The Solution?

 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 downline IBOs 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 fast and the only advice that upline seemingly gives is to spend more money on functions and tools that are already proven to be ineffective.   Your Amway business isn't growing?  Buy more tools and functions?  What kind of business expends more resources on non-revenue producing materials other than Amway IBOs?

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 except the diamonds wouldn't profit from it.  Keep in mind that the upline profits from the sale of tools and functions so it seems pretty dubious that upline would advise struggling downline to spend more time and money on things that haven’t worked in the first place.  

What is the real solution to a failing business?  I can’t tell you that, but I can tell you that spending more money on things that do not result in more sales and profits is not 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.  And the sad part is the upline will say they would never mislead downline (on purpose), which in my opinion is a huge lie.  They almost always mislead downline for their own profit, again, in my opinion.

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 than actively trying to run an Amway business.