I am so glued to my business to the extent that no one would deceive me from doing what I'm not good at or would make me play joking words with my money or business. I deal with petty goods, and I'm happy with what I have. Before I got married, I had always detested Ponzi schemes, no matter the way people were making them. I had tried so much to divert the attention of those close to me from Ponzi schemes.
The goods in my shop have reached their peak, and I have been so happy anytime I sight my eyes on the goods in my shop. The palm oil, 25 littles (I had enough of it), and other items in my shop. It was a good view anytime one sees the shop.
Some years ago, I had a friend who always jumped into doing what I don't love involving with, although she had never, for once, called me to join except for one day. I was just cleaning my shop on Thursday, as that has been the only day meant for cleaning every week. She came to my shop and saw that I had everywhere filled up. She was so happy seeing my shop the way it was. After discussing for some hours, she started telling me something I was less cared of. She started by telling me how so many people made it in something I had no idea of. She said, "Have you entered my shop recently?” Her question got me relent in what I was doing. I had been to her shop a week before, and that day she came to my shop even though it was a way far from where I lived.
Tara Winstead
Although her shop was becoming robust with so many items. She had so many items I was not having, and maybe she thought I would become jealous, who knows. She finally opened up to me what she wanted to say to me. Likewise, she said she had been into this scheme that you have to send money to someone and wait for a week before another person will send money back to you. This is called Ponzi scheme, but then she was diverting it from Ponzi scheme just because she knew I wouldn't buy into the idea of joining Ponzi scheme.
She said she had been into it and had placed some tangible amount of money into the business. I told her that “good for you.". She tried hard to introduce me just to get the referral bonus, but I was unable to join. Two days later, she said I should visit her; I'm her shop, which I did. When I saw her shop, I was carried away, and she started explaining how this business had given her so much money to buy whatever she wanted.
After convincing me, I let my greed go for it. I place little money just for trials. A week later, I was given double the amount I had given. I was so happy and placed another money, and this time it was a lot of money. After two weeks, I received a payback twice the amount. It got into me deeply, and I decided to put all the money I was having in my bank account without leaving a dime, which also includes my kids school fees. Although my husband was not in support. I began to make a list of what I was going to buy when I finally got double of the money I had placed. I was counting my eggs before they were hatched.
A day before I was supposed to get paid, I started hearing a rumor that the business was going to collapse. I shook off the rumor and hoped it was just a lie. I called my friend just to be certain, but she said it was merely a rumor. When it got to that day, I began to expect my money. My expectations went from morning to afternoon and from afternoon to night, yet I could not see any alert. I had checked through my account balance time without a number, but then saw an empty balance.
I became disorganized and do not know where to start from. The next day, I called my friend, and she said she was also expecting her pay and had not seen it. I was blaming myself for starting what I had always detested.
I later saw that day in the news that the business had crashed. The question that was left in me was “Where do I start from and how do I pay my kids fees?". My husband does not know that I had placed that huge amount of money into the business, and this got me worried. How and what to say to him was a problem to me. My shop started going down as there was no money to buy goods in my shop. I sold all the 25 litters of palm oil I had just to balance up, but then it was not enough. My husband later observed and asked me why my shop was dropping drastically without buying new goods. I could not wait or lie any more; instead, I had to tell him the truth just to save my marriage.
He understood but had nothing with him to pay for our kids fees. I was worried, but I can't kill myself. My shop was having a dragback, but I knew it was just for that moment. After that day, I have sworn not to venture into such business again.
Ouch! Lesson learned the hard way.
ya, you are right
Hmmm.... This is so serious. You wouldn't have listened to your friend initially. You would have just followed your mind and stuck to not doing Ponzi schemes.
Your husband on the other hand is a good man for not reacting to your wrong deed.
Ya, he is. that's why i loved him so much
So sorry you had to experience that.
Sometimes one knows exactly what these ponzi schemes are but are still drawn by the fake shiny rewards
I'm telling you. I can't even dare to try it again
Thanks a lot