Peter Can't Believe A Pyramid Scheme Business Model's Being Pitched | Dragons' Den 

Just like bitcoin.

They should do one episode where they act like American Sharks... Dragons' Den vs Shark Tank For Shark Week!!!

Those dragons were sure breathing fire after drinking that water .

The more sweaty people you have in the room the more water you generate

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That's actually true lmao

Crying 😂

ewww wtf dude :D

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I just went down to the comments to write that! You beat me to it!!

Holy hell. 😂 ded

Underrated comment lmao

Bloody well done. Keen observation there, mate. 😂😂😂

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That's why it tasted revolting.

It's a new machine, pretty good chance it's just disinfectant from the filters supposed to stop disease. Not nice stuff to drink, but I think likely nicer than after the machine is a few weeks old when the disinfectant is all washed off the filters and bacteria start growing on it because that happens to all dehumidifiers.

@scragar Are you Barry?

@@xinx666 yup that’s him

@@scragar you forgot the /s

Not only that demineralised water is not good to drink. Pure water is not considered drinkablr

You have to say it’s “direct sales”

Amway is an example

​@@RandyTheManiac He called it that too.

Cathy are you a single lady aged 23-35?

Steve Christie Are you a single neckbeard looking for love on RU-vid?

@@stevechristie2569 My god I love this comment, This is now my new pick up line when im out on the lash with the lads.

Cathy are you a single neckbeard looking for love on RU-vid?

When did youtube turn into a dating site, that’s funnier then that guy sweating in the video lol

LOL!

Loool

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HAHAHAHAHAHA

Mark S even before I saw this I laughed, I knew this was gonna be a good video 😂

This is a 'Gold Standard' comment sir!

Yep

Exactly

A bit 'wet' behind the ears then?

He got no choice now, 150k to lose.

Poor old Paul has been brain washed by Barry. Then Barry picked his pocket for $150,000 without himl knowing it. What an entertaining episode. LOL!

@dylan foley Pretty much, I avoid reality TV for this reason. I don't have much experience with non-American reality TV though, for all I know it's just reality shows in general.

@dylan foley I think that it was a joke a quite entertaining one, yes I live in Britain, not that I should be anything to enjoy the joke, just in case you think that matters.

@dylan foley yeah American tv shows are reality TV show pumped up on obscene amounts of cocaine and hyperbole.

They were British enraged and furious.

In Britain moderately annoyed and ‘enraged and furious’ are the same thing

Sounds like some kinda trap from the SAW flicks

That's a genius product. I'd invest.

I can’t believe I’m saying this about such a terrible idea, but I would invest.

And how exactly would they get away with that Ethan Campbell? They're being recorded with clear video evidence of it. Obviously you're joking but even a joke has to make some kind of sense.

@@RaniaIsAwesome Uh why does a joke need to make sense?

Pure David Brent moment

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Proper banter moment

Absolute plank

The confident and coy facial expression followed by the cut to James Kahn absolute top tier comedy

He thought he had killed them

Oh my god, I thought this was sarcasm until I actually got to that part.

Nothin like a good ole fashioned scam straight from the depths of hell, thems were the days son, tie up muh pony at the trough and leave with a stallion to the ghost town over

Take out the word “good” and that statement becomes the savage criticism it aught it be.

I thought one of the Dragons said this, can't believe buddy used it in his pitch! What a moron!

"No its a Toblerone of capitalism"

Underrated comment 😂

It's a Doritos plan

D C, you must work for EA. ;)

No it's a Dorito of Dollars

Good golly Miss Molly! You go girl! 😉

​@@TrevorParsnipscringe

@@farkyocouch8072 why are you so cranky?

@@farkyocouch8072 answer me, tell me why you're so cranky. If you don't then I'll throw your sandwich over a big wall!

@@farkyocouch8072i second that.

That’s older than Barb...

This killed me

Lori's ass

This joke is so underrated I don't even know how to go about telling my friends

Got em

I mean, what they're talking about can work... it's just way less efficient than what we already have. A square wheel can still turn.

@@jackblack3718 put 4 square wheels on a car and see if that's true...

@@Fireglo Depending on the design of the wheels, it can still move. Just very, very slowly.

@@jackblack3718 you mean depending on how rounded they are?

@@Fireglo Pretty much.

same

And called it classic as well

"good, old fashioned scamming people and pissing off with their money" is what I heard haha

What I love is that he literally recited every iteration of that scam marketing all at once (pyramid scheme, MLM and direct selling)

What actually is a pyramid scheme? I read it is where the person at the top of the pyramid recruits someone to recruit other people and so on. People get a commission for everyone they recruit. Is that how it works or am I wrong?

@@fightforfreedom5292 yeah and that’s why this model ultimately falls apart. You see, people usually make money through selling products and get profits from it, not by people below feeding them money. Those unqualified people don’t have knowledge to sell things, and can only hope to recruit more people so they can get money from it. Once people don’t join your scam anymore, it start to break from the bottom up. The lower tiers suffer the most and have the most amount of people.

genius

Ok dad

That joke looked promising. Then I read your punchline.

ok boomer

Keep up the meditating.

He actually presented pyramid selling as benefit = clueless

Exactly!

I can't believe you said the word daft. Imagine being this British.

He meant reverse funnel system obviously. Totally not a scam.

Thomas Stuart and what’s the problem with being British then ?

Tried and true 🤣

He actually said that!!! Unbelievable!

It seems to me that these two sales clowns are actually selling people into their pyramid scheme and not their water dehumidifier machine it's self.

The fact he admitted it.

its just commission on sale.. he said he doesn't have to spend money on advertising and marketing because he only will pay a portion of the profit to the people that knock on doors. Is there something Im missing? For example even Venmo a billion dollar company uses the same technique, invite a new customer for $5.

Precisely lmao

Exactly wtf!!!!!!!!!

Brill!😂

Nailed it.

I did that once. Tasted how the room smelt. 🤮

Hey, atleast he was honest about it...

He was quite proud of it being a "good old fashioned pyramid scheme."

Talk about talking yourself out of a sale...

Why wouldn't he?

AJ Batsche what’s wrong with pyramid business selling scheme ?

Haha

@ArmchairWarrior No, it isn't.

Think you'll find its hardened playdough

And the electricity consumption too. Carbon footprint..?

@@2E0UUU it's a joke

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And in Sri Lanka, we've never even heard of them. Sri Lanka is a country with more fresh water than it can handle. They will be literally murdered if they try this scam here.

I've heard the Syrian market is blowing up right now though...

@@SebAnders lmao

@@SebAnders Don't forget the innocent men women and children being murdered on a daily basis.

I know, my jaw dropped when he said that so boldly 😂 anyway I'm happy enough with the tap water I get where I live lol

Buhahaha, precisely. 😆😆

@@teethgrinder83 It’s pretty hilarious. They want to sell this in the UK? A place where if you really don’t like the taste of the tap water you just get a filter like a normal person? Madness.

This pitch reminds me of the King of Queens episode where Doug’s neighbors make him invest in a pyramid scheme where he has to sell water filtration machine liscenses to all his friends so they can sell the liscenses. He loses all his invested $ obviously lol

If this was behind closed doors then I don't think any "entrepreneur" would hesitate to say that out loud to investors, for the simple yet sad reason that MLM/pyramid schemes are still successful in this day and age. But yeah it's dumb to say it on TV lol.

Omfg i just read that as it was saying it by total hazard😅

Its not, have you ever worked for one? The people who call it a scam are the same as the women complaining on the show

Is that legal in the UK? Pretty sure pyramid schemes are illegal in most countries.

@@jakethesnake1503 yup only someone part of a pyramid scam would try to tell everyone with common sense it's not a scam lmao. News flash, it's been proven time and time again that they're fraudulent. You just sound ignorant

@@jakethesnake1503 The idea of sitting back and watching the money roll in (which demands as much work as starting any salescompany with enough salesmen and management to relieve you of your own effort), in combination with you having to usually pay to recieve training or some form of plus deal is what is dishonest. Why don't they just hire you as a salesman at their expanding company with an increasing demand? Because the product isnt good enough. If it was, getting hired by them would be a challange, not an idea sold to you. So they convince you to sell a product after actually buying it and if you succeed they make money and if you fail they make money. If you fail you loose money but can't file for bancrupcy. It's as if i told you: Hey if you buy these piles of dirt from me, you could probably sell them for a bit more. And if you need advice I can give you guidence in exchange for more money. Its a basic salesposition with less security and usually a lot more manipulative hiring adds.

Unless you're trying to sell actual pyramids. lol

Good old fashioned multi level marketing, pymarid scheme.... i couldnt believe me ears

Pumpkin I would call them 3D triangles so much easier

Unleash the POWER of the pyramid!

James' reaction was priceless

You are a scam

Meverynoob take it back

@@elkako7583 pfffffffffffffffffffffft

TEMM as an American, I approve.

I have to give the Dragons some surprising credit for calling out this unethical trick. But then, they are on TV, I guess...

Did you miss the part of the video where they openly admit that their advertising model is to "recruit" people solely on commission to sell it on?

​​@@user-mv5zt8qd9l I certainly did

He mentioned commissions based on sales

n4n1damn lmao my dehumidifier literally does what there trying to pitch

I mean has anyone tried to do it before? Maybe not because it tastes like piss... but an idea is never bad just because it's simple.

@@robbiedart7422 repeatedly. Check Thunderf00t's videos about different free water scams.

@@Niilomaan Cheers

@Zwenk Wiel Wouldn't be surprised if they had at all, was just curious

You know this guy's on a different level when he can straight face say that like it's a good thing.

@@silvianbruno7512 Probably because those types of schemes do end up making money for the ground floor. Barry assumed the Dragons would compromise their names for money.

@@Crunchy_Punch he said all the three words that are associated with a pyramid scheme “a pyramid multi level direct marketing.” all the three names seamlessly like it was one word.i wonder where and how Barry got the other “mil” he’s claimed he has “in hardwork”

@@musawirmd6289 He probably used the pyramid scheme probably for multiple times. And his hard work is basically talking people down into buying his stuff. The problem is that such a system doesn't work on people that can keep their sanity.

Urdu ?

I was thinking the same

hahahahahahahahah

I was like wait which one is supposed to be drinkable? 😂😂

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Water with minerals is amazing which we are evolved to drink , compared to a water from an humidifier .

Jenny felt that way as well so for that reason she is now out.

40s is a stretch

Hahaha

Definitely 50s

Ffs 😭

Exactly what i thought when he said it

Mate I had the exact same thought haha

I couldn’t stand being in the same room as that guy.

The way he smiled whilst looking at the camera after delivering the line reminded me of someone, I couldn't put my finger on who.. Until this comment 😂😂

It was a superb impression indeed !

nothing new.. i see the water case all the time.. they like billion of them... they just filter a water..

Which would mean that you get air from all over the house. From the walls, steam from piss, the floor and from the outside.

@@studyguy.7660 I’m laughing so hard after realizing this 😂😂😂

@@studyguy.7660 at least its going into your stomach to be melted with acid. Whereas you're breathing it into your lungs all the time 😂

I always see a dehumidifier’s water as waste

Joel Hall Lol, completely agree. Demineralised water is really not good to drink.

People don't realize just how bad most "purified" water is.

@Joe Nicholson you're not meant to have water without minerals. It could possibly cause great harm to your intestines if you were to drink pure H2O

@Joe Nicholson Cells try to keep the concentration of disolved electrolytes balanced. by consuming deminteralised water, you mess up the balance, which the cells will try to restore be taking in more water (due to the cells "skin" being a semipermeable membrane). if the cells were to take in to much water they would burst, hence causing harm, mostly in the intestine. the danger of drinking demineralised water is often a bit overstatet though. the human body is fairly resilient, so as long as you dont drink large amounts of it or drink it very regularily nothing happens. a glas or two doesnt really hurt.

@@patrickhammer8147 And you can always add some unclean sea salt from unpolluted waters. If the stuff about high blood pressure was true, I'd have it. It's the table salt with anti-caking ingredient that gets you.

The heat will make him a living waterfall.

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😂 winning comment 😂

Haha.

Shut your mouth Syria have water you silly clown

i think peter was just asking to get the point across of them needing the dragon's money was unnecessary if they have enough of their own, which they do if they've already invested 200k of their own money into it

he also just completely forgot about one of the dragons bringing up stuff like brita filters......which completely eliminate the arguement

Seems ligit

*WaterSeer intensifies*

@Owen Yin Plastic production is the lesser of two evils, we used to dump the oil byproducts into the ocean before turning it into plastic.

@@bencastor9207 And ironically, it still ended in the ocean lol

Poor prince. Nobody trusts him.

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I'm offended 😂

@@ValyrianPrince Shut up and take my money! xD

Micheal Scott

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Love all the holes in their plan

I mean, Kirby salespeople have been known to invade houses for over 5 hours.

lol you have made my day

he actually looked smug when he produced that quip!

CJ W lmao looked dead proud of himself didn’t he?? Almost like his next words were ‘you liked that one didn’t you?!’

I was just about to comment that he sounded like David Brent! 😂

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Loo

Which he definitely memorized and said to a 100 people at least by that time

You can definitely tell Theo liked that line lol you can see him smile.

Barry is a man of one liners and selling Kirby cleaners winning people over with smart funny comments and gimmicks with his high pressure sales techniques I don’t buy any of it, the guy is a muppet and the dragons felt the same

@@Dev-In-Denver123 idk if you're sarcastic but I only saw Theo feel pity and second hand embarrassment lol

@@Dev-In-Denver123 i think it was a knowing smile of 'yes, spout your pseudo philosophical business mantras, all part of the act you absolute muppet'

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I don't care that you hurt your elbow.

British mannerisms generally understate their true feelings. It’s uncommon and considered uncouth to actually go livid like some other nationalities.

Absolute chaos.

@@pleasureincontempt3645 yes leave that to us Americans and Aussies we do angry very well

Let's see Paul Allen's pitch.

The pitch sucks turn the air conditioning off 😂

@@naughtiusmaximus789 It even has a water mark. I think they are just blasting the poor guys with hot studio lights.

Jj

Can't tell if this is a joke or for real.

@C.I.A. it's safe now

yeah as soon as he literally said the word pyramid I oofed

Totally not for the little girls

Or the Philippines... or show up in the show 90 day fiancée

@@caseyjamie818 lol! 100%

Definitely a Phuket Fiend from the looks of it...He probably harvests water from Thai underwear 🥽🤸🏻‍♀️

Sits in a bar called 'Linekers'

so funny lol

the cut to James rolling his eyes - excellent

He was off his head completely

A genuine David Brent line

Comedy gold!

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Hahahhahahahaa savage🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

😂😂😂😂😊😊

I gagged a little

5 star comment 😂

whats kosher

@@fraist1 It means your food has been blessed and approved by a rabbit.

@@zackcolbourne6921 I don't know if you meant to purposely say "rabbit" or not. Either way it made me laugh alot. Thank you 🙏

@@cobblestonegenerator are you 10

@@fraist1 I should ask you the same question, considering you don't know what kosher is.

real talk lol

Bissy r

He reminds me of Ray Kroc from the movie "The Founder"

Christopher Melville .........except that Ray actually took a great idea (admittedly created by other people) and expanded it to a gigantic multinational corporation in a matter of a few years, he wasn’t selling snake oil, which is meant to mean a ‘fake’ product, he was selling food, an actual product, McDonalds now feeds 1% of the worlds population every day.

Bissy what do you mean by “snake oil salesman”? :)

Unrated comment!!

Amazing observation

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Pun intended?

Reminds me in the simpsons when the baseball commentator won't eat the sausage

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Ikr, its there final braincells.

They said it was a new machine, so maybe it only needs to sit overnight when initially set up? No clue.

I think they expect barry to sit there arguing with people at the door until they buy their units. I got hired to go door to door and lasted three days. Rather then have me learn about the product u would be selling so i can explain to a potential customer how it would benefit them the person training me was insisting on me learning a script. A few times i asked him to let me to try to sell to the people and he said no because i could not remember the script. On the day i left, i told him people do not care about the script. if they are going to purchase what I am pitching I need to be able to explain to them how this product is better than all other similar products. when i was working at Sears i would make a point to listen to what the customer says and try to find products that meet their needs. If you are looking for a tv so your kids can play video games you likely want a cheap 15in tv and not a 75in plasma tv with surround sound stereo just like if you are looking for a tv for your Sunday night football meetups with your friends a 15in tv will not cut it for you. When it came to suggesting peripherals i would simply suggest ones that would enhance what was being bought. It would be my goal to have the customer leave the store with what they bought and not have to return 30 days later to return it. Lets just say that I met my monthly quotas in the first weeks of each month. Sales is all about solving the problems of those who come to you.

@@atch300 It's a dehumidifier. They take time to draw water out of the air.

Robert I’ve heard of that lake before, where is that lake located?

Robert LOL...

Prince 🤣

Love fishing that lake

OH MY GOD I LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO LAKE MINNETONKA

I thought noone else noticed 🤣🤣🤣

and Shri Lanka...

Thank you.

Trump once asked what the country between india and china was called. Somebody said nepal. He asked again nipple?

@Aoife L no. It’s Neh-pal

Or a third sweaty man just ringing out a flannel.

@@ethanwilson9406 the classic

Aren't they illegal?

@@aceman0000099 I think they are in the US, but I don't know about the UK. Besides, there is a grey area if there is technically a product, such as this machine.

Pyramid Pride

They were hoping to be honest amongst ''fellow business people''.

reverse funnel system

That’s exactly what I was thinking lol

Lol

He's sweating buckets because of his own machine. You know how water is a coolant? Well their machine does that process in reverse. It's de-evaporating water. Then he has the nerve to complain about the heat of the water.

LOL that's exactly what I was thinking

What the hell do you know. Because he's middle aged and bald, you're assuming he is a sex tourist. STFU! You are so prejudiced. Imagine saying that about a black guy.