MLM Horror Stories #9: DoTerra and Young Living ruined my life. #antimlm

#mlmstories #mlm horror stories #doterra #youngliving Let's read some mlm horror stories from two of the most notorious essential oil MLM companies out there: Doterra and Young Living. These stories show some of the cult behavior and horrors that take place behind closed doors of these commercial cults. If you want to share your MLM horror story and have it featured on my channel, please reach out to me! My email is [email protected]. If you want to connect on instagram:   / gracious.expectations   - - - - - [ 👉 Watch Next on My Channel ] - - - - - - 📹 * FDA Issues Warning Letter to Young Living MLM | Are Their Essential Oils a Scam? #antimlm *    • Young Living receives Warning Letter from ...   📹 * TOP MLM FAILS #3 | Monat, Isagenix + more MLM ig reels & posts that will make you cringe *    • TOP MLM FAILS #3 | Monat, Isagenix + more ...   📹 * TOP MLM Fails #2 | Reacting to some cringey MLM instagram reels & posts #antimlm *    • TOP MLM Fails #2 | Reacting to some cringe...   📹 * MLM HORROR STORIES #2: Kidnapped by Amway Couple | Victims of Amway's Pyramid Scheme #antimlm    • MLM HORROR STORIES #2:  VICTIMS OF AMWAY P...   - - - - - [ 👉 Resources & Links ] - - - - - -   / i_have_a_messed_up_mlm_story_involving_dot...     / a_reformed_young_living_bossbabe_excuse_me...   - - - - - [ From Young Living's Wikipedia Page ] - - - - - - Young Living sells essential oils and other related products.[7] It claims to sell completely pure, naturally derived oils. Its products are sold online and through distributors.[4] A report by Business Insider in 2020 documented at least 11 complaints made to the FDA between 2013 and 2014 of “Young Living customers claiming serious adverse event reactions to the products.” The FDA concluded the cause of one case to be a possible product failure while the others determined to be the result of incorrect usage of allergic reaction.[15] In September 2014, Young Living was one of three companies warned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its marketing practices. The FDA identified multiple instances of claims being made by Young Living's distributors on social media and other websites where they marketed Young Living products as possible treatments for cures of Ebola virus[16][17][18] and other conditions.[19][20][21][22] The letter also stated that Young Living's website made claims that promoted products in such a way that the federal government would classify the products as drugs.[22][23] The company subsequently agreed to address the violations cited by the FDA.[16][24][20] In 2020, the National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau recommended Young Living stop claiming that its products are ‘therapeutic grade' as it did not have the requisite scientific support to support such claims. The company disagreed and stated they would appeal, while at the same time agreeing to stop making various health and wellness claims about its products and their ingredients.[25][26][27] In 2000, the Utah Occupational Safety and Health Division (UOSHD) investigated an explosion of a distiller that fatally wounded a worker at Young Living Farms in Mona, Utah. UOSHD fined Young Living Farms $10,280 for seven safety violations.[28][29] In 2014, Young Living hired counsel for an internal investigation of its importing practices. The investigation resulted in the voluntary disclosure of violating the Lacey Act of 1900 and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 for illegally trafficking of rosewood oil and spikenard oil.[30][31][32] The company was subsequently fined $760,000 in 2017 after pleading guilty to the charges. In addition to the fines levied, the company was placed on probation for a period of five years.[31][30] In April 2019, a proposed class-action lawsuit was filed under the RICO Act, alleging that Young Living is an unlawful pyramid scheme. The suit was dismissed in 2021 for failing to adequately allege the claims made by plaintiff.[33] - - - - - [ From The Case (for and) against Multi-level Marketing by Jon M. Taylor, MBA, Ph. D., Consumer Awareness Institute] - - - - - - "The loss rate for MLMs is at least 99%. This means that less than one in 100 MLM participants make a clear profit, and at least 99 out of 100 participants actually lose money! In fact, classic no-product schemes are ten to one hundred times as likely to result in profits as are product-based pyramid schemes, or MLMs." 00:00 intro. 04:03 story 1. 20:51 story 2. 35:42 final thoughts.