Friday, September 13, 2024

Denial Is Not A River In Egypt?

 One thing that appears to be common amongst IBOs is how IBOs are in denial. They truly believe that their uplines are working in their best interest and that upline wants their success. I don't believe that to be true. If uplines were truly making a fortune from Amway, why would an downline IBO have to pay for practically every bit of help they get from upline leaders? Why are there endless numbers of cds and meetings at cost, to learn to buy and sell, and to recruit others. Is Amway that complicated that IBOs mist be continually trained or is it because uplines make the most profits from tools?

To show the plan, you would need to pay to attend an open meeting, and pay for your guests, even if they do not register as a result of the presentation. You pay for voicemail to communikate with your upline and downlines. You pay for standing orders, and you may end up paying twice if you were in attendance at the function when the standing order was recorded. You pay for books and other materials as well. And there is no end. If you are in Amway for ten years, you would get ten years' worth of this material. If you are in for thirty years, you would get thirty years of this material.

What's more, many IBOs turn their heads when ugly facts rear their heads. For example, some IBOs deny that a prominent triple diamond was involved in bankruptcy proceedings. They continue to edify and pay for financial advice from someone who could not even manage his own finances. They believe that Amway saves marriages even when the leaders who speak this may be getting divorced. It's like upline simply revises history and downlines buy it without question. Many IBOs do not even see it as a problem that some upline boldy lied and said there were no profits from tools in the past. I find this odd because tool profits are still shrouded in secrecy and downline simply believe that they will eventually get a cut, even without a written compensation plan and agreement.

I believe too many IBOs are simply in denial. They give upline their trust and upline abuses it. IBOs are told they are successful for attending a function even when they might be losing money month after month. They may be told that the Amway business is not about money but about making friends. They may be told that they are nicer people because of their participation in Amway. What too many IBOs do not see is that they are in denial about their business. Most IBOs are losing money, a little at a time, perhaps $100 or $150 a month. For the hardcore, maybe more. But they are taught to ignore these simple facts and deny that there is a problem. They cling to hopes that success is right around the corner or that they will succeed if only they will never quit. Most of this advice only serves the upline and not the IBOs. It is a sad thing.

It is my hope that exposure of some of these tactics will be beneficial to information seekers and perhaps new IBOs who have not yet been fully indoctrinated. I encourage people to ask tough questions, demand answers and use due diligence when checking out this opportunity. The fact is that very few people every make a profit and people should know this before getting involved. Don't deny the obvious. If the details don't add up, keep researching. The internet is chock full of information about Amway. This website is just one source but look high and low before committing your time and money. The fact is that less than 1% of IBOs make any money out of this opportunity. Don't deny the undeniable. Get the facts and act on them!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Amway IBOs who are in denial about their financial losses are usually either fanatical "core" types, or persons who are too terrified to think that they made a big mistake by signing up in Amway.

The "core" IBOs are comparable to religious zealots, who have a fixed system of beliefs that they will defend to the death. For these "core" types, Amway is the heart of their identity and self-worth. They will NEVER admit that anything is false or incorrect about the entire Amway idea or "Plan." They see Amway ideology as tablets from Mount Sinai -- absolutely true and God-given.

The terrified IBOs are the ones who know that something is not going right for them, and that they are losing money every year. But giving up means that they will have no chance of attaining the Amway dream, and they can't bear to think about all the cash they have already lost, and that they can never recoup. So they stay, as a form of slavish loyalty to a system that is cheating them.

Up-line doesn't worry about the "core" IBOs. Those people are lifers because of their psychological fixations, and will never quit. Therefore most of up-line's energy goes into keeping the terrified IBOs scared, and at the same time convincing them that success is "just around the corner."

Eventually the terrified IBOs quit, because they at least are aware that they are losing money. At a certain point, the loss of money hits home, and cannot be denied. But it takes a severe crisis or a psychological shock for the terrified IBO to quit at last.

Amway is a serious disease, just like drug addiction or alcoholism.