Usually it is our
husbands who are approached by a friend who tells them about an amazing
business opportunity. A home based business where they work 10 to 15 hours a
week and can earn an extra $1000 a month or more by selling Amway products
and signing up other IBO’s who will also purchase Amway products and sign up
others to do the same, and so on and so on. At first the wife might be
sceptical. You know the old phrase about how if it sounds too good to be true
it probably is. The numbers look good on paper but in actuality it doesn’t seem
believable that this can this be pulled off.
When our husbands get
excited about something we want to be supportive. It doesn’t take long before
we stop being supportive and end up getting more and more pissed off. Husband
is sneaking around like he has a mistress on the side. And sure enough he does.
A mistress called Amway. He’s out of the house for endless hours attending
Amway meetings sneaking back in the house in the early morning hours after
we’ve gone to sleep. He’s spending money like crazy on his mistress. Money he
doesn’t have so he uses a line of credit, home equity loan, or credit cards.
You know when he whips out the plastic he pretends he’s not really paying for
it. After all it is a pretend business. That is until the bills roll in and
then paying back real money is not so pretend any more.
After awhile the wife
has had enough. She never sees her husband and their bank account is
diminishing while their debt is going through the roof. “Choose your mistress
or choose me.” Fortunately most men come to their senses and realize for all
their hard work, time, and effort they are not getting the money back that was
dangled in front of them when they were first looking into this exciting
business opportunity and they stop going to Amway meetings and throwing away
their money.
That’s the short version of every wife’s horror tale about their husband’s Amway mistress.
Many of us are lucky
enough to have our ambots come to their senses. Usually because they’ve had
enough of the upline’s abuse and the realization that the promised riches ain’t
never gonna happen. All the ambots who promised to be best friends forever and
ever abandon him. Can be kind of tough on some men who actually liked these
people and thought they liked him. Wrong. They only liked his money because he
was helping make their dreams come true.
Its time to send out another big old FUCK YOU to Amway!
Anna this practically makes me want to cry for these poor women and their families. Anti-Amway activism is so important. Thank you for your blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks Howdedoo. Watching a husband who joins any cult that devastates people financially and emotionally is gut wrenching. Painful. Hell. Amway the Cult of Greed needs to be stopped. So happy their 2017 revenue is down again. Not the big drops as in the past few years but down is down. Sharing our Amway stories on the Internet is very important to help people not get sucked into Amway Scamway.
DeleteAnna, who is that guy that I remember reading about here that roped your Ambot into this that isn't allowed in your house anymore, but still comes and parks outside for your Ambot to come outside and talk to him? Was he one of the uplines? I can't seem to find the post. Does he still stop by? Has he gone on to another MLM? Has he tried to rope Ambot into another MLM?
ReplyDeleteHowdedoo you're talking about the fucking asshole that convinced Ambot that tithing our money to the Great Amway God would be a great business opportunity. Sounds pretty stupid when spelled out like that. Yes he still shows up and parks outside. Every now and then my husband's text goes off and he says he's going out for coffee. And he leaves. But his car is still here. Hmmmm. When our sack of shit Platinum got fired from Amway he went to Monavie. Not uncommon for Amway defectors. I think he was also doing Monavie when we were in Amway. He had some in his fridge once that he shared when we were at his house. He took most of his downline with him from what I can tell including the motherfucker who likes to go for coffee. And yes he tried to rope him into Monavie. I'm guessing the dumb fuck is in another MLM today but I don't know which one.
DeleteGood news! My sister-in-law is finally quitting Amway. She moved to Washington from Idaho about 6 months ago, hoping to have more success being geographically closer to upline (and expensive Portland functions). Thusfar? No success. At least with Amway. She's decided this summer that she's going to spend a lot of time fishing; there are some predatory fish that eat salmon eggs in her area, and the fish-and-game department pays a bounty for each one of these buggers you get, and that's her plan to make-it-rich (or at least actually bring in some money) instead of Amway.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy for her; instead of wasting time being a salesperson for stuff no one wants, she's going to be spending her time with her hubby doing a hobby that she actually enjoys--and if the fish are biting, bringing in some money.
Hi Alyssa. I'm glad to hear your sister in law finally saw the light. Or the never-ending debt that Amway brings! Interesting on the move. The Puryears who are at the top of the pyramid and are the cult leaders of the WWDB sect are in Idaho. Unless they finally sold that house after all these years of dropping the price!
DeleteThe move is a huge thing that happens in the Amway cult. The fucking assholes in your Amway upline tell you to move because you'll be closer to your cult leaders or whatever reason and the Ambots move. It's frightening the control these bastards have over their followers. Brainwashing at its finest.
It sounds like your sister will have a hobby that she can make money off. If that department is paying a bounty on vicious fishes and she has a fishing pole, that sounds like the way to go. She'll make more money than spending $300+ a month in Amway to make back $10 commission and she won't have to put up with the fucking assholes in the Amway upline. Win!