has anyone associated with you tried to "Amway" you. - Page 3

Reminds me of that scene in Slapshot when Newman says, "You better get re-married again, or he's gonna have someone's cock in his mouth before you can say Jack Robinson."

it usually is. I had a couple of friends who did it one summer.

really..

Maybe it's a regional thing because I don't hear too much on the West Coast about Amway. But I've been Monavie'd to death this year by everyone who thought they were going to be a "Black Diamond" or whatever they're called. I knew of only one person on Monavie who consistently made $9K (weird dollar amount, I know) per week but it only lasted for like 2 months because everyone just started quitting on his downline.

So many times over the years. I'll head for the door when they start drawing the circles.

The name sends chills through most people but it's really the "distributors" which have given it such a bad name over the years. It was so bad for a few years you couldn't stand at a magazines rack without getting hit up.

Sorry to bump this old topic, but a close friend of mine is quickly becoming entranced with this whole Amway thing.

He was approached by some Amway guy on the subway 2 weeks ago. Now he's pushing for me to join in on this thing.

I'm very hesitant/skeptical and a quick search for 'Amway' here on SF is confirming my doubts and suspicions that this is just a major scam.

^^^^^
Major scam and probably a very good way to lose all your friends.

We've certainly got this thing in China...

...Beijing.

Multi-level marketing (MLM) they euphemistically call 'network marketing', basically it's pyramid selling. I'm not interested in trying to peddle their overpriced shit to my friends, then trying to get them to join so they can peddle the shit to their friends, so that I can get my commission. I pay a portion of the commission I make from my friends under me and the shit I sell, which gets paid to the people above me, then they pay to the people above them, and so on. Of course you have to buy the shit from the people above you, so that you can peddle it to your friends. That's the Amway, I'm not interested in this MLM crap.

From what I've seen they've one really good product to get you possibly interested, their 'Dishdrops' dishwashing liquid, it seems to work really well and lasts a very long time. The rest is either junk or stuff you can get much cheaper from the local supermarket or drugstore.

BTW I do like the use of Amway as a verb in the thread's title.
Edited by MikeDT - 10/21/11 at 6:06pm

This happened to me one time, long ago while I was still in college. A Pakistani, possibly Indian, guy in his twenties tried to recruit me by presenting it as his "company" that was looking for people. Being a bored student, I took him up on it. The first meeting went fine because it was only ten minutes, and he drew me some bullshit graphs that I wrote off as part of a practicede preamble. Then he invited me to a meeting at a two-star hotel conference room located near the airport.

I went to this conference and that was the first time I heard the name "Quixtar." The seminar was given by some oily Indian dude whining about his salary and comparing Social Security and working for a corporation to a pyramid scheme. I knew immediately that this was bullshit, especially given that the audience was primarily immigrants from India and Pakistan. The air smelled of soap, curry, and horseshit. I left quickly afterwards after a polite handshake from the guy that initially recruited me.

Shortly after, the guy ended up calling me wanting another meeting. I was too polite to turn him down, and he visited me on campus with an older, overweight Punjabi agent. They tried to sell me on the idea, and I politely declined. The older Indian straight up asked me for my friends' e-mails and phone numbers. I was offended by his lack of grace and overall classlessness. I made up some excuse and quickly bounced. I ignored their phone calls, and after a couple weeks, they got the hint and left me alone. I'd post up the guy's MySpace page, but it's been too long, and I've forgotten his name. I think his name sounded like Suresh Shivashankar or something like that.

I don't respect anybody that does Amway or its online cousin Quixtar. I respect drug dealers more because they at least sell a desired product. Amway/Quixtar victims strike me as either spineless, desperate, gullible, or a combination of the three. It's pretty damn obvious the thing is a huge scam with most of the profits being derived from selling the "training materials" to the dumbasses that sign up. It's appalling that Amway is bold enough to advertise on TV and even have a fucking arena.