Thursday, March 11, 2010

Amway - The Harsh Reality?

One of the things that keeps some IBOs going is the "harsh reality". What I mean by that is for some IBOs, once you have been in Amway for a while, it can be hard to quit. You were possibly recruited with dreams of lifelong residual income and walking on all of the exotic beaches of the world. Retiring young and spending that time with your wife and family. To quit means an IBO would have to face the reallity that these dreams will not come true, at least not with the Amway busines. The fact is that the Amway opportunity probably would not have delivered those dreams anyway. Even a diamond more than likely cannot afford those dreams. In fact I would estimate that most diamonds, if they flaunt some excessive lifestyle, are near broke or in heavy debt as a diamond income cannot sustain a jetset lifestyle, save for a founders crown ambassador or something similar. I believe the prominent WWDB triple diamond bankruptcy shed a lot of light into the finances of an upper level pin and it wasn't as impressive as I would have thought.

But what really is the harsh reality? It's working hard only to drift between 100 and 500 PV. It's finally sponsoring a new IBO only to have a downline quit. It's talking to people about Amway and getting laughed at or getting rejected. It's your upline or sponsor pushing you to do more. Possibly your upline is one who questions your manhood if you aren't working hard enough. It's your upline or sponsor reminding you that a winner doesn't miss functions, especially the major ones. It's staying up late for team meetings or nite owls when you need a good nite's rest to do your job the next day. It's driving the miles to show a plan, only to have your prospect not show up. It's having to be deceptive about what you are doing. It's skipping functions with family and friends so you can be core to the business.

As IBOs, do you see any of this? I saw some of this during my involvement. While I have not been an IBO in some years now, I still see many testimonies and comments by more current and even some active IBOs to indicate that a lot of this still goes on. While Amway defenders will deny it, I see no reason why any of this would have changed over the years since Amway has made no significant changes to stop abusive uplines. If Amway did make any changes, they are not immediately apparent and the continuous string of comments and testimonies do not confirm that any clean up has been done.

For active IBOs or prospects, these are the harsh realities that may be attached with the Amway oppportunity. Much of it is because of motivational groups such as WWDB, but if you are seeing these traits in your group, ask the tough questions. If you happen to decide that the Amway opportunity is not for you, take heart! There are other ways to achieve your financial goals and dreams and there are moe efficent ways out there. Sometimes, quitting something that isn't working is a wise business decisions and sometimes you can lose more by not quitting. Good luck in whatever you decide.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

JoeCool, the harsh reality is that your a bitter lonely loser who has no life and spends all his free time bashing a great business opportunity. If you spent time doing something useful you might achieve something in life. I hope your happy running your blogs to save the world from Amway. Why don't you just quit and go do something else with yourself? You've been blogging about Amway for years on end and your obsession is truly becoming scary. Maybe if I punch you in the face you will wake up and see reality again.

Joecool said...

*Yawn*

Anonymous said...

ooooh....SWING AND A MISS!

Lucifer said...

Aloha `auinala, Steve!

Anonymous said...

Who is Steve?

rocket said...

Joecool, do you have a different blog?

The one where you are bashing a great business opportunity?

'Cause I only know you blog about the running joke in North America business called Amway!

Anonymous said...

Anon#1, you are the one that requires a big hard punch in the face to wake up from your nightmare, your long nightmare!

Joecool said...

Rocket, contrary to the accusations of the #1 loser in the Amaworld, I only run two blogs, both of which are connected here. Bashing what great business opportunity? I don't bash Microsoft. LOL

Anonymous said...

Joecool, you are an A+ IMBECILE. No exam required to qualify for the title.

Anonymous said...

You know Anon #1 - if you actually believed in the business, you'd sure be tearing it up.

But then, Amway's #1 cheerleader IBOFB doesn't even believe in the biz, so why would we expect different from you?

Maybe toilet cleaning is more up your alley????

Joecool said...

Cleaning toilets pays more than being an IBO. LOL