Is the pyramid crumbling?
I was originally going to post about this interesting post on a blog called The Local Area Watch from west Michigan. Which pretty much sums up what Amway / Quixtar is all about.
There is a twist of irony in the comments section. Get past all the usual bickering between people in the comments and there’s a very interesting entry from a poster called “Offbeatwriter” who apparently used to work in the heart of the “tools” business for the Yager family. They hint at a possible collapse of the empire, this will be something to watch with very keen eyes.
October 20th, 2005 at 7:54 pm
A collapse of ISC is not the same as a collapse of Amway/Quixtar. Indeed, though it would likely hurt short term, I think in the long term the company would be much better off without them.
October 29th, 2005 at 12:37 am
ISC is the training and education system. Quixtar simply provides products and the opportunity.
If an IBO wanted to, he/she could go door-to-door, have their own seminars, etc.
Quixtar doesn’t affiliate themselves with the system and education. since there is a proven system in BWW or IDA or ISC, why re-invent the wheel?
October 30th, 2005 at 3:51 am
“A collapse of ISC is not the same as a collapse of Amway/Quixtar. Indeed, though it would likely hurt short term, I think in the long term the company would be much better off without them.”
You’re right, the company would be MUCH better off without the cancer that is “the system”.
October 31st, 2005 at 12:58 am
[…] This is becoming a habit, I’m answering a lot of comments that I feel deserve attention on the main blog of the site. This time, there was a comment my reporting of the story: “Is the pyramid crumbling?. The quoted parts are by someone simply known as Keith. ISC is the training and education system. Quixtar simply provides products and the opportunity. […]
January 23rd, 2006 at 8:36 pm
you are all idiots
February 9th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
My first flag was when listening to the motivational tape by some yawho who dropped in a thing about God then took a swipe at Prez Clinton, not once but twice withing the first 5 minutes of his presentation. I think the math is
(mention your faith) + (slam the liberals)= religous whack job……I suppose they say that because they know most overly religous people are born suckers, so immediatley they get on the same page, then just like they blindly follow the church they follow anything else associated with God. Anyway I ran away.
Let me tell a personal story. My dad played it straight all his life, worked for Union Scale, and retired with a full pension. I respect him so much because he was never swayed by the easy buck, the get rich quick thing. As a result he is living off a fat pension and he didn’t waste his life following some dream that doesn’t exist.
After a lot of research I ask can MLM’S work ?, yes statistically for some people they do, for the right people in the right place they can, but for the many suckers at the bottom of the pyramid who don’t have any brains any how, its social darwinism.
Mostly the people involved in MLM’s are weak minded chumps, even the successful ones.