-=> Bob Ackley wrote to Ross Sauer <=-

 BA> Replying to a message of Ross Sauer to Bob Ackley:

 RS> I had a relative who kept trying to recruit me into Amway.
 RS> Amway is run like a cult.

 RS> My relative got out of Amway, after losing almost a thousand $$$ in
 RS> those "motivational" tapes and stuff.

 BA> When I first arrived at Offutt in 1972, a captain in another office was
 BA> an Amway rep, and he'd recruited a couple of other fellows into the
 BA> system under him.  I bought a couple of things from one of the reps - I
 BA> think one of them is still around here someplace, a metal cleaner of
 BA> some sort IIRC. It was my opinion then (and now) that Amway is a thinly
 BA> disguised pyramid scheme; but I have to note that it has survived
 BA> serveral lawsuits accusing it of exactly that, so apparently under the
 BA> law it isn't.

The thing that separates Amway (and Holiday Magic cosmetics) from pyramid
schemes is that they actually deliver (pretty good) product to their sales
people and customers. But, the secret to all such plans is to get in before the
saturation point is reached.

We have/had a storefront AmWay dealer here in Spring-A-Leak, IL. They did a
fair amount of business with the expense of one "clerk" who also was the
shipping and receiving person for someone fairly high up the AmWay food chain
(some sort of super-distributor).
 
 BA> FWIW in more than 30 years I have not seen an Amway rep or any Amway
 BA> products.

The biggie around here that cost many their businesses and the shirts off their
backs was Herbal Life. I still see and can get AmWay ... I use their
borax/phosphate-free laundry detergent - because I used to have a gray water
system for watering my garden. And because it was really good stuff. I no
longer have the garden - but, I still use their product. Simply because it
works and is co$t effective.
 
ENJOY!!!

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