Comments on: How to Price Yourself As A Freelancer? http://asiaparttime.com/blog/freelance/how-to-price-yourself-as-a-freelancer/ Your Trusted Part Time Job & Freelance Job Community Blog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:00:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Wong Yat Wai http://asiaparttime.com/blog/freelance/how-to-price-yourself-as-a-freelancer/#comment-3104 Wong Yat Wai Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:49:19 +0000 http://asiaparttime.com/blog/freelance/how-to-price-yourself-as-a-freelancer/#comment-3104 I was fleeced by two such agencies. I reported both to the Consumers' Tribunal. They returned the deposits to me. After writing about such scams, I wish someone who is an expert with direct selling or multi-level marketing company would do a write up on such companies. Based on my experience, and thousands of others, most of us join an MLM in the hope to make that extra bucks that'll help to pay that bill etc. However, I note MLM companies are sprouting way too many in Malaysia. I share my unpleasant experience with one such company which I joined slightly under one year. I was told to meet up and have a word with the MD of this company located in USJ Subang, Selangor. That I did, it was only him and me on that floor. The rest of staff one floor below. No witnesses, but I recall very clearly in that conversation I asked him with regards to a market in Africa. To which he replied no, they can't do that because it's too big. About one month later, last week I got the information from a very reliable colleague of his that they have assigned someone to take the African market. Isn't that sneaky? You see, this company has no intentions of going very far as an MLM. The cost of wannabes to go at length to get members for downlines in hopes of making that extra buck is really pitiful. As such, I think the ministry concern should only allowed a company to register as an MLM if they have a least five other countries which they plan to open up the markets under the MLM scheme. Otherwise, the biggest losers are the innocent members. Mind you, the ones in charge will not hesitate to make use of whatever contacts you give them. It makes no sense for any company to be allowed easy registration if they plan to practise only in Malaysia or at most just branch out to Indonesia or Thailand. If a company registers as an MLM in Malaysia but decides to keep the bucks to themselves by having single markets elsewhere, then they should never be allowed to register as an MLM in the first place. There are certain companies that might not even see fit to communicate with their members. So if you don't know, and suddenly provide them with some needed info like your contacts, you stand to lose while they gain. I'm now very skeptical of this company registered as an MLM in Malaysia, it's called Ohhira Nutrition Sdn Bhd. Can someone here shed some light as to this company? It doesn't send me any information on their latest activities. So if you don't know, as I learnt it the hard way, don't give away any of your ideas or international contacts. I was fleeced by two such agencies. I reported both to the Consumers’ Tribunal. They returned the deposits to me.

After writing about such scams, I wish someone who is an expert with direct selling or multi-level marketing company would do a write up on such companies.

Based on my experience, and thousands of others, most of us join an MLM in the hope to make that extra bucks that’ll help to pay that bill etc. However, I note MLM companies are sprouting way too many in Malaysia. I share my unpleasant experience with one such company which I joined slightly under one year.

I was told to meet up and have a word with the MD of this company located in USJ Subang, Selangor. That I did, it was only him and me on that floor. The rest of staff one floor below. No witnesses, but I recall very clearly in that conversation I asked him with regards to a market in Africa. To which he replied no, they can’t do that because it’s too big. About one month later, last week I got the information from a very reliable colleague of his that they have assigned someone to take the African market.

Isn’t that sneaky? You see, this company has no intentions of going very far as an MLM. The cost of wannabes to go at length to get members for downlines in hopes of making that extra buck is really pitiful.

As such, I think the ministry concern should only allowed a company to register as an MLM if they have a least five other countries which they plan to open up the markets under the MLM scheme. Otherwise, the biggest losers are the innocent members. Mind you, the ones in charge will not hesitate to make use of whatever contacts you give them.

It makes no sense for any company to be allowed easy registration if they plan to practise only in Malaysia or at most just branch out to Indonesia or Thailand.

If a company registers as an MLM in Malaysia but decides to keep the bucks to themselves by having single markets elsewhere, then they should never be allowed to register as an MLM in the first place. There are certain companies that might not even see fit to communicate with their members. So if you don’t know, and suddenly provide them with some needed info like your contacts, you stand to lose while they gain.

I’m now very skeptical of this company registered as an MLM in Malaysia, it’s called Ohhira Nutrition Sdn Bhd. Can someone here shed some light as to this company? It doesn’t send me any information on their latest activities. So if you don’t know, as I learnt it the hard way, don’t give away any of your ideas or international contacts.

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