When I was an Amway IBO, I was always taught that diamonds pay cash for everything. That one day, after following the foolproof WWDB system, that I too, would be strolling on the beaches of the world, with cash rolling into my bank account with no worries in the world. We were told that diamonds pay cash for all purchases, even homes and other large ticket items. As evidence, the diamonds would show slideshows of mansions and sports cars, golf club memberships and other lavish items. All paid for in cash we were told. I have reason to believe that WWDB still teaches this except that it is probably a bunch of lies.
First of all, in looking back, the group really had no way of knowing what was paid for or not. We just assumed that diamond made so much money that everything the diamonds spoke of were true. However, there have been events, some recent, that exposed some of the apparent lies told by these diamonds. There were two (2) diamonds whose home foreclosures became public knowledge and a prominent triple diamond who was involved in bankruptcy proceedings. Now your home cannot be foreclosed if it's paid for in cash right? Technically, nobody would care whether a diamond's home was mortgaged or paid for, but when diamonds parade in front of a crowd bragging about wealth, and then telling the audience that they too will achieve the same success by following the system and upline advice, well that's a bit misleading in my opinion. So many people in the audience are practically crying because they want what the diamonds are flaunting, except that possibly, many of these diamonds don't even have what they are selling.
A average diamond might make about $150,000 (according to Amway) and let's just say another $150,000 from selling support materials. When you factor in taxes and business expenses such as travel to and from functions, what's left over certainly is not going to allow you to purchase million dollar mansions and fancy sports cars. Some higher up pins might make a bit more, but still, purchasing mansions and other luxuries in cash is a stretch. It would be my guess that most diamonds indeed have a mortgage on their homes and may even have car payments. That's not necessarily a crime but it is unethical to lie about your income in order to recruit new downlines.
For IBOs and other newbies, if your uplines are bragging about paying for homes and other things in cash, ask them to show proof of these claims. I can show you pictures of multi million dollar mansions and sports cars, it doesn't mean that I paid for them in cash. But then again, admitting to having a mortgage or having monthly car payments are not quite as attractive or exciting as claiming to pay for these things in cash.
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In Amway, as well as in all of its little LOS subsystems like Network and WWDB and BWW, the photographs of mansions and jets and fancy cars are nothing but show. They function as bait on a fish hook, to catch unsuspecting losers.
Nobody pays cash for a fifteen-million-dollar mansion. Nor can you do something like that for a fleet of luxury cars, or any other major outlay. You need a bank account, certified checks, scads of paperwork, and usually the help of a lawyer or agent.
When are people going to realize that Amway is nothing but a shell game, a fraud, a circus of endless lies and deceptions?
You're not going to get rich selling some fucking energy bars to your unwilling friends and neighbors. You're not going to roll in residual income from listening to some half-assed "tapes" or attending a convention in a far-off city. You're not going to become financially independent by chatting up strangers at Starbucks, or Barnes and Noble. All of those ideas are pure delusion.
To all Amway IBOs: Ask yourself the following. "How long have I been in Amway, and how much money have I made or lost in that time? How many persons have I recruited as down-line? How much Amway product have I sold to non-Amway customers?"
Don't tell us the answers. Just ask yourself privately, and mull over the answers.
I believe many diamonds have mortgages and loans on cars. A regular non Q12 diamond might make $150-$200k per year, and maybe a matching amount from tools and functions. But even $300 or $400k (gross income) is not nearly enough to pay for mansions in cash, especially when a diamond is self employed and must pay for business expenses, taxes, health insurance, fund their own retirement plan, etc.
A diamond lifestyle is basically not sustainable on diamond income when you sit down and do the math.
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