New Era might be a cult

Travels With
Travels With Posts: 624
edited December 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
I'm pretty sure a friend of mine invited me to join a cult last week. It's called New Era (based in Concord, CA) - it's some "change your life" training/workshop. It costs thousands of dollars to complete and has an emphasis on recruitment. After a cup of coffee out and about 40 minutes on the phone I finally convinced him that it's just not my thing. Any one here have any experience with it?
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    Travels With wrote:
    I'm pretty sure a friend of mine invited me to join a cult last week. It's called New Era (based in Concord, CA) - it's some "change your life" training/workshop. It costs thousands of dollars to complete and has an emphasis on recruitment. After a cup of coffee out and about 40 minutes on the phone I finally convinced him that it's just not my thing. Any one here have any experience with it?


    that would be a pyramid scheme...or a "multi level marketing" business which is an euphemism for pyramid scheme
  • bigballsbilly
    bigballsbilly Posts: 67
    FYI: not all Multi Level Marketing Companies are "Pyramid Schemes".
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  • 81
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    i thought this was going to be about baseball hats and the people that were them.
    81 is now off the air

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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    81 wrote:
    i thought this was going to be about baseball hats and the people that were them.

    I was headed in the same direction with my own thought process as well.
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  • he still stands
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    bigballsbilly wrote:
    FYI: not all Multi Level Marketing Companies are "Pyramid Schemes".

    True... but I think most lie somewhere in between a scam and a legitimate business.

    Are commissions paid on recruiting others? If so... it is not sustainable.

    Will the company buy back the inventory of participants if they opt out? If not... it is probably not legitimate.
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  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,093
    81 wrote:
    i thought this was going to be about baseball hats and the people that were them.
    People were baseball hats??
    8-)
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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,095
    based on looking at the website, it just comes across as a non-accredited workshop on goal setting theory.

    I'd say your friend is over-zealous about his new find, nothing to be scared of.

    It didn't seem like their was an emphasis on recruitment from the site, but if there is I'd say it's a scheme. Legit tier based marketing or not; anything that questions the integrity of all personal relationships is a scheme in my book.

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