One of the issues I have with the Amway plan is that the newest IBO, possibly the one who does the most "Work", receives the smallest compensation. Amway pays about 30%+ of their revenue back in the form of bonuses. An IBO who does 100 PV receives a 3% bonus and somewhere, uplines and sponsors receive the rest. Some of the upline may not have even met the IBO who actually did the work. Is that really fair and is that a level playing field? What do some of these uplines do to deserve the lion's share of the bonus you worked to get? Yes, the upline diamond may show the plan in an open meeting, which may help you, but then again, you pay for entrance into that meeting. If you have no guests to bring, you paid and received no benefit at all.
Many uplines will talk about dreams and fulfilling your dreams. But if an IBO would stop and think for a moment, you can easily see that you are building the dreams of the Amway owners and your upline, but not your own. You receive a tiny portion of the bonus for the volume that you move, and then in addition, if you are on the system, then you are also paying upline in the form of tool and function purchases for the priviledge of giving them bonuses with your product purchases. Dreams are being fulfilled, but not yours.
It is why your upline diamonds can parade around on stage with designer suits and show you their fancy cars and mansions and other toys. It is because they are cashing in on your efforts and your tool and function purchases. You are making their dreams come true. Your dedication to moving volume and purchasing standing orders are fulfilling dreams. The upline dreams. Yes, someday you can hope to have your own group of downline to exploit for your own benefit, but unless you are adding members to your group regularly, you will never achieve the kinds of dreams that uplines talk about. In the meantime though, you are definitely helping someone upline achieve their dreams with every function you attend. Ironically, the upline leaders will tell you to never quit, even if they don't know your personal circumstances. They don't want you to quit because their income is affected. Sometimes in business, quitting is a wise business decision that must be made unless you want to bleed money longer and longer. Quitting Amway doesn't mean you can't try something else to fulfill your dreams and goals. More than likely, any option you choose will be better than losing money in Amway.
Here's a challenge for IBOs and/or prospects who are being recruited into the Amway business. 100 PV will cost around $300 a month and dedication to the tools system will cost you around $200 a month or more on average. Would you not be better off simply writing a check to your upline for $100 and not even joining? Would you not be better off staying home and watching television instead of joining? If you read all of the information available on this blog and still decide to join, goo d luck to you, but remember this: Whose dreams are being fulfilled by your participation? Yours or your upline?
You are absolutely correct. I have seen 3 people in my family follow this cult-like scam with their gullible children to follow. They will do anything to con, manipulate, shame, shun, their friends, family, anyone who doesn't follow the scheming"program". An individual would be far better-off to save their $500/month in a safe annuity or heck, in a low-interest savings account to retire comfortably with no strings attached and far better security. Run as fast and far away as you can if someone tries to manipulate you into falling for Amway "dream schemes" or their so-called "freedom". I've seen it firsthand, up close &personal in my own family. It is disturbing and ruinous! I could write a book on how this cult has ruined and hurt family relationships and the children that are victimised by their parents' neglect and brainwashing!
ReplyDeleteThat's the sad thing. Often, the people who can least afford to lose that money end up as victims. They get sold on false hopes and dreams and they try to pursue it only to wind up losing money and eventually quitting. I just hope people who investigate this business do their due diligence and learn enough to avoid being scammed.
DeleteMy girlfriend became part of the amway because of her friend. My girlfriend and I have a daughter of one year and were not married. She recently just went to the meetings and said that amway is the awnser to everything. She said that since I'm not working as amway that im a slave for working so hard and will continue to work like a slave for the rest of my life. I work hard for my daughter and she now has 5000 in her savings for college and another 1000 will be placed when I get my tax return. I'm not going to school but I want to become a nurse and later become a doctor, and to be frankly my girlfriend had the same idea. We both did and we said that we will both work hard to complete that. Me and my girlfriend have been continually been arguing about amway. I keep telling her to be careful and to do the research first but she keeps telling me that j only want her down and said that she's all the way on the top and I'm all the way in the bottom to keep up. She saids I don't understand and when I tell her to convince me to become a member she saids no because it's confusing to explain. I try to support her but lately Ive been mistreated and I feel the relationship breaking apart. If I ever bring up amway she shuns me and tells me that I'm wrong and I don't understand, that if anything I'll be working like a slave for the rest of my life and never be happy. She shuns me down and puts me down, now I have to break up because I'm not happy but I do wish her success and I really do hope she finds what she's looking for but needless to say she lost the happiness I had with her and everything was fine till she joined. I don't want to stop her, she doesn't listen to me now but to others. This is all recent and I truly hope she finds the happiness and hope that amway said they would.
ReplyDeleteThat is scary. The upline will tell people they can help you get rich and people who don't support you 100% are to be avoided. It sounds like you're doing pretty good, setting up your daughter's future. The problem is that you won't be able to convince her otherwise because she's got Amway on her brain. I really wish you well and hope that your girlfriend snaps out of it on her own.
DeleteIt sounds like the brainwashing has sunk in deep with her at this point. She has been fully convinced that she'll be lording over her riches from Amway at some point, but that will never happen. It's a flawed plan that mathematically doesn't pan out unless one is at the top of the pyramid and in on the real money... the tool scam, selling "motivational" (i.e. brainwashing) DVD's to downline telling them all the answers are within them when all they say is "I'm fucking rich, and you can be too if you just keep buying Amway shit and bugging every human you meet to recruit. Of course in the real world it's hard to get downline because most people can smell a scam, especially when they are evasive about the math (other than unrealistic circles) and instead focus on "dreams".
DeleteSorry your girlfriend fell in with this scam that has over a 99% failure rate. Not because people don't work hard enough, but because it's flawed from the beginning. The prices are ridiculous, so finding customers to buy the crap is almost impossible, and it's not "investing" in a business to buy inventory to collect dust in a garage. Or trying to find other suckers to pull down into the pit with you. Amway, like so many other MLM's is a huge scam preying on a recruitment pyramid and only those at the tippy top ever see much money. It's how they work. Brainwashing keeps them from seeing facts, as you have found out.
You're right about the math. I believe it was amway.com that had the .26% of IBOs reach the platinum level. THat's about 1 in 200. And platinum is where allegedly IBOs start to earn a small profit or break even, depending on their level of commitment to building the business with tools. IBOs who are sold out 100% on the system can even suffer losses at that level. The average rank and file IBOs will never make a net profit unless they make an effort to sell products and avoid the tools and functions.
DeleteThanks buddy for your information!
ReplyDeleteIt was worth it! :)