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Amway Scam? Finally, An Amway Review You Can Learn From

Amway Scam Review

Amway Scam? Read On To Learn The Secrets

Let’s review Amway Global.  The network marketing industry giant companies sometimes known as Quixtar has been around since 1959.  Now, the fact that you are out researching this company means you’re on the right track.  It is very smart to do your due diligence before jumping into any business decision.  As you read on you will discover whether there is an Amway scam or Quixtar scam along with many important factors that make up this company.

To start our Amway review let’s look at the beginning of the company and where they are now.  Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel founded the company in 1959.  The company is based in Ada, Michigan it is part of the family of companies under the parent corporation Alticor.  It is reported that Amway took in over $9 billion in 2009.  they are ranked by Forbes magazine as one of the largest companies in the US and by another magazine as one of the largest retailers in the world.  What started as the American Way Association has clearly become a force to be reckoned with in the industry.

Now, owning a Quixtar business may make you part of one of largest retailers in the world, but what will you be selling?  Well, Amway’s product lines include personal care products, jewelry,electronics, home care products, Nutrilite dietary supplements, cosmetics and much, much more.  Obviously it would be hard for me to go to detail and every one of their products but as you can see there is no lack of them.  Most likely you would’ve heard of the two most popular product lines, which are Nutrilite supplements and Artistry makeup.

As far as Amway’s compensation plan goes, there is room for improvement.  Although I do not claim to be an expert on the issue, I do know, and have studied quite a few different pay plans.  This one, however, is one of the most confusing.  They utilize a breakaway plan that seems to pay just a fraction of what a company of this size should.  This is sad too, because Amway has such a stigma that recruiting is very difficult, if they had a less confusing and more lucrative comp plan, they could overcome this.   Obviously many people have made a lot of money in the company, I do not see huge potential for new IBOs, however.  The company is just too big and too many people have heard horror stories from unsuccessful Amway reps.  In my opinion, an Amway business leaves much to be desired.  But, if this is what you’re looking for in a business, then go for it.

Next, let’s look at Amway training and support.  Their system is one of the best for keeping people connected and committed to the plan.  However, I think the way they keep people connected is horrible.  Basically, I feel that Amway leaders try to make extra money off of their distributors by strong-arming them into paying for unnecessary extras.  For example, $50 a month for motivational tapes and training by leaders.  Seriously?  And this is just the beginning, I’ve talked to reps who’ve paid over $500 per month to run their business.  To me, this is just plain bad business.  What makes this worse, is that this does not guarantee anyone’s success.  Charging for what other companies give away freely just makes the leaders an extra buck before the new Amway IBO fails and quits.

All in all, I would never join Amway and would never recommend for anybody else join either.  I do believe that hard work and commitment one can still succeed at the company.  I just feel that there are many better and more fair opportunities out there.

Another thing, before we end this Quixtar review.  As far as building businesses go Amway is definitely outdated.  The methods they teach and employ only work for about 3% of those who try.  Those aren’t very good odds, are they?  While these methods can help you sponsor a couple of people, , and should be used, they will never bring you long-term success.  You must be able to sponsor many, many people and help others do the same.  You must learn how to market your business successfully to ever earn a large income in this industry.

Now, obviously there is no Amway scam.  There just isn’t.  It is a legitimate and very successor company.  However, before you join Amway. Or any other company. You must learn the skills to avoid the humiliation and failure that most run into.  Enter your Name, Email and Phone Number into the form at the right under this review to get Free Access to the Exact System we use to sponsor dozens of people every single month!

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  • Javier C

    Very Good Review, they coming now with a new program name http://www.TheGEBT.com if you have any information about it just let me know thare is a friend how wnt me in. Thanks again

  • Oz

    Nice review. However, I do wonder where you get that this system works for 3% of the people that try. I was approached by an Amway IBO yesterday, he left me a Business Overview consisting of two sheets. The fine print reads:

    “The average monthly income for 'active' IBOs was $115 (US) and $181 (CAN) based on an independent 2001 survey. Approximately 66% of all IBOs of record were found to be active. Based on a 2001 survey 'active' means an IBO attempted to make a retail sale or presented the Independent Business Ownership Plan or received some bonus money or attended a company or IBO meeting in the year 2000. 'Gross Income' means the amount received from retail sales, minus the cost of goods, plus the amount of Performance Bonus retained. There may be significant business expenses, mostly discretionary, that may be greater in relation to income in the first years of operation.”

    $115 average monthly gross income, which means their net income was less than that … easily even to the point of a net loss. It even states that you may experience a loss for “the first years of operation”. I suspect that your 3% number came from the following information also found on the Business Overview:

    “IBOs who earned a Platinum Plus Bonus in at least one bonus period in FY2008: .346%
    IBOs who earned a Platinum Elite Bonus in at least one bonus period in FY2008: .164%”

    That's not 3%, it's .346% which is significantly less than 1%. Also note that these aren't people that consistently earned that bonus, they just had to earn it at least one bonus period for the fiscal year of 2008.

    Now I realize the information from the survey was from the year 2000 and the bonus information was from the year 2008, but the copyright of the Business Overview is 2010. Which means if numbers have improved they have opted not to show them (which would be a pretty sad business decision). The most likely reason for using past years would be that numbers have dropped a bit.

  • RichieP

    A friend of mine is just getting started in Amway. He hosted an Amway party (called a “Grand Opening”) today, and I went just to lend my support. I figured more people in attendance would make it seem like a bigger deal to potential customers or recruits.
    But there was one small problem: I was the only one who showed up! After I arrived, one last person called to say that she won't make it after all because of “traffic” (on a Saturday, after I had just driven half an hour without experiencing any significant traffic). So, he and his friend did their sales pitch, which of course was very uncomfortable since I was the only person in the room combined with the fact that Amway does not sell a single product that I (a young single male) am the slightest bit interested in. That's not an exaggeration at all, and it's not just because I don't care for Amway. Their product line honestly does not include anything at all for my demographic.
    Anyway, I felt sorry for my friend, so I went to his website to buy the meal bars that are 12 for $25 (I knew I was really just making a charitable donation to him). I was more than annoyed upon checkout to find Amway charging me more than $6 for shipping for a pack of 12 granola bars. The bars themselves were never even worth $6 to me! To make it worse, they will probably be stolen when FedEx leaves the package on the ground outside my condo building.
    So there you have it. My last experience with Amway. If I ever have another friend get sucked in and they invite me to their “Grand Opening,” I'll make it absolutely clear that I am just going to lend support and have already seen what Amway sells and have no need for any of it. If nobody else shows (which is not unlikely) I'll insist they don't bother delivering the pitch on my account.

  • Nick and Amy

    Thanks Aki. Talk about “laughing one’s ass off”! I had to look up what a “Goads” was and finally found what you were referring to! HAHA! Sorry you had to go through that man… oh and to make matters even funnier here are a couple definitions of the word Goad… v goad [gəud]
    to urge or force (a person etc) to do something by annoying (him etc)
    n
    a sharp-pointed stick used for driving cattle etc.

    Hmm, both kind of have an Amway ring to them…. don’t they?

  • http://www.akiwood.com Aki Wood

    LMAO… anyone who can go diamond in the united states in Amway today is probably capable of doing just about anything. I'm having nightmarish flashbacks of the Goads playing at family reunions….No…Make it stop… Nice post Nick.

  • Mommaestro

    The people who work the hardest with the most consistency win. This is true in Amway, selling ju ju juice, or pocket rocks… it doesn’t matter. Its the people who think they have 6 friends and so by the end of next week I should be platinum that quit. I’ve known realtors who don’t sell a house for 3 months and quit… does that make being in realty a bad decision? No. It always comes down the to the people and the effort. Always.

  • AJesusChild

    I always get a giggle out of the people who are reviewing Amway and trashing it, that have never be in the business-and yup they always are pitching their own business at the end of the page. If you can’t add 1+1 then you have problems.

  • AJesusChild

    *been in the

  • babs

    this is just a review to get us to sign to your scam!!!!! do your business and stop criticising other people to market your own product…

  • Nick and Amy

    I think you’ll find that I didn’t call Amway a scam… And if you are so confident that it isn’t why are you on our site reading a review?…

  • dolly moitra

      AMWAY THE DEADLY VIRUS IN INDIA :- Amway distribution networks are deadly viruses that causes enormous damage to a family. This will be ridiculed or laughed at by active amway distributors. However, it has been proved beyond all doubt that this system of marketing product has caused catastrophic effect on lives of families in India. Please read the matter below till the end and your family may be saved from total destruction. I have live examples of 31 very close friends and relatives who were in this business and have lost every thing. I have not seen a single successful person in this business. (seeing personally and closely is believing).

    a) Firstly, an existing amway distributor makes a contact with you and tries to enlighten you of your goals in life and dreams. He tells about world tours, cruise trips, big bungalows, leisure vacations, playing golf all day, total financial security etc etc.

    b) Listeners get disillusioned by such tall and false claims and forget that normal person dreams only during night and only greedy persons dream during day and waste their vital time and energy.

    c) Listeners also forget that a normal person’s goal in life is to give basic amenities to his family, own a house, savings for future, education for children and the most important thing is spending time with his wife and children. A normal person should spend his spare time to talk and enjoy with his family. He should try to strengthen the basics / foundation of his children’s education over and above his school routine so that he can face future competition. He should play with the children. Time is very short for a man with present life expectancy, thus spending time with family is in itself a very important investment and goal of life.

    d) Unfortunately, greedy people get caught in the amway distributor’s false claims and loose 5 to 10 years of their valuable life getting nothing in the end.

    Government or Semi-Government employees :-

    e) In India, if you are a Government or Semi-Government employee and start this business in your wife’s name, its actually you who work for increasing your network. After 5 pm, instead of spending time with your children, you visit your friends, relatives and strangers showing your plan (rather trying to trap them). Days, Months and Years pass by and your greed drives you to spend more and more time and money on this. You spend lots of money to visit potential victims and attending brain washing seminars addressed by professional speakers who do not do this business but are paid to flash false claims and achievements (I personally and closely know two such professional speakers who speak for this business and don’t do it).

    f) If you sincerely keep a record of your spending on this and the money return you are getting, you will realise that you are spending 15 times more than your earning by the end of your first year and this gap increases every year.

    g) All your non-greedy friends and relatives will politely turn you down or become passive members who will not make any new member. You will be left with only a very small number of greedy people who will collapse with you after a couple of years.

    h) Your bank balance will be extremely poor, loans accrued and most of your friends and relatives running away from the very sight of you or your family. At office, your position will be drastically damaged and if you require to give exams for promotion, then surely you will find yourself reporting to your once junior guy.

    i) Finally, when your sense will come back you will realise that enormous damage has been done to your life, family, children, career, bank balance and social contacts. You will never be able to recover from this windfall in your entire life.

    Private Company employees :-

    j) If you are a private company employee, then your family’s destruction will come sooner. If your employer comes to know of your business, you are sacked immediately. In India, private company employees are required to give 10 to 12 hours of hard work for their company. Any sign of distraction from your job lands them on the street.

    k) In India, mostly people buy house or car through bank finance and pay substantial amount as EMI. With your sudden loss of job, you have to sell of your house, car, shift your son to a cheaper school and shift your family to a smaller rented house.

    l) If you are a private company employee, you will try to make all your ex-bosses and colleagues member of your network. Thus, they will be aware of your new found greed. So, when you loose your job, all your contacts and legacies will vanish. No one will lift your phone or help you to get a job in his company.

    m) If you are staying abroad, the situation is different. You work for say only 40 hrs a week and get plenty of time for this business. If you loose your job, you can do petty jobs that do not raise eyebrows or your relatives in India cannot know about it and you may still survive with a small amount of salary. In India, this is not possible. Petty jobs are so less paid that you cannot survive on it.

    n) Thus, in India, as a private company employee doing amway business. You are surely digging your children’s grave. Soon you and your family will be totally finished.

    Conclusion :- Look at your child’s face and realise that they need time from you, they need education to fight future competition and not any such dream that will land them on the streets. Please do not be greedy. Hard work in any organisation will enable you to survive with your family and slowly progress. Thus, you will be able to fulfill your responsibilities given by GOD towards your family. Quit amway and save your family and children from future catastrophe. If you still want to run after quick money, keep this article safely and some day you will praise me for trying to save a strangers family and children.

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