Wednesday 29 April 2009

Another victim comes out against Amway, says it is poisonous

Here is another victim who came out with own version on Amway's poisonous ways. Understandably the victim refuses to reveal identity. Here is the letter--Shyam.
I read some of your Amway stuff off the Internet and I want to confirm what you describe is a fair picture of how it is. My husband and I had been married for six years. We lived in *************. We joined Amway back in the 1990s when I was sick of my job and my husband had got a £16 grand redundancy check. It seemed simple. We were shown videos by friends of friends. Two Diamonds in England lived in a flash mansion and had amazing cars. We were told that we could just follow the same plan as them and in less than 5 years we too could be living the life we'd always Dreamed of.
We were told to copy our Upline Sponsor and buy the products every month and sponsor everyone we knew to do the same. The Amway stuff was rubbish and way too expensive but the more we spent the more we got back and the more we thought we were going to make. Twelve months later we'd lost £10 000 and the few people we'd managed to sign up had packed in or were heading the same way. Most of our money had not gone on products but on telephone bills travelling, the meetings, books, and tapes.
We once spent nearly a grand to take two Prospects to a Major Function where a top American Diamond was appearing. We did as we were told and ate Amway food, drank Amway drinks, washed our clothes and dishes with Amway soap, brushed our teeth with Amway toothpaste, took Amway vitamins. Amway ruled our lives 24 hours a day. Negative people and Negative products were forbidden. I fell out with my sister when her husband had a fight with my husband and he threw them out of our house. Even our clothes and haircuts were chosen by Upline. When all the money was gone my husband was told by Upline if he wanted to be a Winner to put everything on his charge card. I was first to see that the same people who were behind this madness were the same people who were making a fortune off our backs.
At the Major Functions thousands of Distributors were paying hundreds of pounds each to hear the same lies repeated. It was like going to a big rock concert. Women used to faint and men cried. When I tried to get my husband to stop he went to our Upline for special counseling. They both went crazy. I was told if I continued with negative talk I would be dealt with. They threatened to tell my father about something I'd done years ago when I was 17. That finished it for me.
I left my husband when we were about to lose our home. My sister and brother in law were the first people to give me a hand. No one I knew in Amway would talk to me they'd all been told I was a slut and a liar. I can remember once telling my sister that she was living with a broke, a loser and that one day she would beg me on her knees to join Amway but it would be too late. I got that lie off a training tape.

Amway poisoned my life.

Yours sincerely **********

38 comments:

Tex said...

Wow, what an amazing story. Is she from the UK?

Joecool said...

Amazing. The same kind of testimony from yet another former IBO. Submit to upline, high prices, IBOs coerced by upline to go into debt to attend a function. It amazes me how some IBOs can actually try to deny that this stuff still happens.

Tex said...

Actually, she talked about the 1990's. We don't know early or late, or how long she stayed in. Not that I want to appear criticizing you jc, after all, you are joe COOL. Do you want to be my friend?

http://texsquixtarblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/amway-shoots-across-bow.html

Joecool said...

Tex, your phony sincerity is ridiculous. Grow a pair and act like a man. Amway has reduced you into a sniveling wimp.

Tex said...

Why do you say that, Mr. COOL? I know I can never be as cool as you, I must simply accept my lot in life and be happy:

http://amwayglobalinsider.opportunityzone.com/2009/04/27/10-Rules-for-Happiness.aspx

Does this mean you don't want to be my friend right now? That hurts my feelings, but I'm still happy. Perhaps later, okay?

Joecool said...

As I said tex, your phony sincerity is a joke. I don't know what Amwy sent you but it's like you had a frontal lobotomy or got castrated. LOL

Tex said...

I'm EXTREMELY happy. Perhaps both?

Joecool said...

I wonder how happy tex will be if Amway revokes his ibo number?

Tex said...

Inquiring minds want to know!

My happiness isn't based on being an IBO or not, jc. It's based on an enchanting discourse with Mr. COOL!!!

Joecool said...

tex, deep down I know you are going to become an Amway critic. LOL

Tex said...

Oh jc, I wouldn't think of criticizing anyone or any thing. After all, I'm not perfect, so how could I criticize others? How 'bout that friend question? Will you be mine? PLEEAAZZZZZZEEEE????

Joecool said...

Yes, why don't we create a myspace account and become "friends". LOL

Tex said...

jc, that's a GREAT idea. Let's do that. I like to laugh out loud too, do you have something funny to say so I can laugh out loud? I'm so excited, we're friends now!

Joecool said...

Yes, go look for me at myspace.com tex.

Tex said...

I like games. How do I find you? Do I have to count and keep my eyes closed? Can you make me laugh out loud? This is FUN!!! And you're COOL!

Joecool said...

Search for Joecool

Tex said...

There are lots of joecools, but none of them are as cool as YOU, jc. You're my hero.

Joecool said...

Maybe Amway will invite you back to Prague so you can hang out with your best pals IBOFB and Bridgett. LOL

Tex said...

I don't think they go to Prague every time, and I think they only have that meeting every other year.

It will be hard to do better than last year, with my "NO TOOL SCAM" sign and the scolding that came with it....Perhaps I could put one of them over each knee and spank them!

Joecool said...

I don't know tex, I heard you were scared of IBOFB and Bridgett. LOL

Tex said...

You're right, you don't know!!! LOL

Joecool said...

I guess you're just a mouse in real life and a thug on the internet huh texie?

Tex said...

Again, you don't have a clue. Perhaps those shades you're wearing are a little too dark to see the light?

Joecool said...

Or maybe you are wearing rose colored glasses like IBOFB?

Tex said...

I'll stick with my answer. After all, you're a known liar and whore mongerer: http://texsquixtarblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/things-you-didnt-know-about-joecool18.html

Joecool said...

You're a known liar, tax cheat, racist, and whoever gave you information about me is way off track.

Tex said...

jc, it was YOU who gave me information about you, although I'll have to agree you went off the tracks a LONG time ago. LOL

Joecool said...

I didn't give you jack. You're delusional tex. Just because someone posts my "identity" on some blog doesn't mean it's accurate.

Tex said...

The problem with you excuse is the joecool18 on the World Sex Guide had the same joecool18 e-mail on qblog. Stick a fork in it, it's done!

Joecool said...

Actually, my Qblog email is not the same one as joecool18 on WSG.

Go check for yourself.

Joecool said...

Plus tex, you have made far more visits to wsg than I in the last 15months or so.

Tex said...

It's not the same e-mail anymore, but it was.

I visited the World Sex Guide to see YOUR posts, which are now posted here: http://texsquixtarblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/things-you-didnt-know-about-joecool18.html

Just because you're not using joecool18 on the World Sex Guide doesn't mean you don't post under another identity.

Joecool said...

Uhm, sorry to disappoint you tex, I stopped visiting that site prior to IBOFB posting that article.

Tex said...

It doesn't matter when you stopped visiting the site. You denied it was you who posted on that site, then you were proven wrong. Therefore, you are a liar, and there's no reason to believe anything you have to say:

http://texsquixtarblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/things-you-didnt-know-about-joecool18.html

Joecool said...

Yes tex, and you spent more time at that website than I did. For all I know you are he king of the wsg at this point.

Tex said...

I doubt I spent more time there copying your posts than you did looking at the site and writing them.

For all I know, you still visit the World Sex Guide under another ID:

http://texsquixtarblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/things-you-didnt-know-about-joecool18.html

Joecool said...

Wrong again tex. I stopped visitin that website long before you discovered it. You still calling people racial slurs, cheating on your taxes and acting like a baboon?

Tex said...

I never said I "discovered" the World Sex Guide site before you stopped visiting it. All I said is you made comments there and tried to lie about it.

http://texsquixtarblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/things-you-didnt-know-about-joecool18.html