Meri Brown and her Wet Bar of Tears

[deirdra]

14 minutes ago, ChristmasJones said:

If they are paying all the required  taxes on their income from the show, this will include the self-employment tax, and that is the tax required to be eligible for Social Security and Medicare.   This assumes that the Browns are thinking ahead to retirement.

We have self-employment taxes in Canada too, but with brainless business plans it is hard to imagine them making much money so the resulting SS future payments will be reduced, especially if they start collecting at 62.  Adding 35 years of $0 earnings to the ~10 yrs of TLC cash probably doesn't add up to much.  And I imagine these grifters let Janelle or another friend like "Brian" to do their taxes quite creatively.

Edited January 25, 2019 by deirdra

[suomi]

39 minutes ago, ChristmasJones said:

If they are paying all the required taxes on their income from the show, this will include the self-employment tax, and that is the tax required to be eligible for Social Security and Medicare.  This assumes that the Browns are thinking ahead to retirement.

I helped a friend with this a few years ago. You need a minimum of 10 years; 4 credits available per year, 40 credits required. The show's been on for 10 years so if they've done what they should Christine would be OK.

Edited January 25, 2019 by suomi

[xwordfanatik]

That's a big IF, but completely accurate.

I would bet Meri's not sharing, and not helping Christine at all.  Meri's walls are up.  She's only happy doing her traveling pants show, and having her butt-kisser fans around. The family was over her ages ago, and from what I've watched, who can blame them?  

[deirdra]

2 hours ago, suomi said:

I helped a friend with this a few years ago. You need a minimum of 10 years; 4 credits available per year, 40 credits required. The show's been on for 10 years so if they've done what they should Christine would be OK.

 

She'd qualify for minimal amounts with only 10 years of work. The average retiree gets $1,422/mo, but that is after working 35 years; she'd be lucky to get $900 unless she plans to work another 25 years.

Edited January 25, 2019 by deirdra

[Persnickety1]

On 12/17/2018 at 8:33 AM, Normades said:

I also wonder if she factors in all of the traveling and trips she makes on behalf of LuLaNo.  It has to be expensive and I can't believe they are footing the bill for all of these "business trips." etc.  It just blows my mind how these people end up with these thieving companies.  I had a coworker who would brag about the big bucks she was making selling a MLM called It Works.  It was a bunch of supplements and wraps.  The idiot would place orders for hundreds of dollars and then get back a very small percentage of that on commission.  She thought she was making money!!!  Unfreakingbelievable!!!  I was like, if you just didn't order the stupid crap, you'd have 100% of your money and time without the aggravation!!  But you couldn't tell her a thing.  She was always talking about her big checks!!  Meri is probably the same way.  I'm sure she is not factoring in any costs at all and has no idea what the difference is in net and gross income.  Some people just deserve what they get.  

Yup.  I had a friend who would go to one of the local casinos, drop about $500 in a few hours,  hit a $100 jackpot, and convince herself she had "won" and was "lucky."

She wasn't amused when  I pissed in her cornflakes and told her, "But you put in $500, got back $100, so you're still out $400."  

This logic, of course, went right over her head.  

On 12/18/2018 at 12:48 PM, ginger90 said:

Surprisingly, Meri has yet to delete this comment:

It’s from December 16th. The time on it is when I had taken the screenshot.

Start her own clothing line?  

Even before LLR came along, Meri (and the other wives) has absolutely zero fashion sense.

I giggle every time I see one of them wearing an ensemble that includes a halter top or a camisole over a turtleneck.  

On 12/26/2018 at 4:38 AM, Sasha888 said:

#AwkwardFamilyPhotos....yeah, I bet it is awkward, spending Christmas with your ex-husband and 15 of his kids he had with other women.

LOL

On 1/3/2019 at 7:08 AM, Sandy W said:

Meri must have heard the rumblings about the financial situation with LLR when she enlisted Christine, Mykelti and Audge (possibly Maddie was onboard before irrefutable evidence was in).

The fact that she brought them into the fold knowing the corporation was on shaky ground says a lot about her.  Either she knew and was so eager to boost her own position in the upper echelon by increasing her downline that she onboarded them anyhow OR she blindly refused to believe that she had made a bad choice in joining the company in the first place.  We all know that Meri adamantly refuses to admit she could ever be wrong about anything.

It was interesting to me that Audge announced last week that she will be attending the 2019 LLR cruise in March.  In order to "cruise qualify" in 2018, the criteria was that a rep. had to sell $12,000. per month for 6 months over an 8 month period.  I find it hard to believe that Audge, even with her degree in marketing or merchandising, managed to hang enough of those rags on her contemporaries to qualify.  Possibly now with so many bailing out of the good ship LLR, they have either relaxed the standard for the number of sales or ultra-eager neophytes are allowed to attend if they pay their own fare on the cruise. In any case, cruise attendees must pay their own transportation to and from the point of departure as well as all expenses for a partner they may wish to bring along.

I wonder if ESA's are allowed onboard ship? 

At one point, I was doing some light research into selling Mary Kay (not a serious "seller," but a few friends and I like a few of their products, so I was basically going to sign up just to get the discount).  

A very kind person sent me a message with a link to some underground MK forum where disgruntled previous reps disclosed all the dirt on being a rep.  

It sounded like the MK strategies are on a par with LLR...except with MK, they dangle the pink Cadillac as the big reward (perusing that underground forum, I learned that while a rep may get the pink Caddy, should said rep fail to meet her quota, the pink Caddy is taken away).  

I also found out that MK reps (like LLR reps) had thousands of dollars of "inventory" they were pretty much coerced into buying so they could be "successful."  There were reps in there with every available space in their houses and garages loaded with MK products they couldn't sell.  

Crazy how people (literally) buy into these schemes and try to strong arm friends/family into signing up, even when they should be aware it's nothing but a pipe dream.  Misery (Meri) loves company, apparently.

On 1/18/2019 at 1:59 PM, ginger90 said:

Are we supposed to assume the "greatness" she has accomplished was closing her eyes and assembling this abomination?  

Helen Keller could have done better,  Meri.

On 1/20/2019 at 9:45 AM, sucker4reality said:

The Alice in Wonderland print is ok but it's on leggings. I just don't know what I'd wear them with.

Well, shoot Meri a message on her IG and ask for suggestions.

I'm fairly certain she would suggest that dreadful leopard print duster above or perhaps even a super cool camouflage jacket.  

On 1/21/2019 at 5:55 PM, ChristmasJones said:

For those looking for insight into how these MLMs like LulaNo work - here is a blog post by a woman who sold Scentsy - its a good read to see what its like - I'm sure each one is a bit different, but there are common themes -  

https://mlmtruth.org/2017/12/21/tiffs-scentsy-shenanigans-my-mlm-experience/

Yup, see my comment above about Mary Kay.  

With the all of the information easily available regarding the down side of these MLM businesses, people just turn a blind eye and keep signing up.  

[xwordfanatik]

One of my relatives gets under 300/mo.  He only worked 10 years under SS, and that was in the 60's and 70's.  He was civil service the rest of his work years, and the old system didn't pay into SS.  He gets a pension from that.

There's an article in my local paper today:  "Washington AG sues LuLaRoe as 'pyramid scheme.' "  Ha, we all have known that on this forum since dear Meri started selling it!

[xwordfanatik]

@Persnickety1, love your post.

LOL'ing at "pissed in her cornflakes."  

[Kyanight]

9 minutes ago, xwordfanatik said:

@Persnickety1, love your post.

LOL'ing at "pissed in her cornflakes."  

Me, too!  And just a comment - do ANY of you - ANY of you people that are here posting on this board - EVER see anyone out in public dressed in something like Meri is wearing?  Because maybe I am going blind... or walking around with my eyes down on the sidewalk looking for chewing gum wads to avoid... but I NEVER see anyone dressed like that around here!    (so who is buying this stuff?  Or is it just sitting in the Lularoe seller's houses on racks?)

Edited January 26, 2019 by Kyanight

[Kohola3]

21 minutes ago, Kyanight said:

And just a comment - do ANY of you - ANY of you people that are here posting on this board - EVER see anyone out in public dressed in something like Meri is wearing?

While not as heinous a look as Meri's, I do see the (easily recognizable) leggings on people in my area.  In most cases, however, they are worn with long tops, sometimes down to the knee, in solid colors. They are still hideous but at least you don't see that much of them.

[Persnickety1]

2 hours ago, Kyanight said:

Me, too!  And just a comment - do ANY of you - ANY of you people that are here posting on this board - EVER see anyone out in public dressed in something like Meri is wearing?  Because maybe I am going blind... or walking around with my eyes down on the sidewalk looking for chewing gum wads to avoid... but I NEVER see anyone dressed like that around here!    (so who is buying this stuff?  Or is it just sitting in the Lularoe seller's houses on racks?)

 

 

2 hours ago, Kohola3 said:

While not as heinous a look as Meri's, I do see the (easily recognizable) leggings on people in my area.  In most cases, however, they are worn with long tops, sometimes down to the knee, in solid colors. They are still hideous but at least you don't see that much of them.

^^ What @Kohola3 said.

I see the leggings (at least the patterns are so atrocious that I assume they're LLR), but I never have had the visual assault of an entire outfit consisting of that mismatched ill-fitting crap.  

I wouldn't even remotely consider wearing those skintight atrocities on my death bed.  

And the fact that those perpetually fashion challenged Brown women endorse and promote them makes it even worse.  Ugh.

I wonder why Meri was giving a shout out/hashtag to the Tara bakeware line.  It looks like it's available on one of the home shopping channels, so I'm trying to figure out what benefit she would gain by promoting the brand.  

Maybe she's just fishing for freebies?  

Edited January 26, 2019 by Persnickety1

[Sasha888]

8 hours ago, Persnickety1 said:

Start her own clothing line?  

Even before LLR came along, Meri (and the other wives) has absolutely zero fashion sense.

I giggle every time I see one of them wearing an ensemble that includes a halter top or a camisole over a turtleneck. 

Ha ha ha!!! Absolutely. They've long ago given up their "modesty" dressing (long sleeve, high necked top with a "too revealing" top over it) but they still look like crap. 

Anyone else notice that they NEVER wore earrings (I'm guessing pierced ears is not line with the AUB?) but once Robyn started her joolry business everybody pierced their ears and started wearing earrings? (Kootie's rules suddenly "allowed" it, would be my guess...it's quite clear they've dropped the AUB and now follow the rules Kody randomly invents for the Church of the Almighty Dollar.)

It's very amusing to me that Meri was the first to jump into selling clothing...I've always thought her "style" was the worst of the 4! Think back to the commitment ceremony bullshit...nobody looked great, Christine looked quite silly in her weird medieval fantasy princess dress...but at least they had dresses that FIT! Meri shows up in a dress that's about 3 sizes too small and accentuates her tummy pooch. I was flabbergasted by the dress Meri chose.

LLR's stupid recommendations of combining prints has made Meri even worse. Almost every episode she is wearing stripes with floral prints. It's ugly AF Meri, knock it off. You're hurting my eyes.

[Kbo]

Another nail in the Lulano coffin:

https://www.wilx.com/content/news/Washingtons-Attorney-General-sues-Lularoe--504910362.html

It boggles my mind that the Browns can’t see that the end is near for LLR. Not going to lie, can’t wait to see what happens when it all goes down in flames. What will Meri do when she can’t live her why?  Will sludge and pudge be reduced to toast without avocado?  

Edited January 27, 2019 by Kbo

[xwordfanatik]

6 minutes ago, Kbo said:

Another nail in the Lulano coffin:

https://www.wilx.com/content/news/Washingtons-Attorney-General-sues-Lularoe--504910362.html

hehe, I referenced it in an earlier post, but I'm old, and didn't know how to provide a link.  Thank you!

[Kyanight]

7 minutes ago, Kbo said:

Another nail in the Lulano coffin:

https://www.wilx.com/content/news/Washingtons-Attorney-General-sues-Lularoe--504910362.html

It boggles my mind that the Browns can’t see that the end is near for LLR. Not going to lie, can’t wait to see what happens when it all goes down in flames. What will Meri do when she can’t live her why?  Will sludge and pudge be reduced to toast without avocado?  

Or even worse yet - will they have to forgo their monthly trips to Disney?

[deirdra]

10 minutes ago, Kyanight said:

Or even worse yet - will they have to forgo their monthly trips to Disney?

And Meri will lose all her "friends" when the LulaNo website & Facebook page shut down.

Edited January 27, 2019 by deirdra

[Kohola3]

16 minutes ago, Kbo said:

Will sludge and pudge be reduced to toast without avocado?  

And what about the wildly anticipated cruise on the Titanic SS LuLaSinkingShip that Sludge was so giddy about?  Might want to invest in some water wings kiddies.

[Kbo]

15 minutes ago, xwordfanatik said:

hehe, I referenced it in an earlier post, but I'm old, and didn't know how to provide a link.  Thank you!

Sorry, I missed your earlier post or I would have quoted it. I’m just glad that LLR is starting to be held responsible for all their shady business practices. I hate to see anybody lose money like that, especially since it’s usually people who can ill afford it. 

[xwordfanatik]

If any business told me to max out a credit card to buy their shit, I'd tell them to piss up a rope.  That is a huge red flag.

Meri treats customers rudely, has NO fashion sense, and still cons sheeple into giving her money.  Why would anyone pay her for these hideous pieces of schmatta, when they can get an equivalent for less than half of those LLN inflated prices?

[Kohola3]

24 minutes ago, xwordfanatik said:

Why would anyone pay her for these hideous pieces of schmatta, when they can get an equivalent for less than half of those LLN inflated prices?

Because they are buying from a STAR.  A real live STAR.  Their adored and endlessly fascinating STAR.

(Excuse me while I go vomit.)

[FakeJoshDuggar]

On 1/24/2019 at 11:22 PM, Pickleinthemiddle said:

I think Robyn thought MSWC would do well.  Janelle was right it was just going to be a hobby business.  Was never going to make much money.    What was sad about the situation is despite it not making much money, she expected Meri to do all the inventory and packaging and invoicing and mailing.  Basically wanted someone to do most of the physical work.  I think everyone knew that they wouldn't see any money from Robyn's venture and definitely nothing from Meri.  But they all depended on Janelle to bring home a big paycheck each week.  Janelle didn't get much from her paycheck.  I think she got super depressed and panicky when Robyn and her three kids came along, knowing they were going to have to support 4 more people, with no additional money coming in and no prospect of any coming in.  Robyn never intended to work at a job.

Robyn must be doing something right because she’s living/renting a 7 bedroom 7 bathroom mansion in Flagstaff (I would never give out the address.) 

[Irate Panda]

On 1/21/2019 at 7:21 PM, Kbo said:

Hope this is okay to post here 

Please tell me this is fake.

[Kyanight]

44 minutes ago, Irate Panda said:

Please tell me this is fake.

I don't think so, but I thought the picture I saw was of her in the bathtub!   ???

[Galloway Cave]

1 hour ago, Kyanight said:

I don't think so, but I thought the picture I saw was of her in the bathtub!   ???

That's another pic. Candles lit, bubbles and her Flintstone Feet seductively peeking out. Oooh baby...  

[Julyolo]

Mary's catfish friend Kristie looks like the person she posed with when she was for selling Lularoe circa 2016. They are throwing leaves around. Page 48 on this thread.

[Kyanight]

6 minutes ago, Julyolo said:

Mary's catfish friend Kristie looks like the person she posed with when she was for selling Lularoe circa 2016. They are throwing leaves around. Page 48 on this thread.

Can you link to the actual picture or something?  There is nothing on page 48 as far as photos - and when I click on the links I get an error message.

[ginger90]

1 hour ago, Julyolo said:

Mary's catfish friend Kristie looks like the person she posed with when she was for selling Lularoe circa 2016. They are throwing leaves around. Page 48 on this thread.

Is this the picture you are referring to?

[Kyanight]

3 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

Is this the picture you are referring to?

[Kohola3]

Sure looks like her to me.

[Kyanight]

2 minutes ago, Kohola3 said:

Sure looks like her to me.

me too!

[Julyolo]

Yes that is the photo.

[ginger90]

Here’s another one. I don’t think it’s Kristie. She doesn’t name the person in either one.

[Kohola3]

Oh, no. Don't tell me there is some sort of scam here!  They wouldn't lie to us, would they?  Make something up?  Hire actors to play out a script?  Like, maybe, a group of "investors" for their joorey biz? Like, maybe, use the same person as a LuLaNo friend and a catfished woman?  Not these good religious people!

[Kyanight]

51 minutes ago, Kohola3 said:

Oh, no. Don't tell me there is some sort of scam here!  They wouldn't lie to us, would they?  Make something up?  Hire actors to play out a script?  Like, maybe, a group of "investors" for their joorey biz? Like, maybe, use the same person as a LuLaNo friend and a catfished woman?  Not these good religious people!

I was wondering that at first, but Jackie talks about Kristie on her batman blog and she certainly wouldn't help out Meri in any way.  "Sam" also has a link to Kristie's twitter account where she talks about "Sam" WAY back when and makes snide/hurt comments after she finds out he's a she.

[ginger90]

On 9/25/2018 at 7:02 AM, ginger90 said:

Yes she is. 

 

 

Ketchup.......2017

Edited January 29, 2019 by ginger90

[ginger90]

#LivingMyWhy #BecauseICan #LoveWhatIDo#LuLaRoeRetailer #LuLaRoeForLife#FlagstaffFashion #SocialRetailer #FashionRetailer

[Kohola3]

They probably ask because she is such a bitch during her FB broadcasts.  This way they don't have to deal with her directly.

[Meowwww]

11 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Here’s another one. I don’t think it’s Kristie. She doesn’t name the person in either one.

The tooth.  Please fix the brown tooth.  It’s all I can see.  

[TurtlePower]

1 hour ago, Kohola3 said:

They probably ask because she is such a bitch during her FB broadcasts.  This way they don't have to deal with her directly.

It's a good idea for many reasons--I hate the idea of planned social interaction when looking for stuff online. Don't tell me when/where I can shop, give me the choice where I can do so without any social interaction required. Even friends who have small businesses and sales I'm like, nope! I'm on my schedule, not yours. 

I'm surprised it took her so long to do this. She seems to the the one Brown who's doing well in her business, as much as I dislike her, gotta give her credit for that. 

[LilWharveyGal]

1 minute ago, TurtlePower said:

She seems to the the one Brown who's doing well in her business, as much as I dislike her, gotta give her credit for that. 

I agree that she's been doing well so far (though it makes me sad for America that these rags have a following), but Christine just posted a link to a shop, too.  I wonder if it's a LLR-wide initiative rather than just a brainchild of Meri's.

[Kohola3]

5 minutes ago, LilWharveyGal said:

I wonder if it's a LLR-wide initiative rather than just a brainchild of Meri's.

I'm guessing it is.  The  URL is the same just the person shilling salesperson's name changes.

[Natalie68]

On 1/26/2019 at 6:15 PM, Sasha888 said:

Ha ha ha!!! Absolutely. They've long ago given up their "modesty" dressing (long sleeve, high necked top with a "too revealing" top over it) but they still look like crap. 

Anyone else notice that they NEVER wore earrings (I'm guessing pierced ears is not line with the AUB?) but once Robyn started her joolry business everybody pierced their ears and started wearing earrings? (Kootie's rules suddenly "allowed" it, would be my guess...it's quite clear they've dropped the AUB and now follow the rules Kody randomly invents for the Church of the Almighty Dollar.)

It's very amusing to me that Meri was the first to jump into selling clothing...I've always thought her "style" was the worst of the 4! Think back to the commitment ceremony bullshit...nobody looked great, Christine looked quite silly in her weird medieval fantasy princess dress...but at least they had dresses that FIT! Meri shows up in a dress that's about 3 sizes too small and accentuates her tummy pooch. I was flabbergasted by the dress Meri chose.

LLR's stupid recommendations of combining prints has made Meri even worse. Almost every episode she is wearing stripes with floral prints. It's ugly AF Meri, knock it off. You're hurting my eyes.

She really needed a Spanx onesy didn't she?  It made me sad that she let herself look that way when there was no reason.  That dress material and color was certainly unforgiving.

[Sandy W]

11 minutes ago, Natalie68 said:

She really needed a Spanx onesy didn't she?  It made me sad that she let herself look that way when there was no reason.  That dress material and color was certainly unforgiving.

Then she posed in the commitment ceremony pavilion with the sunlight streaming through the skirt of the dress.  No lining or slip, they were so concerned about modesty on the top half, they forgot about the bottom.

[Sociology101]

On 1/29/2019 at 5:56 AM, Kohola3 said:

They probably ask because she is such a bitch during her FB broadcasts.  This way they don't have to deal with her directly.

And there are still thousands of other LLR reps to shop with. Why try to combine pieces yourself when an expert stylist can help you by offering "ready maid" outfits...

 

[Kyanight]

38 minutes ago, Sociology101 said:

And there are still thousands of other LLR reps to shop with. Why try to combine pieces yourself when an expert stylist can help you by offering "ready maid" outfits...

 

But...but...  I don't WANT to be a maid!

[LilWharveyGal]

I guess I'm out of touch - what is a wall drop?  The Google only led me to leg exercises and mailbox thingies.

A maid outfit?  Yvette says, "Absolutely no!"

 

 

[Kyanight]

58 minutes ago, LilWharveyGal said:

I guess I'm out of touch - what is a wall drop?  The Google only led me to leg exercises and mailbox thingies.

A maid outfit?  Yvette says, "Absolutely no!"

 

 

Hey!!  I think I know who she is - isn't she the potential sister wife for the Alldredges?  I recognize the boobs!

[laurakaye]

3 hours ago, Sociology101 said:

And there are still thousands of other LLR reps to shop with. Why try to combine pieces yourself when an expert stylist can help you by offering "ready maid" outfits...

 

Come ON, you canNOT just blindly grab four or five items out of your closet, wear them all at the same time and think that you're gonna strut out of the house looking like the bomb (more like "you're bombed").  In the photo of the 8 women, only one (second from right) looks like she didn't just roll out of bed after a weekend bender and throw on whatever rags she could reach from the dirty laundry under the bed.  And I sit gobsmacked at the heading - "Is matching things up a chore?"  It's like the crazier and stupider you look leaving the house, the better?  I don't know.  I am sooooo looking forward to a future 10-part Netflix documentary called "The Sinking of LuLaRoe."  Sign me all up for that.

Edited January 30, 2019 by laurakaye

[Sandy W]

12 minutes ago, laurakaye said:

Come ON, you canNOT just blindly grab four or five items out of your closet, wear them all at the same time and think that you're gonna strut out of the house looking like the bomb (more like "you're bombed").  In the photo of the 8 women, only one (second from right) looks like she didn't just roll out of bed after a weekend bender and throw on whatever rags she could reach from the dirty laundry under the bed.  And I sit gobsmacked at the heading - "Is matching things up a chore?"  It's like the crazier and stupider you look leaving the house, the better?  I don't know.  I am sooooo looking forward to a future 10-part Netflix documentary called "The Sinking of LuLaRoe."  Sign me all up for that.

I am sitting here SO wishing they were cut-out paper dolls, and I could take the outfit from 2nd from right and re-dress 2nd from left and 5th from left in that caftan style garment.

Why on earth are they wearing clothes that accentuate their figure flaws.

[Kohola3]

28 minutes ago, Sandy W said:

Why on earth are they wearing clothes that accentuate their figure flaws.

Can't you just see these models deleting all of the LLNo pictures from their portfolios?  They must really need money to pose in something so truly hideous.

[xwordfanatik]

3 hours ago, laurakaye said:

Come ON, you canNOT just blindly grab four or five items out of your closet, wear them all at the same time and think that you're gonna strut out of the house looking like the bomb (more like "you're bombed").  In the photo of the 8 women, only one (second from right) looks like she didn't just roll out of bed after a weekend bender and throw on whatever rags she could reach from the dirty laundry under the bed.  And I sit gobsmacked at the heading - "Is matching things up a chore?"  It's like the crazier and stupider you look leaving the house, the better?  I don't know.  I am sooooo looking forward to a future 10-part Netflix documentary called "The Sinking of LuLaRoe."  Sign me all up for that.

If that were to happen, I would reconsider Netflix.  So far, I've resisted.  Is it true that it's hard to disconnect from Netflix?  Sorry, OT.

Yeah, I'd hate to be on the Bad Ship LLN when it sinks.