Category Archives: Amway Myths

Are you recruiting your competitors?

September 28th, 2011 | Posted in Amway Myths, Commentary, Peter Bowditch, Robert T. Carroll, Steve Nakamura (JoeCool)

A supposed “criticism” of Amway, and indeed of multilevel marketing, that I’ve seen turn up regularly is the idea that it’s inherently flawed because “you are recruiting competitors”. For example, Robert T. Carroll, in his “Skeptic’s Dictionary” says – Why, you might wonder would you recruit people to compete with you? For, isn’t that what [...]

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A quick mythbuster … Amway is not 100% debt free

February 18th, 2011 | Posted in Amway Facts, Amway Myths

I’ve seen it claimed in numerous places over the years, including in Amway approved BSM, that Amway is “a 100% debt free company“. I’ve always been curious if this was something that was actually true. Debt is not always a bad thing, and there can be very sensible business reasons to use properly managed debt [...]

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Let’s Talk About Tools I

February 12th, 2009 | Posted in Amway Myths, Commentary

Probably the last major “unresolved” issue in the public arena with regards Amway is the “tools” or Business Support Materials (BSM), and in particular controversy over profits earned from BSM by “higher pins”. If you spend even a small amount of time on the internet researching Amway you’ll find many claims that “the real money” [...]

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Amway Myth: If the products are so good, why do so few new IBOs renew?

December 16th, 2007 | Posted in Amway Myths

One of the superficially reasonable questions that some Amway/Quixtar critics have espoused is “If the products are so good, then why is it that so few new IBOs renew their businesses?” On the face of it this seems a reasonable question. According to statistics revealed in the recent disputes between Quixtar and TEAM, only 30.8% [...]

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AMWAY MYTH: Amway business vs Tools business – a conflict of interest?

August 2nd, 2007 | Posted in Amway Myths

Most, perhaps all, large and long-term Amway/Quixtar businesses use some kind of Business Support Material (BSM or "tools") to help train and motivate their groups. Just like in pretty much any other business, the more of a particular product you buy, the cheaper you get each "unit". So an IBO who purchases 1 CDs from [...]

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MYTH: It’s a pyramid if most products are bought by IBOs

May 14th, 2007 | Posted in Amway Myths, Eric Janssen, Robert FitzPatrick

Many critics like to claim that Amway and other MLMs are a “product based illegal pyramid scheme”. The claim is that they are illegal pyramid schemes because the majority of products are consumed by “members of the scheme” and not retail customers. It’s quite common for them to also claim that in the FTC vs [...]

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MYTH: There are only 55 qualified Quixtar Diamonds and above

November 22nd, 2006 | Posted in Amway Myths

I regularly see Quixtar critics doing convulated calculations based on little but assumptions and guestimates trying to calculate how many qualified Diamonds and above there are in Quixtar in North America. Back in 25 Lawdawg, the self-styled expert of the mlm lawblawg claimed there were only about 55 (site now gone). This has bounced around [...]

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