Thanks to one of our readers who shared his story of
busting his ass to sell those shitty Amway Christmas trees. And the smart
decision to get the hell out of the Amway pyramid scheme.
When I was in AW, I developed 200 fliers to sell Christmas
Trees from AW. I drove around distributing them into mailboxes. And out of all
that work, I received 1 order.
Well, the tree was shipped directly to the buyer, and guess
what, it was bent.
Yes. The bottom of the trunk was straight and then it
quickly bent to one side. What a lot, and complete, embarrassment.
The buyer was pissed, pissed, pissed. I quickly apologized,
and refunded his money personally. I was not going to have the poor guy ship a
tree back to the company for a refund as they suggested - I mean, just how
stupid is that. And that was about par for the course with almost every
experience I had with AW. One stupid thing after another.
I soon realized AW was a poor business decision, and
continued to work my JOB and enjoy my family, and not spend time on AW any
more. I now have millions in a 401K IRA, and plenty of time for family and true
friends and true service to the community - something very few, if any, AW
distributors will EVER have.
Hi Anna,
ReplyDeleteLove your blog. Its hilarious and eye opening. I was reading your older blog and thought I would like to share my story with you. I am an Indian, and I used to work as independent management consultant for other business, I was doing pretty good, so I decided to come to US for my masters degree and also lowkey to get some connections for my consulting. I was approached by a lady on LinkedIn, about a business opportunity. I, being a businessman myself, replied and agreed to meet with her and her husband. we talked about financials and mindset for business blah blah. then they gave me a book by Robert Kiyosaki, and asked me to meet again next week. I read the book and found out it was about MLM, I was furious...... five fucking hours of meeting and I get hit with this shit, and here I was thinking maybe I am getting sponsors for my business expansion. Wasting 5 hours of a masters in engineering student and a businessman, where i get to sleep no more than 3-4 hours in night and work tirelessly remaining time. I decided to waste there time, in next meeting I told them my financials, (some million rupees I saved for my education in US, around $500,000), and I think they saw me as a loose slot machine, So I became their "best" friend, spent countless hours with them, having drinks, nightouts, even spent a couple of nights in their house playing pool and drinking their overpriced shit XS drink (which I poured in their house plant when they are not looking, poor plant.... I am so sorry). I was new in the US at that time and they were showing me around on their expense (the husband had a JOB, but was planning to leave in 3 months). this went on for 2 weeks, after two weeks they asked for my response and I told them, that I am a businessman and I do not put my foot in a sinking boat. they were very angry and started retaliating that they are not loosing money and I am the one who is going to regret about leaving. I called my accountant, showed them that infact they are neck deep in horseshit and they are loosing money faster than a drunk in Las vegas casino. the wife started crying at that point. I told them good luck for their life and left. I think they are still with amway.
after reading your blogs that ambots are broke ass pieces of shits and don't spend money on other people, I think they did all of that because I am well off and they could use to recover all the money they lost on me when I become their downline and waste all my savings and income in buying from them. too bad for them, they counted their chickens too soon.
once again Anna, Love your blog, its bloody entertaining. Keep up the good work. I hope you publish this.
K.
Hi K. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your story. By sharing our Amway horror stories we hope to prevent others from getting sucked into the money stealing Amway cult.
DeleteFirst off got to say LOL about pouring XS into the house plant! Probably killed it!
The only people who love XS are brainwashed Amway losers.
Your story is very similar to others who've been prospected by Amway cult followers. Especially being an immigrant - a group that is huge for Amway Ambots to prey on. However they probably saw major $$ signs in you and that you'd be able to sign up lots of downline and make them rich.
I must say you have a lot of patience when you decided to turn the tables on those Ambots and waste their time. Hanging out at their house and spending time with those Amway losers. I couldn't do that. Even as a joke.
Fortunately for you you saw through this Amway MLM bullshit fast and didn't go through financial and emotional distress. And yes any accountant that knows what they're doing will advise their clients to steer clear of pyramid schemes.
Glad you're enjoying the blog. Around here we aim to entertain as well as educate.
Once again, this story proves something. Everything in Amway is about SIGNING UP new members. Not sales. Not products. Not anything except getting a down-line to exploit.
ReplyDeleteIt's the complete opposite of a sane business.
Anonymous - and that's a sign of a pyramid scheme.
DeleteAmway is all about sell the hope not the soap.