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Dropped $300 on a "life coaching" cult startup that promised to fix my career
Dropped $300 on a "life coaching" cult startup that promised to fix my career. Back in 2022 I signed up for this online program called RisePath after a slick ad popped up on my feed. They claimed to have a secret method to land any job in 30 days, but it was just a bunch of recorded videos from a guy who called himself a "mindset architect." After paying $300 I got access to a private chat room where the leader kept pressuring us to recruit friends for a commission. I stuck with it for three weeks hoping the real training would drop, but nope it was all hype and empty pep talks. The refund policy was buried in fine print and they ghosted me after I asked for my money back. Has anyone else fallen for one of these self-help grifts that turn out to be low key pyramid schemes?
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thea6026h ago
@alicer53 yeah honestly for 300 bucks I couldve bought a decent scam and gotten a free tshirt too.
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alicer537h ago
Respectfully, I see it a bit different. Not every self-help program is a pyramid scheme even if it feels like a waste of money. Maybe the real value was in learning what doesn't work, but that's a hard lesson for $300.
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