Anyone here have any experience with Quixtar?

[Saulbadguy]

I have a buddy who is in to it now, and says its great. Anyone have experience with it? I guess its just a referal thing, where you buy products from them that you need, and you get points.

 

It's one of the new phases of Amway.
If you're phenominal at it, you will make lots of money, other wise you'll end up like everyone else.

 

[Phoenix86]

If the product is so great, why do they expect you to find people to sell it to? Why don't these comapnies just hire you to sell the product and keep the difference between what they would charge you as an independant reseller?

I'll give you a clue. The products suck. They don't sell. They expect you to hose your family and everyone you know by buying siad crap.

MLMs/pyramid schemes/anything similar are the business model of a scam company/product.

edit: don't mix business with pleasure.

 

[Caesar]

Originally posted by: SampSon
It's one of the new phases of Amway.
If you're phenominal at it, you will make lots of money, other wise you'll end up like everyone else.

and start losing friends

 

[jpeyton]

bwahahahahahahaha

 

[mugs]

RUN AWAY

 

[dquan97]

Originally posted by: Phoenix86
If the product is so great, why do they expect you to find people to sell it to? Why don't these comapnies just hire you to sell the product and keep the difference between what they would charge you as an independant reseller?

I'll give you a clue. The products suck. They don't sell. They expect you to hose your family and everyone you know by buying siad crap.

MLMs/pyramid schemes/anything similar are the business model of a scam company/product.

edit: don't mix business with pleasure.

the key is to find the select who think the product is a godsend. then repeat x1000000

 

[TheToOTaLL]

Originally posted by: CaesaR

and start losing friends

Very true....

My wife and I almost got sucked into the Quixtar pyramid scheme about a year ago. He used my 1 year old son as a conversation starter at the local grocery store, engaged me in coversation regarding my career in computers, and then told me he had a business opportunity related to computer where he wanted to get me involved where I "could make all this money" on the side.

He wouldn't tell me what at the time, and wanted to come to our house and talk with us about it. So bam, a few weeks later they come over and lay it on thick, and the kicker is he (and his wife who was involved as well) wanted us to write down the names of all our friends so they could call them and invite them over to our house, just so they could also real them in on how to make money with him just like I was considering doing.

Long story short, did my research, found all these Amway references, decided I didn't want to pray on my friends and other strangers that I didn't even know just to sell them stuff and make money, and told them off.

 

[atiyeh]

Originally posted by: TheToOTaLL

Originally posted by: CaesaR

and start losing friends

Very true....

My wife and I almost got sucked into the Quixtar pyramid scheme about a year ago. He used my 1 year old son as a conversation starter at the local grocery store, engaged me in coversation regarding my career in computers, and then told me he had a business opportunity related to computer where he wanted to get me involved where I "could make all this money" on the side.

He wouldn't tell me what at the time, and wanted to come to our house and talk with us about it. So bam, a few weeks later they come over and lay it on thick, and the kicker is he (and his wife who was involved as well) wanted us to write down the names of all our friends so they could call them and invite them over to our house, just so they could also real them in on how to make money with him just like I was considering doing.

Long story short, did my research, found all these Amway references, decided I didn't want to pray on my friends and other strangers that I didn't even know just to sell them stuff and make money, and told them off.

Same thing happened to me...

 

[busmaster11]

I quit after I came to my senses, but some of the products are indeed very good. The Sa8 powder detergent comes in a big ol gallon sized box and it works really well, and you only need a tiny scoop of it, about a tablespoon's worth for a big load. It's fragrance free and you use less chemicals and stuff. I did demos that showed how it is much more soluble in water than commercial detergent.

The toothpaste is also wonderful - its non-abrasive - there's no real way to describe the difference unless you try though... My wife also swears by some of the cosmetics and I really love the cleaning wool scrubber thingies...

All in all I do agree that it fits into a definition of a pyramid scheme, and also that if you try hard and make it your life full time, you will do well, and if you don't, you won't.

 

[snowgirl]

I despise those people.

 

[concernedsophist]

I did that BS for a while. Then I realized how much work it really is (and that I couldn't become the basterd I would need to be in order to be succesful). If you want to put that much work into a business then start your own. That way you are doing something you enjoy rather than trying to scam people. Plus you won't alienate your friends and family in the process.

 

[concernedsophist]

Another thing is that the big shots in Amway/Quixtar are only making a percentage of their money on the MLM system. Alot of their "earnings" are from making you buy their tapes and (god forbid) tickets to their motivational seminars/brainwashing sessions.

Treat this scam as a religious cult. Sure, some people will benefit from joining the cult, but most will be harmed. Quixtar doles out the hope of finacial freedom in a similar way as the branch dividians extended hope for spiritual immortality.