I just shake my head when I read about the kinds of advice that Amway IBOS receive from their trusted mentors and upline. Now let me say that I would have nothing to criticize if downlines were regularly progressing and moving up the ranks and actually making money. But it’s obvious that most IBOS are spinning their wheels getting nowhere and the only advice that upline seemingly gives is to spend more money on functions and tools that are already proven to be ineffective. Business not growing? Buy more tools. Having trouble sponsoring downline? Buy more tools, attend more functions. In real business, people would analyze why the business isn't growing and make adjustments and/or cut expenses.
When most real business owners are cutting expenses or looking at strategies to bring in more revenue, Amway IBOS and uplines are advising people to spend more money on activities that don’t make them money. Why not just get a pile of cash and burn it? The result would be the same. Keep in mind that the upline profits from the sale of tools and functions so it seems pretty dubious that upline would advise IBOs struggling for their lives to spend more time and money in things that haven’t worked in the first place.What is the real solution to a failing Amway business? I can’t tell you that without a lot more information, but I can tell you that spending more money on things that do not result in more sales and profits is not likely to be the solution. Most dedicated IBOs lose money because of the tools and functions which are not effective in helping IBOS become profitable. What makes it more insidious is that uplines profit nicely for giving downline bad advice even if their bad advice results in bigger losses. It's ironic because one of the things upline teaches is to be accountable. Yet, uplines are never held to account. They claim that they have the IBO's best interest at heart, but advising them to spend more money on tools and functions when the IBO's business is not profitable, while profiting off tools, is extremely disingenuous.
When it comes to Amway, it seems apparent to me that the only logical solution is to walk away, seek refunds on whatever you can and find another activity to make some income. Sitting at home watching TV is more profitable to most IBOS that actively trying to run an Amway business.
