Has anyone had any experiance with Amway??? Or familiar with Amway??

They've been in business since about 1959 so it must be working for somebody....

Been there done that. Spent too much money on their tapes but did not earn anything.
Kathryn

HerbalLife:
Had a button that said "Lose weight now,ask me how"
All you had to do was wear the button and let people ask you how and you made sale after sale.:rolleyes:

There are some people that can,as the saying goes,sell ice water to a polar bear.
So yes, those are the people that can make it big in "whatever kind of marketing its called now".
Call it Multi Level Marketing,call it Network Marketing.Some will tell you its one and the same,others will tell you its not.Of course calling it Multi Level Marketing went out of style because that got to mean pyramid scheme.

Don't even bother.

Enough Said.

Chris

Years ago i was in amway and found it to time consumming but the products are world class.I find it`s easyer to make money online with less effort.

OK, a couple people have fallen for the lie, etc.... *I* HAVE been on BOTH sides, so let me clue you in!

1. In *********ALL********** MLMs that have a reasonable product, opportunity, or sellling point, SOMEONE makes money, and the higher up you go, the greater the chance they made the money. in fact, if it had 4 tiers, it woud REALLY be five, with the FOUNDER/S getting that fifth tier. So of COURSE they made money!

2. The rules used to be ridiculous. For example, in order to be a salesperson, you had to buy a huge collection of AMWAY'S products(not simply ones they SOLD, but ones they ALSO made)! Some you may NEVER use. ALSO, the salespeople got a HIGHER BV(I believe the term was) for that, than for many things. That meant MORE salespeople, MORE sales, MORE profit! As I recall, the kits cost over $100!

3. People used to make money without selling ANYTHING to repeat customers. They would simply say "HEY, become a seller, and get a DISCOUNT, and MAKE money!"! Obviously 2 and 3 meant people got MORE money, went higher up, etc.... So you can NOT merely look at things like "WOW, they're double diamond. That means *I* can be!" It means NOTHING! It means NOTHING because.....

4. With all this garbage going on, the US government, and probably others, changed rules for MLM, etc... Stuff like having people buy the huge kits, getting paid ONLY on recruiting, etc... is ******OUT*******! A LOT of the restrictions now in place are due to amway.

Now, as to the prices? They sold some unusual stuff through the shoppers catalog. As I recall, prices on other things, in that catalog, weren't all that great.

Customer Service? well, on the shoppers guide it certainly STUNK! I remember trying to resolve a problem, and I NEVER got them to fix it. NEVER!

Product Quality? Well, some of their best products, for whatever reason, got pulled or changed, as I recall. SOME are ones you REALLY have to be careful about. They had a shoeshine product, for example, that warned to test it first on a small part of the shoe. Better follow that advice! On non leather shoes it can really do some harm. Products like SA8, and maybe even LOC, had prices that went up quite a bit. That REALLY hurt some selling points. These days, if they followed their llike 1990 strategy, they may be kind of hard to sell. BTW, as I recall, redo was remade or isn't sold anymore. It's a pity. It was a simple product, but really helped with things like removing rust stains. Of course, it was caustic so you had to be careful.

Credit? Well, I had credit stolen TWICE, so you better make sure your sponsors are good and HONEST! Maybe they changed that but, when I was there, you HAD to buy from them, and they reported some things.

BTW LOC stood for like "Liquid Organic Cleaner", and was a NICE hand cleaner and general cleaner, and one of their nicest and best selling products. SA8 was "Surface Activant #8", and their nice laundry detergent. Redo was a product to remove various chemical stains, of which rust was one.

Amway products had to do with cleaning, product care, makeup, nutrition, and a few utensils. The shoppers catalog had more tangible things like watches, clothing, etc... but THOSE weren't made BY amway and weren't necessarily exclusive to them. You also didn't get the same percentage.

BTW, they NOW have a website that you can refer people to. From what I understand you need a valid sales code to see it.

Oh yeah, there have been some nasty books written about the darker side of amway. So don't think I am the only one saying such things.

Steve

Any business model built around adding more people to your downline than based around a product or service is a sketchy house of cards, at best.

I'll tell you, though...there are definitely echoes of MLM in the IM game. Consider:

- Lots of people making their money explaining how to "make it" to others
- "Fake it till you make it" mentality
- Selling products to people where they KNOW there will be a 90% plus failure rate and pawning it off on "They just didn't follow the program to a T"

That being said, I still think IM is heads and shoulders more direct/honest than some of the MLM's I'm familiar with...just sayin'

The business model can work, provided you actually work the business model, and don't get caught up in the hype.

In other words, you need to work the retail sales end as well as the business opportunity end in order for the model to work correctly. Fail to do either one, and you won't be making much money at all.

My Amway experience dates back to the late 80's. I'll be short... You'll spend tons of hard earned cash and yield little if no reward. nuff said

Amway is good for harassing your friends and family

I tried out Amway, Quixtar when I was 17, they don't live up to their self created hype.

The people making all the money is the ones who own Amway

Products too high. Spend too much money on their promotional products. They have been around a long time. I have found very few people that succeeded at it. At one time you could always tell it was Amway person that wanted to talk to you because they never would tell you the company they were from. It was as though they were ashamed of the company. I think they have finally got out of that now.

"They're often TOLD to not say the name."
This is very true. Its been years since anyone approched me but there was a time when people were coming up and making small talk and then get around to ask me if I was interested in a money making opportunity.
I would flat out ask if this was Amway and they would rartely give me a straight yes or no.

I think this was in the early to mid 80s,but another company that used the same tatctic was A.L. Williams.

I was approached when I was working in retail back at age 17. I learned the hard way...

I can't imagine trying to build a business centered around Amway in this day and age. Not that there is anything inherently wrong or immoral about being in the company or representing the products. The turn-off factor for people you approach about the opportunity would be a deal-killer for me.

Anyway, I can't stand the traditional MLM business model anymore. I have gone with a direct sales model that has been working extremely well. I based the decision on 2 things:

1. Stability of company and management, must be at least 10 years old.
2. Product must be one that people actually want to purchase and use, not because they are a part of the system.

I like getting paid $1,000 or $1,500 for a sale. I find that it is easier to sell a quality product than continually try and sponsor.

Just me.

DTaylor

MLM can obviously work if you put in the time (and money) and have a winning personality to attract others to work with (for) you.

The real question, when it comes to Amway, is whether or not you are comfortable with supporting their very strong political agenda by buying in to their MLM.

Obviously, many major coroportations have a political agenda but theirs... wow.
Just be sure to do your research.

If you really have your heart set on MLM beauty / health products and you are in a country that has Giffarine, I would personally suggest that as a better option.

Was an Amway rep for a couple of years about 20 years ago. Did very little money but i was young and not willing to work a lot. Went to few conferences, and they were very well organised and at least 10 000 people were present, a clear sign that the company was well established with good following.

Not sure how Amway is doing at the moment. I am sure they are still going strong as they have opened a massive two story shop in central London. While there is not doubt about the quality of the company and its products, you have to work hard to make it, especially as the product tend to be overpriced and at this critical economic time not many people want to fork out excessive amounts of cash for anything.

Good luck with it.

Paolo

It would be a good idea to get some reviews from others before investing time/money into any company, that said not familiar with Amway in the least

yes tried amway lost money online marketing is better

Yes I'm using their products

I'll keep this post short. Don't bother with Amway.

I was an Amway rep back in the early and mid nineties. It's a pyramid scheme and anyone who tells you differently is probably either grossly misinformed, or they're ABOVE YOU in the scheme.

Jumping into the Amway game at this stage could be profitable if you have tons of time and money to expend working your way up the levels. (making other people rich in the process) Of course, they could have made changes by now but I think that ultimately it's the same tired crap they've been pulling for decades.

And yes, a few people have become ridiculously wealthy from Amway. Doesn't mean anything to me. Lots of scum have made good money by reaching for the stars with his feet on the little guy.

If you want in, go nuts- but you'll be back here in less than a month complaining that you're now 30 days behind....

Whenever driving along the highway back in the 80's and some body passed us in a hurry we would always crack up laughing with the words " there goes another person running late for an Amway meeting "

Do people remember the bull crap nights that filled the summer nights with more rubbish and false dreams than a snake oil salesman on steroids, the hype and crap they peddled to the poor sheeple who would amass from miles around to perform a circle jerk of sorts was endless.

Then when every one had finished jetting their jollies off and had their dose of diamond dazzler, of they would trot home again with stars in their eyes, only to return again for more pipe dreams cloaked by the smoke and mirrors of every player wins a prize game show up on stage.

wasted youth we all have some in our closet.