My mum is one of these gullable people who probably would believe the earth is flat if told by someone who appeared to be credible. Recently she has looked up this supposed medical clothing that sells for a grand and apparently prevents you from getting cancer with it's random technology. It's one of these dodgy rip-off Chinese scam websites that comes with a pyramid scheme. You pay some membership fee and get 20% off their line of clothing, then you can sell it and make a profit. She showed me pictures of proof but clearly the figures are made up and there's no way that people can make £20,000 a day from this sort of thing. You see where I am going with this.
She has this fixed mindset of wanting to get me these stupid clothes that costs an absurd amount of money and joining this scheme. I've tried telling her not to do it, I've even explained to her that this is a complete waste of money that will only result in her getting scammed the out.
You may remember me making a thread about how stubborn my mum is with her religious beliefs. This is the same ing thing but with this blatently obvious scam that she seems to think is a golden way to make money.
I told her I don't want it, she is not listening to me despite me explaining to her why this is a scam for almost an hour. She could lose a lot of money and I don't know what to say to her anymore. Help.
Try reverse psychology, some parents believe their kids can't possibly be smarter than them. If that doesn't work, the only way she'll learn is from losing.
Try reverse psychology, some parents believe their kids can't possibly be smarter than them. If that doesn't work, the only way she'll learn is from losing.
Google the name of the company to find other people's accounts of being ripped off/losing money, and get her to read them?
I have done that, went on her computer to show her and for gods sake she had already visited the page before but for some reason she disregarded it. I explicitly said that this guy from America got scammed out of 200 dollars after receiving a normal pair of socks and not one that was advertised. The company have a no resturns policy so he lost his money. I kept trying to drill it into her head, she was silent this whole time by the way and I don't even know if she was listening to me.
She's still intrested in the ing clothing, maybe not so much in the scheme but even the clothing is a scam.
She was diagnosed with breast cancer 5 months ago, fortuneately it was discovered early so they managed to remove it. But now she seems to be doing all this research into cancer preventing clothing or techniques or whatever the you call it and trying to drag me into it too. This one is a total scam and she is falling for it
Some stubborn people may take up an idea such as the one your mother currently has in mind to which someone else (you) will have told them it is a dumb idea or an obvious scam. There's a chance your mother has realised this and is too ashamed to admit it and is behaving stubborn to hide it meaning arguing further with her wouldn't get you anywhere and she might actually go ahead with it just to prove whatever point. A phrase such as "sure go ahead and lose 'x amount of money', I don't care" followed by not arguing with her anymore can possibly change her mind.
Some stubborn people may take up an idea such as the one your mother currently has in mind to which someone else (you) will have told them it is a dumb idea or an obvious scam. There's a chance your mother has realised this and is too ashamed to admit it and is behaving stubborn to hide it meaning arguing further with her wouldn't get you anywhere and she might actually go ahead with it just to prove whatever point. A phrase such as "sure go ahead and lose 'x amount of money', I don't care" followed by not arguing with her anymore can possibly change her mind.
Lol ye I tried this. I think I went further than that though, which always lands me in hot water for being patronising to her but it was justified in this case. maybe it did sink in her head, idk I'll have to do it again tomorrow
I told her that she can go ahead and waste her money and get scammed and that I'm not going to do anything to help her get her money back. Silent. I obviously do care though I don't want to see her lose a grand just like that but she just never tells me these things man. I only found out because I saw her looking at it when I walked past, otherwise she would never tell me and would have bought it.
I have done that, went on her computer to show her and for gods sake she had already visited the page before but for some reason she disregarded it. I explicitly said that this guy from America got scammed out of 200 dollars after receiving a normal pair of socks and not one that was advertised. The company have a no resturns policy so he lost his money. I kept trying to drill it into her head, she was silent this whole time by the way and I don't even know if she was listening to me.
She's still intrested in the ing clothing, maybe not so much in the scheme but even the clothing is a scam.
She was diagnosed with breast cancer 5 months ago, fortuneately it was discovered early so they managed to remove it. But now she seems to be doing all this research into cancer preventing clothing or techniques or whatever the you call it and trying to drag me into it too. This one is a total scam and she is falling for it
I get the feeling reading this she's just really, really scared of the cancer returning and that having this clothing is wishful thinking on her part, so she can "actively" do something to protect herself (even though we can see it's rubbish). Fear can make us act very irrational. If she's seen the reviews, and disregarded it I don't think being rational and explaining why it's a scam will help- try and get her to talk though the fear of cancer, or take her/encourage her to go to a doctor who can better explain how cancer works, and what can help and what doesn't. If you still have any contact with the people who treated her cancer 5 months ago, maybe even them, since she'll trust them! Good luck!
I get the feeling reading this she's just really, really scared of the cancer returning and that having this clothing is wishful thinking on her part, so she can "actively" do something to protect herself (even though we can see it's rubbish). Fear can make us act very irrational. If she's seen the reviews, and disregarded it I don't think being rational and explaining why it's a scam will help- try and get her to talk though the fear of cancer, or take her/encourage her to go to a doctor who can better explain how cancer works, and what can help and what doesn't. If you still have any contact with the people who treated her cancer 5 months ago, maybe even them, since she'll trust them! Good luck!
I need to sit down with her properly tomorrow about this, you are probably right about the cancer thing. I think if I bring that up that will probably make her realise. Cheers, I think that's what I'l do. I'll try get a contact about that
Lol ye I tried this. I think I went further than that though, which always lands me in hot water for being patronising to her but it was justified in this case. maybe it did sink in her head, idk I'll have to do it again tomorrow
I told her that she can go ahead and waste her money and get scammed and that I'm not going to do anything to help her get her money back. Silent. I obviously do care though I don't want to see her lose a grand just like that but she just never tells me these things man. I only found out because I saw her looking at it when I walked past, otherwise she would never tell me and would have bought it.
After I noticed you said she had cancer recently, @Poooky's post makes much more sense. I thought it was just a case of someone being stubborn