tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494309285043063074.post9106693904511185555..comments2024-03-26T19:02:26.847-07:00Comments on Amway - The Dream Or The Scheme?: Amway And Lying?Joecoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09121920263105613498noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494309285043063074.post-90324426816863413832020-01-29T16:38:44.740-08:002020-01-29T16:38:44.740-08:00Joe, back in the early 1980s, De Vos and Van Andel...Joe, back in the early 1980s, De Vos and Van Andel sent out one of their "Directly Speaking" letters to all Amway Direct Distributors, in all of the AMO subsystems (these Direct Distributors are now called Platinums). <br /><br />In their letter they said that using the "curiosity" approach to recruitment was absolutely FORBIDDEN. They said that it was counterproductive, since persons were infuriated to find out that they had been lied to. And they said that much of the bad publicity and legal problems that Amway was getting came from this sort of deception and lying.<br /><br />Did anybody pay attention to them? Nope. The leaders of the various AMOs told Amway in Ada, Michigan to fuck off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494309285043063074.post-18205953990339753752020-01-29T03:38:54.015-08:002020-01-29T03:38:54.015-08:00Joe, you are absolutely correct. So much about Am...Joe, you are absolutely correct. So much about Amway is total bad news that anybody trying to push it on strangers has to lie, or at least cover up unpleasant facts.<br /><br />This systematic lying started in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when Amway's reputation began to go down the toilet. IBOs complained to their up-line that they were having no luck in recruiting new suckers. That's when up-line started to advise them to sugar-coat the company's bad reputation by not mentioning its name, or by trying to disguise the company by claiming that it was "only a small part" of the AMO subsystem.<br /><br />This is when you get the statement "We're not Amway, but we do handle some Amway products." Or "This isn't the old Amway -- we're a brand-new operation called Quixtar, or WWDB, or Network 21."<br /><br />It may have worked for a while, but you can't really fool people with that sort of bullshit in the internet age. There's too much information out there, and Amway can't censor it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com