley

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LadynRed
, GB
Apr 09, 2014 9:49 am EDT
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Fab company! Amazing leaders love you all

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NotanSBCphan
Columbus, US
Apr 09, 2014 9:30 am EDT
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This situation is resolved, I am apologizing to any and all parties I may have hurt with my comments.

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NotanSBCphan
Columbus, US
Mar 18, 2014 9:32 am EDT
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By the way, good luck Tim.

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NotanSBCphan
Columbus, US
Mar 18, 2014 9:22 am EDT
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Ok, TIm. You win. I shouldn't have said the things I did, they were inappropriate. It doesn't matter what i think anyway,

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LadynRed
, GB
Mar 17, 2014 2:37 pm EDT
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Work hard plant seeds have good communication and promote promote promote and make sure you are targeting the right people.
Promoting marketing networking communicating advertising = SALES.. NEVER give up ... You have the tools, the training and back up, so just get out there. If you do not shake rattle and roll enough you go nowhere fast... and that is for any job that you may do ...

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SBC4LIFE
, US
Mar 17, 2014 2:25 pm EDT
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Oh Mrs. Cook ... Wish you nothing but success in what ever you find. Pam...I mean Bam!

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SBC4LIFE
, US
Mar 17, 2014 2:20 pm EDT
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LAST COMMENT AND I AM DONE.
I am a big boy and you can yell my name and defame me anyway you want. I take it as a huge compliment. What I dont like is you defaming others and using there names. See they are also winning unlike you that did not plug in and follow our system. That is your fault and not ours. Here is my challenge to you. Go find a "Good" company have some success and then come tell us about it. Until then stop blaming the world for your own issues. I pretty much know who you are but I don't need to call you out. That is why your hiding and I am not. My phone number, FB account and my email is listed in public along with my real name. BTW if anyone want to know how I built my business go to YouTube and search Tim Miller SBC Show Me The Money. It is all right there in real time. Hope you enjoy the show but if you prefer to go to the circus then enjoy the clowns.

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SBC4LIFE
, US
Mar 17, 2014 2:06 pm EDT
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LMBO
If anyone wants the facts just hit me up. [protected]
tim@winwithtim.com
It is real simple folks...We are winning and doing it right.
Documentation beats conversation 100% of the time.
I am SBC4LIFE

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change4u
Dover, US
Mar 17, 2014 1:25 pm EDT

Seems some are so obsessed about their lack of success they fail to see the lives being changed because of this company! It is a sad situation when the obsession gets to this point..
I really would hope that people are smart enough to do their own research., .

Those with the right focus on any business will succeed...

Does not matter how many Dani Johnson events you go to... if you do not put her teachings into practice then your time is wasted...

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NotanSBCphan
Columbus, US
Mar 16, 2014 3:00 pm EDT
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This company is a sham. I don't know who you are LadynRed, but you must be on the "cool list" because if you aren't, you are ignored. You are correct, you reap what you sow and you will do well with any company that provides training and support. Unfortunately this company does not provide any type of training other than post recipes and testimonies to Facebook and you will succeed. Oh, and they contracted with Dale Calvert who tells them to do exactly what the company tells people they don't have to do, bother your friends and family for referrals and sales. And they have "leaders", some whom cheated their way to the top like Heather Johnson who has 12 personal profiles under herself so she promoted herself to whatever rank she is now. She has only been in the business for a little over a year but when people are complaining that sales are down, she tells people "Oh sweetie, just be patient. It's just that with the holidays business is slow and people can't buy if they don't have money, and they will buy when they get their tax check in. Just keep doing what you're doing and business will start coming back." Not an exact quote of what she said on someone's page but you get the idea. She is advising the reps in the company that are making no sales, that there is a reason for it, and it is because of the holidays etc. What a load of HooHaw! Heather has no right to be saying that and doesn't have any idea what she is talking about. As several people pointed out in above posts, it only costs 59 dollars a bottle which with tax and shipping is only around 65 dollars all told. It is only a one time 10 dollar fee to sign up so Heather "Sweetie", I hate to tell you this, but SHUT UP! There are people that are signing up people right and left in other companies and did so all through the holidays and the sign up fees were many times more than is required by SBC! As for the rest of the leaders of the company, they got rid of one that was actually helping people and has help build the company into what it is today. (No, this isn't Wendy posting this, and I am not one of Wendy's minions). I was in SBC for a few months and I actually did make more than a thousand dollars all told last year, it is an easy business, but it will never be the multimillion dollar successful business that Ben wants it to be because he doesn't have professionals helping him run the company. He took his Ageless product from a previous company he was CEO of, instead of adding Skinny Fiber to that company. Not sure why unless he had trashed his reputation and that former company's reputation so he had to do business as something else. He has a couple of "Sistas" helping run compliance and education, two people who made a lot of money fast and are spending it as fast as they have made it like a couple of poverty stricken people that hit the lottery big time and then ended up poverty stricken again, which is what these two will probably end up doing. The other few people Ben has helping him run things are men who have had limited success in previous MLM companies and have now made big money with SBC so, at least one of them, Tim Miller, thinks he is all that and a bag of chips! He has let his success with SBC go to his head, just look at his profile and see how gaudy the cover photo is. It's funny too to see how many people are jumping ship now all the drama and junk is going on with what Ben did to Wendy. Eventually even the rats know to desert a sinking ship. I hope the actual good people in the company, and there are a few, know when it's time to make an exit and move to a more legitimate, trustworthy, successful company and use their talents making real, lasting residual income. You are known by the company you keep and this company is not worth continuing to be associated with it. I'm glad I got out before all this drama took place. I doubt even the big shots are making the kind of money they did at this time last year. Weight loss products come and go and there is always the next big thing so eventually this company too shall pass into the wind. Find a good company now and don't continue to give your money to SBC on your monthly pink bottle so the higher ups can earn their bonus checks and cruises and such!

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NotanSBCphan
Columbus, US
Mar 15, 2014 3:46 pm EDT
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This company is a small time podunk company ran by yokels. It will never achieve the professional status of successful business that other companies can and do. Companies that have a proven track record and professionals at the helm of the company. You want to be part of a legitimate company that is not a sinking ship like this one is, do your due diligence and find a company with a Founder that has a proven track record of founding at least one successful business that has a board of professionals in the industry with proven track records of success and join that one. This one is headed down hill fast. From posts I have seen, across the board sales are down and the statement is "well it's that time of year, with the holidays, and people are waiting on their tax checks and they can't spend money if they don't have it." "Just be patient sweetie, things will pick up." What a load of hoohaw! That person had no clue what they were talking about having only been in the industry for a little over a year, yet she touts herself as an expert in what network marketing is like during this time of year. Like someone said, it is only 60 dollars a bottle! If people can afford to come on board companies that have 10 times that start up fee, why on earth would COST be a factor in WHY this company's sales are failing?!?!?! The so called leaders of this company are, like I said, a bunch of yokels, some who have money for the first time in their lives so are blowing it right and left. Sadly these are the ones that a few years from now will be facing foreclosure and bankruptcy because they hitched their wagon to a company that is not going to be around forever. You can't build a lasting company on just one main product. Oh sure, they have Ageless, which Ben brought over from his previous company that was also supposed to grow to be a big company and he was going to expand it with other products, Why didn't he just add Skinny Fiber to that original company? Ben is a young entrepreneur who has had some success in this industry, he rounded up some people like Tim Miller and James Davis that had had success in other network marketing companies and now that they have risen to the top of this company, Tim especially thinks he is a Network Marketing genius, along with newbies Judy Stallings, Jackie Stewart and Heather Johnson. Like I said, this company isn't going to be around forever and trainers like Dale Calvert throwing his foo foo dust at them isn't going to change that. If you are serious about working from home and making a long lasting residual income, run from this company as fast as you can! Become an Avon rep, or a Pampered Chef rep, or join Melalueca, It Works, even Amway would be better lasting residual income producer for you than this flash in the pan company. Weight loss products come and go and, even though there will be people who will try Skinny Fiber, it will never build a lasting income for you. With the poor ethics of this company of lying, backstabbing, being disrespectful, and having no integrity or morals, this company is one to avoid at all costs. It's sad because there are good people in this company, unfortunately those people aren't the ones at the top running the company. I hope the good people see the hand writing on the wall and get out before the stink of the company envelopes them. You are known by the company you keep and this company is not good company to keep.

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LadynRed
, GB
Mar 15, 2014 3:15 pm EDT
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The company is fantabulous. They give 110% support and back-up. You reap what you sow... plant the seeds properly and you will do well with any business with the correct training and people behind you. It all takes a bit of time to build up. Just like any other business, Try to start a business from scratch and it will take at least 3 - 4 years before you see profit. This business is out there, you just have to get out and about and promote for it to work for you.

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Angela Crawley
Browns Mills, US
Mar 15, 2014 2:11 pm EDT

How could you lose that much money? I order a bottle a month, 60.00 and all my friends, family and co-workers see how I am doing and order. I have a Facebook page that is free that I put pictures and recipes on and I promote my free Skinny Fiber link. Some weeks I make 25.00 and some weeks I have made 300.00 and some weeks I have made 0. I have never spent more than the 60.00 a month for the one bottle though to make the money! One time when I first signed up it was 10.00 dollars to upgrade to distributor. This is the silliest complaint I have ever heard. Silly.

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LadynRed
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Mar 09, 2014 4:01 pm EDT
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What are Pyramid schemes?

Pyramid schemes promise quick and easy money in return for an initial cash
payment. You make money by recruiting people. Just FYI they are illegal to set
up and to participate in! Also promoting them is illegal, if convicted you
could be liable for a fine of up to €150k or 5 years in jail.

Pyramid schemes!Top of Form

I am
selling a product. No recruiting is required. Money is in exchange for a
product therefore it is NOT a
pyramid.

http://youtu.be/zZiw15VgWoI

Pyramid
Scheme (illegal scam)

A pyramid scheme can be defined as a fraudulent money-making scheme that is
based on a non-sustainable business model that involves the exchange of money
primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme without a legitimate
product or service being delivered. Eventually the number of new recruits fails
to sustain the payment structure and the scheme collapses with most people
losing the money they paid in.

In a more practical sense, probably the easiest way to identify pyramid schemes
is firstly there is no legitimate product or service involved (i.e. you do not
get a legitimate product in return for your initial investment). The second way
to identify pyramid schemes is that you do not get a financial return unless
you have successfully introduced a number of new recruits into the pyramid.
Basically, pyramid schemes concentrate on the money that you could earn by
recruiting new people into the pyramid and generally ignore the marketing and
selling of any products or services.

Network Marketing (legitimate, legal
business model)

The concept behind network marketing is a distribution model that allows a
company to sell their products directly to the consumer. Choosing to use a word
of mouth approach (networking) instead of advertising through traditional
streams (e.g. media) Therefore instead of paying the media for advertising,
network marketing companies are structured to reward distributors through
commission in return for selling their products and finding new customers.

Therefore the main focus of a network marketing company is product
distribution. In fact, in a legitimate network marketing company, distributors
are not required to recruit new distributors in order to earn a commission;
they can earn money purely by selling the company’s product.

Although distributors can choose to sell the company’s products to earn their
commissions, not everybody wants to be a sales person and therefore choose to
recruit more distributors into their organisation as a means to build their
referral base. Not only does this create a group of loyal customers, it also
allows you to leverage the efforts of others to create a residual stream of
income.

“I
would rather earn 1% of 100 peoples efforts than 100% of my own efforts”

- John Paul Getty (American Billionaire)

Therefore the recruiting element of a network marketing business is merely a
way of distributing more products and helping to build a leveraged income.Bottom of Form

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LadynRed
, GB
Mar 09, 2014 4:00 pm EDT
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What are Pyramid schemes? (Clearly you do not know this... Boo Boooo.)

Pyramid schemes promise quick and easy money in return for an initial cash
payment. You make money by recruiting people. Just FYI they are illegal to set
up and to participate in! Also promoting them is illegal, if convicted you
could be liable for a fine of up to €150k or 5 years in jail.

Pyramid schemes!Top of Form

I am
selling a product. No recruiting is required. Money is in exchange for a
product therefore it is NOT a
pyramid.

http://youtu.be/zZiw15VgWoI

Pyramid
Scheme (illegal scam)

A pyramid scheme can be defined as a fraudulent money-making scheme that is
based on a non-sustainable business model that involves the exchange of money
primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme without a legitimate
product or service being delivered. Eventually the number of new recruits fails
to sustain the payment structure and the scheme collapses with most people
losing the money they paid in.

In a more practical sense, probably the easiest way to identify pyramid schemes
is firstly there is no legitimate product or service involved (i.e. you do not
get a legitimate product in return for your initial investment). The second way
to identify pyramid schemes is that you do not get a financial return unless
you have successfully introduced a number of new recruits into the pyramid.
Basically, pyramid schemes concentrate on the money that you could earn by
recruiting new people into the pyramid and generally ignore the marketing and
selling of any products or services.

Network Marketing (legitimate, legal
business model)

The concept behind network marketing is a distribution model that allows a
company to sell their products directly to the consumer. Choosing to use a word
of mouth approach (networking) instead of advertising through traditional
streams (e.g. media) Therefore instead of paying the media for advertising,
network marketing companies are structured to reward distributors through
commission in return for selling their products and finding new customers.

Therefore the main focus of a network marketing company is product
distribution. In fact, in a legitimate network marketing company, distributors
are not required to recruit new distributors in order to earn a commission;
they can earn money purely by selling the company’s product.

Although distributors can choose to sell the company’s products to earn their
commissions, not everybody wants to be a sales person and therefore choose to
recruit more distributors into their organisation as a means to build their
referral base. Not only does this create a group of loyal customers, it also
allows you to leverage the efforts of others to create a residual stream of
income.

“I would rather earn 1% of 100 peoples efforts than 100% of my own efforts”

- John Paul Getty (American Billionaire)

Therefore the recruiting element of a network marketing business is merely a
way of distributing more products and helping to build a leveraged income.Bottom of Form

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NotanSBCphan
Columbus, US
Feb 17, 2014 8:58 pm EST
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@Shannon, Good luck with getting in touch with any actual person. If you are on Facebook, you can look up Ben Glinsky, Tim Miller, Jackie Stewart or Judy Stallings and ask them on one of their time lines how to get in touch with a real person in customer service. I hope you get satisfaction, but I'm not hopeful that you will. The company is not a good company because it's not run by professionals. The leaders are all a lot of yokels who have not had a lot of success in MLM prior to coming to SBC. Again, good luck.

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Jewel6363
Union, US
Feb 17, 2014 8:43 pm EST

Would like to be able to talk to someone. My rep is in AU and she has claims that she has been trying to reach someone since December . She has orders not getting file, I received fake products. I'm tired of waiting for emails can someone give me a phone number that works and a time frame to contact someone please
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Jewel6363@msn.con

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NotanSBCphan
Columbus, US
Feb 06, 2014 9:24 am EST
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@mizthang-If you are serious about having a good home base business, I wouldn't sign up for SBC. Yes, I have heard others complain about Wendy as well, but them terminating her didn't improve the company. The company is still not run by people who act or are professional. Tim Miller is very unprofessional and has treated people very rudely at these events that he tells everyone they have to be at if they are serious about building their SBC business. He just doesn't seem to have time for anyone he doesn't know or someone who isn't a pretty woman. They may have a good product and a good compensation plan but if you really want to make a good residual income, find some other company that has products that have been researched and developed by scientists and doctors. Those are the companies that will hit billion dollars and make their DTs lasting wealth. SBC may have some success, but will never have the success of the other companies that are building their company on more than just two products, have leadership that are professional and treat all their associates with respect and honor. Just a suggestion.

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mizthang
Baltimore, US
Feb 05, 2014 5:59 pm EST

Wow, I been following this whole thing cause I used to be a distributor too and I like the Skinny Fibre pills but I had problems with the lady you think is the only professional leader in the company. That lady Miss Wendy is the reason I quit. She is a fake and doesn't care about anyone. I think I'm gunna sign back up now that she's gone

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NotanSBCphan
Columbus, US
Jan 31, 2014 3:26 pm EST
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I was a SBC DT for several months. I made a little money, but everyone I enrolled under me quit because the product didn't work for them. The movie that is still being circulated by DTs to get people in SBC does promise something like $1680 for doing nothing but signing up as a DT. From what I had heard, the leaders were talking about removing it or revising it, because it is flat out false advertising. Watch the movie and you will see how it promises you that income without doing anything but signing up as a distributor.

Also, if you sign up as a Distributor, you are allowed to have as many accounts as you want. There are some like Courtney Luper and Heather Johnson that have as many as 12 accounts under them! I'm not sure how the IRS audits that, but it seems like it would be an IRS nightmare at the end of the year, it also helps them cheat their way to the top ranks in the company in my opinion.

And if you are in SBC as a DT, take a look at the leaderboard. It has the numbers on the leaderboard as DTs enrolled, this is a false as well as those numbers reflect all people enrolled, preferred customers as well as distributors. The leaderboard makes it look like there are hundreds of people who join as distributors every month, but in fact that is how many customers as well as distributors join so don't buy into this lie.

I don't think any of the leadership in this company is professional. The only one that came close to that was Wendy and they terminated her for some reason. Now Industry newbies Jackie Stewart and Judy Stallings are charged with training and compliance! I have seen people ask both of them questions in their group and the person asking the question got their heads bit off for not looking up the answer first before asking it in the group, or someone getting yelled at for voicing a complaint or concern in the group because, heaven forbid, anyone would not feel warm and fuzzy about SBC. As for Tim Miller, he is a pompous jerk who will actually tell someone he doesn't have time to talk to them if they come up and want to shake his hand and meet him! I hate to tell you Mr. Miller, but there is more than one DT in SBC who thinks the same thing.

It was Jackie's idea to copy, paste and share recipes and friend everyone that requested you to be friends with them. The new people are instructed to do what the leaders do and they will get what the leaders are getting. Total lie. There are people who have been following Jackie's training to the T and haven't sold anything at all but have gotten plenty of complaints from their friends about pushing Skinny Fiber on their walls. Jackie's response to that is to unfriend those friends who complain! Jackie is the reason SBC came under fire about sharing recipes, it was her idea, but because she didn't think about or realize there was such a thing as copyright laws, she got a lot of the DTs in trouble because of telling them to just copy and paste, and she never advised them to make sure they cited the source of the recipe. A professional would have known that.

Jackie and her cronies may have made a lot of money in the beginning and Jackie is not shy about bragging about how much she made or what she is doing with all of the money she made, but that cash cow can't last forever. Her unprofessional bragging of her income as well as other's bragging about their income makes it appear that it is easy to make money in SBC when nothing could be further from the truth.

I think the product works in some cases, but I watched the first episode of the Balancing Act and heard Ben sit right there and say that all you had to do was take two pills twice a day before big meals and don't change your diet or exercise and the weight will come off. Kaya even said the same thing, she didn't change the way she ate and she never exercised and lost her weight. So what Ben is saying is that you can take Skinny Fiber, two pills a day, twice a day, then sit on the couch all day, eating pizza and ice cream and the weight will come off? This is such false advertising! Nothing works if you don't modify your diet and get some exercise. You don't have to eat like a rabbit and work out like an Olympic Athlete, but it's unrealistic to tell people you can eat what you want and not exercise and you will lose weight. How would he know anyway? He is skinny and doesn't need to use Skinny Fiber so how can he testify what a person should do to lose weight?

I know Ben wants this to be the last company people will have to join, and I really thought that it would be for me, but I can't deal with the unprofessional, rude, abrasive behaviour of the so called leaders and the falsehoods in advertising and recruiting. SBC may continue as a company but it will never be the successful multimillion dollar company that Ben wants it to be mainly because of the lack of professional leadership.

You can say this review is sour grapes, but it really isn't. I was set to retire with SBC, but was treated very rudely by my "upline" and I won't stay in a company where there is such rude, childish behaviour from people who are supposed to be leaders that I am supposed to follow. Besides, it's kind of hard to follow someone who gets mad at a suggestion you make so that person unfriends you on FB and blocks you so you couldn't continue to follow their example if you wanted to.

For those of you in SBC, I wish you well. For those of you contemplating joining SBC, find some other company if you are serious about building a good business. There are plenty of companies out there with good legitimate researched products.

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superstarNo1
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Jan 08, 2014 4:15 am EST

Well done to all complainers. I Personally I am from Namibia And I have joined SBC last year Feb 2013. I was very excited and had more confident in the business.by the time I joined there was a promotion when you intorduce your first 3 people between feb and April you will get a 1% share this year Jan 2014. we were so excited in our Country to hear about that and we worked so hard. we were commited to our monthly autoship orders as terms and conditions apply but all of a sudden from October month we were blocked from ordering and the reason was SBC is no longer shipping to Namibia. we asked whether that will not affect our pace setter club bonus and we were told not to worry they will keep our accounts active till the time we receive our 1% share. we have been demanding and forcing to place our orders. so for the last 3 months we did not order and we waited for January 2014. January came and it is a disappointment even now I am feeling so sad. we have received nothing from SBC and we know the bonus was paid out first friday of this month. we were left out the entire Namibian Team. we feld so insulted and betrayed by Mr. Ben Glinsky. Mr. Ben for doing that to a Nation can we still trust SBC?. trully I can say its a SCAM. we have been pumping money in that business and we qualified for the pace setter club and we got Nothing and they are not even responding to our querries. it might be true that they are not really. if you guys are really and honest please we want to know what happened to our bonus why only some got and we got nothing. is that fair. to tell you, Mr.Ben for that you must applogies to our Nation that's robbing people. we want our 1% share you promised us in January. understand our case and do something. you can get my contact details from my account and let me know. account # 1820574. why can't you even give us a 1% share for up to November even. really I don't know what this mean. Mr. Ben be really and not to rob the world.

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A Healthy Life
Ocala, US
Dec 18, 2013 5:23 pm EST

It is obvious that some people don't understand "being your own boss" or how network marketing works. No one in this company strong armed me to do anything. No one has promised me anything. You reap what you sow... Maybe Skinny Fiber didn't work for some of you, but did you really try? And, by the way, if you look at ALL weight loss programs out there, you will always find people who will tell you the program didn't work for them. That is just LIFE. You cannot be all things to all people. And this is an adult business, not a school yard bully session. And who would ever give $25000 to a company without a good understanding of anything. And why would you give them $25000. I have been in many network marketing companies. This one has been the least expensive to join, and the upline has been absolutely positive. But again, no one promised me I would make even one dime... And as for going to any drug store, or health food store to buy the same products, that is just not true. I did my research before joining. The quantity, dosage, and quality of the ingredients cannot be duplicated for less than Skinny Fiber costs for a month's supply. If it didn't work for you, I am so sorry. But that is how life is. Nothing works for EVERYONE! And how much effort was ever put in to get you the results you received. Just my opinion...

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LaWanza
Chicago, US
Nov 29, 2013 8:55 am EST

I would like to say that I don't know Wendy or anyone really but the person that signed me up. I paid $10 and agreed to buy a bottle per month. That's it. No contract. If you want out, cancel your auto ship. That easy to start, that easy to be done with it. What I know is that I've sold Usana Health Sciences where I had to pay over $700 to sign up. Herbal life where I paid $400 to sign up. Once I signed up with both, they took my money and left me on my own.

So far so great with SBC. I am apart of Heart and Soul. These ppl have embraced me and are teaching me the ropes. Any question that I may have I place in my group or inbox my upline and it is anwered usually within a few minutes. I can honestly say that with SBC if I fail, it will be because I DID NOT DO MY ALL.

The complaint you have may be your experience through colored glasses you have colored by not working your all. I don't know many businesses you can start with $10 and $60 bucks a month and not take advantage of it.

Anyway this is my experience and it has only been a week! lol

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Cindy Ince
Porterville, US
Nov 22, 2013 1:40 pm EST
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I have no clue how Bunny Boo Boo ever forked out $25, 000 on advertising that didn't work. The only type of advertising I have ever paid for was my business cards. When I was introduced to Skinny Fiber as a product I choose to try it based on the results I personally saw from friends and family. When I ordered my 90 day challenge I took advantage of the Buy 3 get 3 FREE & chose to sign-up as a Distributor for the $10 fee. I actually got a rebate of $8 for watching a training video so it cost me $2... My husband and I both started the 90 day challenge I started loosing weight the 1st month but he didn't until the end of the 2nd month. I lost 7lbs & 9.5 inches in 90 days I'm thrilled and my husband lost 10lbs (he didn't want to do measurements). Because i have lost weight and the Enzymes in Skinny Fiber I no longer have IBS, my BP meds were cut in half and my acid reflux is much better. It is very hard for me to lose weight because I'm a Transplant patient on anti-rejection and steroid medication. Skinny Fiber is helping us to become healthier and even if I never lose another Lb or Inch I will continue to use it for the other benefits I have had. To be FREE of IBS and have my Life Back is so AWESOME. Look for yourself at my Before/After pic at https://www.facebook.com/groups/cindysmixingbowlinspiration/ I'm a real person. Learn about Skinny Fiber here http://www.TheSlimDown4You.com. BTW I owned my own business for 27yeras and if you don't subscribe to the BBB you don't get a rating. And the people that Bunny Boo Boo mentioned that I have had contact with have done nothing but help with questions and offered assistance in the way of training and education. Very Happy with Skinny Fiber and the SBC company.

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KDF30
Mabank, US
Nov 12, 2013 11:42 am EST

Wow I was looking for Skinny Fiber reviews because I was interested in the product, unfortunately, it doesn't look like I will be doing any business with SBC at all. The "professional" representatives of this company are just an childish and immature as the ones who are making these stupid complaints. Sounds like an unprofessional environment, more like a daycare. Sheesh. I'll pass this right on up.

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KDF30
Mabank, US
Nov 12, 2013 11:40 am EST

Wow...with the way these SBC people are representing their company...resorting to trash talking and name calling the people who are complaining...I dont believe this is a business that I wish to be involved in whatsoever...I was trying to read reviews on this product and I came across this site where this whole company seems a bit immature and childish. I won't be purchasing any products by SBC now.

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dbomb 77
Mandurah, AU
Sep 24, 2013 5:22 am EDT

I searching on here looking for facts as a family has joined I want make sure its no scam but I cannot find company information anywhere this member was recently at an event after two days tI was like this person was reprogrammed so I need solid information please

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CarolCarp
Salisbury, US
Sep 23, 2013 7:32 pm EDT

Oh for Pete's Sake, people. Do your research before you post and make yourselves look stupid. This product is not FDA approved because it is a NATURAL HERBAL SUPPLEMENT, and those ARE NOT required to be FDA approved. We are instructed not to give medical advice but to suggest that they talk about it with their physician. We might say some have had in improvement in certain things, but all we claim is that it's because of the weight loss, not the Skinny Fiber. And I understand SBC is not registered with the BBB and isn't required to be. Boy. People are really sore losers.

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CarolCarp
Salisbury, US
Sep 23, 2013 7:09 pm EDT

I'm a Skinny Body Care Distributor, as well, and this complaint is as the others have said - a bunch of bunk. You're messing with the wrong company if you think it's a scam. Some of the best people I've met in direct sales, and I've been in several companies. This is the one I'm going to stick with. Anybody who doesn't make money with SBC isn't doing the work required to be a success. Wendy hasn't instructed anyone to come on here and defend the company. I found this by clicking around on another site and came here of my own accord. I just think it's sad that people have to tell lies and bash other people's efforts instead of spending the time to do the work it takes to be successful. God bless you "scammedbysbc" and all the others. You must be really sad and miserable people.