What Is A Diamond?

  I was an Amway IBO back in the 1990s and I recall how the audience basically worshipped the diamonds and treated them as if they walked on water.  After all, they had achieved what everyone wanted right?  They were allegedly wealthy beyond most people’s dreams and could sleep until noon each day because they didn’t have to report to a job.  But if you’ve been around and experienced some of what I’ve seen, you get a different perspective.  Yes, diamond is a nice achievement, but let's look at it with a more critical eye, shall we?

Basically, a diamond is an Amway customer and an Amway salesperson who works for commissions only with no fringe benefits.  Additionally, Amway basically owns them because Amway has the power to stop their commissions if Amway’s in disagreement over various business issues.  And if you think about it, you don't have much leverage in a dispute with the company that issues your bonuses and checks.  In a way, a diamond is as dependent on Amway as a rank and file employee is on a job and a paycheck, even if a diamond might earn more than some employees.

Secondarily, Amway diamonds have a second job/business selling tools and functions.  I believe it would be common for a diamond to make as much or more income from tools and functions than from Amway.  You say no chance?  How about this?  Diamonds only have to qualify one time and possibly may never actually be a diamond again but can still appear on stage earning their living by speaking and selling audios or cds.  And, a diamond makes more profit from tools and functions than on Amway goods because rank and file Amway IBOs do not get a cut of the profits from tools and functions.  

Also, tools and functions have a higher markup than Amway products thus the potential for more profits.  Rank and file IBOS receive Amway bonus money but don’t share in the action for tools and functions.  It is why the tools and functions are emphasized by upline. But in the end a diamond is just an Amway customer and salesperson.  In my informed opinion, a diamond has done nothing worthy of all the undue adulation and worship.  Since many diamonds claim to be Christians, which might be good, then they should know better than to accept worship and adulation for themselves, especially when they are simply salespeople for the Amway corporation.