Tuesday, November 27, 2018

The Amway Bait And Switch Scam?

In my informed opinion, Amway is a huge bait and switch scam run by the diamonds. The crowd sees the diamonds as someone to be worshipped. The arrive to standing ovations when they appear to show the plan and/or to speak at a function. The diamonds speak of untold wealth beyond the reach of most people. They show slide shows of fabulous trips and events that they attend and possibly golf outings and other fun things that are associated with people who have money. The diamond often has some sports car or a nice sedan such as a Lexus or Mercedes. And all of this alleged wealth comes from Amway. Just join and get the secrets to wealth from the diamonds and you too will be living in fabulous wealth. 2-5 years, build it right and build it once is what I heard.

But it's a bait and switch scam. They show you wealth and speak of their large incomes (without verification of course) and people tend to believe what they are told. The diamonds claim to have the key to the secret of success. All you need to do is get plugged into their system and you are nearly assured of success. Right? Listen to those diamonds. They are the pinnacle of success and all you need to do it copy what they have done. So simple even a dog can become a platinum. All you need is 2-5 years, do it right and do it once and you're set for life.

So you subscribe to their system of voicemail, books, standing orders (audios/CDs), meetings and functions/seminars. In the teachings, the theme seems to be similar. Never quit, and the answer to most Amway problems are to consume more tools and functions. If you are struggling and losing money, the solution seems to be to invest more in tools and functions. It's like a struggling business spending more on overhead without simply trying to increase sales. This is why so many IBOs quit, because they struggle to make sales and/or to sponsor downline. Despite all of the teaching and tools and seminars, it is apparent that very few IBOs make any profit.

What people don't see is that the Amway business itself is just a shill for the real business. Amway IBOs unknowingly recruit prospects into Amway thinking they can make a fortune in Amway. In the meantime, the diamonds are raking in the dough by selling monthly subscriptions for voicemail, books, audios and meetings and seminars. Additionally, the diamonds put on a "major" function each quarter where they can make possibly hundreds of thousands of dollars in a single weekend. I believe some diamonds make way more income from the tools and functions than from Amway. A diamond is a lifetime achievement so someone could qualify diamond for 6 months, never qualify again, but still make a nice living from speaking honorariums and selling other tools. The tools business is the real business. The Amway business is like a "front" to conceal the real business, much like the Italian restaurant is a front for the mob. The restaurant is a legal business that helps conceal the illegal activity. And that my friends, is the Amway bait and switch scam.

2 comments:

  1. Do they really worship a person because they make six figures? If true, this is a messed up organization.

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  2. Everything you say about the Amway "bait-and-switch" routine is true, but it depends crucially on a steady supply of suckers. The Amway shills need a constant flow of new blood into their racket, and that new blood has to be in the form of silly, naive persons who can be tricked (at least temporarily) in to paying money for useless tools, functions, and products.

    So who joins Amway? Where do you get the cannon fodder for this disguised pyramid-scheme racket?

    Here are the main sources:

    1. Young people without much life experience.
    2. New immigrants unfamiliar with business practices.
    3. Chronic losers who have never managed to do well financially.
    4. Small-town rubes with limited education.
    5. Persons propagandized by silly Kiyosaki-style books.
    6. Individuals who have been mesmerized by stupid jargon about "dreams" and "hopes"
    and "change" and "self-fulfillment."
    7. Lonely types who are desperate for the social contact and the "love-bombing" you
    frequently receive in MLM gatherings.

    Please note that I have not included in this list anyone who is a good salesman, or who thinks that he might be able to sell a lot of Amway products to strangers. Good salesmen have much better opportunities than Amway, and people who think that they can retail a lot of Amway products are utterly deluded.

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