No Crossline?

  One of the really stupid and hypocritical things that upline taught the group was no cross lining. In other words, if you had a different sponsor or upline diamond, you were not to talk about business with other business owners.  This is stupid because an effective way to learn techniques and to get tips is to talk to other rank and file business owners.  You exchange ideas and tips on how to do things better.  Why would upline discourage this unless they want to control your information intake, in my informed opinion?

If not, why are IBOs expected to attend (and pay for) meetings where a cross line diamond is speaking?  Why would IBOs pay for audios to hear cross line speakers tell them about the business?   The premise is that a cross line doesn’t have a direct interest in your Amway business, but it seems that cross lining is ok if your upline can profit from it via the sales of audios and functions.   

The real reason the diamonds don’t want you talking to others is because the absolute truth might come out.  That you may have been highly dedicated to Amway and the systems for years and did everything that was asked of you only to suffer a net loss of income.  Or that you did everything that upline taught you, but you were still unable to sponsor a single down line.  In my case also, my sponsor committed an "Amway sin" by bouncing a bonus check to my business.  I'm sure that's taboo to speak about.  

Another thing is that the rank and file might compare what they’ve been taught and begin to realize that they’re being scammed.  I once spoke to a cross line IBO and that’s when I started to realize how stupid some of our practices were.  I was an IBO in the old days where you call in your orders and pick up the products.  Our group’s practice took hours and hours because you had to go to your sponsor‘s house and read off your list as they filled your order.  My cross line friend said their upline just put all your stuff in a box and noted anything that was not yet fulfilled. You paid and left in minutes. 

So, this is just another example of stupid business practices taught and perpetuated by upline.  But the main reason is they just don’t want the rank and file to speak the truth about what’s really going on in the business.  When you have this kind of teaching, you’re better off running as fast as you can in the other direction.