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Posted By: Larry In Response To: Re: How I hate this kind of crap (excuse me)... (Kami)
Monday, 26 June 2006, at 3:47 p.m.
If you go to the following site:
http://www.alticor.com/
You will see that Quixtar is part of an 'umbrella' company called Alticore.
However, Amway reps just jumped on the chance to get onto the net when Quixtar was formed under Alticore. They essentially are one and the same.
As some other posters have suggested, buy some product and see what the potential for sales are if you are really sold on the product. However, before I would spend any money, I would research other health drinks to see if their is a comparable (size, bulk pricing, profit margins, etc.) and effective alternative to what they sell. The other companies may also let you market for them.
BTW, in my opinion (borne of personal family eperiences with Amway/Quixtar decades ago), Quixtar has one of the worst compensation plans in their type of business structure I have ever seen.
Regarding the site you listed...
There are many types of those sites all over the internet. They look to me like sites that are appoved by Quixtar corporate HQ for marketing products and the opportunity. My daughter was introduced to a similar site about 2 weeks ago through a girl who was encouraged to approach people while they are shopping and asked the shoppers if they are interested in starting a home business (it was a little more indirect than that but that was her ultimate aim). That technique was taught by Amway nearly 30+ years ago.
I encourage you to thoroughly research Quixtar before jumping in. Like you said about your parents getting sucked into Amway...you don't want to be sucked into the next generation of Amway/Quixtar. I have rarely said this about a company that is so old and big but I would never recommend them as a home business as their hype knows no limits and their sharing of profits with the average rep is, in my opinion, the worst of these types of businesses.
Good luck in your research!
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