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Hi. Yeah, so, scenario: Someone is trying to Herbalife you. How do you make it very clear it's never going to happen, without hurting their feelings?

Posted by Facto (aka FactoFail) Mar 12 '10, 15:38

Given that they are a relatively close friend, but obviously not close enough yet not to be clueless to how intensely you hate such MLM-concepts.

Responses:

"Sure, I'l tell you what, I'll pay you with this cashier's check... It's for $3,000 more, so just give that back to me." -- nm - Ender Mar 12, 16:03
what the heck is =herbalife? -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 15:52 3
- VItamins sold via a pyramid scheme like Amway. -- nm - loosilu Mar 12, 17:14
- *nodding* -- nm - TFox Mar 12, 16:08
- Funny you should ask that . . . -- nm - Facto's Friend Mar 12, 15:56
Start trying to convert them into Jehovah's Witnesses. -- nm - Dano Mar 12, 15:51
"you know I wish you the best; but I have no interest in participating; and I know you'll respect my choice and not pursue this with me further." - b. Mar 12, 15:48 11
- That's a very good approach, thanks! You've been in this one before, I assume? :-) -- nm - Facto Mar 12, 15:55 2
  - you're welcome, and kindasorta. -- nm - b. Mar 12, 15:58 1
    - related: I think because of the economy, a number of my friends have started selling various products like Herbalife, Pampered Chef, etc. I find it - loosilu Mar 12, 17:16
- ; = , -- nm - b. Mar 12, 15:49 7
  - Yeah, semi-colons are definite argument starters. -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 15:50 6
    - totally!! and don't get me started on serial commas, man. -- nm - b. Mar 12, 15:55 5
      - wait, what's your problem with serial commas? -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 15:57 4
        
        nonono, I'm a huge fan! -- nm - b. Mar 12, 15:58 3
        
        That's hawt! -- nm - Redmond Mar 12, 16:10 2
        
        although usually if you have items in the list that are longer than a few words you should probably use a semicolon to separate them -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 16:13 1
        
        Keep you're steenking english speakin off my body -- nm - Redmond Mar 12, 16:21
have friends who don't Herbalife -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 12, 15:43
Tell them you never mix business with friendships. You have had bad experiences in the past. -- nm - Redmond Mar 12, 15:40 1
- this is a good approach, IMO. -- nm - loosilu Mar 12, 17:17
Tough one. They're trained not to take 'no' for an answer. - Dr.Vermin Mar 12, 15:39 1
- Luckily, I believe this guy will be cool about it. He's mature etc. But it made me think how we sometimes come across these situations. And next time - Facto Mar 12, 15:52

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Hi. Yeah, so, scenario: Someone is trying to Herbalife you. How do you make it very clear it's never going to happen, without hurting their feelings?

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