I've today come across yet again an Amway critic claiming that Amway/Quixtar North American sales have declined in the last 15 years. I suspect this Myth comes about because Amway in North America used to report their sales data as "estimated retail sales", ie as if the products had been sold at recommended retail price [...]

This Myth, like many others, I suspect began with "lawdawg" and his MLMLAW blog. Essentially, the myth is that to register as a Quixtar IBO, Quixtar requires that you sign something called the Business Support Material's Arbitration Agreement, or BSMAA. Eric Janssen, QBlog, picked up on it and it was debated somewhat on his QuixtarBlog [...]

 This myth claims that by looking at the percentage of IBOs that reach a certain level of achievement in their business, and comparing that percentage to the "odds" of winning at various games of chance – well, you're better off heading to Vegas! But is this true?