One of the things upline leaders apparently do is to disparage people with jobs. Oh, they would say we needed people to wait on our tables and clean our toilets, but in general, jobs were put down and basically the group was told that Amway is their best chance at achieving financial freedom, giving them the ability to flush their jobs. Ironically, IBO's jobs are what funds their Amway businesses. Most IBOs would be out of business within weeks if not for their job income funding their Amway businesses.
The key selling point appears to be the 2-5 years of part time work rather than working a job for 30 - 40 years and then retiring on social security which may or may not be there when you retire. This plants a fear in people about the future and then the Amway opportunity is presented in a positive light because the Amway opportunity comes with a low start up cost. What uplines do not mention is how the opportunity can become a money pit as the monthly defacto 100 PV quota starts to add up. It is my guess that if people only bought items they truly needed, these IBOs would likely move 100 PV every three months, unless they are actively selling goods to non IBO customers.
When an IBO finally agrees to register, it is then that the hidden costs are revealed. Many uplines will introduce standing orders and functions and present these tools as vital to IBO success. Most new IBOs don't know better and feel subtle pressure to conform and give it a try. Some upline may loan some tools to downline in the beginning but evemtually, the IBO will be encouraged to be a "serious" business owner who should be purchasing their own tools to loan to their downline and the cycle goes on.
If you examine some version of the Amway recruitment plan, you will see that most IBOs are at the 100 PV level, which will reward you with a monthly bonus of about $10or so. If that same IBO subscribes to the tools system, than IBO will likely be losing over $100 a month not including the product purchases. And because many IBOs have been convinced that working a job is so horrible, that they can be convinced that this condition of losing money is temporary and that untold wealth is right around the corner. Sadly, for most, this condition is the norm and even the sponsorship of a few downline, the losses continue to mount. Yet many are convinced that this is better than a job.
Ironically, a job allows people to pay their monthly bills, feed their families and many people enjoy their work and co workers. While upline leaders may convince you otherwise, it is this very same excuse upline leaders use when asked why they are still working instead of walking the beaches of the world collecting massive amounts of residual income. I would encourage IBOs to truly analyze their efforts in Amway and determine if it is beneficial to your finances. In most cases, your Amway efforts ONLY benefits your upline's finances. For most who get involved, the Amway opportunity is not better than a job.
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Thankyou for this post. I knew there was something screwy going on with this Amway scheme, as I see others around me get sucked in by it just because they are losing weight - they are becoming brainwashed and pending money on useless products. I am glad of this recent post - it just confirms my suspicions.
Thanks for commenting. I'm glad you were able to use the information presented in this post.
This is just some random blogger that believes that any MLM doesnt work.. ok that's your opinion, quit trying to poisen people with your opinions that no MLM works.. business owners and working at walmart or a career is better working part-time or full time for 60 years until you die.. ok believe that then
Okay, I just went to a Brad plan not to long ago (I kept going to plans appease my best friend, but decided to put an end to it because I bottled so much anger in that 3 hours that the stress made me sick for a day or two. Literally). Cult techniques of brainwashing I saw there in the least subtle way imaginable: Love bombing, rejection of old values, confusing doctrine, meta communication, verbal abuse, sleep deprivation, dress code, confession, finger pointing, financial commitment, guilt, and fear. He yells at random moments to startle you and get your attention so you are fed whatever word he just yelled harder. He uses high or silly voices to mock people continuously that are either really in his life or that he made up (another popular technique). I mean... I know not everyone is at the same maturity level or age but how does this happen? I mean what makes a person brainwashable? I see it all so clearly like every technique is a different color when he talks and I'm his exact target audiance (I've always lived in some form of low class or poverty).
Its nice to lose weight. But how much does it cost with Amway? I was in less than a week. But heard some ibos lived on food bars. The ones who weren't on diet where overweight from fast food. Because they spend endless hour prospecting or meetings. With no time to make meals or buy decent foods
Practically nobody can actually use 100 PV in a month without using double x, other vitamins and food bars. So upline teaches people to use these products. They're vastly overpriced.
So feel free to prove that MLM works for more than a few "diamonds" or higher ups. All you have is your opinion that MLM works. The numbers are on my side but you're welcome to prove me wrong.
I assume you meant Brad Duncan. From what I gather, he will say and do anything to get you to buy tools and make him rich. All the while he'll laugh hs way to the bank if you believe him. And what you described is why Amway is compared to a cult.
We're just in a lazy generation that's always looking for an easy way out Joecool, don't sweat these responses.
Amway is indeed a cult, but with two different objects of adoration. The up-line diamonds and the administrative bigshots like De Vos worship money. The struggling IBOs and others slaving in the trenches of the business worship hope and dreams. This is a major divide in the world of Amway-Quixtar. All of the horrid cultic practices and abuses that have been described above are explicable simply in this way: the up-line bigshots terrorize people in order to keep the money flowing upwards to themselves, while the low-level victims tolerate the indignities out of a sense of religious devotion to a bizarre belief system. Amway-Quixtar is a very pernicious and pathological cult.
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