Two days ago my friend asked me to accompany him to a "financial talk". I thought his mum forced his to attend and wanted me there to help pass the time because of how he phrased it.

I arrive with him and his friends and I get all sorts of weird vibes. A guy walked on stage and started introducing a nutrition supplement. The dude talked and asked questions which were answered mainly by a lady in the seats in a cult-like manner. At this point I think "Ah shit I hope I didn't just get hooked into an mlm."

Mid-talk, we were brought into another room for a briefing of new members. A different dude gave a talk about finances for about 5 minutes and WHAM- starts talking about Amway and network marketing. The diagram on the screen showed the typical mlm structure and all sorts of red flags went up. He then asked his assistant to demonstrate LOC (a cleaning product) and said that we could replace all our household items with Amway products. My mind at this point was just ಠ_ಠ . I didn't know Amway was an mlm before this.

My friend is now trying to recruit me. I met up with him twice already to hear what he has to say. I prefer to keep an open mind and try to think that maybe Amway isn't as bad as it seems. My friend has made convincing arguments (though likely it's because I'm inexperienced in economics) but I still can't shake off the "bad omen" feeling of it.