I was visiting the website of Pyramid Scheme Alert, a bogus "consumer organization" that purportes to target illegal pyramids, but instead spends most of it's time targetting legitimate Multi-level Marketing companies. While browsing through the site, I noticed this –
The Amway/Quixtar Scheme is seeking to suppress the research and testimony of PSA Director, Eric Scheibeler. Please help with a contribution to the Legal Defense Fund.
And then some links for people to donate via PayPal or by mail
Which lead me to ask – what legal case are they asking for donations for?
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First of all, I started to hunt around the PSA website to find details of this legal case where Amway/Quixtar is trying to suppress Eric Scheibeler.
A google search finds "Scheibeler" mentioned on 6 pages on the site –
Here, he's listed as one of the Director's of PSA. Interesting, I didn't know that. Nothing about any legal cases though.
2. home.html
Next is the home page, nothing mentioned there except the part I quoted.
Here is a link to Scheibeler's "book" and yet another plea for donations for his legal defence.
4. about.html
Just another plea for donations.
Here's the actual legal defence donation page. It just says –
Our current case involves efforts by the Amway/Quixtar scheme that is seeking to
suppress the free speech of whistleblower
But what's the case? Not a word.
6. AGLetter.pdf
This is a letter to the Attorney General of Utah, where PSA again demonstrates it's complete lack of understanding of what an illegal pyramid is. Scheibeler is mentioned on the letterhead as a director. That's it.
So – nothing at all about what the actual case is.
Next stop – amquix.info, Larsen seems to get kept up to date on Amway/Quixtar court cases – surely he knows?
Sorry, but I saw what Amway sells to make the big bucks and it certainly was not zoom. Yes you can make a lot of money if you sell information. You will never become rich selling make up, potato chips or vitamins. All the money is in selling the training materials in these type of organizations. This not only includes Amway but also the big scam of Avon. These companies are all pushing for recruiting new people and that is the only way you would ever become rich. Your right it does take hard work, but it also takes a brain and this is what Scheibele was talking about. The average person cannot figure out that selling the product won’t make you rich. That is where taking advantage of the average person comes in to play.
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