Back some years ago there was more debate about Amway from critics and defenders alike. But the lengths that some defenders went to were outright BS to creepy at times. I recall some defenders trying to debate the quality of Amway toilet paper and at least one defender was called a cyber bully by an Amway corporate blogger. I’ve even seen numerous personal attacks against critics which are uncalled for. It seems as if Amway defenders quickly run out of reasonable arguments then resort to insults and sometimes, threats.
It seems to me that the most simple defense of Amway would be to show how people are making net profits. Except perhaps that Amway defenders simply cannot do this in any meaningful way because Amway’s own disclosures debunk most claims about Amway success. Less than half of all IBOs do anything. Seems they sign up and are never seen again. That in itself seems problematic. How can you build an empire when most IBOs do nothing and quit in less than one year? How can you have a sustainable and reliable income when the attrition rate of IBOs is so bad?
But what about the rest? Well, the rest may attempt to make a sale or sponsor down line but many of these folks are following the teaching of a line of sponsorship which might include WWDB or Network 21 which are for profit companies that exist to make money for the diamonds and higher ups even if you lose your shirt in Amway. Ironically it is the cost of the tools and functions that result in business losses for nearly all IBOs who participate. And the teaching is ineffective, which is why people fail left and right in Amway.
A common defense of Amway as presented by the most hard core defenders is that somewhere out there, there is a good Amway where IBOs sell products to regular customers which generates profits to cover the cost of tools and functions and eventually these IBOs move up the ranks until they are net profitable and duplicating these results with their down line. But whenever pressed to show evidence of these groups, Amway defenders fell on their faces or started the personal attacks, name calling and even cyber bullying at one time. Where is this good Amway? Where is the Amway utopia that these people speak of?
If a “good” Amway exists, I can say I’ve never seen or even heard of it. Back in 2006 I had friended someone who had the equivalent of an emerald business but did not participate in the tools and functions. They actually sold volume of products and had some down line. She said the money was okay, not great but the business was basically a full time job. She is no longer involved last I heard. But this is the only instance I’ve ever heard of like this.
Does anyone know where this good Amway can be found?
The fantasy of a "good Amway" somewhere out there, free from the faults and lies of the actual real-world Amway, is just like the notion of diehard socialists who explain away all the failures and disasters of socialist governments by screaming "Real socialism hasn't been tried yet!"
ReplyDeleteIt's nothing but pure ideological commitment. Amway, like socialism, is just a bad idea that will never work. Even though the assholes in Amway preach that they are dedicated to "free enterprise," the truth is that Amway is just a complicated racket that allows up-line big pins to collect cash from the failure of down-line IBOs.
This is why there needs to be a constant "churn" in Amway -- dropouts must be replaced constantly by the recruitment of new IBOs who are innocent and naive (or simply stupid). When these too eventually leave, recruitment has to start again. It's unending.