Monday, June 30, 2014

Annoying Amway IBO's?

Many people see the Amway plan, and get unrealistic dreams of attaining incredible material wealth and retiring in a few years. I find it strange that nobody has been able to point out anyone who actually got in, worked a few years and then walked away from the business and is now enjoying buckets of cash rolling in while they spend their days on exotic beaches sipping mai tais. The more likely scenario will be debt, higher credit card bills, and boxes of unused cds and other various products.

So why would someone joining the business become annoying? It's because to the average person, it beomes clear that to achieve this, you need to find "six" people. Thus to find six people, you need to make contacts to show the plan. Cold contacts of people on the street would be unlikely, even for the boldest of people, so new IBOs start lookin at people they know. They start with people they are familiar with, or family and friends. They may also think their family and friends will want to get rich with them.

Sadly for most new and enthusiastic IBOs, they will find that they are shunned by family and friends. Over the years, IBOs have done too much damage to Amway's reputation and overcoming this challenge is too much for the rank and file IBOs. They will hear stories on failures and opinions that Amway is a pyramid and/or a scam. Of course, IBOs will have "canned" answers to respond to from their upline. One of the humorous ones is that Amway is praised by the BBB or the FTC and is the shining example of an MLM. To those familiar with this line of reasoning, it can become side splitting humorous.

At first, the family and friends may humor the new IBO, but relentless persistence can eventually turn ugly. This is where uplines will teach the new IBOs to avoid "negative" and to shun these family and friends. This is why some people charge the Amway leaders with being cult - like. It's at about this point where IBOs might realize that Amway products are costly and try to sell off some of them to reduce their own costs. Often times, sympathetic family and friends might make a token purchase to show support. but that can get old in a hurry also. Most IBOs will eventually quit and make amends with family and friends, but some lose friendships for good.

To information seekers and new IBOs, hopefully this message is food for thought......

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Joecool
Why would you deny hardworking people the opportunity to make money to look after their family? You are trying to limit other people's growth by assuming that your own pathetic inabilities are shared by others.
Let people make their own decisions and succeed, instead of whining about inequity.

Joecool said...

This is a blog. I don't force anyone or deny anyone the opportunity to make money. If you actually read the blog, you'll likely find that Amway isn't a good way to make money.. People are free to find information and make their own decisions.

Funny how some Amway recruiters don't want people to seek information. Why do you think that is?

Anonymous said...

It must be because they have nothing to hide

Anonymous said...

How is this blog denying "hardworking" people the ability to make money? You should spend more time serving your Upline and bothering your family and friends about your "business" and less time trolling the internet.

Joecool said...

LOL and the thread title is Annoying AMway IBO's.

Anonymous said...

I noticed your comment about cutting off family. Does that really happen? What counsel is given to IBO's concerning immediate family?

Joecool said...

IBOs are often told to avoid negative. Thus if your family and friends are negative, you are to avoid them also. Sad but true.