The Con Artist?

 A recent visitor comment mentioned that a diamond us basically a con artist.  "Con" is shirt for confidence.  They get you to trust them with small talk, building you up and eliciting your goals and dreams.  Once they get you there, suddenly they try to close the deal by saying you can’t afford to open a real business so Amway makes sense and with their nearly foolproof system you can’t go wrong.  All you need to do is get in their system, follow their advice and you're sure to succeed if you just don't quit.  Nothing could be further from the truth.

They may start you out with a few free audios or meetings, but the bar gets raised soon enough.  You’ll be told that a real business owner needs to invest in their business.  An investment into learning about the business and how to build it.  You just need to be "teachable" and open minded and follow the footsteps of your upline leaders.  Ironically many IBOS call their upline mentors when in reality, they are con artists working a scam.  At best, upline could be called paid consultants who deliver absolutely miserable overall results.

In a way, they’re not much different than any run of the mill scammer.  You get the prospect hooked and get them to hand over money.  One difference is that the upline just takes smaller amounts but on a regular basis via their system of books, audios, functions, meetings and other educational materials. If IBOS actually progressed and many were profitable, my opinion would be different.  Instead, the masses contribute to the diamonds lifestyle with the irony being that the IBOS treat the diamonds like rock stars and worship them while they are being taken to the cleaners one audio or one function at a time.

The vast majority of IBOs make nothing or lose money.   Some people lose a lot of money.  What’s worse is the diamonds apparently don’t care that many are hurting and losing money regularly, and they continue to exploit their down line by continuing to push their system on them.  But in the end, the Amway business is person to person and typically face to face.  I can’t imagine any ground breaking useful teaching coming from upline. I certainly didn't see any as a former IBO myself.  

In the end. it is my informed opinion that Amway diamonds operate just like con artists.