Monday, September 24, 2012

What Amway Prospects Should Know

One thing that I was unaware of as an IBO was that our uplines were profiting from our tools purchases. I was in WWDB at the time and I was told very clearly that nobody made money from the tools and in fact, I was also told that WWDB was a non profit organization. Both of these statements were bold lies told by WWDB leaders and they have never been held accountable. We were told that upline cared about us and our success, thus they spent their own money to fly to functions to teach us how to succeed.

Eventually, the internet amd other media made it impossible to cover up these lies and uplines funally admitted that they profitted from tools. However, it looks like they downplayed the magnitude of the tools profits. I believe some upline may have made most of their income fro tools, especially leaders who may have fallen out of qualification. Now the upline admits they make some profits from tools, but there is still a great deal of secrecy in the tools business. What makes the whole thing ironic is that the uplines allegeldy are not supposed to entice Amway prospects into joining by using the tools money as a draw, but at the same time, they are told that tools are vital to their success.

I wonder how many prospects or IBOs would be fired up about buying tools if they knew that their uplines might not currently be qualified at the level they claim to be, and knowing that the uplines will make a ton of money whether or not you make a cent as an IBO? Also, some uplines are shameless is pushing the tools on downline. Sure they might cut the newest guy a break and loan them some cds, but once that IBO decides to start building downline, they are likely to be told that a real business owner buys their own tools, or that a business owner needs to be a leader and purchase extra tools for their downline.

How would you feel uf your upline is touting themselves as a financial genious but in the background, their homes are foreclosed or they have financial difficulties? What if your upline touts their morals and you find out they are divorced or getting a divorce? What if your upline said Amway saves marriages? Your upline certainly won't say they are perfect, but conversely, they should be held to the highest standards if they are using their status to be able to sell tools and make large profits.

Many prospects and IBOs don't know this, but I hope they take it to heart.

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    1. don't talk about your mom like that!

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  2. Yeah, those sneaky uplines sure are....

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  3. they do not sell tapes and books, they sell dreams! u dream big enough you can acheive... utter non-sense

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    1. Well, I wouldn't say that. I took the dream big principle and applied it in a different industry and am doing well. The reason why 99.9% of the time it does not work in the Amway business is because the dream is often connected to tools and functions and all the extra stuff that the person begins to feel very soon that it is not worth using the Amway business as a vehicle to his/her dreams.

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    2. I cant understand why people agree to buy tools. Also surely its obvious that if someone asks you to pay fOr something its because there is a profit somewhere. I have no sympathy for people who accept this. They know the only way to make money is to sell products and recruit. I think many believe an easy route is to spend on tools and it will happen. there is no easy way to make mOney and this business is one of the hardest

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    3. People buy tools because their "trusted" upline says it's the key to success.

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