Says a lot about Queenslanders :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers
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Says a lot about Queenslanders :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers
Try Briskleen Supplies in Malaga..........a number of companies make them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Driver
Try the insert from a red or blue pad used for spraybuffing vinyl floors......red works better.Quote:
Originally Posted by bitingmidge
A well worn green scotchbrite is pretty good too as it isnt very abrasive and is very flexible.
What? That 25 of them had a lazy $7mil between them? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by maglite
I did say that they must have been 'new' (slow) Queenslanders. :D
maglite - thanks for your tips, too!
If you see a SAAB whizzing past with shiny wheels - that'll be me! :)
The last SAAB i seen with shiny wheels was on the side of the freeway:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Driver
I was once told that the most valuable pieces of luggage in the boot of a SAAB consisted of a beach umbrella, a pack of cards, a bottle of sunscreen and the phone number of the nearest service agent :p
Well i actually tried this &&&& once.
early 'nineties a mate offered me a business proposition, got off the phone and wife saked whats going on. i said john was coming round to show us a business proposition and that was probably ok as he was too smart to get involved with amway.
next thing you know john is at the door with a leather jacket and wearing a tie. i call out to the wife "look whos in amway"!!!!
anyway we decide to look at the &&&& cos he's here anyway.
ok i was in the army at the time and wife was unemployed, i agree to let her take it on to make some extra money. I start showing the plan to help her. in thefirst month i get 3 strangers in and we make enough points to make a bonus cheque. WOW this stuff works
next month she blows out our first 3 downline, I put in six more and second month we make the second level without any of the distributors we signed up the first month. hey at this point im thinking this might just work
next month (you guessed it) she blew out the six, I put in six more and help 2 of them put in 2 and two to put in one, we make the third level in the third month without any of the distributors we signed up in the first two months!!!!! we skip 2 levels and make the 5th level that month cos i also helped the others establish a few customers.
meanwhile we are going to every event they promote and buy every book and tape we are told to and consequently we are spending more than we make. we are told that if we keep doing what we are doing we will be making a lot of money soon.
well , you guessed it, wife blew out entire downline by putting pressure on them to do what we were doing, i lost interest at that point. we subsequently found out that those above usin the pyramid were a lot of levels below what they claimed to be and werent making any oney out of it either, despite their claims to the contrary.
Yes we saved some money on our own purchases, but anything we mad out of it was reinvested in the motivation scheme, and i must admit that the motivation scheme has helped me in my business, but i could have bought self-help books andvideos without the hype and &&&&&&&& they promote and a lot cheaper.
save yopurself the agro -dont touch it
Reminded me of an American sitcom I saw years ago in which a character walked into a party just as everyone ran out screaming . The host apologised for their behaviour but the new entrant said " Dont worry, I'm used to it, I used to sell Amway"
I convinced SWMBO to call her friend and tell her we weren't interested. We prepared our arguments but I'm pleased to report they weren't needed. The friend is a newbie to the whole thing so perhaps she hasn't had the chip implanted yet and was totally relaxed about our decision.
Anyway, all's well that ends well.
It didn't take me all that long to realise that there are actually two businesses side-by-side in Amway:
1) the Amway products
2) the motivational products (tapes, books, seminars, events)
The big earners make the big earnings from business 2).
I found my niche by supplying the Amway products to folks that like the products, but hate the pressure. I promised NOT to try to tell them anything about the business opportunity (heck, Coles doesn't try to sign you up as a manager every time you buy Weetbix) and usually delivered via my Mum or sister, so didn't actually meet most of the customers.
I didn't earn any impressive dollars, and am always stunned that Amway subscribe to the secretive "It's not Amway, it's <insert current codename>" approach. It's a grand example of a negative feedback loop:
"can't say Amway, because people have a bad reaction"
Why do they have a bad reaction? Because of the avoidance of the simple truth that it IS Amway.
In summary, unless you love the products, and want the distributor discount, don't bother.
Cheers,
Andrew
Amazing, for the first time since I first ventured into this arcane and escoteric Forum (think Pancakes and Foillies) we actually have a
CONSENSUS
Amway sucks!
No it doesn't :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Bodgy
This is starting to reek of the Monty Python Argument scene..................
No it's not!
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No it doesn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bodgy
It blows :)
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Originally Posted by Iain
No No No, arguments are two doors down, you silly prat. This is the abuse room.
I heard that scene on the radio this morning, absolute classic.
Sultry feminine voice Would you like to come upstairs or was that silly bunt......with a "K"
BUt how about the other 20 million???????Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry_White
I am yet to meet am Amwank millionaire, or even one who gross's over $100 a month.............
The "funniest" Amway experience I've had (there have been at least five in my clear recollection!) was on a business trip to Taiwan in the early nineties.
I sat next to a woman who lived in Melbourne on the leg to Hong Kong and we chatted a bit. Exchanging pleasantries and general chit chat about what we were travelling for etc. We did not exchange addresses or phone numbers or anything. I travelled on to Taiwan fully expecting to never hear from this person again.
As in so many of my expectations of life, I was wrong.
A week after I arrived back in Sydney, I received a phone call from her husband. At 8am on a Sunday! I'm sure you know the spiel. "I have this business opportunity blah, blah blah".
I am absolutely certain I never mentioned where I lived (there are 151 listings for M Harrison in the whitepages today!) but I am guessing that they took a punt based on the limited information that they had about where I worked at that time. I'm also guessing that there were a few other M Harrisons more than a little narked to be dragged out of bed early on a Sunday to discuss a non-existent business opportunity.
I have never even spoken to an Amway rep or seen any of their products.
I feel deprived that I haven't been offered such wonderful opportunities.:rolleyes:
Peter.
Iain, I have, and I managed to avoid the business opportunity :)
It's not good for your marriage either:
http://www.amquix.info/amway_divorces.html
Hmm. I see one of my old customers in there, He's very big in Amway, doesn't look like he's having much fun though...
Actually, this is a good overview of the inner workings:
http://www.amquix.info/amway.html
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PANCAKES
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Pete:D
AMAZING!
Who woud have thunk it?
The world over, Amway is as welcome as... Well, let's not go there in polite company.
I got sucked into one of those recruiting meetings a long time ago. A couple we were friends with hosted the "Seminar". The woman was really enthsuastic about the program and tried to infect LOML. The bloke and I were rather skeptical. We did the analysis like a pyramid or chain letter and things fell apart rather quickly.
I forced LOML to do the math. In the final analysis, she said "There aren't enough people in Phoenix to make this work."
Besides, they only have one decent product, LOC. All the rest are almost a scam.
If you want to lose all your friends and have your relies dread visiting your house then go for it. If you do your homework on A2K and other middle level marketing scams youll soon realise that the only people making money are the ones up the top of the organisation..the whole thing wouldnt work if the suckers at the bottom of the pyramid were making money.Quote:
Originally Posted by doublejay
Cheers Martin
Were, says it all.Quote:
Originally Posted by rrich
Al :p
My Uncle was supposedly 'big' in this and was going to be a gazillionaire. He isn't, o fcourse, but I did see one of the founders' huge yacht on the Auckland waterfront. It is a nasty, insidious, creepy monster. I couldn't believe it when a close friend (I was his best man) called with 'the proposal' years ago. Took a long time to get over that. Yuck.
Peter,Quote:
Originally Posted by Sturdee
That's because you are an accountant, and they don't make enough money to need accounting advice!
:D :D :D
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