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In article <1992Apr22.172349.22279@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> farrow@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (J. Scott Farrow) writes:
>Oh, please, please save us all from garbage like this.
>
>I have a brother who works for scAMWAY that has been making the same sorts
>of claims for 2 years and it hasn't gotten him anywhere yet.

"it" won't "get him" anywhere, but certainly could be the vehicle for HIM to
get somewhere if he applies himself.  Don't blame the program.

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>People, multi-level marketing schemes (read pyramid schemes) don't make 
>money for anyone except those at the top. Stay away and do yourself a favor.

That's too broad a brush.  First, you are incorrect in tying multi-level
marketing schemes to pyramid schemes.  Just about every business in the
country is "multi-level" (raw-materials harvested, sold to manufacturer, sold
to distributor etc.).  AMWAY and other-multi-level marketing systems are
analogous to the above.  Consider a businessman who has multiple retail
outlets (ie: McDonald's, or SEARS or whatever).  Each store makes it's own
money.  Someone upline provides support, and benefits as well.  Nothing
wrong with that.  Pyramid schemes are different.  They DEPEND upon down-line
"outlets" to get money in.  Break the chain, the pyramid collapses.  With
multi-level marketing, anyone can drop out, and it has no effect on another
person's ability to conduct business.  If you don't know that about AMWAY, 
then you're improper in calling it a scam--you should get more information
before you blast something of which you have little knowledge (knowledge that
is obviously incorrect).  You're basing your decision upon your brother's 
inability to make the program work.

>
>At any rate, the previous posting was obviously an advertisement for someone's
>business, and thus an illegitimate use of USENET.
>
>Scott

I agree.

BTW, I AM NOT an AMWAY distributor, nor am I involved in any other multi-
level marketing program so I'm not trying to toot any program's horn, just
to set the record straight.  I do have experience with multi-level marketing
however.  Not only with AMWAY (when I lived in California, and yes, it works)
but also a separate business here for awhile.  Why did I leave it?  I 
preferred flying and computers to sales.  If I put as much effort into AMWAY
as I do with computers (and did with flying), I have no doubt that it would 
be a successful business (albeit not nearly as interesting *for me*).  Most
people (me included) just don't put the time and effort that any business
requires if you're going to get it off the ground...especially the first
couple of years.

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