BREAKING NEWS: TachoEASY AG confirms name was stolen by TachoEASY Iberica, NOT affiliated at all

Sharp-eye readers of BehindMLM have just spotted this press release on the TachEASY.DE (and TachoEASY.AT) 

TachoEASY AG has recently become aware of the fact, that the trade name TachoEASY was associated with the Geteasy Group. 

We have received a large number of statements of actual consumer confusion. We were also approached by third parties and asked about our possible relation to Tachoeasy Iberica. 

TachoEASY AG is not affiliated with these entities and demanded vis-à-vis Tachoeasy Iberica that they immediately cease and desist any and all use of the trade name and logo TachoEASY. 

The products distributed by Tachoeasy Iberica are not the original products developed and sold by our company, the TacoEASY AG. Any statements to the contrary are false.
For any further questions, please contact TachoEASY AG.

In other words, TachoEasy Iberica is a clone of a real company, and was apparently created to provide "social proof" for the GetEasy ponzi scheme.

BREAKING NEWS: GetEasy under police investigation in Portugal

RPT "Friday at 9" News reported that GetEasy, an alleged Ponzi scheme, is under Judicial Police investigation in Portugal.

http://behindmlm.com/companies/geteasy-under-police-investigation-in-portugal

Full video report is available at

http://www.rtp.pt/play/p1047/e170084/sexta-as-9-ii

Due Diligence: Does the Business Model Make Sense To You? Are you sure?

As the MLM Skeptic, one comes across all sorts of alleged businesses, and many of them makes sense as a business, but not so much as an affiliate/distributor. Some makes sense as an affiliate, but makes no sense as a business. Obviously, a real business have to make sense to both the business itself and to the affiliates/distributors. 

In a typical retail business, the business model is very simple: buy low, sell high, sell much. There is no separate model for the participants, as participant is the owner of the business. 

In a direct sale business, we have to examine both layers, and they should coincide. Business buy the inventory at low prices, then sends out the direct sales people to sell them at higher prices. The business model for the participants, the direct sales force, are the same: buy low, sell high, sell much. 

However, with newer technologies a variety of schemes have appeared to entice participants to put in money or sign up in order to reap benefits...  Yet its business model makes no sense upon closer examination. 

Remember, for a business to succeed, both its own business model and the business model of its participants must both be sensible AND profitable. 

Today, we shall examine one business whose business model makes no f***ing sense upon closer examination. 

Or to put it another way: If it's so profitable why are they paying you?