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Go read “merchants of deception”.

“grow 15% in this economy” – by what measure? Revenue? Share price (oh wait, they’re not traded in the US, are they?) Market share (of what market?) How do you measure and define 15% growth?

Yes, I do consider most people who persist in Amway fools unless they are actually making solid *profits*. What are your profits so far in Amway? And how much time did you have to put in to make those profits, either on a monthly or hourly basis?

If you stopped “working” tomorrow – let’s just say for 2 weeks – how much income would you have during those two weeks? I mean *stopped* as in you went away to a desert island with no email/phone.

“I have kept away from the “Amway” guy for about 6 yrs since i first came across it.” Why did you keep away?

English may not be your native language, and perhaps you’re doing Amway in a non-English speaking country. If so, I’ll cut you some slack. If not, and you are trying to sell to English-speaking people, I would suggest you work on your grammar and spelling some. The impression you’re giving is that Amway attracts people who can’t write well, or that people who can’t write well end up joining Amway-type groups.

“I do not believe anything blindly without clearly understanding what it is.” OK – so you’ve seen “the plan”. What is it? It shouldn’t take two hours for you to describe it to me.

There are some fundamental problems with network marketing schemes in general. One of the primary ones involves market oversaturation. There’s always a point at which a particular market will get saturated. Businesses will look at that point, measure for it, adjust sales, pricing, marketing accordingly over time. Network marketing schemes have none of those safeguards. You’ll be trying to sell the same products everyone else in Amway is, and your target market is “everyone”. However, realistically, the real money – what you’re likely been sold on – is in making money off the ‘downline’. So, instead of selling soaps and detergents, you’ll be trying to sell ‘the plan’ (or ‘the dream’ or whatever you want to call it).

While there’s nothing fundamentally wrong about mail order, it doesn’t work very well. The regional shopping stores will remain a fixture in most people’s lives for centuries to come, for numerous reasons. Shipping costs will continue to rise, making shipping smaller amounts of products to customers more expensive. The “buy local” movement is taking off in various places. People like to “window shop” and impulse buy and try on things, and comparison shop against multiple competing items. None of those things are accomodated by the ‘buy from a catalog’ model which most network marketing schemes base their model on.

Additionally, most of the Amway product pricing is *way* out of line with what consumers pay for the same stuff at regular stores (target, walmart, kmart, etc). There are *extra* layers of middle men all making a cut off the same (residual income in a downline’s ‘leg’) which match or exceed the markups which ‘middle men’ take in traditional retailing situations.

“Lets not form opinions without know what it really is and involves we are all intelligent beings.”

I think you *have* been forming opinions without knowing what it really is. If this is really a “business”, then you owe it to yourself to assess the pros (which you’ve been sold on) and the ‘cons’. You need to weigh all the factors, and do independent research. ANY sane successful person in business for themselves will tell you this. Alas, you’re not really owning a ‘business’. You’re just paying for the privilege of buying overpriced staples which line the pockets of your upline while they act like they are your ‘friend’.

Best of luck in your venture, because you will definitely need it.

All I just joined Amway 2 months ago. I think i am a fairly mathematical and logical guy. I do not believe anything blindly without clearly understanding what it is.

So I would sincerely request you to open ur mind up, take a complete look at the plan and analyse it with your intellect. I am sure you will see what this is about and how powerful a concept this is. Can you give 1-2hrs of undivided attention to something that can potentially transform your life and let you do what you love to do? I thought I could and gave it a shot finally without coming in without preconceived notions. Go to who ever you know. Lets not form opinions without know what it really is and involves we are all intelligent beings. right?

thanks,

vidy