I am in, and loving it man.
People think it is a scam, but it is not... can you get scammed? YES.
But... put it this way, you get your car fixed at a place, but they tell you more is wrong with it (but actually not)... you were just scammed... does that mean the auto-repair industry is a scam? NO, just that ONE person is.
There is a HUGE difference between a pyramid scheme and Multi-Level-Marketing.
Can you just sit there and do nothing and get rich? no, do you have to work? yes, do you have to set your mind into it? yes.
If you want to get rich you got to set your mind into it.
But also look at the benefits, just for becoming an I.B.O. (Independent Business Owner) you get everyday products for really cheap, you also get discounts in Dell, Best Buy, Buy.com and JC Whitney (car parts) and about other +130 partner stores, so umh... yeah.
Ask your sponsor, he'll let you know.