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If I just sighed and shook my head in disbelief, you wouldn’t be too surprised, since this kind of thing always provokes that kind of reaction out of me. Still, let’s all point and laugh at “blessed” water in a 16.9 ounce bottle, yours for just $2 (not available in stores). The folks over at FARK are giving this the once-over, too, and are probably doing a better job of it than I am, but I thought this scam needed just a bit more limelight cast upon it.

It seems, though, that casting a religious light on a multi-level marketing scam apparently makes it entirely immune to actual investigation or even basic common sense by its intended victims. The MLM part of this scam is plainly obvious (just in case the fucking sales pitch on their own site isn’t enough of a clue):

• You can’t buy the product in stores
• It scores just one or two “fluff pieces” in the media (like the one I linked to above), then rides that as if it were an official endorsement by every reporter and newscaster in the nation, and relies on a pushy sales force to drive actual sales instead of relying on standard word-of-mouth that might emerge for a legitimate product
• It seems trivially easy to become a distributor, complete with downline incentives and even an offer of a car allowance for highly effective sellers
• Every single product variation is exactly the same product with a different label slapped on the outside of the container
• The company claims to donate a whopping $0.10 per unit sold to a foundation, with a suspiciously similar name to the company making the donation, described as a “foundation for children in need”

Nevermind that they’re just bottling friggin’ tap water (like all bottled water peddlers) and slapping a religious label on it to scam the religious loons out of some of their eager-to-be-parted-from-their-fool dollars.

I would sadly assume, though, that anybody reading this post here on Willfe.com isn’t a likely buyer for this product, and it’s equally likely that anybody who would buy this crap would be absolutely outraged at the stuff I write here. Oh well. Just promise me you’ll smack anybody you know that says they’re thinking of buying some of this shit (or worse, becoming a distributor). At least shove them towards Mary Kay or some other damned MLM scam — I think they at least offer up nicer cars to the top 0.01%