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Posted By: Cathy In Response To: Quixtar (Amy)
Friday, 18 March 2005, at 10:11 a.m.
> Hi..I was involved with Quixtar and didn't find it to my tastes. People can make money at it but it takes a while to do so. My upline pushed having alot of evening meetings and I found it too time consuming...and took away from our family time in the evenings (I now do businesses that I do from home during the day). The problem I had with it is they push motivational tapes/books on you. I had to do these on autoship from my upline (pressured to) and I never listened to them all (too rah rah rah with little substance). I found out later that the reason they pushed it was they got a fair bit of money themselves from me buying them (even after I expressed not wanting to use them). There are better ways to earn money. Its supposed to be more conveniant to buy all these household goods online and have them delivered but I didn't find it to be more conveniant or cheaper. Easier to go to the grocery store..you need to go there anyway to get your produce/dairy. I know people who have made alot of money in Quixtar..but you have to be good at sales to do so. I found it a hard sell as most people when they learn it is affiliated with Amway run a mile in the opposite direction (bad MLM people in Amway years ago tarnished this company quite badly with their recruiting techniques). There is nothing wrong with the company but you need to see what your upline is like and determine whether or not if this business is for you ( alot of members drop out as it is a difficult business to do well).Sorry..not as positive as the previous email..but that was my experience
I was going to ask about this particular opportunity, but after a little
> bit of searching their site and the internet, I think I have a pretty good
> handle on what it is. I had never heard of it until my family doctor
> called and asked if we were interested in working from home, because he
> was a partner in a business and they were looking for couples to do just
> that. I trust this guy, he's been my doctor for over 12 years. I was not
> expecting to get hit with an MLM. Seems he is making lots with it, but of
> course he's been in it since the beginning.
> So my question now is, is anyone on this board invloved in it and have you
> made any decent money? Were you hit with lots of CDs and books and
> seminars, (all at a cost of course)? Does anyone actually order the stuff
> they sell? I'm just curious about this and would like to hear about
> anyone's personal experience, good or bad.
> *Disclaimer here* I'm sure there are people who make lots of money at
> these things, good for them, MLM is not for me. I'm not trying to start an
> argument about MLM.
> Thanks everyone,
> Amy
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