Justin Lane
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Quixtar/Amway definitely runs somewhat rampant amoung Christians. The church setting provides a widespread network of potential recruits. The church I used to attend, had several individuals in leadership positions knee-deep in Amway. Earn more, live a better life, give more to the church and everybody wins. Faulty logic, but that's what they sold.
Knowing friends and family members who have become IBO, I will echo what was said earlier about those becoming involved being well educated and holding advanced degrees (Doctors, Lawyers, MBA's, Engineers, etc.). These people all want a lifestyle better then what they currently have, though they way they live now is better then probably 75-85% of all Americans. The time spent recruiting others and attending events would be better served working a second job somewhere (they would probably make more working part-time at Wal-Mart for example).
If one doesn't like to go out an shop and wants to buy from themself, that is one thing, but in general Quixtar/Amway requires one to pimp friends and relatives to build your network. I personally would have a problem with direct relative being my "uplink", putting myself below them in the pecking order and feeling direct pressure to recuit more individuals so both of our networks grow. They also rely on selling the products directly to friends and family. You need a new so and so, so you might as well buy it from me. Amway expanded from just offering health care beauty type products in the beginning to carrying everything under the sun, like a Sears of J.C. Penny catalog. Problem was their products were 9 times out of 10 more expensive then the local store, so you were actually ripping off family members in the process of selling your wares.
Another common trait of Quixtarers is how they constantly rave about the quality of their exclusive products. I tried their expensive shampoo, and quickly ended up going back to the store-brand of my local grocery store. With so many people getting a cut of the pie, it is easy to see how products are marked up two to three times their actual value.
J