One of the things our group was taught by our upline was the need of recruiting "smart" people. And, in general, I believe that many/the majority of IBOs were intelligent individuals. The majority of them are pleasant, motivated, and desirous of more in life. Certain Amway defenders incorrectly assert that I am adamantly opposed to Amway and independent business owners (IBOs) to the point where I am fanatical in my opposition to them. I'm not one of them. I recall that the most of my group and cross line members were well educated and had respectable careers. We had all anticipated to realise our ambition of quitting our professions and living in luxury for a while. We came away with the impression that it was very realistic and doable if we simply followed upline's advice and immersed ourselves in the "system," which in my case was the WWDB. During my time as an IBO, we were told that WWDB had a lot of fruit on its tree, and at the time, it appeared like this was accurate.
We were unaware, however, that some WWDB officials were making a substantial amount of money by selling us tools. For starters, we were deceived, and speakers at important occasions informed the audience that no one made a dime from tools, and that upline only made cents after you earned dollars from them. We are well aware that this is not the case and that these speakers were deceiving us. And to make matters worse, these leaders were never held accountable for their deception. They simply rewrote history and pretended as if nothing had happened. Unfortunately, many IBOs in the downline simply accepted the explanation and proceeded to purchase tools. As of right now, the WWDB tree is becoming barren, bearing little "fruit." World Diamond Development Corporation (WWDB) has produced very few new diamonds in the United States, and several of their more dynamic leaders have departed WWDB to establish their own systems. It appears that WWDB is left with the same old, tired speakers that were in place prior to my engagement with Amway, and that this will continue in the future.
However, what is confusing, or perhaps not, is why there aren't more successes since many, if not the majority, of IBOs are "smart" individuals. Surely, big groups of intelligent and driven individuals can accomplish a great deal, but for whatever reason, they have been unable to accomplish much in Amway and WWDB. In fact, many of these astute individuals are unable to sponsor even a single downline and have problems selling Amway merchandise. As a result of many years of blogging and evaluating the Amway opportunity, I have come to the opinion that Amway products are overpriced and therefore cannot compete with identical products available on the open market. While Amway's defenders will point to quality and concentration as reasons why the company is competitive, the general public isn't interested in these factors; they simply want cheap goods, and Walmart meets this requirement better than Amway. It leaves the vast bulk of Amway sales to be made to IBOs who are actively involved in company development. According to reports, when the diamond dream fades away, so does the fake desire to purchase Amway products.
In addition, the erratic and sometimes deceitful behaviour of previous and some current IBOs has tarnished the Amway brand, making it harder to persuade others to join the company and to sponsor them. As a result, sponsoring has become practically impossible. In light of these considerations, I believe Amway is expanding in overseas markets rather than in North America, where saturation has already happened. When all of these circumstances are taken into consideration, it is straightforward to infer that the reason big groups of intelligent individuals fail is not because they are incapable. This is due to the fact that the Amway opportunity comes with so many disadvantages that even bright people are unable to overcome them. It is for this reason that so many former Amway Independent Business Owners (IBOs), like myself, have done pretty well for ourselves after leaving the company. Is it true that I gained some business knowledge while working for Amway? Yes, I did gain some valuable lessons, but I also discovered that I had been lied to and tricked by WWDB leaders, which is why this blog will continue......
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