Amway is a pyramid scam. Only the top leaders make money. Everyone else loses. Avoid it.
Thanks for the replies folks...
I'd agree with everything said thusfar - it was very interesting to hear those who had tried it amd actually done reasonably well and got out.
As a subquestion of the discussion: How is Amway any different than any other "legitimate" business. In theory, lets say you work as a bag boy at a grocery store. You move up to cashier to make a buck more an hr. By "moving up" you open a slot for another person. Your success is contributing to the success of your imediate supervisor whose success bodes well for his/her manager, etc... In the end, the CEO of the supermarket is raking in a ton of money each year based on all the "underlings" in his/her downline. CEOs make ridiculous amounts of money for what they do. Why is the standard business model different from the Amway model? In theory, they appear to be the same thing just marketed in a different way.
Start a legitimate business like insurance or real estate, stay away from flaky MLMs.
Thanks for the replies folks...
I'd agree with everything said thusfar - it was very interesting to hear those who had tried it amd actually done reasonably well and got out.
As a subquestion of the discussion: How is Amway any different than any other "legitimate" business. In theory, lets say you work as a bag boy at a grocery store. You move up to cashier to make a buck more an hr. By "moving up" you open a slot for another person. Your success is contributing to the success of your imediate supervisor whose success bodes well for his/her manager, etc... In the end, the CEO of the supermarket is raking in a ton of money each year based on all the "underlings" in his/her downline. CEOs make ridiculous amounts of money for what they do. Why is the standard business model different from the Amway model? In theory, they appear to be the same thing just marketed in a different way.
Speaking of MLMs...
Never involved, but I had several friends that were... None of them made anything. They just pissed all their friends off trying to sell shit to them.