No More D&D for awhile... [slightly OT]

[TroyXavier]

Well good luck, but I tried out Primerica for a bit, and it's like what people say, you're not going to make much selling anything, you make almost everything by recruiting others. I didn't like that(or the travel involved) so I got out. Gaming will always be waiting if you ever decide to go back.

 

[alsih2o]

primerica does show up on fraudwatch, scam warning sites and in court records a lot.

 

[MeepoTheMighty]

Why would the largest credit card company in the world want to create a subsidiary helping people get out of debt? That's about as honest as those anti-smoking commercials funded by the tobacco companies.

 

[Nine Hands]

The problem with this whole debt free movement is that you are not truely debt free, no one is. You are just paying less interest since it seems to be politically unpopular to pay 21% interest right now.

Not that I'm knocking refinancing, if you are taking a bath in interest, by all means, refinance, but don't think you are free and clear just because of a new loan. All you've done is put yourself is just as much debt, with probably lower payments, which you will pay the exact amount (that is what any company hopes), which in the end is the same thing, it just takes longer

Good luck with this, but make sure that you are doing this because it will make your life better. A friend of mine gave me a similar speech about selling vaccums. $2,000 vaccums. He did not appreciate my comment that his vaccum cost more than my car

 

[Ashe]

I'm sure you'll miss it, but you know you'll still check out the message boards to see what is new

 

[Viking Bastard]

So you are getting a new job. Allright. Fair enough. But I'm not
really getting why that means you'll be leaving gaming.

You mean you'll just be too busy, or am I missing something?

 

[Goobermunch]

I wasn't going to reply to this thread. I figured all the grousing might be part of a bad corporate reputation. But I did google Primerica for fun. What I found was slightly disturbing.

I'm not saying the company is evil or anything, but check out the following links from:

Texas

Oregon

California

and Minnesota.

In case you missed it, each website has the exact same text. Kinda spooky, huh?

--G

 

[Mercule]

In case you missed it, each website has the exact same text. Kinda spooky, huh?

I'm not sure that proves much. Could be as simple as a "best practices" guideline for doing business, or a standard way for reps to present themselves (there's a lot of potential for loose cannons in an industry of semi-independant reps).

I'm far from knowledgible about Primerica, but the _general_ business structure, as I'm given to understand it isn't a bad one. Multilevels (or whatever you want to call them) aren't any worse than almost any other business structure in theory. It's the implimentation that usually blows.

Just make sure the profit comes from actual sales, not from recruiting. That's where most of the ones that get shut down are burning people.

 

[Arravis]

I've heard of these guys before, a scam in my opinion (if not illegal, definately unethical). They make their money off their employees, not their customers. Anyway... I'd simply check with your local Better Business Bureau; escpecially before doing anything life changing (beyond simply not gaming).

 

[Numion]

No sympathy for you.

Our DM hasn't been able to game for a while because he also chose big bucks in the financial field over DMing. Still pretty pissed about that, we haven't gamed for months now!

Ah, just kidding Do what you want.

Money is more important than D&D.