Friday, January 27, 2017

Amway IBOs Are Fraud Victims?

I've heard over the years, many IBOs who failed in the Amway opportunity who blamed themselves for not putting in enough effort, not trying hard enough or not working the system. Some say they simply didn't work hard enough or put forth enough effort and persistence. While I don't doubt that some IBOs don't work hard enough, I cannot fathom that so many motivated and eager prospects simply failed because they didn't work hard or try hard enough. I believe IBOs are taught to accept failure as their own and to credit any success to the system. A case of heads I win and tails you lose.

Uplines will tell new IBOs to trust them and that these new IBOs will succeed if only they will follow the advice of the allegedly successful diamond because they have already blazed the trail for you. Ironically, after many IBOs fail, upline will never take responsibility for the advice they issued that led to downline failures. They then turn the tables on their donwline and say that their advice is like a buffet. You pick and choose the advice you need and disregard the rest. That is such a bunch of crap that I cannot fathom downline IBOs buying what they are shoveling. A new IBO places their trust in the diamonds because they have achieved the pinnacle of success but a new IBO is supposed to pick and chooe which advice to follow? And then failure is the fault of the downline?

Ironically and sadly, thse downline, when they ultimately fail, often end up blaming themselves and just disappear unless someone recruits them again. They are often sponsored by friends and family so you won't see them filing complaints against Amway or the uplines who led them astray. Uplines nearly assured their success if only these new IBOs would buy the training materials and attend all of the functions. But many IBOs work hard and do everything outlined by upline only to fail. It is likely because the system doesn't work. Many financial systems are for sale out there and most of them have very little success. Amway is no different, except that uplines promote their systems as sure fire.

It is however, my belief that many or possibly most IBOs are the victims of fraud in that they are given possibly false positive information about the Amway opportunity. They get involved and find out that the system doesn't work, and then they end up quitting with a loss and them blaming themselves. Brilliant for the uplines who profit but in my opinion, it makes IBOs the victims of fraud by upline. Upline profits whether or not their downline makes a cent. Some upline strongly encourage downline to buy more and more tools, even when they know that those downline have no chance of making money in the Amway opportunity. It makes the IBOs victims and it makes the uplines a bunch of crooks.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

What we need is a series of class-action lawsuits for fraud against Amway and its various LOS groups. These suits should be initiated by IBOs who have lost money even after doing everything they were told to do by their up-line.

And never mind if your fucking uncle or cousin or best friend got you into Amway. Just bring the lawsuit! The only thing that really scares Amway is legal trouble.

Joecool said...

I'd like to see that happen but too many IBOs quit and blame themselves for failure or are too ashamed to even discuss Amway once they quit.

Anonymous said...

It usually takes money to hire a lawyer. "Failed" IBOs are most likely broke.

Anonymous said...

If a group of failed IBOs teamed up and hired a lawyer, there would be two advantages. First, the lawyer's retainer fee would be split among several persons, and therefore would not be so heavy. Second, class-action suits are usually very strong, especially if there are many persons involved in it, all making the same charges against Amway. The more IBOs in the suit, the more Amway would sweat.

And consider this: if the suit is big enough, with lots of IBOs taking part, the lawyer might very well act "pro bono," not taking a fee but taking a percentage of the settlement money. Companies usually prefer to settle class-action suits quickly, to avoid protracted litigation.