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Old 01-29-2007, 03:48 AM
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Default Re: Have I discovered a pyramid scheme? What should I do?

DWarrior, Bills and others...

Quixtar is not a SCAM (per se)... it is a MLM program. It is Amway's Internet arm.

However, bottom line... the Average GROSS income for "active" Quixtar IBOs in 2005 was $115/month... (since there are a few at the top making significantly more than this, the MEAN is obviously lower).

For anyone actually trying to build this type of business, which is primarily recruiting other IBOs, the COSTS are pretty significant... and you are then OBLIGATED to spend time training the people that you recruit... more COSTS & TIME.

So basically, in order to simply reach the 50th percentile of all active distributors, where you will be Grossing less than $100/month, and have costs significantly higher than $100/month.... your NET will be negative [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

If you manage to perform better than 99.83% of all Quixtar IBOs (including those with already substantial long term businesses), you will have reached the Platinum level and your reward will be an Average GROSS income of roughly $47,000/YEAR, BEFORE factoring in SUBSTANTIAL COSTS and TIME in training, developing and educating your downline... not to mention your own costs in training & educating yourself (+ benefits) [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

You will at this point also be living this business at all times... and your reward is netting less than minimum wage. You will of course be dreaming of moving into the magic 0.01% of IBOs... and beyond...

You are also working against the fact that any intelligent person you might want in your downline, quickly equates Quixtar with Amway... and EVERYONE has already heard about Amway. They also started marketing Quixtar in 1999.

Do your due diligence!
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