I'll admit that I was previously an Amway Independent Business Owner (IBO) because a dear buddy of mine had joined and qualified as a "direct distributor" for the company. Despite the fact that I didn't fully understand what it meant at the time, I was aware that it represented a rather major level in the Amwya business. My friend's achievement at that level, unfortunately for me, served just to lure me into the business, as I had other friends who joined Amway and failed, all the while telling me they would become wealthy and would have to socialise with their "wealthy" pals. As is customary for them, they were back hanging out with us many months later when, as was predicted, they failed in Amway.
Around 2003 and 2004, I used to engage in a number of extremely popular Amway/Quixtar forums. Amway was a hot topic at the time, and the company's decision to change its name to Quixtar in North America sparked a great deal of debate and criticism. It appears that Amway was expecting that a name change would "repair" their reputation, but that hope was dashed as well, with a resounding failure. As far as I recall, IBOs and Amway defenders insisted that Quixtar had nothing to do with the company. "However, why do you sell Amway items such as LOC, and why do your bonuses come from the Amway corporation," I would say. That was often when the insults would be slung.
Amway, in my opinion, is a terrible company. Due to Amway's hefty "up to 33 percent bonuses," their items are significantly overpriced, and this is due to the fact that they must include these bonuses in the prices of their products. As a result, Amway adds at least their own markup to the costs, as well as another 30 to 33 percent to the prices to cover the IBO bonuses. When a company like WalMart jacks up their items by 15 percent to 20 percent to cover the costs of their rent/lease and workers, they are making razor thin margins on their sales. Amway is unable to do so because to the fact that they must pay IBO bonuses. As a result, any price comparison that is neutral and open-minded will show Amway losing by significant margins.
In addition, what makes Amway more worse, in my opinion, is that the diamonds use Amway as a "front" to sell things like voicemail, CDs, seminars, and other training materials in addition to Amway business opportunities themselves. As a result, an IBO will have products to sell that are both generic in quality and premium in price, and in order to remain in "good standing" with their upline, they will be required to engage in the "training" system, which will include CDs, seminars, and other such activities. All of those who fail to conform to the system are essentially "shunned" by the leaders, and the diamond considers them "unteachable" and undeserving of being "mentored." Those who are fortunate enough to be mentored will be instructed to immerse themselves in the educational system, which almost guarantees failure. This is a complete and utter disaster.
The process of becoming an Amway representative is similar to that of placing a coin flip bet with someone and having the coin flipper follow rules such as "heads I win, tails you lose." The vast majority of Amway Independent Business Owners (IBOs) have virtually no chance of success, although the opportunity is marketed as infallible and "guaranteed." Amway is a failure simply because Amway is a failure. If you read this and decide to continue with Amway, best of luck to you, but keep your eyes peeled for scams.
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