One of the things my upline was continually pushing on us was the tools system, which was one of the things my upline pushed on us. Despite the fact that the tools are described as optional, they are not marketed as such. They were marketed as essential and required, almost as if it were insanity to attempt to create an Amway business without the proper equipment. Essentially, the tools were considered a de facto prerequisite. My upline has always maintained that no one has ever "made it" without the use of tools. Some Amway defenders, such as IBOFightback, maintain that the tools are effective and that IBOs who participated in the system demonstrated this by achieving higher levels of success and product volume. However, the tools are only effective for a fraction of one percent of the IBOs that use them.
PV is increased by IBOs who participate in the system (voicemail, monthly book of the month, standing orders, functions, and so on). I think this to be true, but I believe it to be true only because after the upline has persuaded you to join in the system, the same IBO is persuaded that they should or must do 100 PV as part of the bargain. People who are not convinced that the system is essential do not purchase or sell as much solar energy as they should because they are not convinced that moving solar energy will make them more successful in their endeavours.
Critics and proponents of Amway have been debating this question for years, but the evidence plainly supports my position on the subject. Why? Because if there was genuine demand for Amway products because of their quality and/or value, there would not be such a precipitous decline in movement of volume when an IBO transitions to the status of a former IBO. Many, if not the vast majority, of former IBOs never purchase a single Amway product after they have left the company. If the items were truly of high quality and value, as Amway proponents claim, why don't people continue to purchase 100 PV per month after they stop working for the company? Were they duped into buying something they didn't want or need to begin with?
People will do whatever they believe is necessary to achieve their end objective if they are convinced that Amway will be their financial saviour and that using tools and moving 100 PV will result in long-term financial security and residual income as claimed by upline. When that objective or desire does not materialise, the former IBOs come to the realisation that the tools and things they formerly believed to be valuable have lost their significance. How many former IBOs will place a standing order or show up at events? Why don't any ex IBOs continue to purchase these materials if they truly make you nicer or save marriages? Is it because they are unable to sell them for even pennies on the dollar on sites like Ebay or Craigslist?
The bottom line is that the instruments are ineffective. They only work for the uplines who directly profit from the sale of tools, plus the artificial demand in product sales created by those IBOs who are convinced that Amway wil make them rich. After the realisation dawns on them that Amway will not make them rich and that the tools are only draining their resources, the demand for tools and Amway items vanishes almost immediately. There is no unbiased evidence that I know of to suggest that these tools work, and basically, the miserable amount of new diamonds emerging in the US seems to confirm this fact.
I strongly encourage IBOs and information seekers to pay attention to this message.
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