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Raskolnikov
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by Raskolnikov » 24 Sep 2004 21:49
Can someone please translate the term "pyramid scheme" into french.
Thanks a lot!
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by Maïwenn » 24 Sep 2004 22:07
scheme can mean many different things in French, what's the context ?
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by Raskolnikov » 24 Sep 2004 22:11
A pyramid scheme is a scam.
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by Maïwenn » 24 Sep 2004 22:16
Is it when part of what you sell goes to the person above you, and so and so, and you have to find more and more sellers if you want to have a chance of earning more money ?
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by Raskolnikov » 24 Sep 2004 22:58
Yes that's it exactly.
Do you know the french term?
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by ka » 25 Sep 2004 00:11
I 'm pretty sure it's 'vente pyramidale'
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by Aude » 25 Feb 2005 15:34
YEs this is it "vente pyramidale"
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by Guest » 06 Mar 2005 22:42
Raskolnikov wrote: Can someone please translate the term "pyramid scheme" into french.
Thanks a lot!
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