It's not surprising that network marketing has become associated 'pyramid scheme' yet everyone that uses the term so freely doesn't seem to know the actual meaning of the term.
http://sbinfocanada.about.com/cs/mar...amidscheme.htm
I suggest doing your research before coming to false conclusions. And I also suggest you watch the upcoming season of the Celebrity Apprentice.
What ACN offers to the average working person is the money that typically gets paid out in acquisition bonuses and commissions directly to its distributors.
Ever heard of those new marketing firms that go door to door and try to get you to switch over to which ever service be it rogers home phone, shaw, telus etc... ? You know how they make their money? By acquiring customers for the companies they deal with only the higher ups though in the companies keep larger chunks of the commission and don't share the monthly commissions with their employees. Just like all of the other 'dealers' you see in the malls that sell Rogers, Bell and Telus that are not corporate stores. Very similar structure.
in ACN you make zero dollars for recruiting. You only get paid from acquiring customers because customers pay their monthly bills. So ACN gets the big acquisition bonus and from that it trickles down to its distributors as does the monthly commissions on each distributors total billing volume.