Recent comments on this blog have been quite interesting lately. Some heated, some inflammatory and some just silly. But what many Amway defenders fail to understand is that I am simply sharing my experiences and observations. I feel that it serves as an information highway for prospects who are looking into the Amway business. When I was in the business, the internet was not quite as accessible as it is now. Thus, this blog is an easy way for people to gain information about my experiences and informed opinions about Amway.
Information seekers are free to ask questions, or even dispute what I have written. I do not disallow comments that are pro or con with regards to Amway. I allow both sides of the story to be expressed here. I moderate comments to prevent spam and sabotage, which I experienced in the past. In about 15+ years, Joecool's blog has had millions of site visitors. It's clear that my message is getting out there. But I say that commentators should question the message and not the messenger.Quite often I see people leaving comments that I am lying or wrong but the comments never seem to specify what is wrong or inaccurate about what I am writing. Plus, how can my experience be wrong? It's my experience and that has been confirmed by the many other bloggers and by current evidence that is available on other websites on the internet. For example, I still see (in particular, WWDB) IBOs talking about buying homes in cash, and how the world has a 60% divorce rate while WWDB members have a 2% divorce rate. Where do IBOs get this garbage? They are taught this crap by WWDB leaders. And guess what? IBOs pay good money to learn this crap.
The truth is that Amway people and the world probably have the same divorce rate, but it surfaces as an issue because IBOs make these silly claims. It's also ironic that some WWDB leaders who spoke of buying homes in cash had homes foreclosed and one of them was in bankruptcy proceedings recently. A WWDB leader who said that Amway saved marriages is now either separated or divorced. These same leaders at one time SWORE that not a penny of profit was made from tools and function sales. We now know the truth and these leaders were never held accountable. Who does better? Someone who provides information so people can make an informed decision. Or someone who is deceptive which leads only to the "best case scenario"?
That is the truth. Attack the message, not the messenger.
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Not many pro-Amway types show up any more to attack Joe Cool's blog. The reason is quite simple: they have no coherent arguments to counter the plain facts that Joe Cool and other persons have posted here.
Most IBOs in Amway are either simple-minded or just stupid, and they lack the verbal skills to answer and debate effectively. So when they do come here, all they can do is say "You're wrong!" or "That's not true!" Or else they will repeat some tired mantra learned from their up-line like "A job is Just Over Broke!" or "Winners never quit!"
Today, with the universal spread of the internet and the wide range of anti-MLM commentary and anecdotes available worldwide, Amway freaks have become too frightened to come back here and argue with us. They know that the real facts about Amway and all the MLM racket-scams are now indisputable. So like ostriches, they stick their heads in the sand and try to pretend that everything is OK.
In 1980 there was no internet, and Amway freaks could afford to be smug and arrogant. Now they have to face a world of incisive criticism and horrifying anecdotes of lives ruined and money lost. They never counted on this happening, so now they keep their mouths shut.
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