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January 14, 2003
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By QBlog in Blog News
One recent email I received from "Tim" inspired some thoughts about my life with Quixtar and here are some excerpts from his email and my response:
TIM: Content wise you remind me of Les Nesman from WKRP, (OK so that shows my age but that's ok) he seemed to be confused a lot.
Quixtar Blog: I'm glad that you seem to "get" what Quixtar Blog is all about. You're right, I am confused a lot. Quixtar is a very confusing business to me and part of the problem is no one in the business seems to be overly willing to help me eliminate that confusion.
Quixtar is (maybe unlike some businesses) an extremely emotional business. I've heard so many people describe how it helped them with family relationships, friendships and self-esteem. While this is not the primary goal it is a frequent side-effect. With something so "life-changing" there are bound to be a great deal of emotions involved and with emotions often comes confusion. The attitude that I've come across more often than not is one of reserved helpfulness. People seem glad to answer questions, as long as I shut up once they give me the company line or some tape-coached answer. I've not had one person seem willing to answer my questions to my satisfaction and I've not had one question answered to my satisfaction. Maybe that is impossible for I'm a very tough skeptic but this business has to have individuals who have felt similar frustrations and you would think would be willing to sit down and just go through my concerns.
TIM: Did you know that the Q products have a 100% buy back policy. So bags with hole should be replaced. I once bought a CD holder, burnt the box in my wood stove then noticed it was chipped. They sent me a new one and I sent the old one back in the new box.
Quixtar Blog: On the products, I know that the Quixtar products have a great return policy but frankly I'm just one of those people who is just not going to bother returning a $10 box of potato chips. Maybe I'm lazy or just have better things to do but if I get a box of stale chips I'm just going to write it off as a loss (figuratively speaking).
TIM: I encourage you to support your wife even if you don't totaly agree right now. We live in Canada and don't have the opportunity in numbers that are available to Americans but it is being done here.
Quixtar Blog: I do try to support my wife as much as possible. I've been with her a few times to show the plan, gone to conferences with her, hosted meetings and plans and given her encouragement to continue when she wanted to just give up. I think Quixtar Blog is a cathartic process for me in which I'm able to purge some of the emotions and thoughts that build up inside and in turn am able to be as supportive as possible to my wife.
As I try to make clear, I don't have hate Quixtar and know that it does provide a legitimate income for many, many people. Hopefully my wife will succeed and make lots of money soon. Thanks for your comments.