What does TNI dealer Jeremiah Charles (MLM “synergizer” and a bartender and manager of a restaurant in St. Petersburg, Florida) think about other dealers who raise concerns regarding the products they sell, in particular the use of higly controversial ingredients in TNI’s latest product; the HIRO energy drinks? From his own words it is cear that criticism within the dealer network(s) is to be kept inside the network and never to be mentioned outside of the network, as Mr. Charles puts it; “What I said and repeat is that these comments are to be brought upline. They are not to be spread around a forum such as this. This is just negative idle talk that does nothing but spread like cancer. It only takes one negative person to disrupt the positive vibes of a team.”

This also illustrates the nature of criticism inside the pyramid structure where it is automatically labeled as “negative talk”. Of course, judging the other things Mr. Charles says, the negative talk is only negative because it might impact the bottom line, which according to Jeremiah is; making money and being blind loyal followers of whoever is at the top of the pyramid. Only loyalty counts and blind it must be, or as Mr. Charles puts it; “We are in Network Marketing. Our job is to pick a company we can stand behind and work our business. It is not to nit pick every ingredient that our founders deem appropriate to add to a product.”

As a TNI IPC, Mr. Charles does not stand behind the medical or health claims of the products or those made by other dealers (but will probably accept them to be spread if it makes him more money) and correctly recognizes that; “We are not food scientists nor are we experts in the medical professions”, according to Mr. Charles.

So what does this mean for the health claims made by other dealers? He has a very clear view on that as well, as he writes; “It has occurred to be that there are a lot of people out there who truly do not understand the business we are in. Many think they are in the juice business. We are in Network Marketing. It is our job to build networks of people as a channel of distribution to move the goods and services of our company through“, and to top that off, “There are a great many people out there that are still trying to save the world by baptizing everyone in this juice. Guys, if you are doing that, you are missing the boat, big time”, according to Jeremiah Charles.

His advice regarding TNI and the pyramid scheme is simple and does not involve testimonials and health claims or anything else, it’s very basic and really shows that it is all about; “Build a huge organization and do it as quickly as possible. By doing so, you will move these valuable products en mass by default. Does that make sense? This compensation plan DOES NOT WORK if your people are not using the products”, which shows that you need to get people to use the products and it seems one way of getting people to use the products, be it Tahitian Noni Juice, HIRO (marketed under the name taHiro outside of the US), Goji, Xango, Herbalife, or any other fake miracle in a jar, is to do whatever it takes to get people to use it. In order to… make money!

Be careful if you ever get to deal with this Mr. Jeremiah Charles, though. Before you know it your might end up donating all your other non-MLM products somewhere, or as Mr. Charles does with people he recruits into his little money making scheme in the larger pyramid is; “One of the first things I do with new people after about a month, is go over the catalog with them and bring a big shopping bag over to place all the old stuff they used to buy from a store into so they have room for their Tahitian Noni products. They can donate their old stuff to a shelter or throw them away”.

The other thing Mr. Charles has identified properly is that these miracle products such as Tahitian Noni Juice only work as long as people are willing to use them and BELIEVE in them. There is nothing more harmful to a belief than having that belief weighed, measured, and examined in detail. Raising questions or any sign of criticism (also called “negativity” in those tight MLM communities) might affect others who could for the very first time be using their heads for a change and perhaps think about the questions that get raised. And that could lead to a breakdown of certain false beliefs. As Mr. Charles puts it, “Just remember to stay positive around others on your team and downline and to take upline any negativity. If not, you are on a sure path to destroy your organization by zapping the life and positive energy right out of people. In a sense, an emotional vampire. You can effect others’ teams to in a viral setting line this online forum as well”.

The short version of Mr. Jeremiah “smells like money” Charles’ story is that health is irrelevant, using the products is important, selling them and recruiting new people is even more important, and blind loyalty is demanded. Critical thinking and thinking for yourself appears to be a bad thing and in the end the bottom line is that IT IS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY AND ONLY THE MONEY.

And that’s exactly what our site has been saying all along. Thanks Jeremiah, for this refreshing honesty. We had almost lost hope for TNI IPC’s and dealers but it seems you truly are an honest one. Now if only we could say the same thing about HOW these products are sold.