Sauce: Is Amway a Fraud Group?
Theres an old joke that answers that.
A fellow dies and is standing before St. Peter. The saint looks at the ledger of the mans life and says, Youre right in the middle. You could go either way. Would you like to check out each choice?
Sure! the man replies, and hes immediately sent to Hell.
People are dancing, drinking, partying, gambling, flirting, driving too fast and just generally having a terrific time. The Devil tells him its always like this around here, and hed like to see him return permanently. He then visits Heaven.
People are singing hymns and walking around being nice to each other. Hes bored stiff.
St. Peter asks, Have you made up your mind? Yes, the man replies. I want to go to Hell.
The man is immediately delivered to Hell. Its fire and brimstone, screams of pain and agony. Its impossibly hot and miserable. The Devil now tells him he will spend eternity in horrible torment.
But when I was here earlier, everything was wonderful, says the man.
The Devil replies, Oh, you must have been here for one of our opportunity meetings.
If you have a knack and charisma that makes people trust you and like you, you may do well with Amway (or any business). If you have a few friends, you can make a few sales. If youre an ordinary person, you will probably not have extraordinary results, no matter what was presented at the Opportunity Meeting. Your biggest problem will be that nearly everyone has already heard of Amway and will be less than willing to work with you. Its an uphill battle.
Its sort of like getting a real estate sales license or selling Kirby vacuum cleaners. Plenty of people will hire you to squeeze a few sales out of your friends and relatives, then youre all done.
Amway is not a pyramid scheme, since they dont simply sell management positions (everybody has to sell products). People who live in small apartments or mobile homes may find the concentrated, smaller packages appealing for space concerns, but often cant justify or afford the expense of a concentrated product. Apartment managers may like the idea of having regular customers, but typically dont want to do any work theyre just there for the free rent. People who live in standalone homes may afford it, but dont need the space savings.
Amway has branched off into selling almost anything you can imagine. Rural buyers may find it easier to buy from you than drive some distance to a store, but youll spend a lot of time driving yourself.
In other words, if it were that fabulous, everybody would already be doing it. Its not a fraud, but the Opportunity Meeting doesnt show the downside. Its purpose is to sift through a lot of people until they find one charismatic hard-charger and get them excited and working. In the meantime, theyll treat everyone like a winner.
Hope more kumgongs will stay away from MLM after reading this :s13:
Theres an old joke that answers that.
A fellow dies and is standing before St. Peter. The saint looks at the ledger of the mans life and says, Youre right in the middle. You could go either way. Would you like to check out each choice?
Sure! the man replies, and hes immediately sent to Hell.
People are dancing, drinking, partying, gambling, flirting, driving too fast and just generally having a terrific time. The Devil tells him its always like this around here, and hed like to see him return permanently. He then visits Heaven.
People are singing hymns and walking around being nice to each other. Hes bored stiff.
St. Peter asks, Have you made up your mind? Yes, the man replies. I want to go to Hell.
The man is immediately delivered to Hell. Its fire and brimstone, screams of pain and agony. Its impossibly hot and miserable. The Devil now tells him he will spend eternity in horrible torment.
But when I was here earlier, everything was wonderful, says the man.
The Devil replies, Oh, you must have been here for one of our opportunity meetings.
If you have a knack and charisma that makes people trust you and like you, you may do well with Amway (or any business). If you have a few friends, you can make a few sales. If youre an ordinary person, you will probably not have extraordinary results, no matter what was presented at the Opportunity Meeting. Your biggest problem will be that nearly everyone has already heard of Amway and will be less than willing to work with you. Its an uphill battle.
Its sort of like getting a real estate sales license or selling Kirby vacuum cleaners. Plenty of people will hire you to squeeze a few sales out of your friends and relatives, then youre all done.
Amway is not a pyramid scheme, since they dont simply sell management positions (everybody has to sell products). People who live in small apartments or mobile homes may find the concentrated, smaller packages appealing for space concerns, but often cant justify or afford the expense of a concentrated product. Apartment managers may like the idea of having regular customers, but typically dont want to do any work theyre just there for the free rent. People who live in standalone homes may afford it, but dont need the space savings.
Amway has branched off into selling almost anything you can imagine. Rural buyers may find it easier to buy from you than drive some distance to a store, but youll spend a lot of time driving yourself.
In other words, if it were that fabulous, everybody would already be doing it. Its not a fraud, but the Opportunity Meeting doesnt show the downside. Its purpose is to sift through a lot of people until they find one charismatic hard-charger and get them excited and working. In the meantime, theyll treat everyone like a winner.
Hope more kumgongs will stay away from MLM after reading this :s13:
