How NOT to Sell Crap on Facebook

A few weeks ago, a girl from high school I've never spoken to before added me to her group. She didn't ask first, so I assume I was one of hundreds of people she added. Her product was part of one of those pyramid scheme things that pretend not to be...like Pampered Chef and Mary Kay.



So this spammy woman immediately started posting junk to her page. Videos of her talking about the product, ads for the product, invitations to buy the product. There were probably about five posts a day.



And then I made the biggest mistake. I bought something from her. I'd bought the product before from other people and she was the only one I could find who was selling it. She posted one of these and tagged me, so everyone I knew could see I'd bought this crap:



No biggie. I'd ordered from friends on Facebook before and gotten the same thing. Had nothing happened after that, life would have been fine. But soon after, I got a personal email asking me to check out her other items and buy something.



I ignored that and the next day, she posted another video. Another notification came with it. She messaged me and told me to check those out. I clicked over, intending to do this:



But, whoops, along the way I saw this and decided to click on it:


Problem solved. But I couldn't help but think that if she'd just not been so obnoxious, I would still be following her. She could have posted the occasional special and I would have been fine. But the constant messages were just too much.



Have you ever had a friend who seemed to always be trying to make money off of you?

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