A reader shares his ScAmway story:
Have you ever thought you were being scammed? Here’s my Amway
story.
First off I did not fall for the my life sucks and we can give you financial
freedom bullshit they portray. But I was approached by some friends we had made
in a new town my wife and daughter and I had moved to. They wanted to show us
an opportunity that they couldn’t share with us right away as we hadn’t been
vetted yet. This is your first clue this is a bad idea. But what the hell we
went along with it, we met a couple times for coffee where they just discussed
their life and faith (this is the key I think), how they could help us become
them, and achieve what they and their “mentors” have achieved. First off I
never said I wanted to be them, so I thought hell that’s pretty self involved
to think I want to be you.
After they describe what seemed like a legitimate business we decided to attend
a meeting, this is where the wheels fell off. The “inspirational” talk was from
their up-line about how they had achieved financial freedom and could be
full-time parents instead of selling themselves for money in a real job like
all the losers. These people listening in this meeting basically kissed the
ground they walked on, its at this point I realized its more of a cult, and
brainwashing than a business. The meeting had a believe us cause we are the
only option to get what you want, with everyone in unison saying yes to the
“facts” they presented. Which are complete and utter bullshit. Everyone can
achieve this, no one loses if you apply yourself to the “program”. This I
believe is why they target people of faith, they are more apt to believe what
they don’t see. Don’t take that as a negative if you are a person of faith, I
just think its their “in”. I am not a person of faith, I need to hold evidence
in my hand to believe.
Anyway after the meeting they provided my wife and I an information package,
material littered with Amway. I was already out, and after three or four texts
from my would be mentor about the package and setting up a time to discuss I
politely told him we were not interested. He seems to have accepted that but
time will tell if he pushes anymore. I don’t doubt a person could potentially
make money with Amway however the method of making money is recruiting and not
selling the products, any person who actually looks at that realizes this. So
if constantly searching for recruits, alienating your friends and family, never
having a free minutes to do the “sins” in life you enjoy, tv, sports, playing
with your kids (I use the word sin as they try to make you think having fun and
being happy is wrong and all spare time should be Amway time) then power too
you. I however will enjoy my beer on a Saturday night or Sunday for hockey and
football games, ill enjoy wasting countless hours with my kids building lego.
I dunno if this will help anyone but felt I need to share.
This is a really good and informative post. The person writing it clearly is intelligent, perceptive, and careful in his thinking.
ReplyDeleteHe could see through the nonsense and fakery of Amway immediately. He sensed that it was a cult, and a silly way to try and make money. And he also saw something very important -- you are particularly vulnerable to Amway's lure if you already have a mind that is prone to belief and hope over clear-headed thinking.
Cults want you to ignore reality, and live in a fantasy world of dreams and visions and crackpot hopes. Amway operates by hooking you into their cult, and keeping you there for as long as possible.
Hi Anonymous. Yes this person saw through the Amway bullshit and addressed some things that have been going on in ScAmway for a very long time. He talks about how his friends couldn't share the business opportunity until they were vetted. That's a big red flag that it's Amway. The Ambot makes it seem like a big deal to get the prospect in front of a really sharp entrepreneur they know to meet up for coffee. Of course it's all set up to come across like the "entrepreneur" is doing them an enormous favor by slotting out a 15 minute coffee meeting out of their busy schedule. And then the Ambot worship the ground their Amway cult leader walks on. Yup. The mentor bullshit. Yup check that one off too. Only Amway losers want to be mentored by other Amway losers and get brainwashed to go into debt buying overpriced shitty Amway products and investing in the Amway tool scam. The rare times when an Amway Ambot gets a hot prospect they are so reluctant to let them get away. It's nearly impossible to sign up one sucker to join the Amway cult let alone enough suckers to make back the money lost in this scam.
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