Amway has been in business for 50 years, operating in 80 countries and territories. Brands and names affiliated with the company in the past and present include: Alticor, Quixtar, Artistry, Nutrilite, and more. Here’s an interesting analysis of some Amway figures: Amway Statistics U.S. Disclosure Statements: Amway Earnings Disclosure Statement …
The following is a summary issued by Robert FitzPatrick and Pyramid Scheme Alert about the historic class action settlement that was just reached with the Amway Corporation, the largest of all multi-level marketing companies. Three directors and advisors of Pyramid Scheme Alert, including Robert FitzPatrick, served as experts and consultants …
Former high level Amway distributor Eric Scheibeler, author of Merchants of Deception, offers this perspective on the Amway “business” and whether it can really be considered a good opportunity: Amway Global: Fact, Fiction or Business Opportunity Fraud? Perhaps you have seen the television commercials for Amway global promoting that Amway …
The MonaVie Distributor Application is very interesting. It has an entire section devoted to Amway. Check it out:
Guest post by Pyramid Scheme Alert In a letter to a Director of Pyramid Scheme Alert, the chief of police in one of India’s largest states, Andhra Pradesh, wrote that a criminal case has been booked by the government’s Criminal Investigation Division against Amway India for promoting a “Money Circulation …
Published by Vue Weekly, a news source in Edmonton, the Top 5 Scam Artists list included Amway (Quixtar): Dick DeVos and Steve Van Andel are the inheritors of Quixtar, the company left to them by their billionaire fathers. Call it a pyramid scheme, call it multi-level marketing, or, better yet, …
I’m no fan of multi-level marketing companies (MLMs), and Amway – Quixtar – Alticor is the mother of all MLMs. Amway Corporation was founded in 1959 by Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel. It was originally called Ja-Ri Corporation, and the name was changed to Amway in 1963. A reorganization …
I’m willing to bet it went something like this!
The following is basically an expose on Amway/Quixtar corruption centering around the kingpin sellers of business service materials and the problem a Quixtar distributor believes goes the the heart of the entire Amway/Quixtar problem. This post is compliments of Quixtar is a Cult. Exactly how rational are Quixtar (Amway) IBOs? …
This one comes from Zac Bissonnette over at BloggingStocks.com. He said it a little more politely than I might have. But it’s interesting that the oldest and yuckiest of all MLMs is willing to admit that the FTC is not hard enough on MLM regulation. Here’s a part of what …
