I was thinking about how prospects are invited to see the plan. In many cases, there will have been a bit of deception or half-truths (lies) told in order for an IBO to get a prospect in front of the plan. But then I thought about the plan and how much deception was used in the plan itself by the speaker.
In many cases, IBOs and new prospects are deceived right from the beginning. The speaker might make some small talk, and get the prospect to agree on certain issues, such as income tax and insurance eating away at your paycheck, etc. When a prospect hears this, it will make sense, and they will agree and trust the speaker somewhat. After all, the speaker has been built up to be a financial whiz and all. And much of what the speaker says makes sense, at least on the surface.Then the deception begins.............
The speaker might talk about IBOs saving 30% on products right from the start, which is false. Here's some information debunking that age old myth:
http://www.amquix.info/Save30_myth.html Not only do many products cost more, factor in shipping and handling fees and it's not even close in many cases.
Then the speaker might talk about 98% of people being dead or broke by age 65, which is not true. The speaker might talk about 90% or more of small businesses failing in the first year (which is also untrue). These little factoids (which are untrue) are apparently used to make other opportunities seem flawed in comparison with the Amway opportunity. Readers and prospects really need to do some research and due diligence, and they will easily see through the mistruths.
The speaker might then talk about how the Amway opportunity is cheap to get started and has little or no overhead. But the problem is that many dedicated IBOs will get hosed as their upline will begin to teach them that they need to invest in their business in the form of voicemail, book of the month, standing order and attending all meetings. These expenses nearly guarantee that an IBO will end up with a net loss of income. What's more, upline may teach that this is success! In many cases, the speakers don't care about the prospects. All they care about is getting people signed up and on the system. Sure they may loan cds to newbies, but once an IBO wants more, they are likely told that "serious" business owners buy their own tools. And IBOs don't seem to notice that tools and functions have become their business "overhead".
So a question for IBOs and prospects. Is it a good opportunity when you have been lied to or deceived right from the outset?
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If you're an Amway IBO looking to establish a down-line, you have to be dishonest and deceptive. You first have to establish trust between yourself and the person you want to recruit; then you have to paint a picture of general financial distress; then you have to talk about the low cost of starting up in the Amway plan.
Establishing trust isn't too hard. All you need to do is be friendly and show some interest in the potential recruit.
The picture of general financial distress is also easy to do, since almost everyone is worried to some extent about expenses and taxes.
But the third one is where real LYING comes in. The "low cost" of one's investment in Amway is pure bullshit, because as soon as a person is sucked into the plan, he is hit with endless demands for money.
Getting involved in Amway is a major mistake.
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