I heard a great comment from a commentator on a related Amway blog. Basically, he said if Amway IBOs were so successful, people would just naturally be attracted. And that's true! Where I live, the local electric company is an attractive place to work with a good salary and benefits package. When there's a handful of openings, you might get as many as 6,000 people applying for a handful of these positions. When the federal government hires for the post office, you get thousands of applicants for a handful of jobs as well.
But IBOs have to justify their positions. The common ones are how Amway products are concentrated, or they have magical ingredients in their vitamins. It is my position that if these products were so good and the opportunity actually produced successful IBOs, there would be no need to be deceptive about the products or opportunity. The products could easily be marketed. In fact, customers would be seeking IBOs to find the products, and there would be lines of people waiting to see the opportunity.Instead, IBOs themselves are the primary consumers of Amway products. Many IBOs are deceptive when inviting people to see the Amway plan. Some prospects are outright lied to when recruited for the Amway opportunity. The curiosity approach is still used by many, because mentioning "Amway" is more likely to get you funny looks than interest. If what I am writing is not true, why do IBOs need to deceive people? Why don't some IBOs open their books and display the financial success they claim to have? Why so secretive? Why aren't there hoards of new diamonds and emeralds each month? Instead, you mainly hear of the Amway growth in foreign countries. Most likely because the Amway name and reputation has not yet been soiled as it has in the US and Canada.
In the US, I see primarily the same old diamonds who were in control of the functions and systems from more than 12 years ago. In fact, factoring in diamonds who quit or dropped out, I believe there are fewer diamonds now than when I was an IBO. Some of these diamonds also had some apparent financial difficulties. The opportunity is far from how it's promoted. Success speaks louder than words, and where North American Amway success is concerned, the silence is deafening!
Success in Amway is very rare (there is a 99% failure rate for IBOs). Amway freaks always argue that the same thing is true in professional sports, where only a tiny number of top-notch players ever make the big leagues. But the fact is that those who recruit you into the Amway racket are always telling about how simple and easy it is. If it were "simple and easy" there would be masses of people fighting to sign up, and no one would be dropping out.
ReplyDeleteSo which is it, Amway freaks? Is the system a simple and easy way for ordinary persons to get rich, or is it just as hard and laborious as making it in professional sports? You can't have it both ways!
I think the best news we have about Amway is that it is becoming harder and harder for IBOs to recruit new members into their down-lines. The sheer desperation that drives those in Amway to sign up new people, and the outrageous lies that they tell potential recruits, aren't working anymore. People know that Amway is a FRAUD and a CHEAT. Once that idea begins to spread, a company is headed for extinction.
Let's hope it happens to all MLMs.