Wednesday, August 15, 2012

The Clunker Brigade!


Part of the bullshit taught at our Amway meetings was “fake it till you make it”. And always lie. All good little IBO’s must lie about how good business is going even when they’re losing hundreds of dollars each month. If they tell the truth they’d never recruit anyone.
 
IBO’s were also taught to look the part of successful business men and women. This meant putting on business suits, owning a cell phone with texting capabilities, attending all meetings, and driving high end cars to give off the appearance of a successful business person.
 
I’ve never been much of a car person. I like safe, reliable cars that don’t break down. Good gas mileage is something else I look for when buying a car. High end or low end, makes no difference to me. I’m no snob. 
 
In our group IBO’s were told to drive upper end cars like Cadillacs, Jaguars, and BMW’s. And most IBO’s did buy them - vintage 1970’s and 1980’s rust buckets. Cars that broke down all the time but what else do you expect from cars that have over 300,000 miles on them and probably only got regular engine maintenance for the first few years when they were owned by people who could afford them brand new and kept them in good shape.
 
I never saw so many junker cars than what our upline were driving. When there was a board plan at someone’s house the street would be littered with these old heaps so we knew we were getting close to our destination.
 
But that was what IBO’s were brainwashed into buying by our Platinum. He even insulted some people’s cars though they looked OK to me, just weren’t the successful image the bastard wanted the IBO to portray. The sack of shit Platinum wanted me to sell my newer model Toyata Matrix and buy an old BMW so we could say we owned one. I had zero interest in buying an older car that would probably cost me a lot in maintenance. I'd bought my car 3 months before Ambot signed up again with Amway and it took me awhile to find it and I was happy with it so I was NOT going to spend more time looking for another car so soon. At least I own a reliable car manufactured in this century. That’s more than the rest of you assholes can say! The sack of shit was especially annoyed one day when he looked in my car and saw we were carrying business supplies in there - our business that is, nothing to do with Amway. He told Ambot that my car was supposed to only be used for transporting people and Amway tools and products. I told Ambot to give him a message from me: “Tough shit.”
 
Somehow I doubt that message got passed along!
 
Amway meetings must have brought down the neighborhood’s house values with all the clunkers parked down the street thanks to the army of Amway warriors driving to business meetings in their IBO specials like Lincoln Town Cars with leaky sunroofs and bumpers held on with twine. IBO’s would carefully get out of their cars hoping the door with the rusty hinges wouldn’t fall into the street.
 
Driving a Beamer or Caddy that’s seen better days, dressed in a business suit, and clutching a cell phone doesn’t make a person a sharp, successful businessman no matter what fake image they are using to impress others. No matter what the sack of shit Platinum tells you it makes you look even worse driving an ugly gas guzzler that has a good chance of not starting when you turn the key in the ignition.
 
Yup living their fairy tale lives in the Amway land of make belief. A clunker of a high end car, the latest cell phone with huge monthly fees, and a business suit. Bunch of immature fools marching off to the latest Amway business meeting, ready to listen to more fairy tales and play “fake it till you make it” in a phoney business venture.
 

11 comments:

  1. Anna - You describe the kitsch 'Amway' game of 'business' make-believe, perfectly.

    I watched my Ambot brother begin worshipping images of his macho dream cars. He eventually bought a secondhand SUV whilst one of his recruits bought a clapped-out Jaguar. My brother also began boasting about how much his UK 'Diamond leader, ' Jerry Scriven, had spent on a new Aston Martin - £160 000. Ironically, this shiny four-wheeled idol had been paid for with its worshippers' own cash.

    I am not a religious person, but the biblical story of the 'Golden Calf' (made from its deluded worshippers gold) seems to be a universal warning against Utopian belief systems offering paradise on Earth.

    David Brear (copyright 2012)

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    1. David - that's a lot of money to spend on a car! There are lots of stories that could apply to ambots I'm sure!

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  2. HA, I remember that vividly. I have a Merc, 2007 C350, thatI bought new and paid for (mentioned that in an earlier post) that I've earned by working with my fathers business. I remember having the only nice car there and having ambots as me how I bought it. I told them through hard work and sacrifice, you get those things. Now still in school, I actually have ambots calling asking if they can work for us since their "business" isnt do so hot. The irony kills me daily.

    -Sammy

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    1. Sammy - and they didn't mock you for having a nice car and order you to sell it and use the proceeds to invest back in your Amway business?

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  3. Anna, this is an exceptional post and every word written over there is true and I experienced when I was made to act like a cult. I had to buy very expensive clothes, even after having a suit I was expected to buy new ones just because he wanted. You might not believe, he was disappointed when I declined to buy pair of shoes that the shape he liked. He asked me not to open an Recurring Deposit monthly savings account, I was supposed to buy an expensive red-tie for meetings and functions and I did not buy. He advised to buy a two-wheeler of a particular company and brand but I declined. I used my credit card wisely and hence I was made to look narrow minded. All in all I was called 'high maintenance IBO'. Irrespective of your pin level you need to spend almost like a platinum! Not sure how much money platinum really makes, recommend to go through business reference guide and profitability calculations (available on my blog if you are interested)

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    1. Thanks amwayscam! Wow they didn't like the shape of your shoes? My upline didn't like piss all about me I'm sure the shoes were only the start of it.

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  4. Ana, they've approached me many times telling me that I should trade in the car and get cash to invest, I should leave school since Amway is the only key to success, stop wasting money on groceries and buy amway food/beverage products, etc...It was ridiculous. I would just laugh and tell them that Im not going to sacrifice my health, well being, education, or vehicle for anything, let alone a company I dont care much about. These people are delusional.

    -Sammy

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  5. Hi Anna. I've been enjoying your blog over the past two days. My brother-in-law used to be an Ambot. My sister and I tried to tell him about the futility in getting involved with this BS, but he wouldn't listen. Luckily after several months he could no longer afford buying (and using) the products and tools and stopped.

    Speaking of the clunker brigade, I remember when my BIL had his first Amway presentation, hosted by his mentor. It was held at my mother's house and I remember when I pulled up I noticed an old Honda Accord parked in my mom's driveway. It was my BIL's mentor's car. Interestingly enough, during the presentation the mentor made all these claims about how well off he was due to Amway. He even claimed that he had a BMW. I was thinking to myself, if he really had a BMW it would've been parked in my mom's driveway right now instead of that POS Accord. Oh well. Fake it til you make it!

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    1. Hi anonymous. Thank you for stopping by! Ha ha. That is very funny and so true. Fake it till you make it and they always lie about the cars they drive. Though many in our upline bragged about their Mercedes and Cadillacs, etc they were all really old cars that were falling apart. Glad to hear your bil is no longer an Ambot!

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  6. So this explains why I found an Amway rep using photos of my Bentley and claiming it was his. BS seems to be the norm and that is something genuine business people see right through

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    1. Anonymous - I don't know if that's sad or funny! One of the qualifications to be in Amway is to be a good liar. If you ever went to a major function it's all about Diamonds showing pictures of all their riches. In many cases we suspect these are staged photo shoots and the times have been rented.

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