im sorry for the late upload, i have been a depressed, disorganized mess of a human. working on getting myself back in line lol

*FYI: The "U.S. Chamber Of Commerce" is a private company - they are not associated with the USG in any way.*

@Axl Dante Awesome! It took like 20 mins but it worked!!

dunno if anyone gives a shit but last night I hacked my gfs Instagram account using Instapwn. Just google for it :D

Hey it’s okay! We understand and love you! Take your time and relax💞

Please go after American Liberty CBD oil company...it used people's VISA information to but other things...well just go to their website and check them out!

I'm a florist and plant enthusiast from Australia, here's my two cents - Melaleuca is the name of a family of plants, commonly known as tea-trees, while some species are endemic to certain areas, these plants grow everywhere across the country. The claim that one plot of land has 80% of the countries tea-trees is outlandish - Melaleuca flowers are have a very high pollen count and flowers like that can cause allergic reactions, same with the oil, not everyone's skin or lungs agrees with it. - despite the name tea-trees aren't really used for tea, they are more famous for their essential oil produced from the highly fragrant leaves - Melaleuca honey is pretty popular, the honey itself is thick and organic varieties are slightly grainy (not a bad thing). Its not super sweet, great in tea and is traditionally used in honey cakes harvested from stingless bees.

I was raised near Idaho Falls Idaho. My Grandparents have so much of their crap in their house! And my best friends Dad worked there. I applied for an office position, but didn't get the job because I only speak English. I'm glad I dodged a bullet. I also went to a school Vandersloot helped start, AND my parents got into a fight with him years ago.

The reason their income "never goes away" is because even if you just sign up as a customer you are required to purchase monthly or you cant purchase at all. It took me 12 months and several overdrafts to finally get the charges to my bank account to stop. I did really like a lot of their products though. The business itself is crap.

My ex-in-laws had a couple bottles of Melaleuca that I don't think they ever used.

"-based spokesman-review" lmao

vandersloot does sound like a cartoon villain name, but it would have to be a BDSM themed villain

god i love you so much

my mom sold melaleuca when i was a kid, in the mid 2000s, and while i hate MLMs, their "Renew" hand lotion was literally the best lotion i've ever used.

Thankfully I was able to convince my sister from going down the Melaluca black hole.

Horrorable, we all know those individuals who got wrapped with these products!

Will you do a video on Visalus? (Body by Vi)

I’m from South Florida, where melaleuca trees are an *absolute menace to society,* so it’s really bizarre to me that any company in the US would brand itself as Melaleuca. That’s like calling your brand “Poison Oak”, or “Invasive Hell Tree”. In the early 1900’s melaleuca were stupidly introduced into Florida (where it is not native) from Australia to speed up the process of _draining the Everglades_ for real estate development, because melaleuca are extremely thirsty, yet drought-resistant trees that suck up groundwater and retain it like giant cacti. If you plant them in the wetlands, they’ll spread like absolute wildfire and choke out any native trees (like endangered cypress trees) in a matter of years. One tree can multiply into thousands practically overnight, because every summer they become covered in tiny flowers that then explode and shoot irritating pollen and seeds in every direction. Tons of people are allergic to the pollen and tree sap, and develop respiratory problems during pollen season and break into blisters and hives if they bump up against a tree in the woods. Now (2021) in most South FL counties, you have to pay out of pocket to have _all_ melaleuca trees removed from your property before you can legally sell or transfer a plot of land, which is incredibly expensive and leaves big bald spots in the forest. ...And the worst part is that melaleuca trees aren’t even really good for anything. The trunks have this really weird flaky bark that looks and feels exactly like sheets of craft foam, which is highly flammable. _But_ the inner core wood is rock hard and too wet to burn. If you try to use it as firewood (or if there’s a wildfire), it produces oily black smoke that causes people to suffer severe asthma attacks and throat and eye irritation. It makes shitty lumber and even shittier paper pulp. The tree oil is literally the only product that isn’t completely useless or straight up dangerous to both people and the environment (outside its natural range). TL:DR; Melaleuca is a god awful tree designed to make your life miserable, making it the perfect name for a god awful MLM company.

I actually was a customer for about a year when I was living with a friend who somehow got suckered into selling the stuff. I knew it was a pyramid scheme and thought the products were overpriced but my friend and I came to an agreement that whatever I spent on Melaleuca products would count towards my monthly portion of the bills and such, I guess because he was that desperate to add a customer to his list, so at that point I figured why not? I thought their products were alright, some were better than I expected if I’m being honest, but were still overpriced and oftentimes inferior to products I could find cheaper elsewhere. This video made me happy I cancelled my membership thing the second I moved out. Never would have even made the agreement I did if knew about Vandersloot’s shady character.

omg my mom buys from them all the time! the breath sprays taste good, though 😓

When looking at clinical trials, it is important to understand that "bad" or "negative" results (for instance, no one in the test group showed any benefit) are not required to be published. Also, because the research is funded by Melaleuca, Melaleuca can decide which studies are published or thrown out. So unless there is independent research on a product, clinical trial results are suspicious at best.

This is a MLM my mom fell for when I was growing up so I’m super glad you went over it

Ooof they got me for a couple of months during my sophmore year of college. I didn't "invest" much maybe like $100 but it was A LOT to 20 y/o with a part-time campus job barely making $200 after taxes lol.

Its not South Wales its New South Wales

There's a Dutch murderer who killed 2 girls who's called Joran van der Sloot... 👀

I will definitely recommend this video to my wife, who was a Melaleuca distributor a few years back. We both learned the hard way that Melaleuca was not a company to do business with. P.S. Here's a suggestion for a future video, if you haven't covered this company already: Kirby vacuum cleaners. Yes, I tried to be a Kirby salesperson back in my 'young and stupid' days. I managed to sell one unit...to some college friends of mine who felt sorry for me and needed a vacuum cleaner anyway. :D To this day, Kirby clings to its outdated sales model of insisting that a salesperson visit your home to demonstrate the product. This may have worked 'back in the day', but it's sheer madness here in the early 21st century, IMO. At best, their sales model is out of touch. At worst,...who knows? Just a suggestion. There may be nothing to see there. P.P.S...Peter Capaldi is the best Doctor in the 'modern' "Doctor Who" era. The fight is on. :D Serioiusly, though,...your videos are YT platinum. Keep up the good work.

Vandersloot? More like VanderSLUT! Haha, gottem.

I really am frustrated by melaleuca, because their children's multi-vitamin is the only iron-containing supplement that I've been able to take consistently. I'm allergic to a lot of things, cannot swallow pills, and I'm autistic with really strong sensory issues, so I have a really difficult time finding foods and stuff I can eat. I've had anaemia most of my life, and taking iron is really important for my health, but there are no other supplements I've been able to find that work for me, and like, I don't want to support them, the family friend that was hunning for them stopped so I haven't had it for a while. I literally just had my mum send me another vitamin that would potentially help, but it had sucralose which is one of my major migraine triggers and it gave me 2 weeks of migraines before I realized it was the culprit. It's easy with every other MLM not to support them, nd like if I didn't know that their vitamin works for me I probably wouldn't be as upset, but my mum used to get them for me when her friend was in it, and I know they work, I know I like them and I just want a more ethical company to make the exact same product, like not similar, but the exact same ingredients. and I just, it's so much more frustrating than when I don't care or when they aren't remarkable like. And They aren't really remarkable, I'm just in an awkward position because I have a whole list of things that make finding stuff to keep my nutrition adequate difficult. They happen, to be the one that works for me and I hate it.

I had no idea that u were apart of the LGBT+ community, me too! Thanks for supporting the community and bringing this to everyone’s attention. (P.S. Gays can only do two out of three: math, drive, cook.😅)

Vanderloot (or however u say it): It’s gonna turn the freaking frogs gay! AH!

Got an ad for something called Mud Water during this video, sounds like an MLM tbh

I’m not really sure where this ‘if you watch something LGBT related you’ll become one’ mindset came from😅 I mean yes a lot of children that are part of that group will feel a connection when they’re represented in media but the important thing is children being aware that being different isn’t bad and personally I feel they should know from about 7 years old 🤔 although saying that if you tell them all the phrases at once it may confuse them😅 What I’m saying is the person being hostile towards Homosexuals is horrid

It's New South Wales Australia, South Wales is part of the country Wales.

I don't understand why you are so reluctant to be political. Everying is political. Thinking LGBTQ people should be treated equally is a political idea. Critisising MLMs is a political act in itself. Just chill. It's ok to be political. And read Marx.

It's always hilarious how Americans pronounce Dutch last names.

I'm a centrist with a right lean so slight it barely registers and strong general libertarian beliefs. I don't think its a politically divisive opinion that using the courts to bully people out of criticizing you is unacceptable

My mom buys from melaleuca and I thought that products were fine but something felt, off about them. Now I know why. My mom still gonna buy from them unfortunately even after I told her about what they did/do. Fyi I am a lesbian and she said that "well every company is a little bit homophobic you can't avoid buying from those that are." Lets just say I am leaving this house as soon as possible...

I was triggered when the article called new south wales... South Wales.... & I'm from WA. 🤣

Can confirm.

From idaho falls. Know most of these folks at least peripherally. Went to school with the Vandersloot kids. Cousins grew up near the Balls. I worked at the paper when all that went down. Yeah. If this ain't the tip of iceberg, I don't know what is.

Yesssss thank you!!! Waiting for videos exposing this company!!

The fear that merely being presented with the idea of homosexuality as an abstract (along with many other issues of sexuality) will make one gay (or make them promiscuous, or whatever) is very common among Mormons. I know this because I was raised as one.

so i saw a semi truck for this mlm today. it was the tractor(drivers seat and sleeping area) and trailer(which pulls the products). it had all the proper stickers and truck numbers on it. fun fact the company legally has to pay the semi truck driver for the rate per mile hes driven. this was around knoxville tn.

Finally!!!!!! I was with them and it was a nightmare!!

Not South Wales, NEW South Wales!

Makes even more now sense why my friends bigot grandmother has melapoopoo coming out her ass

literally just got invited to a zoom call for this with *5* of their higher earning con artist. I'm only 18 and own a business but have quite a bit of experience working and marketing. For me it was pretty easy seeing this was a sham and after doing further research I lit their zoom call on fire by exposing the whole operation and got kicked👍🏽

thank you for taking the time to make this for all of us!

Hi, how are you? I hope you're having a great year so far. Wishing you a lovely week!

Illuminaughtii is a part of the lgbtq community, the Q stands for ✨Queen✨

Oh nooooo they did not just win an award for best places to work by Forbes in 2021😭😭

Why am I not surprised that he’s a Mormon?

I’m from Idaho Falls and I had no idea the impact this dude had on the country honestly. He pays for one of the best firework shows on the west side of the Mississippi and I knew he was a rich bigot, but this is A LOT! Crazy hearing all of this about my hometown, what a jerk.

The idea of a MLM = Make enough money to pay for the lawsuits and still come out with millions

A friend of the family had a relative who kept trying to sell this as at family functions and eventually he got so pushy and awful about it the they had to stop inviting him🙄

I'd really be interested to see what you think of the advocare mlm

Have you done cabi yet? If not I'd love to see a deep dive on cabi.

years ago my mom use to work for them

Isn’t Vandersloot the name of the villain in the Flinstone’s movie? Lolz

Fun fact: van der Sloot is a Dutch surname which rougly translates to "of the pond" which is very intimidating for a villains name :P

SO Melaleuca was investigated and paid a $1000 fine!!! WOW!!! Pyramid scheme .... Oh you mean like corporate America. A CEO, some Presidents, then many VP's, hundreds of managers, then thousands of supervisors, then US workers at the bottom many making min wage, with NO HOPE of breaking free. How many large corporations have been fined or challenged by our Gov? Probably ALL of them!!! SO whom have you worked for? I found this on the net Express VPN being investigated!!! The comment >> ExpressVPN is based in the British Virgin Islands, an offshore jurisdiction with strong privacy legislation and no data retention requirements. Nevertheless, that does not mean that ExpressVPN or its users are above the law.

god help me i hate this company, my mom used some origanic detergent from them, washed my clothes in it and the next day i was covered in hives, i'm allergic to a lot of plants and trees, well we didn't figure out it was the detergent for a while and i was in the doctor's office and the hospital, my mom tried washing my bed sheets with this crap and the results were not great, i have never had hives before that and the itching was horrible i got put on several meds to no change or improvement, it was only after all my clothes and bed sheets, etc were rewashed using normal detergent that i finally got relief. also seeing the made with plants or some such on the bottle was basicly what tipped me off as to why i was itching like crazy. so in some sadistic part of me i am happy this company is doing badly.

My parent's youth pastor is actually part of this MLM.

Blair: *Says "melk"* Me: IS DORITO MOTHER DORITO MOTHER AN MIDWESTERNER????

I used to buy stuff from Melaleuca. Initially I didn't even realize it was an MLM since my experience wasn't the typical one, I suppose. I had to make a LinkedIn account for my university. Someone sent me a message at that point asking if I knew what Melaleuca was. I said no. She didn't try to sell me anything - just told me it was a website that sold hypoallergenic products. I figured she reached out to me because in one of the groups I was in, I was asking if anyone knew good detergent brands that were animal-safe since I planned to work as a wildlife rehabber/educator. She asked for my number which I figured was kind of weird. But I gave it to her. She called and directed me to the site. Definitely super confusing and jumbed site, as you showed. I also found it weird that I couldn't make my own account, she had to do it for me. It seemed stupid. She signed me up for the "preferred" member deal. Anyways, I got some stuff. 99% of my future purchases were just yogurt granola bars cuz they were delicious. But initially I did get some detergent to wash my pets' stuff in, and I also got some toothpaste. One thing I found neat was you could get store credit for watching short videos. It definitely smelled fishy at that point... Not like brainwashing, but it was definitely supposed to hype you up to be a salesperson. That's when I realized it was an MLM. So I left the videos playing in the background and racked up $60 store credit, got a shit ton of free stuff, and cancelled my membership. As for the product quality? It's alright. Definitely more expensive but it is super concentrated and I still have some all these years later. So I didn't really care much. I do miss those granola bars though. The lady who set me up called me a few more times with a desperation in her voice, because apparently she was losing money by me not buying stuff. Oh right, actually, this was the worst part - she actually "recruited" me for her higher-up, meaning she did all the work and got no pay. While thos other lady does nothing and cashes out. I told her that was some shady business and told her to stop calling me. And she never did. But again, I was never approached about selling the products or anything like that. Oh yeah one last thing I didn't hear in this video: in one of their videos, the CEO (I guess VanderSloot?) supposedly claims that he was paralyzed from the waist down and was cured by the tea tree oil. When I saw that I just shook my head. Loads of baloney. I did end up buying a holiday oil mix from them for my mom's diffuser. Luckily they weren't claiming it cured cancer or anything. But the paralysis oil story was pretty weird.

What peralysis oil story?

Vander meaning: Good Man Sloot meaning: South African for Ditch or irrigation drainage. Sloot (slang): Slut (Derogatory) I'll let the rest of you folks have fun with this.....😬😂

I have shopped with Melaleuca and their vitamins work better than many others I’ve tried. Because I told others how much they have helped they paid me. Call it a pyramid if you want but I’d be sharing it even if they didn’t pay me.

As a Mormon We don’t claim him.

Agreed, we don't we don't want him

My mom buys all these things and is obsessed.... i may show her this so she is aware of what she supports. Thank you!

I think my nana used to sell these products. A very distinct smell to the products I can still remember. I like tea tree oil but I just buy pure TTO fr pharmacies.

Let's just say because of a family member we ended up with a bunch of their products. Mostly soaps and things. Most of it was ok but I remember a specific bottle of glass cleaner that was pretty crap compared to a certain blue liquid on the market.

I used to work at their corporate office haha! I’m obsessed with Sol U Mel... has anyone found a non-MLM product that can match it? Also, isn’t every company a pyramid?

3:25 _New_ South Wales, Australia. I know it's outside the continental USA, but I'd prefer it if the author/editor at least _tried_ to get the name right for a 312,525 sq mi state home to 8 million people.

Matt Smith followed closely by Peter Capaldi and I will hear no more blasphemy.

(As someone from and living in Pocatello, props to saying it correctly haha, also would have accepted Poke-A-Hellhole as many of us call it)

My mom has one bottle of the stuff for burns, and it works really well. I had no idea it was an MLM, I thought Melaleuca was what was in the product.

Melaleuca is a whole bunch of plant species over here. The oil is useful, and many of the trees and shrubs look nice. Tea trees often have really weird bark; lots and lots of really thin, soft, papery yet slightly rubbery/sponges layers.

lol, I was recommended to use Melaleuca acne products by a friend of my mom and they made it worse, and often irritated the skin on my face.

ok but their yogurt bars are real tasty

3:27 ???? it's NEW south wales???

My father In law is a big supporter of this pyramid group. After years of trying to get us to join I tried it for a month. Watered down products and skin reactions. He and his ‘recruiter’ lied to me about the plastic (I’ve reduced our households plastic dependence by using products like DROPPS) and ingredients. I got my first order and four days later canceled. Their points system is a joke, to rope you to buy and pay more for their crap. Was not impressed. Then I read up on the company and they have a whole team that goes through and takes down most of the negative reviews out there about this company. That’s shady as hell! Hope they don’t come after you! Great research and awesome video.

My grandma has been DROWNING me in melaleuca products for most my life. I know they are mostly bullshit and a pyramid scam but she just doesn't stop. Decided after finding your channel talking about so many relatable topics recently, I decided to just search "melaleuca illuminaughtii" AND YOU UPLOADED THIS JUST TWO WEEKS AGO HOLY SHIT.

My mother has been part of Melaluca for yeaaaars lol

I was very surprised to find this because my family uses this! 3:12 GASP! *DON MILLER?!* I think that’s my great-grandfather! That’s his name and he works for the company! This is so cool! My Papa got mentioned in a YouTube video! 😃😁

I don’t know about the sales side of things but as far as products go I love Melaleuca. The shampoo and conditioner are literally the only ones I’ve found that help my hair after it’s been damaged by dying so many times, the cleaning products work and last so long despite not having dangerous chemicals and their vitamins make me feel 100 times more energy, not to mention their pain cream and brushy stain remover thing are amazing. Taking a look at their sales model I’ve stuck to the customer side of things and am happy with their products on that end

I'm from Idaho, it's weird hearing about all of this for the first time 14 years later. I guess I was just a kid then, but it also goes to show how well powerful families can cover things up.

Fun fact I thought for many years that MLM’s ACTUALLY meant “moms losing money”

There's an mlm named vandersloot? Like the guy who murdered those two girls?

But... but... Why *shouldn't* people be turning the frogs gay?

Taking notes on this to show my mom, hopefully convince her to stop buying this crap

Do all MLMs have weird names like Lularoe or DoTerra? It seems like they all do. :/

I've met him when I was young. My dad used to call him his "best friend". My dad sold stuff for Melaleuca for years. He got in on the ground floor as it was coming up. It was a steady source of income when my drunk dad couldn't hold a real job. I've always known it was a scam, my dad was a manipulative person who was perfect for MLMs. He evaded paying taxes for years. He did seem to really believe in the products though, used to always have them around his house. Vandersloot seemed like a skeevey bastard even when I met him, and eventually stopped talking to my dad when he got richer and richer.

I live in Idaho Falls where it is based and Vandersloot practically owns the city. It's crazy how much power and influence he has. Every year he funds this HUGE fireworks show that costs millions of dollars. He influences politics and business, and seems to own half the real estate in the city. The dude is nuts. I will give him some credit though, he does treat his actual workers at the HQ and warehouse pretty well for the kind of work they do and being in this area, in which most companies typically pay very badly, especially for menial work. And with the LGBTQ stuff you have to understand how the mormon church views and especially viewed those issues, especially in the early 2000s. To say they live in a world of ignorant self satisfaction is an understatement. Yes, they absolutely believe that being gay is a choice and they teach that within the church. And the teachings of the church are absolute law to them. Not saying it makes them right, it makes them fools imo, but that is how they think and how they make decisions. They don't view it as a political stance but rather a moral imperative from god. It's absurd.

I was a Melaleuca hun for less than a month and was fucked for months because of it. They forced me to buy at least $80 worth of product for my own use every month, then purchase additional product to sell.

I got sucked into Melaleuca back when I was poor as a way to make supplemental income. Since I don’t have a knack for sales, I decided not to sell it, but to be just a customer. I stayed in for 5 years & it was rough. You have to purchase 35 points of merchandise every month. With shipping, that can be up to $85+ you need to spend every month from them to remain a “preferred” member. I just got out this last October. I’m sad that it took me so long to get out....

Here you go again... what is your deal? woman like you are the reason that I am so gay!

I signed up for Melaleuca at the beginning of the pandemic just because I needed disinfectant and couldn't get ANYTHING and my mother in law was like "I know it's a MLM but it works" so I signed up for a promo price of 1 dollar. I discontinued because I'm not spending 50 bucks a month for more and more product. Since then the woman who I went through has messaged me regularly and TODAY messaged me letting me know she knew my mother in law is coming to visit me which is beyond creepy!

The fact the name van der Sloot gives you villian vibes and it's the surname of the guy thought to have murdered Natalee Holloway and currently in jail for murdering a woman in Peru....

My mom is involved with this mlm and I do not have the heart to tell my immigrant mom, who feels so passionate about business and becoming a business woman, that she is getting scammed. It’s hurting our relationship and she doesn’t even know. But their renew lotion is actually a good product tf *edit* In addition, I can across some marketing material of Melaleuca that explained why they’re not an MLM... A few days later, a really important person in their company deadass said “This is why we are different from other multi-level marketing schemes...” while in a large video conference.

Correlation equals causation to these dolts for sure

Can you make an episode on thirty one?

What part of the LGBTQ community are u in Blair?

My mom used to buy from this company a lot, the shampoo is pretty much the best that has worked for my hair so far, but now im glad she stoped buying from it.

Millennial uses a Ghibli film to refer to anime. Color me shocked

I grew up in IF and actually went to school with his grand daughter. For some reason I seem to be a magnet for the family members of creators of MLM's. I also worked with the daughter of the lady who started lularoe. Apparently MLM'S just do well in Idaho...

My mother is in meleluca now, though i will say she slowed down after the pandemic started to not sell over priced hand sanitizer. Thoughi will some certain products of theirs do work and i do use some for cleaning. Thats pretty much all I can say. After learning more about the CEO (like all CEO's) im more inclined to not purchase them anymore. Thanks

The only channel I cant help or the fans of it. You may not know what i am talking about but just know if i explain it you will hate on me and think every word I say is nonsense. I am done helping people on YouTube to change there ways they either don't listen or attack me with hate. If you do want me to say it then relpy to this message if not ignore me and go on with your lives not knowing something important.