One of the things the Amway diamonds and other big pins like to do is to flaunt their wealth. They show up at meetings with fancy cars, they like to wear fancy suits and my former LOS, WWDB, even had and still has a function called "Dream Night". Dream Night is where the diamonds show off pictures of mansions, jets, cars, fancy vacations and they claim that everyone will one day join them in their lives full of pleasure and excess. Despite these displays of wealth, there is much evidence to suggest that these diamonds may not be able to afford all of these goodies. In fact, I strongly suspect that many diamonds are living in debt because they cannot sustain these fairy tale lifestyles on their incomes, even adding up the Amway and tools income. Now I'm not claiming that all diamonds are in hock, but I would not be surprised if half of them were in debt. If the US has multitudes of people in debt, why wouldn't people who live lives of excess be in debt?
Even lower level IBOs attempt to appear wealthy. They may dress nicely and whatnot, but in the parking lot at functions, might see a more accurate glimpse of reality when you see what kinds of cars these IBOs are driving around. I remember seeing a bunch of broken down cars, some of them on their last legs at the local functions. Yet if you were to speak to some of these nice folks, you would be told they are doing great and that business is booming.
But my question is why isn't all of this Amway success obvious? Why do IBOs dance around the questions about how much they earn from Amway? Why do diamonds like to copy some once a year bonus and pretend that they earn that kind of income on a monthly basis? If a room were full of IBOs and only the ones with a NET profit were to stand up, only a small handful of IBOs would be standing. Most of the rest probably don't even make enough to cover the cost of their voicemail.
Why can't an entire group of IBOs earn a net profit? The answer is simple. In the vast majority of groups, the cost of tools exceeds the group income that is earned from Amway. Do the math and it's easy to see. Unless your group refuses to purchase any tools and focuses on selling products, then you are more than likely to end up losing money. Success is not obvious, and the reason for that is quite obvious.
Joe, you are quite correct about the typical Amway IBO's car. They are frequently just jalopies or heaps held together with baling wire. At Anna Banana's blog, she calls them "Amway shit-mobiles."
ReplyDeleteIf you're losing three hundred a month just to maintain your PV to qualify for a crummy ten-buck check, you can't afford to have a new car. You just have to make do with the wreck you've been driving for the last fifteen years.
Some of these shit-mobiles are Mercedes or Cadillacs. But even these high-end cars don't look so good after years of wear and tear. A beat-up Cadillac is still just a beat-up old car.