NEVER Pitch a Pyramid Scheme on Shark Tank or Dragon's Den
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- Опубликовано: 7 янв 2021
- the greatest pyramid scheme roast of all time, courtesy of Dragons Den, a show about investors hearing pitches and investing in them.
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this video is an opinion and in no way should be construed as statements of fact. scams, bad business opportunities, and fake gurus are subjective terms that mean different things to different people. I think someone who promises $100K/month for an upfront fee of $2K is a scam. Others would call it a Napolean Hill pitch. 
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I love the lady. “Stop. Let him talk.”
Translation: “Everyone shut up. This’ll be funny.”
"ayo watch this shit lmao"
@@NineteenInFrench 😂
"Holup. Let him cook."
Im dead
I love this lady, she shares my energy.
watching this man vehemently deny that it’s a pyramid scheme, and then immediately explain the business by drawing a triangle with his hands is peak comedy
We’re not talking about thiiis, or thiiis, we’re talking about thiiiiiiiiiiiiis
that was literally something Michael Scott did on the Office
It's not a pyramid scheme, it's a reverse funnel funding formation.
Hahaha@@TheGIJew.
Jim on the office did this lol
I still can't get over the sheer world-shaking hubris of the phrase "here's me, and here's the five Dragons under me..."
Yes, I noticed that too: way too cocky, unconsciously...
Also, it was Shark Tank, so he wasn't even calling them the right thing lol
'World-shaking hubris' hahahaha. Eloquently put.
Nope, it was dragons den.@@drigondii
@@drigondii did you even watch the video? Coffee outright said they are called dragons in the Uk
That first dude's first mistake was trusting a 'business opportunity' from his ex wife.
His Hungarian ex wife, lol.
He wasn't trying to scam them. He had no idea what he got himself into.
lol he was scamming them, he just wasn't trying to scam them lol
He’s an actort
Brainwashed fr
Alot of MLMers don't realize they are being scammed, those meetings feel like a cult pledge much more than a business affair. LOL
@@d33763 i forgot what the youtuber was since i'm not subbed to him but there was a guy that went to one of those meetings and managed to get a recording. they use a lot of fear tactics to make what they are doing seem really good
In the meeting they bashed schools a bit, they hinted that college was "sorta alright" but went on to say owing people money is bad or something like that, which was kind of ironic, and they also downtalked jobs that you don't earn a lot from. all of it screamed "you're poor and don't have money to spend, so buy a package and you'll be rich. become your own boss!"
the creepiest part is that the speaker asked people to: "don't question how this works, just question how you can make money as fast as you can/join as fast as you can"
The first guy was asking for $175,000 not for the business but so he could pay off the mortgage on his house. He's broke
That's really sad. He got scammed hard
I wonder if it's possible for the victim to call for bankruptcy on this if they decide to cut their losses and go to the police.
@@destroyerinazuma96 in america you can file for bankruptcy as many times as you want!
@@ciscobriones5904 that's actually helpful
@@ciscobriones5904 ehhh comes with some pretty heavy downsides....RUINS your credit for YEARS with no hope of recovery until that period is over. essentially, File bankruptcy on last resort stuff. It can relieve your debt fast yes but the long term ramifications are rough.
Little PSA here: NEVER drink water out of a dehumidifier. It’s very dangerous and there’s no way any filtration system they have in there is making it safe to drink.
That's probably why, when the hosts tried it, it tasted like shit 😭
Even if it was safe, there's way too little water in the air so it'll be very energy expensive and thus far more expensive than just buying water
will it also dehumidify my fart in the air?😮
Only if itbwas wet@@void_360
plus it has no minerals etc
The water tastes so bad because it's just dehumidifying all that dude's sweat.
"Its not a pyramid scheme, cuz those are illegal."
So is murder, but it happens quite a bit.
666 i don't wanna ruin it
In the words of John Oliver, "it's not a pyramid scheme, it's just pyramid shaped."
@Noah Samm how would you put the ban on the ban on the ban on crimes?
lmao imagine someone getting apprehended by the police, standing beside a dead body, bloody knife in hand and he says "it's not murder, because murder is illegal"
GOLD
Right. But some people get away with it. People like Kevin O' Leary
“It’s not a pyramid scheme, it’s a triangle plan”
Reverse funnel system
Its a Trapezoid Scheme-total different from those shady pyramid schemes.
-The Simpsons
That's a man denial. At least Burnlounge came up with a new name: Concentric Marketing.
😆😅🤣😂
Triangle plans are a complete scam!! ...now my pizza wedge business opportunity on the other hand ....
The first guy at least tried to avoid the word “pyramid scheme.” The second group literally said it with their full chests lmao
That first person has the vibe of giving a presentation to your professor, but you didn't study the topic
it's not a pyramid scheme , it's a 3 sided square method
Or a pentagram method but with less sides
Your profile picture is hilarious
Lmao
It's a trapezoid! *Police sirens*
It's a isoceles triangle!
Imagine being apart of a scam without knowing it and then realizing it on national television.
A part*
Honestly, that's the worst part. Half the people trying to sell you a pyramid scheme probably got scammed themselves.
@@shayden998100% of them are scammed in a pyramid scheme other than the ones at the top
Oof
I think one of the reasons why they decide to pitch just on a show like show tank is that they’re desperate to sell product
In the 80's I was working as a Lead Investigator in loss prevention in Chicago. I worked closely with the Lead Detective. One day the Customer Service Manager approaches us with a "cool way to make some extra money". After he explained it to us, we were like, "that would never work - someone at the bottom is going to get screwed". As we investigated it further we realized it was a Pyramid Scheme - and an absolutely MASSIVE one involving tens of thousands of people. So we contacted the Chicago Police and turned over our investigation to them - around 3 months later they made a number of arrests, and broke up the pyramid, which was even bigger than we had thought. And yes, those that we spoke to helping to manage the pyramid really believed in it, and genuinely did not seem to understand that they were involved in fraud.
Did they bust the people at the top and treat the other people reselling as marks who didn't realize they'd been had and were perpetuating fraud?
The second one got even better. The host talked to them afterwards, and they were saying it needed to be colder. Host says "does the temperature mask the awful taste?". They were like "no, it needs to go through the filters more times". Host: "yeah, right".
how to not look sweaty on Dragon's Den:
1) pitch a product that glows in the dark
2) wear it
3) ask the producers to 'please cut the lights'
being sweaty is not the problem, it's the patter they come up with the sell their shite
@@TheOmegaRiddler He didn't say it was the problem, he just gave instructions on how to not sweat.
Plot twist: you glow in the dark
@@tianamaycry It has nothing to do with what he was told. He's in front of wealthy people trying to convince them to invest. It will make you sweat.
@@TheOmegaRiddler still isnt what OP was saying. All OP was solving was the issue of appearing sweaty, regardless of where the sweat actually came from
The first guy literally recreated the office scene where Michael Scott accidentally discovers he’s in a pyramid scheme
Bro i was looking for comments about that same office cold open for like 5 minutes. Thank you for restoring my faith in this comments section
I was about to comment this 😂😂 When she did it with her hands I immediately thought of Jim drawing the triangle around Michael’s diagram
"... I have to go make a call."
-Michael Scott and also Flop Sweat Guy
Lol what episode is that?
Thats what i was thinking lol
18:08 "Its just good, old-fashioned, pyramid-multi-level-direct-marketing." 😭😭🤣
She knew he was about to dig himself a grave in national TV. She said “hold up,
Let him cook” 😂😂
The first guy is such a victim that he doesn't even realise he's a victim.
In the end he's become the very thing that destroyed him.
The structure of all companies and capitalism is a pyramid 😂
He's so deep into it that he thinks the only way is through
@@jonyfrany1319 Ehhhh. It's more of a web than a pyramid. And everyone benefits from the orthodox structure. Pyramid schemes just end up crashing and only benefit the people at the very very top in the end. Everyone else crumples compared to like google, which pays everyone and doesn't fuck over the people inside of the web.
sweat?
@@jonyfrany1319 The difference is that pyramid schemes don't pay you a salary, so you have to rely on selling a product that most of the time wont make back the money you spent on them. Let's say its protein powder. First you have to buy a pack of protein powder (most of the time they will try to convince you into buying multiple for a discount) then you have to sell it to anyone you can. Then they will tell you if you hit a quota, you'll get a bonus or an expensive prize. If somehow you're successful enough, you start selling larger quantities to groups of people and boom, you've become the person who originally sold it to you. Thing is, 99% of people will not become that successful because no one wants your damn protein powder and you've spent $500 on packs of protein powder that will be sitting in your garage for years. Or you could just work at JC Penny and make $13 an hour.
"It's easier to fool a man then it is to convince him he has been fooled"
Because convincing someone that they've been fooled requires you to suggest that they're incorrect. And humans don't like to think they're incorrect.
Totally agree with this statement
It's easier to fool a man than it is to teach him to spell "than" correctly
@@MHNK77 it's less about spelling and more about using the correct homonym.
@@trickytreyperfected1482 it's less about using the correct homonym and more about using the correct homophone
Given how O'Leary was paid by SBF to pitch FTX, I question his credibility to catch scams.
true
Yeah but crypto fooled a lot of people though. Plenty of people took it seriously.
People make it like FTX were scaming people, but cripto IS a scam. The technicality of it makes you lose sight, but it is a pyramid scheme too.
@@user72974 the guy in the video took his scam seriously too. People taking 'em seriously doesn't make them less a scam.
@@user72974 you can say that about a lot of scams. that's the point.
As someone who frequently watches UK Dragons Den, while you could be right about the warm light, the people who do the good, confident, clever pitches almost never sweat at all. These people are very nervous.
The counterintuitive truth is reality tv leaves nothing to chance.
If you want to know why badguys sweat and goodguys don't?
Production.
Why normal people come across as sitcom characters in interviews but normal people after the show ends?
Production
Why people always seem to do stupid things that make no logical sense or goes against common decency
Production.
Everything you see of the final product has been carefully designed, guided, cut, shot, and edited to look, sound, and feel a specific way.
Reality TV is truly a misnomer.
@@GuitarSlayer136music placement is one of the biggest things, oh and cutting multiple angles into a single sequence so it looks like people are staring at each other with an awkward silence.
That lady helping him dig his own grave while smiling seemed the most intelligent person in the room ngl.
She handed him rope. He could have used it to pull himself out, or at least admit he got scammed, but instead he just used it to hang himself.
she is the most savage there by showing niceness. the others were dead stopping him before he could explain, that's why he keeps on mumbling while the lady let's him finish then delivers the killing blow.
Kevin knew he just was trying to help the guy
@@chrischan3939 he wanted to stop him before he committed suicide
Other dudes don't want their time wasted, she just wants to
Plot twist, the sweaty guy *IS* the product. You hold a glass under his chin and it fills with water.
I want to Oman and they were selling what claimed to be cans of sweat
Free salt, bro. It comes also with salt. People used to be PAID in SALT! You can package this and it's free for you! Imagine that! Buy now!
The more he sweats the worse the water from the machine tastes. AKA a directly proportional multi-level marketing machine.
Lmao
Low key wanna make a company from purified celebrity sweat. The sweat, you pay the celeb, purify the sweat into drinkable water enriched with minerals, sell a pretty penny a pop and shebam! Stonks.
It’s hilarious that Barry and Paul say they essentially want to hire the Dragons as advisors but they want the Dragons to pay instead of being paid.
I was in a television studio class in highschool and those studio lights are hot as hell to be under, it was probably the lights from this old episode that got donated to our school lol
she's seems nice, she's just really letting him dig his own grave, but seeming nice the whole time.
Most legendary words: "So it starts here and gets bigger and bigger and bigger. What did I just make, Andy?"
@@Karttibone it was at this moment he knew, he f’ed up
i honestly think it's fake. its one of those moments that are just too perfect reality tv
@@SHITSWEEEK the acting would have to be top notch then
@@SHITSWEEEK It could be fake. But in this case, I'm OK with that if it gets the message across to people
You know it’s a pyramid scheme when they don’t even tell you what the actual product is lol
Yep or if it actually works
Even when they tell you the products..
Its a good ideaaaaa
lmao I swear 🤣 all but the product
he literally stated in about 5 seconds "i dont have a product to sell you"
I hope someone took him aside after this public humiliation and explained things to him/gave him advice on what to do with his life now after losing all that money
This is without a doubt, one of the best video tutorials on how to turn a 5 minute clip into a 30 minute video.
welcome to the world of react videos
These guys just steal others content in the name of reaction videos. They put no effort in it
That female judge is low key hilarious. She even made him draw the pyramid 😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hey tbf isn’t that any business?
Got the owner then managers then workers.
Edit: its so funny looking at the comments and seeing so many people taking it so seriously. Maybe your all getting this way because you hate to admit your at bottom. Also nfts are the modern pyramid scheme.
@@Name-ru1kt Uuuhh...no, I think that's the classic pyramid scheme come back.
LMAAAO
@@Name-ru1ktno. the workers actually get paid.
That first guy isn't trying to scam anyone, he doesn't even know he's been scammed, he's a true believer
it’s like organized religion✨
@@cas.rose.x profile pic lol
@@cas.rose.x except organized religion is good.
@@yetekt6953 Depends on the religion.
@@yetekt6953 uuuuuuuh
24:27 he said water 3 times each with a different pronunciation
That gave me a giggle
Imagine being ambitious enough to get onto Shark Tank with a pyramid scheme, but too unintelligent to know you're in a pyramid scheme. That's a killer Achilles heel.
Or desperate enough, he probably lost his house.
Don't producers screen the businesses to make sure they're legit? I guess they gotta include some duds like America's got Talent include some horrible singers
@@lizxu322They screen them to make sure they'll make good television...
Why are they saying dragons? Isnt this sharktank? (In the first one)
@@D4nnyC4tz lol no this is the UK version and it's called the Dragon's Den...weren't you listening
The first guy wasn't even trying to start a new MLM and be at the top. He tried to recruit the Dragons as his downlines 🤣🤣🤣
Balls of steel at least
@@vanflyheight8487 or delusional in highest degree
A nice healthy mixture of both with a dash of not knowing that other people do in fact...have TVs. Fun fact that pyramid schemes product had its stock plummet after this episode.
So hilarious lmao.
Walking up to someone holding a gun doesn't make you brave if you don't know what a gun is.
I think Dragons Den is much more appropriate. A mythological creature born of unchecked avarice, dragons horde wealth, are miserly, and will only help people if they benefit more out of an arrangement.
….”but maybe your pyramid scheme tastes GREAT?!”…. 😂🤣😂🤣
I love how this guy just walked up to professional investors without thinking of a single explanation as to what the product is supposed to do
Often how pyramid schemes are pitched
@@hyperion3145 but yeah like pitching it to people who don’t understand business or who themselves are desperate is different and pitching to people who are investors and business people by profession is super dumb. You don’t try to hustle a hustler
the producers set him up, sort of. like placing the hottest lighting right on his face and probably not explaining all that he needed to pitch or something like that. It's like on those talent shows where sometimes they would play songs out of tune so the singer does bad and gets mad
@@lucassm21 there's a big difference between setting them up, and just not doing the research
Thats because he dosnt even have a product. Thats part of what makes a pyramid scheme making money from signing up people instead of feom sales
"It's not a pyramid scheme, it's a reverse funnel system."
"Turn it upside down."
ase explain further
Sh*t up, bird 🤣
@@zhibaniola6460 always sunny ref
Goddamn it!
You've been duped!
"You should be sweating" LMFAO that had me in tears 🤣. Kevin is a SAVAGE 😂
He looks like the guy on a sitcom who constantly makes bad choices and gets confused when everyone else thinks they're dumb
I like how he thinks the lady is helping him, while she's just showing him that his business is a pyramid scheme
In reality kevin was the one helping hin
lol
it's trapezium
What shape did I just made? A triangle ma'am
I think she was trying to help him realize what he got himself into.
The original one of these shows was Dragons Den UK. It was named that way because a dragons den was dangerous, But full of gold. You'll either gain riches or get burned
I thought it was based on a Japanese show called "Money Tigers."
@@reloadpsi you are correct. Money tigers was first
Dang that's cool! I didn't understand the Dragons Den name til you said that. I also thought Shark Tank US was the first of its kind, probably cause that's the only media I was exposed to when I was younger.
It’s still shitty shark tank lmao
Yup. I like "Dragons Den" way better.
I love how the supposed company is "Lioness" like they are protecting you but really they are just circling the kill.
Atmospheric water condensers with proper filtration can produce potable drinking water, but no one uses them because they are wildly inefficient.
Yeah, I was thinking that they would use a lot of electricity and time to produce... not a lot of water.
They're actually more commonly used to reduce air humidity in closed rooms rather than to produce water.
@@4nn4h all of these products are made by people who don't understand that the energy to make "water from the air" isn't free. It's like a child who thinks that mom/dad writing a check is free money.
The lady in the first clip instantly knew what was up and was trying to tell Kevin to not chew his ass up and let him finish first. I can respect it lol
I absolutely love her! She’s actually so sweet to let that dumbass scammer get his idiotic pitch out even though she knew what was up from the beginning.
Arlene doesn't fuck around
She's ultimate troll because she gets thier hope a tad bit up just to push them of harder
No no no, put the shovel down. He's doing a good enough job digging his own hole.
Let the dummy dig his own grave deep enough before burying him HARD!!!
the producers knew they struck gold when they interviewed this man
100th like.
The sharks job: find good business to invest in
The producers job: find businesses that will get the best reactions from the sharks, negative or positive
100% accurate
I haven't laughed this much on any comment in a week
It's like a constant battle between the producers and the investors. "Oh this'll get em for sure."
One of the worst feelings is getting scammed, then needing to scam others in order to recoup some of what you lost.
I would love a series where coffee just reacts to shark tank or more scam pitches
Man she hilarious..." let him finish" ----- air draws a pyramid scheme..... I was on the floor.
I can't think of a better way to describe playing with your food before you eat it, lol.
That woman is cold 😆. Her smile when the the guy put up his white board 🤣🤣🤣!!
I love her. She let them make themselves look like fools lmao
lmaooo
Time stamp?
He didn’t want investors, he wanted people under him😩
I wouldn't mind 5 millionaires with experience running businesses on my downline either 😂
@ its not a business
@@mat4263 nah, I’m pretty sure it’s a business, did you not see his pitch? His Bulgarian exwife on the run clearly knows whats she’s doing, he just needs £175000 and 10 more years to get his investment back
@@mat4263 hes saying that the dragons own businesses. Not that the schemes are businesses. XP
@@ultimateninjaboi r/whoooooshh
Nice to see a more relaxed version of coffee ❤️
I love your enthusiasm! Great emergy !
she's the most cunning of them, holy shit.
calm, composed and simply asking questions, my guy simply fell into her kindness trap lmao
Yeah she let the first guy dig his own grave, and then pushed him in
That's what a lot female CEO's end up doing cos they know it works to whittle down a man's ego first
Rule of Acquisition 48: "The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife."
THE KINDNESS PYRAMID!
@@gholamdapantaloonsniffer8218 That's what we call a "ruthless business badass queen" in the realms of the internet.
When he unknowingly started describing the pyramid shape I lost my ability to suspend disbelief. There's no way this wasn't scripted lol
Made me wonder if he purposely went up there to shine a light on the scam. Doubt it, but it's astounding how he could say all those things and not see it's a pyramid.
Especially with his pink shirt with a giant collar. He just looks like a character.
It's the exact gag used in the office I think dragons den stole it lmao
Sadly, it happens. One of my coworkers tried getting me to join. She's a smart lady, used to do digital security, and when she described how you give 500$ and then get 3 people to join, each giving you 500, you pocket 1000$ and "re-submit" the other 500$ to go the person you signed up with, I was like "this sounds like a pyramid scheme." I even basically did what the lady did on the show, making the pyramid shape as I'm breaking it down, and she still kept insisting it's not a pyramid scheme.
It was so bizarre. I stopped talking to her much after that since I realized she was only nice to me because she was planning on making the pitch.
I think they're so desperate to get their money back that they refuse to admit to themselves it was a pyramid scheme.
I doubt it's scripted but is vetted and allowed in because it'll make a good show episode. Like the singing ones where they allow horrible singers in because hey you need someone to crash and burn on national tv.
Watching this on Thanksgiving 2023. And I'm surprised I've some how missed this one. What a wonderful Thanksgiving gift!
First time to this channel. I want to say that I was totally absorbed by the two strands of hair clinging to the foam surrounding the microphone. I was so hyper aware of these two hairs that from 9:49 to 9:51, three entire seconds, I was laser-focused on the fact that this could be their end! It was entirely feasible that Coffeezilla could have dislodged them, brushed them off, completely breaking the force which bound these two hairs to the black foam. He failed. It was unsuccessful. So, I continued watching this video, lost within black foam, watching two clinging strands of hair defy all efforts of removal while successfully grabbing the mental and emotional attention of their audience. An audience of one. Me. What a badass video! I never imagined, until today, that two strands of motionless hair could be so entertaining. Thanks.
"NEVER pitch a pyramid scheme on Shark Tank, because some judges have their own scams to keep track of"
competition has to be crushed
Like FTX
OOP There it is 🤣 i just said " compared to FTX a pyramid scheme looks pretty good "
😂😂😂😂 indeed
This aged perfectly lmao
The first one where he literally draws a pyramid with his hands reminds me of the scene out of the office where Michael tries to pitch a pyramid scheme to everybody and ends up drawing a pyramid on the board trying to explain it. One of the best scenes from The Office imo.
Yesss. In the episode when they talk about Ryan going to business school, Michaels mentions that he got caught in a pyramid scheme when he was younger and lost all his money. He didn't learn his lesson, got fooled by the guy with the corvette and the calling cards 😭
Is it me or did you just copy a comment i am sorry if you didn't it is just the comment before this one is the same thing
Nah, when Jim impersonates Dwight in the intro 😂 Beats. Bears. Battlestar galactica
this is EXACTLY what i thought IMMEDIATELY
Every scene in the office is one of the best scenes.
we need more of this! sweaty coffee!
The lady being so nice to him just to make him realise she's just letting him dig his own grave, man poor man that got scammed not only loosing his money but also probably destroying his own life
You can tell it’s legit because his presentation has clip art of a woman smiling and holding wads of cash on it.
🤣
True where can I buy?
@@Admiral- In your dreams
LMAO
😂
I love how Arlene basically just went "let him cook"
It’s cuz Arlene always gives pitchers the benefit of the doubt but actually she’s a very shrewd businesswoman, just very kind hearted
lol I think she just wanted the amusement of it all god bless her still lol
@benyseus6325 if youre shrewd youre not kind. As the saying goes "let them talk unimpeded and they will show you who they are"
@@twinkiesnails8857 being kind doesn’t mean you’re an idiot. I think knowing when to be kind and when to put your foot down without being rude is a kind of shrewdness
@theladycata9648 i never said it made someone an idiot, i see where your coming from. Being shrewd refers to good judgment, but is negatively connotated as being underhanded or manipulative. What youre describing is having boundaries
11:17 all I can think about. Is when Michael from the office is telling Jim it’s not a pyramid scheme. And Jim literally draws a pyramid around what he just explained. 😂
One of my saddest days was when I realized shark tank had no sharks.
He started getting questioned and he himself started realizing how stupid it was.
Lol, it reminds that episode of the Office in which Michael pitchs a business card pyramid scheme.
"Our product produces water out of air."
This sounds like a great pitch to anyone who's never looked at their utility bill and seen how cheap water is in comparison to the electricity required to condense it.
Hhh hhh but but what about the desert
Oh yeah got you there bro
Also, I feel like he’s used to that line shocking people. Making the machine sound miraculous. Especially if it’s not common to use dehumidifiers in the UK.
Not only that but you also need to buy a huge and (most likely) very expensive machine
@@catfishlol1498 you mean in low humidity areas????
Thunderf00t: ✨w✨
I’ve seen this video like 3 times already, it’s so good
In Germany Shark tank is called "Höhle der Löwen" witch translates to Lions Cave
The first dude literally dressed like a TV mafia boss.
Is that how mafia works?
I was thinking that same thing
Eeeeoooohhh....who ate dah Gaaaaaabagool?!
“I stand humbly before you on the day of your daughter’s wedding...”
Leave the gun, take the canolli
He got scammed by his girlfriend... Goes to show. Pyramid scheme scams don't come in the form of a stranger trying to sell u something, it comes in the form of ur closest allies
Friend from high school I haven't heard from in 10 years..."Hey! We are looking for highly motivated individuals that are trying to make extra money! Why don't I buy you lunch?"
@@BigfootUnibrowMan My girlfriend's old friend tried to get her to join a pyramid scheme with her and offered what you just said. Crazy how people will randomly do crap like that
@@BigfootUnibrowMan Id say take the free lunch and humor yourself listening to their scheme
@@patc9185 that's what I did lmao I got free lunch and coffee and pretended to be interested. It was ACN btw. The dude that was pitching to me was a old college friend 😂 I blocked him the day after
Yeah. Had a coworker that tried to drag me into one of these. I was gonna hear them out until they told me there was a $500 startup fee. Like seriously dude I’m not gonna pay to work for you.
"Oh and how much money do you have?"
"About 10 million in the Bank"
"I don't think thats a valid question"
😂
The first one is like when Jim halpert drew a pyramid when Micheal tried to sell calling cards in that episode of the office
I love how the Dragon's Den woman is like, "Let him finish," while the men are interjecting, then just swoops in with a succinct, "I get it: it's a pyramid scheme."
I knew from the starting what kind of person she was, she's the friend who doesn't bully you w her friends but is actually the worst bully, the one who silently & passively mocks you, but you think she's your friend bc she smiles with you, but at the same time makes you/say or do things that she knows will get you laughed at, bc it's an inside joke when you say or d some certain things with her friends
The DD woman knew from the start it was a pyramid scheme, but didn't want to let the other guy ruin the show to early by telling him no no no let him talk! , not saying she's bad person I love her lmao
@@iidentifyasjeffbezos way too specific. Are you okay, guy?
@@dniilii no & yes, but I just watched alot of Disney & mean girl movies growing up
@@iidentifyasjeffbezos damn, I remember those shows... It all makes sense now.
@@iidentifyasjeffbezos talking about Disney shows cleared a lot up 😭
It's like seeing an 11 year old trying to explain to his parents where the mysterious charges on moms card came from
😂😂😂
The dog used you credit card.
This was a great video. Made me subscribe
This way my first and favourite video after 15 months since first seeing it I am watching it again
I love how the female host kept saying let him talk. She knew exactly where he was going.
And she backed him into a corner so savagely lmao
She understands how TV works. You gotta be entertaining
@@catkilled "Let him get up, let him get up -- FIGHT BACK"
AKA = give him enough rope........LOL
@@janklowicz24 she also understands that the best way to expose someone is to let them do it themselves
"It's good old fashioned pyrami- multi level, direct marketing." The man quite literally said it himself.
Straight up! No questions asked.
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I love how they basically re-legalized pyramid schemes with a rebrand
@@carlireland5049 that's what all MLM scams do, they just say we are not technically a scam as we have re defined the word.
As an interpreter this bullshit playing around with language enrages me. We know what you mean - cut it out.
I thoroughly enjoyed your humor show. 😊
Government: "Pyramid schemes are now illegal, they've screwed over too many people."
Pyramid Schemes: "We'll rename ourselves Multi-Layer Marketing then."
Government: "Okie Dokie, you're allowed to operate now."
This is exactly the reason why all my Chris Hansen videos talk about "PDF files" all of a sudden...
I like how one of the investors (Kevin) has the decency to forewarn the first guy, while the other investors are leaning forward to see just how deep a hole this guy can dig.
this! when i was a child (why was i watching an investing show at 11?) i used to think kevin was just a mean bully, now i appreciate the fact that he was always straight up instead of playing the people and getting their hopes up
Kevin can be extremely nasty, purposefully spiteful, but he tells it like it is.
@@spideyxalmighty695 nah he’s still a spiteful capitalist douchebag. have you seen him explaining that a child in africa with no access to water can be inspired by millionaires in america = capitalism is good? i’ll give you he’s a business man but one that’s definitely out of the loop of reality
Kevin's just taking sadistic pleasure at his expense. Arlene seemed to actually try to explain it to him. The other ones just didn't want anything to do with it, which, fair enough.
What the guy was pitching was illegal.
"It's a pyramid, multi-level direct marketing" What a true veteran through and through 🤣🤣
"Good, old-fashioned..."
Good old fashioned PYRAMID scheme.
I am so new to your channel, I'm binge watching loads of stuff and came across this hilarious video. 🤣As someone from the UK, the saying "Do I have mug on my forehead" just mean's 'Do you think I'm an idiot/stupid' 😊
As soon as he let out that deep breath it was over 😂
This woman is like a patient teacher trying to explain to her student what a pyramid is.
Oh no she's having fun
When she said let him speak... bro the way she said it...
She wanted to have fun that day.
@aziouss2863 same vibes as "let her cook"
She wanted to cook
This has to be staged. There's no way he comes out dressed like that and clearly lays out a pyramid scheme to serious business ppl. Hopefully viewers learned something though, which I think was the point.
The way that they grilled him comes off more as an entertaining PSA than a pitch. I'm with you on this one.
Who would agree to play that role, when it's presented as legit? His rep would be ruined for a one time payment from being on TV.
@@leonardpriestley6822 an actor????? What do you mean
@@leonardpriestley6822 I’m sure his rep as an actor would be ruined
*sarcasm* (since you guys can't read who I am replying too apparently)
It is probably real (otherwise show would have the disclaimer most US reality TV has before being shown in the UK, that its fake, some scenes are added for dramatic affect that one, didnt spot one when Dragons Den US used to be shown over here) it is just the same technique that Got Talent shows use and so on where they are vetted before hand and they get an invite to the show thinking they are being taken serious when really they are just there to be laughed at.
A friend of mine got suckered into a pyramid scheme company. She thought she was gonna make thousands. Took me and her husband to convince her other wise a month to get her to quit it.
That last one on water dehumidifiers is a classic, they have tried to sell it on kickstarter over and over again too
I had a lady pitch a pyramid scheme to me in the parking lot of the grocery store I work at, and one of her biggest selling points was "It's not a pyramid scheme"
If you have to specify it's not a pyramid scheme, it's probably a pyramid scheme.
I imagine it'd be a laugh to say "It's not a pyramidi scheme" when talking about something that's obviously not actually one
@@Lunalite "Would you care to see our wine list? It's not a pyramid scheme."
It's not a pyramid scheme, it's a reverse funnel system.
if someone pitches something to me in a parking lot, im probably not investing lol. It would need to be something extraordinary like investing in their family while they aim a gun to my chest
His pitch sound like the Fizrr script 💉 but a financial 'herd immunity'
Fun fact, the first one: Lyoness actually changed to Lyconet recently and has been fined millions of dollars because of these schemes. The average person wins less than .3 cents a month when the "regular" should be $23 a month. This is very common in Europe and many nations advise against them
A fool and his money shall soon part ways.
@@ChristianF15cher A fool and his money are good friends!
Is that three tenths of a cent?!
@@scottydu81 I'm sure they meant 30 cents, or 3 cents idk haha.
My Boss wanted to take part in this whole cashback BS and we hated it the moment we started working with them. Nothing ever really worked, we invested a whole lot of money and time and in the end cancelled the contract cause they couldn't keep their promises. Wasted half a year on that crap
Convincing my old college roommate that cutco was a pyramid scheme was a painful lengthy process.
Appreciate the commitment to the bit by pouring water all over your face. Well done.
One thing about dehumidifiers: Every one of them, built by a reputable company, comes with a warning label telling you not to drink the water inside.
Yeah, its basically distilled water. You can drink it in small amounts, but if you're gonna drink it daily you'd need to add a small amount of minerals to it.
@@nicholasweiss4662 The minerals it does have come from dust that accumulates on the fins and small amounts of metal from the fins which are definitely not good.
Depending on the dehumidifying method there can be lethal amounts of bacteria in it. Some dehumidifiers use cooling to collect the water but certain bacteria thrive in those conditions.
@@EvTheWeebslayer hmmmm I use mine to water plants. I wonder of I should stop doing that?
Jesus I didn't know this, that's horrifying.
I love how everyone who ever pitches pyramid schemes has the classic line “This isn’t a pyramid scheme because those are illegal.” 😂
i mean not wrong but cheating on your wife with her sister is also not illegal but it doesn't mean its right lol
It’s such a shit argument too. Murder’s illegal so people never die at the hands of other people, right? Theft’s illegal so things never get stolen, right? Just because it’s illegal doesn’t mean it never happens, it just means that everyone decided it was wrong.
@@sunnysoup5705 - But that's not the reason these people say it though. They believe (or at least pretend to believe) that their product is sufficiently different from a pyramid scheme so as to not be illegal. I'm not saying they are right in this assessment, by the way. I'm just saying that is their rationale behind stating this distinction.
@@shadowxxe - Under pyramid scheme logic, it's actually fine as long as your father also cheated on your mother with your wife's mother though! 😂
@@LHyoutube Oh I’m fully aware, I was just pointing out how it’s a very soggy argument. Even if they don’t believe they’re in a pyramid scheme it’s still not a good argument to have.
I love how they had all clocked the scam after a few seconds, before he even revealed the "service".
Had I been on that Dragon's Den panel when they pitched the terrible water maker, I would've offered the guys pitching it a hundred quit each just to drink a full glass of their water
This poor man at the beginning just genuenly starts explainig the pyramid scheme to them, just completely unaware. I really feel bad for this guy, jeesus.
This coming from the greed pfp
Yes he's just escaping reality and ACTIVELY ignoring the huge obvious guilty conciusmess
Greed is easily the best character from Fmab