My guess is you have sour grapes on the whole industry, based on a lack of knowledge. MLM is simply an alternate way to sell a product and has nothing to do with making money on other people's efforts. Some companies choose to sell their product in retail stores. Their overhead is very high as they have to have a building, advertising, building maintenance, trucking and logistics, employees and all the expenses associated with all of the above. What some companies choose is to market their product differently. Usually it is a unique product that they don't want sitting on the shelves of a store. So they put the product out in the field and pay the people who are actually moving their products, and they can afford to pay them MORE than they would an employee in a brick and mortar store.
Some people (many) call this a "pyramid scheme". This is where there ignorance shines through. Every job is a pyramid scheme. Do you know of a Wal-Mart employee who earns more than middle management, even if they do more work? Or an employee who earns more than a CEO of a company? I hardly think so....therefore, most who call it a pyramid scheme have no idea of what a pyramid really is.
With MLM you are paid in direct proportion to your efforts...simple as that. It is physically impossible to earn the same kind of income at a job that you can earn with network marketing. There is no cap on your salary, you are paid for whatever product you move. Some MLM companies pay more than others, depending on whether they have reached the momentum stage or not. If you have the right product and people are wanting it, and you work it like a million dollar business, you will earn incomes that will far surpass anything you could dream of as a wage earner.
My proof is in my monthly paycheque and I KNOW what kind of incomes are being earned and not just by the top people in the group but by all members.
No need to worry about me asking for your email, as I do not believe this is for you. My job is to help people with a positive attitude earn incomes that were never possible for them, $10k/mo is not unusual, but I am only looking for serious business builders who have decided to take control of their own destiny.....and I find them every day. There is nothing more rewarding than having someone come to you and thank you for turning their life around. That's what I do.