Having Trouble Quitting Amway?

 People who search for "how to stop Amway" and land on my blog as a result of my blog's URL are astounded and a little concerned, as I am. Every day, a large number of hits are generated using that search criterion. Quitting appears to be a straightforward process for me. Put an end to your purchases of Amway items. Put an end to your tool purchases. Put an end to your attendance at meetings. Put an end to going to functions. Stop listening to cassettes and CDs. Do not renew your annual membership at the conclusion of the calendar year. However, it appears that quitting Amway is not that simple for everyone, as evidenced by the fact that they look for information on how to do so on the Internet. And I have a great deal of sympathy for these folks who are attempting to quit and get their lives back on track, but who want assistance in order to GET OUT of the situation.

It's not clear whether the genuine question is "how to quit Amway" or "how to quit the cult."

Amway Independent Business Owner is a fancy way of saying "commissioned salesman," which is exactly what it sounds like. Salespeople who are paid by commission work for other people. If you work for someone else, you are considered to have a job. Quitting a job is a simple process. Either you give your two-week notice or you tell your boss, "Fuck you, I'm out of here." Afterwards, you go away without returning. What percentage of your time do you put into your job? Time and effort are required. In exchange, you receive a paycheck. What should you put your money into a cult? Time, companionship, money, and brain cells are all valuable commodities. In exchange, you will receive a depleted bank account, debt, ruined relationships, and emotional turmoil, to name a few consequences of your actions.

It just goes to show what indoctrination can do to someone who is a part of the Amway organisation.

Because of their upline's conditioning, the IBO has been taught to exclude those who are considered "negative." These are family and friends that have done extensive research on the Amway cult and are attempting to show the IBO the reality about what they have gotten themselves into.

When an IBO realises that they are not making any money at Amway and are unlikely to do so in the future, they realise it is time to quit. The Independent Business Owner (IBO) finds himself in the position of having to fight back against the mind control techniques that have been utilised on them in order to motivate them to remain in the Amway business. They may be hesitant to seek aid from friends and family since they have already excluded these negative individuals, and admitting defeat in the Amway business may lead them to a barrage of "I told you so" comments.

The greatest thing for someone who wants to leave the Amway cult is to get on the Internet and read blogs and articles published by people who have left the Amway cult before. They require information on Amway and cult brainwashing techniques, and the best source of information is from someone who has actually been through the process.

Therapy, depending on how deeply the IBO has been brainwashed, may be an option, particularly if a therapist who has expertise working with cults and deprogramming former cult members can be found. In Smalltown, USA, this is not a simple undertaking, which is why many people turn to the Internet for assistance.

I recall reading Eric Scheibeler's book Merchants of Deception at a time when he'd discovered the truth about Amway and the tool fraud and was attempting to get out of the business. He anticipated that his wife would find it difficult to leave Amway, given that the two of them had dedicated 10 years of their lives in growing their Amway business to the Emerald level, in addition to tens of thousands of dollars in the system. After learning that his wife had not listened to an Amway motivational tape in months, he was taken aback by the revelation. She was attempting to deprogram herself.

During the last 6 or 7 months, my Ambot was so hung up on Amway that he stopped purchasing CDs altogether. I'm not convinced that he was simply tired of hearing the same old songs over and over, but his name must have gotten on the upline's bad side when he stopped purchasing CDs, despite the fact that he attended one major function and paid his WWDB Premier Membership ($49.95/month) and Communikate ($36.95/month) almost to the end of their terms. During the previous few months, Ambot purchased Amway products worth less than $1000 in total. Whew! Wow, that was a breath of fresh air after spending easily more than $1000 in a single month over the first several months of his involvement. In two of those latter months, he met the required 100PV to earn a payout in the neighbourhood of $10. This shows how enraged his upline was because they weren't making as much money off Ambot as they used to.

It is sometimes necessary to take a step-by-step approach to leaving Amway. Quit purchasing and listening to their mind-controlling audio CDs! Stop attending meetings or reduce your attendance. When you think about it, how many times a week do you have to sit through Platinum saying the same thing???? When it comes to purchasing tools or items or attending gatherings, one of the cult leaders will eventually ride the IBO's backside, causing some minor setbacks while the IBO is still indoctrinated enough not to oppose the cult leader's requests.

Amway is a deceptive scheme. Getting into Amway is the easiest part of the process. Being able to get through the Amway exit hurdles, which include not being able to recover any money invested and suffering psychological harm, is much more difficult to accomplish.

Like any other harmful habit, not everyone is able to give it up completely. Hold on for dear life. Continue your investigation. Claw your way back to the surface of reality. The next obstacle to overcome is getting your life and money back in line. We've all been there and done that. I wish everyone else the best of luck on their path.

Have I Mentioned I can’t stand our Sponsor?

 I was going to complain about our Amway sponsor today, but the guy hasn't stopped piss-ing me off since he won't leave Ambot alone. He makes a phone call in order to shoot the trash. He calls Ambot to see if he knows of anyone who is looking for job. He calls and asks to borrow some things. He communicates via text messages. You see where I'm going with this. It's like the old days of Amway all over again! No idea why Ambot is being so nice to the jerk, to be honest. They first met in the early 1980s while working for the same company, where they remained until the arrogant jerk was fired after only a few months. He is never able to stay in one place for too long.

The pompous jerk has a wife and children. I'm sad for his wife's plight. When you have a son who can't hold down a job, has horrible credit, never has money, travels about in automobiles that are constantly breaking down, and whose utilities are constantly being shut off due to nonpayment, it must be difficult to live with him. They were never married and never had children. Even though she seemed to be a lot more enthusiastic about Amway than I was, she never showed up to meetings. Instead, she preferred to remain at home and watch television or read a book or do whatever she enjoys doing at home because I'm pretty sure she doesn't work. I don't have anything against her other than her sleazy taste in men, which I find offensive. She has a strong dislike for my husband. Thus far, that is the only thing that we have in common. We are both capable of saying, "I don't care about your husband." When it comes to sponsoring someone in Amway, this is a bad combo. Did they and their superiors fail to recognise that this is a recipe for disaster?

I still get on Ambot's case whenever that conceited jerk calls him and I point him that his sponsor is defying the directions of the venerable cult leader by mingling with us. Ambot claims that it is not applicable because the arrogant jerk left Amway at the same time as him. I think it's a major deal. We should not associate with the Platinum if he states that we cannot. This is true whether or not any of us are still in Amway.

It's a shame. I wish it worked that way, but Ambot still appears to be acceptable to the conceited jerk who calls him up everytime he needs something, which is disappointing.

What truly irritated me was when the fucking son of a bitch showed up at our house at 6 a.m., claiming he needed something from us. We had fallen asleep. So was my dog, until she caught a glimpse of someone hiding outside, at which point she began barking, arousing our attention. The fact that that bastard woke up my dog gave me a headache that lasted the rest of the day. Not even an apology for waking me awake in the first place. But, really, what else would you expect from a jerk like him?

I never trusted the cretin in the first place, and after the Amway debacle and the financial and mental misery it caused me, I no longer have any business dealings with him at all. He is not permitted to enter the house, so Ambot must go out to the street to speak with him if he drives over, meet him, or go to the coffee shop to prospect, like all good little Ambots do. I hope he isn't trying to recruit him into another multi-level marketing scheme!

What would you do if you were an unhappy brat and one of your friend's spouses despised you because of all the difficulty you caused them, and you weren't permitted to enter the house? I'd take a large hint and stay the heck away from them, I suppose. I mean, how stupid can you possibly be? It appears that you are not as stupid as this jerk because he continues to hang around.

I'm looking forward to the day when karma comes after him and bites him in the arse!

Get Your Wife Free!

 Do you really want your wife to come home from work and spend time with your children?

While prospecting for new IBOs, that was one of the "lines" that our Platinum instructed us to employ, and it was one of the most effective.

I believe this is a sexist remark. No one asserts or implies that all wives have children, or even desire children. Or it's possible that they don't want either - no outside work and no children. Is it true that they are not included in this Amway lament? Who is to claim that mothers who stay at home with their children are obligated to do so? Platinum, to be precise, is our sack of excrement. The chauvinist pig in the male form!

Who gets to choose whether or not to come home from work? Only women with children? Bullshit! That fucking Platinum is simply another jerk who takes advantage of his female counterparts. Everything gets done: the house is cleaned, the washing is done, the rubbish is taken out, the grass is mowed, the garden is weeded, dinners are made, the cookie jar is full, etc. It all comes together somehow. Is he under the impression that some mystical fairy is in charge of everything?

If both the husband and the wife are employed, they should share equal responsibility for all household and yard activities and responsibilities. When one spouse stays at home and the other works, logic says that the spouse who is remaining at home will be responsible for the majority of housework and yard labour, which is the case in most marriages. If they have children, the amount of work increases significantly. Taking care of the house is almost a full-time job in and of itself.

But why is it that the question is never asked in the other direction? Do you not want your husband to come home from work and spend time with your children?

I'm not sure where I heard that one from the sexist son of a bitch, but I don't remember hearing it.

Women who take maternity leave are quite unlikely to return to their jobs, according to my experience working for a number of different organisations - none of which were engaged in Amway. They discussed with their spouse whether it was more cost-effective for them to return to work or stay at home with their children. Whether one spouse has a better paying job, a better education, or the best prospect of earning a living is highly dependent on the other. Alternatively, if they are self-employed, is the revenue from the business sufficient to allow one spouse to remain at home?

If a husband does not want his wife to work outside the home (and be available for their children, if they have any), they will find a method to make it happen. This could entail working extra hours, taking on a second job, or finding other ways to raise the company's profits. Becoming an Amway IBO is not the only solution for “getting your wife to come home from work,” despite what some crappy Amway IBOs might try to convince them of. The solution is a horrible one because of the 1 percent likelihood of success in the Amway industry, to put it more exactly. The majority of IBOs will lose money, and the enraged spouse will eventually return to work in order to assist the family get out of debt.

In certain cases, upline has manipulated men into believing that the only way to "have your wife come home from work" is to become an IBO, and that they must achieve this goal of obtaining their wife's freedom or else they will be considered a failure. Affected men have been completely brainwashed into believing that if their wives work outside the home, their husbands are unmanly and unworthy of being called "losers." In Amway language, any other means of allowing a wife to resign from her work early is disqualified. My mother worked until she became pregnant with me, after which she never worked again, with the exception of supporting my father with his business on occasion. My parents were not active with Amway and both left the company before their time. My mother, on the other hand, lived several years before my father!

If you are a group of sexist male chauvinist swine that use the line "don't you want your wife to come home from work and be there for your children" when prospecting, you are a bunch of indoctrinated ambots who are parroting your upline. Is it a condition of your Platinum status that you watch The Stepford Wives on a regular basis?

I find it quite irritating when ambots brag about how Amway got their wife out of prison, as if this is some major accomplishment, and then put it in everyone's face. A wife who does not have a job is something that no other man on the face of the planet has ever experienced.

“I was able to release my wife. Isn't it possible to replicate myself and have your wife free as well?” Each and every time I hear a cretin utter something like this, all I want to do is shout, and all I want to do in response is make a sexist remark. The next ambot who uses that line will be subjected to the following: "It is the man's responsibility to provide for his wife." So, why haven't you been doing that all along? What makes you such a fucking loser, right? “Why are you a worse fucking failure than I am and involved with Amway?” he asks.

OK. My chest feels a lot lighter now that that one is out of the way.

When it comes to how a woman should be treated, some of those ambots - and our Platinum should take this into consideration - have attitudes from another age. The opposite happens if you respond with an attitude from another era, in which case they throw a hissy fit.

I was out of a job prior to the Amway gloom and doom days. So put that in your hat and light it up with it.

Developing a Working Relationship in Amway: 

Creating Opportunities for Success Together

Introduction:

The well-known multi-level marketing (MLM) organization Amway provides people with the opportunity to establish their own businesses and achieve monetary success on their own terms. Amway offers a one-of-a-kind platform for married couples to work together and create a business side by side, despite the fact that the emphasis is frequently placed on the success of the individual. In this article, we will explore how couples can develop a partnership in Amway and experience the benefits of shared success, financial independence, and personal growth. Specifically, we will focus on how couples can build an Amway business together.

Aligning Your views and Establishing common Goals: If you want to build a successful Amway business as a couple, the first step is to align your views and establish common goals. Discuss and determine what it is that the two of you want to accomplish together, whether it be the ability to spend more time together, more financial independence, or the capacity to give back to causes that are important to you. Because you are all working toward the same goal, you will be able to encourage and inspire one another along the way.

Leveraging Individual qualities: When two or more people get together to form a partnership, they each bring their own set of qualities and skills to the table. Recognize and capitalize on these advantages so that you may more effectively divide responsibilities and increase output. For instance, if one person is exceptional in making sales and establishing new business connections, that person might concentrate on cultivating existing clientele, while another individual may be exceptional at administrative work or performing product demos. You may build a powerful and dynamic team by combining the talents that each of you brings to the table.

Communication that is both effective and open is essential to the development of any successful cooperation. When working for Amway, it is essential to have open communication on company ideas, problems, and tactics. Establish a consistent schedule for conducting business-related activities such as holding meetings, brainstorming, and planning sessions. Maintain an attitude of active listening and respect for one another's perspectives. You will be able to handle problems, make decisions based on accurate information, and build your partnership if you keep the lines of communication open and honest.

In order to guarantee that everything runs smoothly, it is essential to divide responsibilities in a way that is both fair and efficient. Talk about it and divide up the work depending on what each person is good at and what interests them. This may include things like the ordering of products, providing customer service, marketing, establishing teams, or managing finances. It is possible to avoid duplication of efforts and achieve greater overall efficiency by defining roles and duties very specifically.

Finding a Healthy Balance Between job and Personal Life It is absolutely essential to locate a healthy balance between job and personal life when creating an Amway business together. Establish limits and schedule time specifically for relaxing, spending quality time with one another, and following individual interests. You may prevent burnout, maintain a solid relationship, and encourage each other's personal progress if you create a harmonious balance.

Amway offers a vast array of learning resources and possibilities for personal growth, allowing for continuous learning and development. Make use of these resources together as a couple to improve your talents, broaden your knowledge, and maintain your awareness of the latest developments in your business. Attending workshops, conferences, and training sessions together is a great way to learn from industry experts and network with people who share similar interests. You may develop both as individuals and as a unit if you make the effort to engage in ongoing education.

Encouragement and Companionship: It is essential for Amway partners to encourage and companion one another throughout the business relationship. Share in one other's victories, be an inspiration to one another in trying times, and offer feedback that is both encouraging and constructive. You may deepen your connection with one another and encourage one another to achieve greater heights if you create an atmosphere of mutual support.

Work-Life Integration: Creating an Amway business together as a couple makes it possible to integrate work and life responsibilities more seamlessly. You are free to set your own schedules and decide how much time you want to spend on your company. This gives you a lot of flexibility. Because of this integration, you will be able to more effortlessly match your personal and professional lives, which will make it much simpler for you to prioritize your obligations to your family, as well as your hobbies and other personal interests.

Independence from Financial reliance: The possibility of achieving independence from financial reliance is one of the primary advantages of constructing an Amway business together as a partnership. Your earning potential can be increased and your path to financial independence can be moved forward at a quicker pace if you collaborate with others and capitalize on each other's efforts. This financial independence confers a feeling of safety and paves the way for brand new prospects for one's own development and fulfillment, among other benefits.

Building an Amway business together as a couple can be a great way to strengthen your relationship on a variety of fronts. You will become more able to trust and rely on one another as you work through difficulties together and enjoy the victories that you have achieved together. Building a business together will strengthen your bond, make communication easier, and help you develop a strong sense of cooperation in your relationship.

Building an Amway business together as a couple presents a one-of-a-kind opportunity to establish a partnership that is based on shared achievement, financial independence, and personal development. You and your partner can build a thriving and satisfying business together if you align your visions, capitalize on individual strengths, communicate effectively, divide responsibilities, strike a balance between work and personal life, invest in continuous learning, provide support and motivation, integrate work and life, achieve financial independence, and work on strengthening your relationship. Amway provides the platform, but it is your collaboration and devotion to one another that will ultimately determine whether or not your journey as a marriage will be successful and gratifying.

Buy Less and Be Heard!

 Recently, I saw an interview with a man who has written a book about customers and how we may influence the behaviour of corporations. He employs his blog to disseminate information about various businesses. The majority of the time, this is due to businesses that provide shoddy products and even shoddy customer service when consumers have a complaint.

I was under the impression he was talking about Amway!

However, the examples he provides are from other businesses.

He became enraged with his lawn mower and vented his frustrations on his blog. When someone from John Deere headquarters comes to his blog to read it, they are looking for signs of a problem or if the blog could be dangerous to any possible customers. The blog is then closed. He never received a response from John Deere, which indicates that the company determined that someone posting about being dissatisfied with their lawnmower was not a threat.

That is exactly how things work in the Amway corporate headquarters! Except that I'm willing to wager that there are a lot more folks out there who are upset with Amway than there are with John Deere!

First and foremost, you have to wonder why Amway employees are wasting their time perusing the Internet during business hours rather than really getting work done. In the evening, an Amway employee may be reading my blog on their BlackBerry. What do you think? You'd expect that company-issued phones would be restricted to company-related business and not be utilised for the employees' personal leisure pursuits.

But, truly, to whom am I going to voice my dissatisfaction? Already, I've learned that Amway's corporate headquarters doesn't give a flying fuck when independent business owners (IBOs) express dissatisfaction with their upline's deceptions; why should they care if a blogger reports to them that their employees are surfing the Internet during working hours instead of actually (gasp!) working? Apathy City is a place where people go to feel sorry for themselves. Winners in the customer service sector who don't give a damn about anything!

There are a large number of bloggers who help to spread the word about Amway in various ways. Some people are concerned with the reasons why the Amway business is a bad investment. Other bloggers keep their readers informed about current events in the press that have a negative impact on Amway's stock price and reputation. Some bloggers investigate the misinformation and publish their findings. Other bloggers have written on the Amway cult and the practise of brainwashing. Others spread the word about the tool fraud to the rest of the world. The majority of bloggers violate all boundaries, and anything related to Amway is fair game.

Because I enjoy cursing out my former upline and telling others about the brainwashing that took place on my Ambot, I decided to start a blog. By doing so, I hope to warn anyone who might be considering joining Ambot. Occasionally, I speak about Amway's business possibility, but I'm most content when I'm cussing out the company's upper management and describing what goes on during Amway meetings and gatherings.

Thousands of former Amway Independent Business Owners (IBOs) blog about their Amway experiences, and thousands more former IBOs leave comments about their similar experiences, resulting in an abundance of information about Amway on the Internet, including the cult, brainwashing, inferior products at premium prices, IBO abuse, shoddy customer service from head office, the amount of money Amway IBOs really earn each month, and the amount of money that IBOs lose each month. When it comes down down to it, nearly everything linked with Amway is a fabrication of the truth. However, the majority of those lies are created by independent business owners (IBOs), not necessarily by Amway's corporate headquarters, which refuses to accept responsibility for the IBOs' activities and instead chooses to turn the other cheek and pretend that nothing is occurring.

Bloggers are not considered a danger to Amway's financial line, according to the company. What a display of arrogance!

One bit of advise came from the author who was being interviewed, who said, "Buy less and be heard!"

That identical piece of advice may be directed towards any company that provides inadequate products or poor customer service, but it is particularly effective against Amway.

People that write about Amway receive thousands of visitors each month, indicating that our message is being received.

It's a reasonable bet that most of my readers don't buy anything from Amway, so we're also winning on the "buy less" front, but with a different twist: we're winning by not buying anything from Amway at all.

Buy less and make your voice heard!

Amway River House *Fun* (Go Diamond)

 Okay, this video is a little amusing. a duo of neanderthals equipped with a dirt bike and a camcorder who have a burning urge to wreck the Puryears' house It wouldn't be nearly as entertaining if it weren't for the music.

Ambots Anonymous

 They read blogs and books by former Amway IBOs and are critical of us because we do not use our real names. They seem to believe that if someone does not use their real name, it undermines their experience or creates a lack of credibility, and therefore anything these anonymous posters have to say should be disregarded or disregarded completely.

Hopefully, I can shed some light on the situation. The primary cause is apprehension about retaliation from other IBOs, such as yourself.

The ebook Merchants of Deception, written by Eric Scheibeler, has been read by many people, although not everyone is aware that he originally published the book under the alias John Jacob. When he started filing complaints with Amway about the fraud he'd discovered with the tool scam, he received death threats against himself and his family. He continued to receive threats throughout the course of researching the book and after it was published. So, who is it that is sending him death threats? Is it the mafia? The Secret Service, perhaps? Is it possible for a CEO of a Fortune 500 firm to have never heard of Amway? Other authors are envious of his literary achievement, don't they? Amway's top executives or its hired assassins? Maybe it's more likely that death threats are coming from people who appear to be quite normal, such as teachers, waiters, cashiers, and electricians, but who all have one thing in common: they're Amway Independent Business Owners. Too many independent business owners (IBOs) are on the defensive about what they believe to be the best business opportunity on the planet, made available to them by what they believe to be the most fantastic company on the planet. It just goes to demonstrate what can be accomplished through brainwashing.

Anyone who has read Merchants of Deception is aware that IBO's have approached Scheibeler at business meetings and stated that they would demonstrate their loyalty to their beloved Diamond by dying for him or killing for him if they had the opportunity. If their upline instructed them to do so, they would eliminate anyone who posed a threat to the Amway lifestyle. A threatening phone call was received by Scheibeler's young boy and his wife, and he claims to have heard noises in the bushes where he assumed someone was lurking, waiting to take him out.

Whether or not he knew who was making the threats, he didn't say, but it was clear that these were overzealous Amway Independent Business Owners who didn't want the truth about their company getting out and threatening the demise of their anticipated financial independence.

Joecool has written on his blog about receiving threats from an anonymous IBO based in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. You never know what type of nut lurks on the other end of a computer keyboard, but this particular crazy has left comments threatening physical violence on Joecool if he does not cease his Amway-related blog postings. Anonymous from Scarborough has come by my blog a couple of times to post a few wacky remarks, but nothing that was threatening in nature. In order for him to find someone cursing out their upline and detailing what went on at Amway meetings entertaining, but not a threat to his Amway lifestyle, he must find it humorous that they do so.

Just because I have not received threats does not imply I am not aware that it is possible that it will happen to me. My real last name would be OK with me, but it leaves me vulnerable to some brainwashed IBO showing up at my door with a bomb in hand. Despite the fact that I do not identify my upline other than by using terms such as assholes, shitheads, bastards, and the like, if I put my name out there, anyone who takes the time to investigate should be able to figure out who my upline is. I'm sure most of them wouldn't be pleased to learn that they've been defamed and that they've been written about in a blog that details what happened in their private Amway meetings.

We have freedom of expression in this area of the world, and we should be able to express ourselves without being intimidated. Being able to express one's views is not against the law, and cursing someone out is not against the law either. In our Platinum's Amway meetings, he would do this all the time, making fun of his downline IBOs. Sticks and stones were used. He is not a believer in the concept of "turnabout is fair play" and would be enraged if anyone was not properly worshipping him in the traditional manner. Despite the fact that that piece of shit may not appreciate it, it is not against the law to cuss him out or say the truth about him.

Amway is obsessed with The truth about the Amway business opportunity is not welcomed by independent business owners (IBOs). Those who read Merchants of Deception would be the first to argue that anything detailed in the book could ever take place, and they would likely conclude that the author simply has an overactive imagination or is unduly paranoid. In the same way, there would be IBOs who were dissatisfied with the way I described my upline instead of showing them the loyalty and love they believe they deserve. My depiction of what happens at Amway meetings and gatherings appears to have displeased them, as I can see from their comments.

We choose to remain anonymous because we are afraid about our personal safety and the safety of our family as a result of overzealous IBOs.

People take precautions to keep themselves safe. Everyone is at a different degree of comfort. In my home, I have a monitored alarm system, and we sleep with a loaded rifle in the bedroom at all times. Before being involved in Amway, we put these safeguards in place, and now that we are former IBOs and I blog about our experiences, you can bet your bottom dollar that I will not change them. Nobody knows when a furious IBO will show up on their door step. Just our Platinum isn't enough....

You Can’t Quit Now!

 “You're not going to be able to quit now. Not when the prospect of triumph is so close at hand. “You're about to do something incredibly big.”

That is a term that we have all heard from our upline. Alternatively, something somewhat comparable.

They do everything they can to encourage their downline independent business owners (IBOs) to continue with Amway. Continue to purchase products and acquire additional tools so that your upline can profit and prosper.

So, what about something else they say that goes something like this: "You haven't been in Amway long enough to be able to make any money from it."

It's almost as if you're in Las Vegas and you've spent the last hour at a slot machine. You've put a couple of hundred dollars into this machine, and you're well aware that it's about to pay off with a massive jackpot win at any moment now. It is difficult to walk away after paying a significant amount of money, but there are other things that must be done, such as purchasing $500 Celine Dion concert tickets, which must be purchased as soon as possible to avoid missing the event and having a disgruntled spouse.

It's similar to being in Amway and pissing off your spouse by squandering your money on pointless aspirations and schemes!

Every now and then, a coin will fall into the slot machine's coin-collecting bin, enticing the player to continue to play that particular machine.

It's similar to Amway. You must spend approximately $300 in one month on shoddy, ineffective products in order to be eligible for a bonus check, and Amway Corporation will send a check for $10 in order to incentivize the IBO to stay a bit longer in the business. Because of the expense of tools, the net loss will be significantly more than $290. Depending on whether or not there is a major function that month, the net loss could be significantly higher than $500.

I'd rather gamble in Las Vegas than anywhere else. Even after factoring in the costs of travel, lodging, and food, it is still less expensive than attending an Amway event. Added to that, it's more enjoyable. Better food, greater entertainment, and better tourism attractions are all on the horizon. There's a better chance of genuinely making money than 1 percent of the time!

I'm sure Amway Independent Business Owners (IBOs) will claim that Ambot and I didn't stay in Amway long enough to make any money. So that's why we gave up, and we're a bunch of losers, and so on. So, how long does it take for someone to realise that they aren't generating any money and that they are losing too much money, and that it is better to just cut their losses and quit now rather than wait any longer? How about a couple of months? How long is it? 6 months? Is it a year? Is it really two years? Longer? How many years does it take to sign up just ONE new downline member? The inability to sign up anyone in a year is an extremely strong indicator of the fact that it may be time to leave this sinking ship.

No way! You can't give up now, especially when triumph is just around the corner!

I recently finished reading a book titled Merchants of Deception, which was written by a former Emerald. His experience was remarkably identical to ours, despite the fact that we did not have anywhere near the number of downline members that he did. We had absolutely no downline. There were no customers other than a couple of friends or family members who were sympathetic and bought a couple of little items. The original website has been taken down. I'm not sure why the author decided to close down business approximately a year ago, but a mirror website has been set up, and a free copy of the book is still available to read online. This is a book that I strongly urge you read. If you read this book, you will understand why the system is set against IBOs and why it is practically difficult to achieve the income levels that the Diamonds taunt. But success will be yours one day if you don't give up when it is so close you can reach out and touch it.

Who Are the Losers?

 While visiting a friend's house a few days ago, Ambot shared with us his honest and genuine belief that he was a loser after leaving Amway, which we found to be rather amusing. In part, this was because he had been brainwashed into believing that the very fact of his leaving Amway automatically made him a loser, something he didn't want to believe.

The use of this technique is part of the brainwashing technique used by our Platinum team members on a regular basis, as well as from the stage when we heard Emerald and Diamond speakers refer to anyone who quits Amway or who is otherwise not interested in signing up with Amway, according to our Platinum team members.

When I was growing up, the term "loser" referred to a member of the baseball team who did not participate in the game and hence did not win it. I suppose that because of the way I was raised, I was never taught that the term "loser" was a negative term to be used as an insult against other people. It was a word that, to be honest, never stuck with me for very long. Just though someone was on the baseball team that lost the game on that particular day, it's possible that the outcomes would be flipped the next day and I'd be on the team that lost.

As we were being shifted from one team to another on a weekly basis, the phrase simply sailed off our backs. It took us a couple of hours after the game to realise that we had been labelled losers, and we were fine with that. For a brief while, it was just a bunch of kids making fun of each other. If we didn't win this time, we were losers all the same. We'd do better the next time, and we'd come out on top.

Unfortunately, it is not how the Amway cult's adherents perceive the term "loser." The upline refers to others as "losers" in an insulting manner. They threaten ambots with the term "loser" in order to deter them from quitting.

So, who is it that is calling me and Ambot losers now that we have left Amway? The unattractive young man in his twenties who drives about in a junker car that is constantly breaking down. The one who has a part-time job as a salesperson and works 40 hours per week for $10 an hour. The child who is still living at home with his or her mother and father. The adolescent who spends his money as quickly as he earns it. Even more quickly now that he is an Amway Independent Firm Owner (IBO) and is required to invest all of his money in his own business.

What about our Platinum, who is still employed in a full-time position? Oh, he spouts some nonsense about how God has instructed him to continue working there in order to "assist" his poor co-workers in need. Wow, what a gentleman! What a dedication to one's profession! Later, out of the kindness of his heart, he spends his evenings and weekends "assisting" others who are trying to start their own businesses in the same field.

Is it true that my Ambot is a loser? Who has been in business for many years, has lived in a lovely house for many years, drives great automobiles that don't break down frequently, has retirement money, takes nice trips, and generally leads a very good life? That person.

Our acquaintances were driving around in ancient junkers, had horrible credit, were behind on their rent (none of them owned homes), and were being harassed by bill collectors on the phone, among other things.

Ambot and I, on the other hand, do not have any of those issues.

As previously stated, I had never given much thought to the term "loser" outside of the context of a losing baseball team. Since becoming involved with Amway, I have come to associate the term "loser" with IBOs - people who believe they are better than everyone else, who offer fake friendship, who lie, and who generally make other people's lives miserable by causing them emotional and financial distress - with which I disagree.

Since we were able to break free from those Amway losers, our lives have returned to normal. Actually, it's better than usual. The albatross has been freed from its tangle of feathers. We are able to take a deep breath once more. We can see Amway and its loser independent business owners (IBOs) for what they truly are.

Those Amway failures weren't going to be able to manipulate me. In my experience, the only people who have suffered are the IBOs who point fingers and sling that epithet around.

So here's a finger pointing directly at you. You IBO losers are the most obnoxious bunch of jerks I've ever encountered.

The Taxman’s Gonna Catch Some IBO’s!

 Our upline gave us sage advice on everything under the sun, but arguably the worst piece of advice, which might have had serious ramifications, was that everything in Amway is deductible as a business expense for tax purposes. When the upline said that the only way an IBO can live in Amway is to deduct their Amway expenses from the income they get in their real job, I worked out what he was getting at very quickly, and I was right. Our upline assured us that we would receive a substantial tax refund if we deducted all of our Amway expenses, whether they were genuine or not.

The Platinum or someone else in the room has said enough times that things couldn't be better and that their business is flourishing, and then these same Independent Business Owners (IBOs) have claimed that they are receiving a substantial return after submitting their income taxes.

My Ambot was completely absorbed. He had no notion that being an Amway Independent Business Owner (IBO) was the key to receiving a tax return, according to our upline. The government is giving you money for nothing! Throughout the years, our accountant has maintained a balance between our revenue and expenses, with the goal of ensuring that we owe no money or as little money as possible to the government. Refund? When your company is performing well, it's easy to have a good chuckle.

Ambot isn't good with money (which is why we've had an accountant for many years), so I explained it simply so that he could understand what I was trying to communicate.

If our business generates an excessive amount of revenue (income) and we do not have sufficient deductions (expenses), we will owe money at tax time.

If we don't make much money and our expenses outweigh our income, we are entitled to a refund of our taxes.

In other words, it is nearly impossible for an IBO to claim that business is booming and that they are earning a lot of money while also claiming to be receiving a tax refund. That would indicate to me that things aren't quite as rosy as they claim they are. Alternatively, they are evading taxes.

They're either lying about one thing or both. IBOs are taught to lie by their upline, and that is exactly what they do.

In our lawful business, we have reasonable expenses that can be deducted from our income tax liability. We had better not even attempt to claim anything Amway-related in our fictitious Amway business, lest we find ourselves in serious trouble during an audit.

If nothing else, we were told when we visited Amway, that the company is a good tax haven. The taxman, on the other hand, might disagree. Here's something I found fascinating to read:

http://www.hiddenmysteries.org/conspiracy/conspiracy/amwaybush5.shtml

The couple depicted in the article earned a living through their jobs as well as through their Amway IBO business. They incurred a significant amount of Amway charges. Deduction City, here we come! Uncle Sam, on the other hand, became suspicious after handing these Amway IBOs yearly refunds. What type of business are they running if they aren't making a profit after all this time and effort? It's time to check into this a little more thoroughly. Oops. Caught. It's time to pay back the IRS for all of those refunds you received while also "growing your business."

When asked why they kept attending Amway activities year after year, the pair stated that they were not learning how to recruit more Independent Business Owners (IBOs) or sell more Amway items. In order to obtain guidance on how to grow their firm, the couple did not consult with a third party. They most likely just “consulted with upper management” on that one! The Internal Revenue Service decided that Amway served more as a social club for them than as a genuine business.

It's a safe bet that other countries have tax regulations that are similar to the United States. You can't keep claiming losses on your business and get tax refunds indefinitely, can you? By doing so, the Amway social club goes from being a business that pretends to be a business to being a business that teaches people how to get money off the government by claiming Amway "business costs." The fact that this couple also had employment income outside of Amway, and that they used their Amway purchases as deductions to offset their employment income, is most likely what caused their financial difficulties.

Of course, many people work a regular job in order to pay for their pricey Amway social club membership. Because they cannot afford to do so, not many people quit their day jobs to devote their time solely to Amway. Ah, the tax haven. We're on our way!

Yes, please continue in this manner. You'll have to pick up the tab at some point. There have been reports on the internet of IBOs being penalised by the IRS for claiming Amway deductions in order to reduce their real employment income. I'm well aware that not many independent business owners (IBOs) consider hiring an accountant and seeking expert help when it comes to filing their taxes since they place their trust in their upline. That was a bad idea! The Amway expenditures that Ambot and I incurred were never claimed on our tax return. The reason our accountant said no was that we weren't making any money in Amway and she didn't want to put us at risk of an audit.

Here's a little something to think about. Unless you are in the business of running a restaurant, you will not be able to claim groceries as a tax deduction. Take Perfect Water, XS Energy beverages, Nutrilite vitamins, snack bars, and other similar products into consideration. Put simply, if you put it in your mouth and consume it, it is considered a grocery item. This is not deductible! Even if you try to pass it off as samples to provide to prospective buyers, it will not work. You can't afford to hand out (or, more likely, eat) hundreds of dollars' worth of "samples" every month and expect to generate any revenue.

Here's my finest piece of advise when it comes to tax season. When it comes to taxes, don't "consult with upline" because their advise would likely be something along the lines of "if you don't make a profit on Amway sales, you'll make up for it in a tax refund." If you don't want to be audited, see a professional accountant for guidance on what you can properly claim as deductions on your taxes.

The Taxman's Gonna Catch Some IBOs! : Taxation Issues and MLM Independent Business Owners is the title of this article.

When it comes to matters of taxation, the field of multi-level marketing (also known as MLM) has been the focus of criticism. MLMs typically function through a network of independent company owners (IBOs), who are responsible for both the sale of items and the recruitment of new members into their respective downlines. However, due to the intricate nature of MLM income and the fact that Independent Business Owners (IBOs) are considered to be independent contractors, possible confusion and tax difficulties may arise. In this piece, we will look into the difficulties and factors to consider when it comes to taxation for MLM independent business owners (IBOs), as well as investigate the potential repercussions of failing to comply.

Understanding MLM and Independent Business Owners (IBOs) MLM firms, such as Amway, Herbalife, and Avon, use a multi-level marketing framework. Within this structure, IBOs function as independent contractors to distribute and sell products. They not only receive commissions from the sales of their own products, but also from the sales produced by the products sold by the people they recruit into their downline. IBOs have a unique set of tax issues as a result of their innovative business strategy.

Classification as an Independent Contractor The categorization of independent business owners (IBOs) as independent contractors is an essential component of the taxes of MLMs. To establish whether a person is an employee or an independent contractor for tax purposes, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and other tax authorities throughout the world use a set of precise criteria. The incorrect designation of workers as independent contractors rather than employees can have major financial repercussions. Employees and independent contractors are subject to different tax duties and enjoy distinct tax benefits.

Reporting of Income One of the challenges faced by MLM Independent Business Owners (IBOs) is appropriately reporting their income. Product sales, commissions, bonuses, and incentives are all potential avenues of revenue generation for multi-level marketing (MLM) businesses. It is absolutely necessary for appropriate tax filing that you keep tabs on and document all of these different sources of income. Inaccurately reporting one's income might result in financial penalties, interest fees, and even an examination of your records.

Expenses That Can Often Be Deducted Independent business owners can frequently deduct certain business expenses that are related to their multi-level marketing activity. These may include free samples of the product, marketing materials, travel expenses, deductions for time spent working from home, and costs associated with training. Nevertheless, differentiating between personal and corporate expenditures can be difficult, and incorrect deductions might raise red flags during tax audits.

Taxes Relating to Self-Employment MLM Independent Business Owners (IBOs) are considered independent contractors and are therefore responsible for paying their own taxes related to self-employment. These taxes include both the employer and employee halves of the Social Security and Medicare taxes. Accurately computing and remitting these taxes is absolutely necessary in order to avoid underpayment penalties and the possibility of audits.

Considerations Regarding State and municipal Taxes It's possible that MLM Independent Business Owners will have to fulfill additional tax responsibilities at the state and municipal levels. Every state and locality has its own set of tax laws and regulations, which may include a minimum amount of sales tax that must be collected from customers. It is vital, in order to avoid issues arising from non-compliance, to comply with these duties and get an awareness of the nexus between the activities of the IBO and the various tax jurisdictions.

Documentation & Record Keeping It is imperative for MLM Independent Business Owners (IBOs) to keep documents that are accurate and complete in order to prove their income, costs, and deductions. This involves maintaining a record of sales receipts, expense receipts, bank statements, and any other data that may be pertinent. Not only do records that are in good order make it easier to file tax returns, but they also give the essential support in the event that audits or inquiries are conducted.

Compliance and Penalties Violation of tax rules can have severe repercussions for MLM Independent Business Owners (IBOs) if they are not complied with. The tax authorities keep a close eye on the multi-level marketing (MLM) industry, and failure to disclose revenue, underpayment of taxes, incorrect deductions, or misclassification can result in penalties, fines, and even potential criminal charges. It is essential for IBOs to have a good understanding of their tax duties and to seek the assistance of a professional when necessary.

Education and Assistance from Professionals Given the complexities and potential pitfalls of MLM taxation, MLM Independent Business Owners are strongly recommended to educate themselves about the applicable tax laws and regulations. Seeking the advice of expert accountants or tax consultants who are familiar with the taxes of MLMs can provide helpful direction, ensure compliance, and reduce the danger of making errors that are financially detrimental.

Regulations That Are Constantly Changing It is important to keep in mind that tax regulations are always subject to change, and taxation of MLM businesses is not an exception to this rule. Tax rules and interpretations may be revised as the multi-level marketing (MLM) sector develops and tax authorities adjust to the new issues they face. It is therefore necessary for IBOs who wish to maintain compliance with the law to be up-to-date on these changes and the impact they will have on the taxation of MLM.

Taxation concerns in the multi-level marketing (MLM) industry, in particular for those who operate independent businesses, provide a unique set of challenges. Maintaining tax compliance and avoiding potential fines requires correct reporting of income, an awareness of expenses that can be deducted, an accurate classification of independent business owners as contractors, and compliance with tax duties at all levels. In order to successfully navigate the complex tax landscape and achieve financial success, MLM Independent Business Owners (IBOs) should make education their top priority, seek the support of tax professionals when necessary, and stay current on changing tax legislation.

Searchers who end up at Anna Banana’s Blog

 I receive a large number of Google searches, both intriguing and not so interesting, that lead to my Married to an Ambot blog. Some searches are looking for something completely unrelated to Amway, and they tend to abandon their search as soon as they realise they've made a clerical error. I also get a few frightened IBOs who wind up at this place. The majority of people depart, but a handful remain long enough to leave an Amway speak comment about how we didn't work hard enough to win.

On occasion, I receive searches for which I think to myself, "Why the fuck is someone looking for that?" What a case of being brainwashed!

In addition, I get a lot of folks who are extremely dissatisfied with Amway who end up on my site and spend literally hours reading every single post I've published.

One of the things I enjoy about my blog is that it ranks highly in search engines for IBOs looking for information regarding Spring Leadership and Dream Night. There's nothing quite like messing with Amway and WWDB! In any case, Spring Leadership is quickly approaching in a couple of months, and nervous IBOs are scouring the internet for information. The only things that appear high on the search results page are blogs like mine that describe what truly happens at these Amway functions. We're ranked higher than the Amway and WWDB propaganda websites. What does this teach you about yourself? When it comes to getting the facts out there and obtaining more page views than the corporate, we bloggers are gaining an advantage! YAY for us!

I also receive a large number of searches for the term "Artistry Cosmetics," and I'm right up there on the first page of Google's results, just behind the Amway advertising. Apparently, it doesn't upset Amway too much that I'm diverting their visitors; otherwise, they would have offered to purchase my website.

Someone recently searched for "Fuck Brad Wolgamott" on Google. Hmm. I'm rather certain I've never written that phrase before! They landed up to my IBOs are Free Labor blog post, where they were welcomed. The possibility exists that someone typed Brad's name into the comments section, and given that my postings are full of fuck this and that, it's plausible to obtain a match with that search criteria. Though nothing about Brad Wolgamott strikes out to me, I'm quite sure I've heard him speak at an Amway event at some point in the past. For me, it was a completely forgettable event, and I have nothing positive to say about him. Nonetheless, I'm willing to assist the searcher and send a big fuck you his way.

I receive a large number of search results for "Amway horror stories," "Amway cult," and "cult horror stories."

There are a lot of folks out there who are unaware that Amway is a cult of personality. No, I wouldn't have thought so until Ambot's involvement and the indoctrination by his "Christian" Platinum cult leader convinced me otherwise.

I have a lot of people searching for weird staff that end up at my Amway is Creepy page. Oddly enough, I'm directly below the number one hit for David Letterman is weird for having sex with female employees on the charts!

My website receives a large number of searches for the term "leave Amway" or related terms such as "how to encourage a friend or husband to quit Amway." What about the rumoured "major losses in Amway"? A large number of people find their way to my blog through that search engine as well. Those that use the search term "annoying Amway IBO's" in their search find their way to my blog as well.

Is it important to Amway's corporate headquarters that people are actually typing this things into search engines and ending up on my blog? Do they not care that some individuals find Amway Independent Business Owners (IBOs) to be obnoxious? No way, not a chance in hell. Amway's corporate headquarters is a place of disinterest.

I get calls from folks who are looking for an Amway Independent Business Owner (IBO). Poor bastards must be desperate to get their hands on some pricey Amway crap! They had come to the wrong spot, to say the least. They could, for example, click on one of my Google ads, which appear from time to time and are paid by Amway Independent Business Owners (IBOs). By clicking on an advertisement, you can send a buck or two my way. That is OK to me!

What's even more bizarre is that I get search results for Independent Business Owners (IBOs) who are looking for basic business information that their upline should but does not provide them with, such as "help with selling Amway products" or "how to hold an Amway Grand Opening," which are both things that should be provided by their upline. Yes, they are pointed to my post on our Grand Opening and quickly realise that no matter how much effort is put into it and how many people are invited, it will be a failure. I'm delighted I'm able to get this knowledge out to the public. Don't squander your time or money by attending an Amway Grand Opening event.

Every week, I receive 2 or 3 requests for “how to say fuck in Igbo” from people looking for an answer. Each one of them ends up in my Fuck You IBO post.

Is it only me who is perplexed as to what Igbo means?

Using Google, look for something! It's done! In Nigeria, it is a language spoken by aboriginal tribes.

If you are looking for the Igbo translation of the word fuck, I am the first result. I'm even higher on the search engine results page than the individual who wrote the following post: "Help! “How come my Igbo men are such jerks in bed?”

I'm sorry, but I'm unable to assist her with this. But it's hilarious, and I love it!

What's particularly unfortunate is that there are automated programmes searching for phrases like "World Wide Dream Builders is great." What a case of being brainwashed! I mean, who is so enamoured with the hoax that they go to the trouble of typing it into a search engine? The same type of brainwashed ambot who types in "Amway is amazing" and ends up on my site as a result of the YouTube movie titled My Awesome Delicious Amway Scam (which I created).

The individuals in question must be fresh recruits who are still in the early stages of the brainwashing process. Give them a year, and they'll be back on Google searching for things like "Amway is a cult," "Amway scam," "Amway sucks," and "lost money in Amway," among other things.

Put all Your Eggs in one Basket!

 Another adage that I don't recall hearing in any Amway meetings has to do with not putting all of your eggs in one basket. It has to do with not putting all of your eggs in one basket.

Actually, the only time I recall hearing that statement was from our arrogant prick sponsor, who claimed that when he is recruiting prospects, he begins to instil anxiety in them about their job and that he hopes they don't put all their eggs in one basket because they will be done.

Well, what else would you expect from a filthy little guy like him, I suppose.

Diversify! In an Amway meeting, this is a word that will never be said because the actions involved in diversifying take time and money away from the cult leaders' efforts to earn an income doing the Amway thing. As an alternative, the inverse is taught: don't put all your eggs in one basket. One that belongs to the Amway hen house, to be precise.

Basic diversification involves investing in a number of assets and spreading the risk around so that, in the event of one venture failing, there are other assets in the pipeline that might come out better. You should first determine your individual risk tolerance and the amount of money you can afford to lose if things don't turn out as planned before you begin to diversify your investments.

For example, if you work for Amway, you should expect to "invest" at least $10,000 each year in Amway items, attending events, and purchasing tools. If you have a better purpose for that $10,000, I strongly advise you to go down that road.

Consider the following scenario: someone has $150 sitting in their savings account, and an IBO is attempting to persuade them to "invest" in their own business as an Amway IBO. The person does not want to risk losing all of their $150 in Amway, and in this case is probably unaware of the hundreds of dollars that can be earned on top of that by purchasing Amway products and attending Amway functions, as this information is not revealed until after the person has been sucked into the lies. On the other hand, the $150 in the savings account is earning only a half-percent rate of interest on its principal. However, same person may be comfortable putting $100 of that $150 into 100 shares of a stock that is currently trading at $1 per share. They could lose their entire $100 investment if the stock takes a plunge, but they would still have $50 in their bank's savings account, which would be a significant amount of money in the long run. Alternatively, the stock could take off and be worth $25 per share by the end of the year.

As an example of diversification, a homeowner might opt to invest in a second property, utilising the equity in their first residence as a down payment, and then rent out the second home, presumably earning somewhat more than the mortgage payment on the first home. The mortgage will be completely paid off in twenty years. It is at this point that the owner can decide whether or not to continue to rent the house. In this case, all rental income is now considered profit, with some deductions for city taxes and general maintenance as the house grows older and items such as the roof and hot water tank need to be replaced. It has now turned into residual income, which is far more than the majority of IBOs will ever see! Alternatively, the house can be sold, with the proceeds going to the owner as profit.

Poker or gambling, stock market investment, or house flipping are all options for some people who are exceptionally talented and lucky to make a living.

Whatever they're up to, they've figured out a way to broaden their horizons. Those are words that should never be stated at an Amway meeting! This is probably due to the fact that when people examine their investments and determine which ones they should sell, they begin with the one that is losing money.

Here's something to make you laugh. Our conceited jerk of a sponsor informed us that he is constantly seeking for methods to diversify his income, specifically through investments. This son of a b*tch who is perpetually in arrears on his payments, a tenant who is constantly on the verge of being evicted, who drives old beater cars, and who never has any money Diversify your sources of income! What kind of disposable income does he have laying around the house? I believe that he would be unable to discover viable investment opportunities for himself. However, it is always enjoyable to daydream.

Oh, wait a minute. That is the essence of what Amway is all about. Dreams!

I've come to the conclusion that the great Amway dream is a load of garbage a long time ago. I've discovered more effective methods of making my money work for me.

The Products You Love!

 Seeing as it is Valentine's Day, I felt it would be appropriate to sprinkle some romance into this post!

“Products You'll Enjoy Using.”

I was inspired by yet another Google Ad that seemed to be from Amway. But I've learned my lesson from these deceptive advertisers. According to the advertisement, free shipping is available on orders of at least $99. I'm not sure where I heard that one most recently.

Honestly, the only reason I'm clicking on yet another Independent Business Owner's Amway portal page is to give the blog writer a few additional dollars. After that, I'm out of there!

I have significant doubts that if I went to the link for "The Products You Love," I would actually find anything I liked in that section.

How many of the things I enjoy are available through Amway? These include: chocolate coated strawberries (fresh, not dehydrated! ), mystery books by my favourite authors, chocolate peanut butter ice cream, mango slushy bubble tea (my favourite! ), puppies, seascape paintings, and LA Gear sneakers, to name a few.

Nope. A load of pricey garbage is what Amway sells instead, and I despise it!

There isn't a single Amway product that I adore and that I feel I really must have. Amway's fruit drinks are about the only thing I've found that I've enjoyed. This is not love. It's exactly similar. I, on the other hand, despise their asking price. It is possible to get juice in a grocery store for a fraction of the cost charged by Amway for their juice.

“Products You'll Enjoy Using.” Let's talk about deceptive advertising. For the sake of finding the IBO's contact information, I'm nearly tempted to click on the advertisement. They committed to supplying me with items I enjoy, and right now I'm craving ice cream. And while I'm at it, I'll throw in a copy of the current Stephen King novel, a Bon Jovi CD, and an English Setter puppy for good measure.

The IBO will then have to come clean and admit that they do not sell those items.

What? You are unable to give the things I enjoy? IBO is a liar and a thief! Advertising that is deceptive! What do you think about me reporting you to Adsense? Why are you even running advertisements on the Internet in the first place? Have you gotten your hands on one of the free $100 AdSense coupons that are circulating around? I was under the impression that Amway prohibited this type of advertising. It's likely that they obtained "permission."

The only people who claim to enjoy Amway products are brainwashed Independent Business Owners (IBOs). However, once they decide to part ways with Amway, the relationship is gone. During their Amway prison sentence, they were simply brainwashed into believing they were in love with them.

It is recommended that the IBO modify their motto to "items you'll loathe at prices you'll detest" if they do not want to be accused of deceptive advertising. At the very least, truth in advertising has now become a reality. It might even entice people to click on the advertisement in order to find out exactly what it is that they would despise.

Finally, in the great words of Bon Jovi, I have a message for the proprietor of the "things you love" advertisement:

YOU IMPLICITLY IMPLIED A BAD NAME ON LOVE!

Park That Car... but not in MY Spot!

 I've already mentioned in a previous piece that I could tell when we were coming close to the Amway meeting that night by the junk automobiles parked on the street - BMWs and Cadillacs from the 1970s and 1980s, to be precise.

The meetings were held at various locations, depending on which IBO the Platinum determined had earned the right to be in his company. The driveways in many of the newer communities where IBOs were renting are small - they can only accommodate two cars - and if the garage is stuffed with storage items, residents must park on the driveway while visitors and tenants must park on the street. In these communities, there are cars parked on both sides of the roadway on both sides of the street. Who knows if it was because of the number of cars or because we were social butterflies with a lot of visitors, but we had to park more than a street away on occasion. I reside in an older community where the houses are on well sized lots with generously sized driveways and parking spaces. My driveway is one of the smaller ones in the neighbourhood because my house is closer to the street and I have a backyard, whereas the majority of the other properties are set further back from the road and have large front yards, as opposed to mine. My driveway has enough space to accommodate four cars. Rarely does anyone park their cars on our street unless there is a large party taking place someplace, and even then, our boulevards are broad enough that automobiles may be parked off the street without interfering with traffic flow.

The Platinum declined to hold any more meetings at our house because none of our prospects showed up to any of the three sessions we held at our home. Because Ambot didn't always drive his own car, he made a big deal about one parking spot in our driveway being saved for the Platinum sack of shit or whatever was driving him during those three occasions. One time, our pompous prick sponsor was given the final available parking space in our driveway. Ambot requested that he move his car to the side of the road so that the Platinum may park there. That fucker was a complete nutcase! It was like he was screaming his piece of sh*t automobile out of our driveway and onto the street. Afterwards, he stomped back into the house, his eyes fixed on everyone. Ugly ass son of a bitch was clearly upset that he was forced to spend three hours at our place as the sack of sh*t Platinum droned on about another tired scheme.

Every IBO who hosted an Amway meeting made sure that the Platinum or his driver had a place to park their car on their driveway. Even though parking was available on the street, only one IBO would come early enough to secure a parking spot close to the house, and when the Platinum came, the IBO would relocate his car to make room for the Platinum to park nearby.

Our Platinum was frequently late for meetings at 8 p.m. Never more than 20 minutes late, and certainly never more than 30 minutes. One day, Ambot was given the "pleasure" of driving the sack of shit to a meeting, and he came to me and told me what was going on in his head. However, when Ambot arrived at the residence on time, there was no one there to receive the Platinum, so the Platinum instructed Ambot to continue driving. Hunh? Is he in need of a greeter? What exactly does he believe himself to be? What about the King of England? Yes, most definitely! Consequently, Ambot is driving him around the neighbourhood while listening to the sack of shit complain about how no one was ready for him when he finally arrives. Ambot completed three passes in ten minutes and claimed that the Platinum was going to ask him to drive him home when they were surprised by the appearance of someone in the driveway waiting for them.

As a result, the Platinum's diatribe that evening was primarily focused on this subject. Although he didn't want "just anyone" waiting for him when he arrived, he did want at least a thousand pins or higher to be waiting for him when he arrived. Hmm. That would be a little hard to come by in our bunch!

And what if it started raining? An IBO must have been standing outside with a large umbrella, waiting for the Platinum to arrive. I mean, God help him if he gets a little soaked. I'm a little more tenacious. I'm not afraid of the rain!

As far as I can tell? Nothing can stand in the way of Anna Banana, even if platinums melt in the rain.

No Business Advice

 When it came to Amway, our upline didn't provide us with any sound, legitimate business guidance. Although we attended numerous "business meetings," we learned nothing relevant about running a genuine firm during the course of our attendance. Just because someone pays $150 to become an Amway IBO, dresses in a business suit, has a cell phone, and attends meetings does not automatically qualify them as a "business owner." A legitimate business owner is in charge of his or her own schedule and location, as well as his or her own pricing and business policies, etc. A slew of impersonators running fictitious Amway businesses show up for meetings only when their uplines tell them they have to, have no control over product pricing, and have no control if Amway decides to cancel their status as an IBO.

Yeah! Freedom! You are a business owner!

Consider working as a commission salesperson. Amway independent business owners (IBOs) are nothing more than that. Remember the whole "take out the middleman" speech you used to hear in Amway meetings and on tapes/CDs? It was all about cutting out the middleman. Consider the implications of this. Who is the true middleman in this situation? The International Business Organization (IBO).

How many commissioned salesmen would remain with the same company if they were only paid $10 a month instead of the standard commission? Either they'd quit and find something more marketable to sell, or their employer would dismiss them as a result.

Attending meetings where the speaker (Platinum) goes on rants that have nothing to do with Amway or any other business, talks about their relationship with God (I have never attended a legitimate business meeting where religion was discussed), and shows a presentation telling people to eat one meal bar and drink one Amway drink daily in order to become financially free just doesn't cut it for me anymore.

Being CORE and copying your upline are two pieces of business advice you should follow. It takes up less than 1% of the total time allotted for the "business meeting." You wouldn't know what to expect after yelling for 2 hours about the no-show IBOs and losers who have jobs and a religion, would you? Fortunately, this does not leave much time to actually talk about Amway.

Are you aware of another thing that accounts for less than 1 percent? The number of Amway Independent Business Owners (IBOs) who break even or generate some income. Wow! What a fantastic business opportunity where 99 percent of independent business owners (IBOs) do not make any money and/or lose money!

In light of the fact that being an Amway Independent Enterprise Owner (IBO) is only a fictitious business, let us imagine that an IBO is a top-tier Amway salesperson who has a substantial downline or client base and earns approximately $1000 each month. It is not enough to live on if you have a mortgage and want to eat and pay your other expenditures, but it is a respectable source of additional money. Most Independent Firm Owners (IBOs) consider that a good beginning point for their Amway business, and Ambot was one of them who believed he would be earning $1000/month after three or four months in "the business." The fact for most independent business owners is that they will never reach that level because the odds are stacked against them in a system that is built to fail. Let's say for the sake of argument that this is the monthly revenue total for this fictitious business.

I remember the Platinum or Diamond speaker at one of the Amway meetings I attended enticing the newcomers in the audience by asking what they could do with an extra $800 or $1000 a month. They may use the money to pay off debt and put it toward their mortgage, or they could put it aside for a down payment on a property. What about that trip you've been wanting to take? You'll have saved up enough money in a few months to be able to afford it. The speakers, sometimes known as cult leaders, make it appear as though making that much money would be simple. They claim that you should begin with yourself, eat from a food bar, and drink an Amway beverage on a daily basis. Then you go out and find two others who are capable of doing what you do. And over the next four months, you'll hire an additional employee every month, until you're making $1000 each month after six months.

You can eat and drink your way to financial security!

You should know that there was a reason why my father never invested in a candy store or donut business, and that reason was because we'd end up eating all of the profits!

The advise given by phoney businessmen is that this is the correct way to go about things - devour those profits!

As a result, I have come to the conclusion that the primary reason our sack of shit Platinum did not provide concrete advice to IBOs on what to do with our Amway earnings was because he knew 99 percent of us would never make money with Amway and that he would be talking to a whole new group of faces within 2 years, so he did not feel the need to upgrade his speeches to keep up with the times. Continue to rehash the same old nonsense for the benefit of those who haven't heard it before.

Yeah! We're all going to be extremely wealthy! However, there is a scarcity of practical business guidance.

A business that does not receive business guidance is likely to fail.

Mow My Lawn!

 Ambot and I were in the car one day when Ambot pulled out his cell phone to call his long-distance girlfriend, Platinum.

He inquires as to whether his teenage son would be interested in mowing our grass.

What the fuck is going on! Ambot never brought this up with me beforehand and never discussed it with me. Since I've been mowing that lawn, Ambot has never given me any money when I've placed the mower back in its place and come inside. And now he wants to pay the motherfucking Platinum's adolescent son to mow our lawn.

First and foremost, Ambot never double-checked with anyone about this before pulling out his phone. Perhaps because he is aware that I would have answered NO!.

Second, teenagers are adamant about not mowing lawns. They have a slew of other things they'd prefer be doing instead. When I was a teenager, I was very adamant about not wanting to mow the yard.

Third, the Platinum was on the other side of town from where I resided. Then there's the question of who's going to drive his adolescent over here to mow our fucking yard. I don't think so, papa dearest. Ambot or, more than likely, myself would be assigned the "honour" of a 45-minute round trip commute time.

Fourth, Ambot would almost certainly have paid him a hefty sum for an hour's work mowing our lawn, such as $40 or $50, if he had done so. I'd mow the grass every day if he paid me that much!

Fifth, while I may have despised mowing the lawn as a teenager, I now see that it is beneficial to my health as an adult. I also take great care in maintaining my property in good condition. Our grass isn't going to be cared about by some hired adolescent who doesn't care about anything.

Fortunately, the Platinum's son is like every other adolescent out there in that he has absolutely no interest in mowing a lawn and has stated emphatically that he will not be doing it.

As of this writing, I still have no idea why Ambot suddenly felt the need to call the Platinum and offer to hire his kid to mow the lawn, other than the possibility that his distorted perception of the situation led him to believe that this would get him brownie points. I'm also perplexed as to why he thought it necessary to discuss this with me before proceeding with it. I always mow the lawn, so why in the world would Ambot come up with such a brilliant idea is beyond me. No, I wasn't moaning about having to mow the grass and simply asked if someone else could do it for me. It's not like Ambot is the one who has to mow our lawn because he doesn't want to do it and can't get me to do it, so he is forced to hire someone.

What I find most surprising is that the Platinum did not respond with something like: "You want MY son to mow YOUR lawn?" You've got that one completely backwards, dude. I'd like YOU to take care of MY grass. Please mow MY yard twice a week in order to maintain it looking neat and clean. Aside from that, I'm not going to pay you anything for the privilege of mowing my grass. After every ten times you mow my grass, I'll sit down with you and talk about your problems. You've gotten yourself a fantastic deal here! Oh, and I forgot to mention that I expect you to provide gas for my lawnmower as well.”

You're a pompous piece of trash, to boot. Perhaps the chat DID take place, and Ambot just didn't tell me about it. He could have been mowing that sack of shit's grass, for all I knew!

Messing with Amway WWDB Spring Leadership

 I'm getting a few Google hits for information on 2011 Spring Leadership, which I assume are from Independent Business Owners (IBOs).

In case you weren't aware, Spring Leadership is one of the Amway cult's big rituals held in April, where the cult's adherents converge in large numbers to listen to pointless blather from their beloved leaders, who they consider to be gods.

In April, in conjunction with the Amway event, I'll write a more in-depth piece about my Spring Leadership experience.

Given the prominence of my Married to an Ambot blog in Google search results, my blog entry serves no purpose other than to confuse anyone who is looking for information about where, when, and how much to spend their hard-earned money.

Any stray IBOs that happen to show up here can get some half-assed knowledge about Spring Leadership from me. It will take place sometime in April. I'm not sure when it will take place or where it will take place. You should double-check with the assholes in your upline and be prepared to fork over the money. When we attended, it cost $250, so factor that amount into your budget. Then figure out how much it will cost to go to the city where Amway and WWDB have decided to hold Spring Leadership. You'll need to spend at least Friday and Saturday nights in a hotel, so plan on spending an additional $200. If you stay at a Motel 6, your costs could be cut in half, or they could be significantly more, depending on your accommodations. Don't forget to eat your meals as well. You should set aside a minimum of $30 per person every day, but depending on the restaurant you choose and how much food you consume, that $30 might develop into a per meal budget. We were able to complete it on a mid-range budget - $700, not including the cost of the Spring Leadership conference registration.

Amway Spring Leadership can be found by doing a Google search. The blog Amway Functions Suck is at the top of the list of most visited websites. Following in the footsteps of other bloggers who are putting the truth about Amway out there.

When it comes to IBOs, why is it so difficult for them to conduct a search and locate the information they seek instead of finding up on blogs like this one? My blog is also near the top of search engine results for the term "Dream Night." In advance of the Amway and WWDB propaganda campaigns.

What is the cause of all this secrecy in order to obtain information on this WWDB Amway function directly from the sources?

Loud and Clear?

 Ambot and I were eating at a restaurant when three motorcycles pulled into the parking lot. It was a few years ago that this happened. One of the riders was riding with a spike in his back instead of a back seat. The warning was clear and unequivocal: "There will be no passengers!"

What do you think of the messages we received from our upline? Were they able to be heard clearly?

The majority of the Amway meetings we attended, whether they were in someone's home or an auditorium, were attended by our sponsor and upline, who would be loitering around with mobile phones stuck to their ears or sending text messages. They'd give us a sideways glance before turning away. “The person on the other end of my phone is more important than you!” says the message loud and clear.

Was it really so evident when our arrogant prick sponsor stated that even if you don't earn any cash from your amway business, you will become a better person as a result of your interactions with other people through your amway business and thus become a better person? Moreover, that jerk wasn't the only one who said crappy things like that.

I mean, what the fuck is going on? If I'm not going to generate money as an entrepreneur, why would I want to do so? Why do I want to become a better person as a result of my association with others who work in the Amway organisation? By volunteering in the hospital, I can learn new skills and develop as a person. And it's possible that I'm the nicest person I'll ever be right now, if not ever. Amway doesn't have to show me much more sickeningly nicey sweet to make me happy.

Is this a line that our sponsor used clearly and loudly? "We've got something that's recession-proof; if you're interested, let's get together for a cup of coffee."

That ain't loud and clear, no sir. It's a little ambiguous. Also, I don't like for coffee, so fuck off.

How's this for a new Amway product line? “I can't promise you anything, but would the prospect of earning an additional $70,000 per year be of interest to you?”

Yes, the majority of individuals would be interested in an additional $75,000 per year. However, the most sincere thing you stated was that you were not guaranteeing anything. That bit is very clear and audible to me at this point. Nothing in Amway is still nothing, with the exception of a mountain of debt.

Take, for example, when our sponsor insulted a prospect of Ambot's since he is 45 years old, but because of his age, he is a difficult sell due to his prior understanding of the Amway organisation.

That is also loud and clear in my ears. If the prospect (who is a year or two younger than Ambot) is considered "too old" at 45, then AMBOT IS TOO OLD!!!

How come my message to the arrogant jerk sponsor isn't going over loud and clear? I don't care for you and I don't want anything to do with you!!!!!!!!!!!! How have I been unable to communicate this to the arrogant jerk for more than two decades??? Or is he simply that fucking illiterate? Or is he nothing more than a fucking troublemaker, aided and abetted by the Amway organisation?

One thing that stands out to me is the sheer number of bloggers and commentators who are taking to the Internet to get their stories out into the public domain. Hopefully, Amway recruits are doing some homework before they hand over their $150 registration/starter kit fee to the organisation. It appears that more people are conducting study after they have been working in Amway for a period of time and are not making any money in order to determine whether or not there is any hope in this industry. And then they realise what they've done. It seems like there is an endless stream of stories of people who have lost money, lost their houses, gotten into massive debt, or divorced as a result of their participation with Amway.

The message has been delivered loud and clear. Keep clear from Amway at all costs. It will contaminate your entire existence.

IBO’s Tossing in Grenades

 The occasional Amway IBO pops up to post a comment on my blog or one of the blogs on my reading list, berating us for having jobs, leading ordinary lives, lacking anything more interesting to do with our time, etc., etc., is nothing new.

In the last few days, I received the following comment from a cult follower named Jennifer, who found me through a Google search for "Amway is amazing" and ended up on my blog entry about a film posted on YouTube called My Awesome Delicious Amway Scam. I believe the author is a young female who is most likely single at the time of writing. Speaking of having nothing better to do with her time, she was using her iPhone to look for information on the internet. Perhaps you're sitting in on a boring plan?

Jennifer shared her thoughts...

The fact that a wife publicly criticises her husband and has nothing better to do than blog about him instead of supporting him is heartbreaking... Who are you to make such a decision? What are you doing to improve the quality of your life?? What exactly is Amway doing to hurt you?? Would you please mind your own business instead of becoming preoccupied with others who are pursuing something more fulfilling?? Is there a robot out there today that gets a following and uses it to bash business owners because you are too lazy to do it yourself?

Jennifer didn't read any of my other posts, and she didn't care. And now she's calling me a slacker? Yup, I'm an ineffective business owner who disparages the efforts of other entrepreneurs. Nope. It is only Amway independent business “owners” who I know who are known for tearing others down. They refuse to recognise that there are other business options outside of Amway where owners can find satisfaction and a reasonable salary. It would have been possible to address Jennifer's queries if she hadn't been too lazy to go through some of my previous blogs.

Isn't it interesting how these Ambots show up on blogs like mine to post Amway speak comments, and they all say the same thing, paraphrasing their upline? Every comment they've written is something I've seen my Platinum say thousands of times at Amway meetings, so I'm not surprised. Trying to be innovative when it comes to Amway is impossible. When confronted, the only response these IBO's gave was to refer back to the top of the organisation. "The fact that my Platinum says it is true establishes it as the truth."

When an IBO leaves a comment full of Amway jargon and then is asked to back up their statements with real facts, this is typical IBO behaviour:

Name the Diamonds who are roaming the beaches of the world and doing absolutely nothing else while residual money continues to flow into their bank accounts.

Explain why Independent Business Owners (IBOs) - such as my husband - spend easily 100 hours a month on Amway-related events but do not earn any money.

Why do they criticise people who leave Amway of being lazy or not putting up enough effort?

Why do they refer to former IBOs who claimed they didn't make money because they hadn't been in the business long enough as if they weren't in it long enough, yet they can't back up their claim by stating how long you had to be in Amway to make money? They claim to have been in the game for 10, 15, or more years and to be CORE to the bone, and that they were not making any money at the Eagle or higher pin level.

Why aren't they willing to share how much money they spend on Amway products and equipment on a monthly basis?

Why are they so adamant about not disclosing the amount of the monthly check that they receive from Amway?

No one ever mentions how many persons they have funded that are still involved in the IBO industry.

They never tell how long they've worked for Amway or how much money they make.

It's similar like tossing a grenade into a room and then running away.

IBOs who are complete and utter chickenshit.

How to Quit Amway

 A recent search resulted in a visitor to my site who was looking for advice on how to leave Amway.

I think it's a sad state of affairs to be brainwashed by the Amway cult to the point where someone has to look for information on how to leave the company on the Internet.

I'll list the reasonable responses that come to mind, in no particular order, as follows:

1. discontinue attendance at Amway meetings.

2. discontinue the use of CDs

3. discontinue the use of Amway goods.

4. Do not renew your membership at the end of the year.

To summarise, I don't want anything to do with those cretins any longer. Nothing implies absolutely NOTHING!

Because the Platinum or Diamonds used to refer to Amway as a virtual shopping mall on the Internet, they should no longer do their shopping there. Simple. It's no different from if you're upset with Safeway for some reason and decide not to return. You've decided to stop buying there.

It's an easy thing for me to say as someone who had no interest in Amway, didn't want to buy their shoddy costly items, despised our sponsor, and finally despised everyone in our organization's upper management.

For someone like myself, abandoning these cretins will not be a difficult task at all.

As difficult as it is for me to grasp, I recognise that there are people out there who liked Amway and who liked the people who were part of their line of sponsoring sponsorship. Getting trapped into the Amway cult did not happen overnight, and for them, quitting will not be a simple process that can be completed in a single day.

As a result of the way they've been brainwashed and their mental process has been controlled by the cult leaders, some people find it difficult and painful to leave the Amway business model. They've been to meetings where their cult leader rants about the newest IBO who has resigned from the organisation. Loser, pariah, quitter, and so forth They instruct the cult members in their downline not to have any further contact with this individual. The IBO is well aware that if they leave, they will be the main topic of discussion at the next Amway meeting, which will be held in their honour.

Here's a YouTube video featuring Steve Hassan, a former member of the Moonies who went on to become a therapist. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CApMzIX46kw

In this interview, he is talking about the Amway cult with Eric Sheibeler, the author of Merchants of Deception, and they are talking about the Amway cult. The links to the videos for parts 2 and 3 can be found on this YouTube website. Hassan has written a handful of publications that may be of assistance to those looking to escape the Amway organisation. Those who are having difficulty leaving Amway may find it useful to check out from the library or to purchase a copy of the book.

Amway is no more or less harmful than any other bad habit that one is attempting to break. Some people are able to quit cold turkey. Others will have to take incremental steps toward quitting until it is no longer something that controls their lives completely.

I wish everyone who is attempting to deprogram themselves from the Amway cult the best of luck and hope that the process is not too difficult for them. In the event that somebody in your upline is giving you a hard time, direct them to my blog and tell them to post a comment and I will take care of them!

How to Listen to Amway Tapes

 OK. Who would conduct a search for “how to listen to Amway tapes” on Google?

Umm. It is necessary to insert the tape into a cassette player and press the play button so that you can listen to it?

I used to work for a company that was housed in a five-story building many years ago. In addition to our company, a couple of other businesses had offices in our building. I was probably conversing with the receptionist for a few minutes while I was down on the main floor delivering some work to her. A couple strolled across the lobby and into the elevator, and everything was quiet. The man, who appeared to be in his twenties, held the door open, peeked his head out, and shouted out:

"Can you tell me which button to click to get to the third floor?"

“Three?” The receptionist makes the suggestion in the same tone she employs when dealing with moron's like herself.

We burst out laughing as the elevator door closes behind us.

Okay, so perhaps you were required to be present....

Possibly, this poor, beleaguered IBO has previously inquired of his upline about this matter and has not received a suitable response; as a result, he has turned to the Internet in his hunt for information and has ended up at my page regarding Amway CDs and tapes.

"Can you tell me how to listen to Amway tapes?"

Perhaps you could start by getting drunk first? Reduce the volume to a bare minimum so that you don't annoy anyone else in the vicinity. Make every effort possible to avoid being brainwashed by that stuff. It would be preferable to simply burn them.

I'm not sure if IBOFB is reading this post, though. He'll be shitting his pants and demanding to know who has gotten their hands on Amway tapes because, according to him, they've gone the way of the dinosaurs.

How to Convince Your Husband to Quit Amway

 On the subject of the aforementioned, I receive a lot of Google visits. I was at the top of the search results the last time I checked, but I'm confident that IBOFB will do his own inquiry and discover that someone has now surpassed me in the rankings.

As a result, I believe there are a large number of desperate women scouring the Internet, who are fed up with the Amway nonsense.

The page on my blog that is receiving the most traffic is a couple of stories I copied from elsewhere on the Internet about a couple of fed up wives who left their spouses approximately 7 years apart and who had almost identical stories to tell about their experiences. Neither of the stories provides specific suggestions on how to persuade your husband to leave Amway. She and her family took the necessary steps to safeguard their own safety and well-being, as well as their financial and mental health. I'm not here to instil any draconian beliefs into my wife's brain. Women who have reached that point are already aware of the measures they must take to protect themselves.

My advise is to wait it out and hope that your spouse is one of the majority that decides to leave Amway within a year after he realises he isn't generating any money from the company as you suggest. Everyone has a different amount of tolerance for risk and a varied balance in their bank account. When one woman is upset, it is possible that another woman is not bothered by the situation. The attitude change that their husband goes through as a result of his membership in the Amway cult is, by far, the most irritating thing for women. Sweet, sensitive husbands are transformed into furious, ugly, sneering animals who are constantly critical of everyone who is not a member of Amway or who is not supporting their Amway business.

What options does she have? Here are some tips that can be helpful in weaning a husband away from his Amway addiction.

1. Inform him that dinner will henceforth be served at 8 p.m. on weeknights. Either you sit at the dinner table or you will go hungry. (He might respond by stockpiling an excessive lot of Amway snack bars to consume on the run as a form of counter-attack.).

Tell him that whenever he has an Amway meeting scheduled that you have sex scheduled for that evening at 8 o'clock.

3. Host a party at your home on the nights when Amway holds meetings. Even if it's only a small group of family or friends, it's a celebration. It will almost certainly devolve into an Amway bitch session.

4. Plan enjoyable outings for the evenings when Amway meetings are held.

5. Schedule a romantic hotel stay - such as a spa resort - for the night before an Amway meeting. Prepare to spend time alone while receiving a massage.

6. Inform him that if he is unable to arrive home by 10 p.m. when you are going to bed, he is responsible for not waking you up when he does arrive, and instruct him to sleep in the spare bedroom or on the couch.

Seventh, begin investigating on the Internet how other people have fallen victim to the Amway fraud. Knowledge is a powerful tool.

8. Inquire with your husband about his knowledge of the fact that the money from tools is the primary source of income for higher level pins. Before he may begin to generate a profit, he must support and maintain the participation of at least 100 IBOs.

9. Tell him about some of the stories you've seen on the Internet about people who have invested years and tens of thousands of dollars in their businesses but have yet to see any results.

On the final three, be prepared for him to launch a defensive counter-offensive replete with Amway talk about how it isn't the case.

For the rest of them, it is hoped that the husband would ultimately understand that he is losing out on some wonderful opportunities and that participating in such activities may be more enjoyable than attending an Amway conference.

Consistency. Don't let him get the upper hand in the Amway struggle.

Other options include threatening to sue your sponsor and upline, as well as maybe Amway, for alienation of affection (this was what eventually worked for me), and threatening to sue your sponsor and upline, as well as Amway for alienation of affection. The majority of the time, the person being sued is the husband's mistress, although other third parties have been successfully sued for any role they may have played in the marriage's disintegration.

Amway is not something I am interested in, however I can see why other women might want to sue the company for causing them so much suffering. The only people I wanted to hurt were the ones I didn't like - the fucking assholes in my upline, the cult leaders who had caused so much emotional and financial anguish to their followers. Even though Ambot had developed a fondness for these individuals and didn't want me to suit them, he had already stopped attending Amway meetings by the time I was in discussions with my attorney, so it didn't take much to get him to back down. But I'll tell you, I wish I'd sued those cretins instead!!! I genuinely want to cut those bastards' heads off for brainwashing my hubby and attempting to end our marriage. Bringing a lawsuit against them and causing them financial suffering would be a distant second!

There are several wives who have filed lawsuits against their husband's mistresses on the grounds of alienation of affection. Amway is a mistress in every sense of the word. I'd be interested in hearing about any litigation in which a wife has filed a claim against Amway for alienation of affection. What a resounding triumph! That is someone I would love to meet if they have the courage to inform this cult that they have had enough of their nonsense. Although a Google search for similar lawsuits finds up nothing, I believe it is only a matter of time until some dissatisfied wife sues her upline and/or Amway for alienation of affection, and I believe she will be successful.