Thursday, October 27, 2022

Amway IBOs Help Others? Really?

 One of the BS things our Amway upline constantly told our group was that we were out there helping people and fighting for what is right in the world.  That evil will triumph when good men fail to take action. I agree with this. That the AMOs have thrived because too many good people have ignored the problem and it hasn't gone away, only unnoticed by most. The result is probably tens of millions of people over the years getting scammed out of their hard-earned dollars via the "tool scam".   It's so ironic that upline teaches that IBOs are helping and saving people by exposing them to Amway.  Looking back, it's laughable.

Let's dissect these issues and look at them one at a time. What exactly are you fighting as an IBO? Fighting against yourself? Your job? I know many uplines want you to think your job sucks, thus giving you motivation for joining and succeeding in Amway. Then the hook comes where they will tell you that tools are vital for your success. But you aren't fighting anything.  Your job pays your bills and allows you to make a living, whether you like it or not.  Most likely your Amway business isn't generating enough to cover your "functions and tools" expenses, so your job income is vital even if your upline says otherwise.  It's also ironic because your upline diamond is living the diamond lifestyle because of you and your job income, along with thousands of others.  

How about helping people? How do IBOs help people by enticing them to join Amway? While people are doing community service or other projects, IBOs are stalking people at malls or other venues looking for prospects or spending weekends at meeting and functions. How does this help anyone but the folks who profit from the functions? How are IBOs helping people? It's nice to believe that you are fighting or a cause or helping other people, but the fact is that most people make nothing or lose money by being involved in Amway, not even factoring in the time you may lose for spending time with family and friends.

I was once an IBO. I thought we were involved in a good cause. I did eventually realize that we weren't helping anyone. The only people we took interest in were potential Amway recruits. Everyone else was cannon fodder. Those who are familar have heard "some will, some won't so what? Next"!  I did not pursue to "help" anyone unless they were interested in Amway when I was an IBO.  How does that make the world a better place?

IBOs are mostly good and hardworking people. They have just been sucked into believing a false cause perpetuated by their upline. Most wake up and get out quickly as I did, but I believe the damage over the years is immense. I hope this blog provides some valuable insight for new and tenured IBOs and prospects.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Saying that you are "helping to make the world a better place" is one of those bullshit throwaway lines that every ad agent will use to hook customers.

Amway is a two-bit products company, pushing overpriced and generic stuff that can't be moved by selling them in the stores. It convinces IBOs to be unpaid salesmen, and tells them that they'll get rich by recruiting other salesmen.

How the bloody fuck does this "make the world a better place"?

Anonymous said...

Amway is essentially an evangelical religion, and all evangelical religions insist that it is part of their job to convert the world, and to make the world "a better place."