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Pyramid scheme

Pyramid scheme

Search complete. 16 mentions across 6 episodes found for "Pyramid scheme".

Oct 6, 2026

JadoniHOST
3:58
Um, damn.
JadoniHOST
4:00
Pyramid schemes crazy.
JatavianPANELIST
4:01
Isn't Jon Stewart falling for Forex or any pyramid scheme?
JadoniHOST
4:05
No. No.
Danny WallaceHOST
35:43
Whatever this is, I am going to say, I will go door to door trying to sell this.
Danny WallaceHOST
35:50
And I will set up a pyramid scheme to support it.
Steve FerdinandoHOST
35:52
It's perfect for Pyramid Scheme.
Steve FerdinandoHOST
35:55
Go on.
Steve FerdinandoHOST
35:56
So, I'll give you the back end, the back story.
Addison AndersonNARRATOR
3:22
And in real life, many earlier joiners lose out too.
Addison AndersonNARRATOR
3:27
Pyramid schemes are illegal in most countries, but they can be difficult to detect.
Addison AndersonNARRATOR
3:32
They're presented as many different things, including gifting groups, investment clubs and multi-level marketing businesses.
Addison AndersonNARRATOR
3:39
The distinction between pyramid schemes and legitimate multi-level marketing can be particularly hazy.
Addison AndersonNARRATOR
3:46
In theory, the difference is that the members of the multi-level marketing companies primarily earn compensation from selling a particular product or a service to retail customers.
Addison AndersonNARRATOR
3:56
while pyramid schemes primarily compensate members for recruitment of new sellers.
Addison AndersonNARRATOR
4:01
In practice, though, many multi-level marketing companies make it all but impossible for members to profit purely through sales.
Addison AndersonNARRATOR
4:08
And many pyramid schemes, like Veeam and Nutrition, disguise themselves as legal multi-level marketing businesses, using a product or service to hide the pay-and-recruit structure.
JackHOST
21:52
... motivational thing.
JackHOST
21:53
Like, of course you don't understand why we're doing, uh, a pyramid scheme.
JackHOST
21:56
It's never been done before.
JackHOST
21:58
Uh-
Lauren EdwardsGUEST
11:16
Multi-level.
Lauren EdwardsGUEST
11:17
Pyramid schemes, basically.
Lauren EdwardsGUEST
11:18
Or product-based pyramid schemes.
Lauren EdwardsGUEST
11:20
I'm
Xanthe BlaiseGUEST
11:20
almost positive a friend of mine, like kind of a distant friend, I see her far away.
Xanthe BlaiseGUEST
12:12
right.
Xanthe BlaiseGUEST
12:12
But that's cool, whatever.
Xanthe BlaiseGUEST
12:13
I feel like that goes to show that our psychology of... like joining pyramid schemes.
BrodieAUDIENCE
69:29
Tell them they're fucking dreaming.
BrodieAUDIENCE
69:32
Anyway, so huge fuck off to Pyramid Scheme, door-to-door salesman.
BrodieAUDIENCE
69:38
So, yeah.
BrodieAUDIENCE
69:40
Get that up, y'all.
BarneyHOST
71:03
He didn't go the push.
BarneyHOST
71:04
But when, say, Brodie, someone would turn up there and Brodie was telling us about this.
BarneyHOST
71:08
And I said, what? He started talking about pyramid schemes.
BarneyHOST
71:11
I said, oh, cunt, was it a Kirby? And he went, yes, it was.

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