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April 29, 2003
Fresh Quixtar News From Kansas
By QBlog in
Regular readers know that I love finding ANY information about Quixtar from respected news publications. I honestly don't care if it's negative, positive or neutral, as long as it's from a source that is somewhat respected in the news industry (meaning Enquirer and DrudgeReport are out). Today I found a couple of items:
Kansas.com (Kansas University Daily) reports that Quixtar pricing offers little advantage
When making a sales pitch, Quixtar independent business owners, or IBOs, repeatedly mention that they receive discounts on items they buy through quixtar.com. They say that the $125 setup fee that an IBO pays can be quickly and easily recouped through the savings offered on the Web site. The Better Business Bureau says that Quixtar members can buy products at preferred pricing. But a little research raises some big questions about Quixtar discounts.
Ok, maybe Kansas.com isn't the NY Times but I've worked at a large University newspaper before and the journalistic expectations are just as high as many non-campus publications. The article is not too bad, short and simple. It's factual too although any good IBO will point out that you're earning PV/BV for each of those purchases and therefore getting an indirect rebate on the price. I'm not interested in arguing this topic, just presenting a published perspective.
Wait, there's still more from Kansas.com. A student there is in Quixtar and making a lot of money. E-commerce generates money for KU student.
"Success with Quixtar is determined on strictly ambition," Kopecky said. "Who can develop themselves into someone who can understand success principles and apply success principles. Because they're not taught at a university. I'll say that again. Success principles are not taught at a university."
And from India we get an interview with Steve van Andel who recently traveled to India to help repair some of the image problems that non-Amway pyramid schemes have caused to the Amway business.
"There is often confusion that the various direct marketing outfits, selling all kinds of pyramid schemes are like us. They are not."
So go check out these articles. It's always a joy to find info about Quixtar/Amway on sites other than the all too common rumor mills.
Comments
All this was bound to happen with quixtar. If they were able to get the diamonds to incorporate their training systems under the corporate unbrella.
If they had combined their efforts and both sides were not so greedy, They may have come to some sort of agreement that was beneficial for all!!
I spent well over six years in amway and watched this turmoil. It reminds me of churches that squabble because one church doesn't agree with the other. They forget that they still worshipped the same GOD!
Same holds true in Quixtar, The company needs the people and the people need the company. It's bad that most of the upper level distributors made most of their income from the Systems they created.
Back in 1995 I was introduced to a company that was structured to eliminate all thes problems and also allowed the average GUY to make a six figure income with a lot less STRESS!!
They combined the training system under the corporate unbrella, they still allow the leaders to get paid honoraiaums for speaking engagements. They can get paid for training. This was all done in a structured format. Not this diamond this way and this diamond another way.
That way the people in the field WIN!!
And to Top it all Off! They Allow the Supreme Upline to go down in there downline and build again under those poor souls that would have never benefited from anything their upline did in any other networking company with a MLM mentality!!
www.marketamerica.com/success4utoo
By The way!! This no ORDINARY network marketing COMPANY! This is the future of what TRUE NETWORKERS WILL ONLY DREAM ABOUT!!!!
Major Retailers are using the MODEL that Market America has created to reexamine where internet marketing is headed!
One thing I truly believe! I DO NOT HAVE TO SELL THIS ONE!! I just tell people prove it isn't the top in it's field!! Check out what magazines are printing about us!http://www.944.com/articles/6109
NO NOT SUCCESS MAGAZINE that your company pays to have their article printed
success4utoo@gonow.com
I have a question if you could help me please? Did you see the dateline expose on Quixtar? I am fairly new to the Quixtar business and I believe in my heart that this is the business for my wife and I. I was wondering if you could direct me to a non biased non partisent answer to what was discussed on that show? Dateline really did a good job at making Quixtar look like a scam. But, if you consider who wasbehind the interview/? Big business and advertising run most of television. Now, if you were in traditional marketing and you were loosing a share of the market, approximately $1 billion a year and growing, wouldn't you fight like a politician to get that market share back? Also, I was thinking, BO Short was also behind that interview who is expanding his own MLM type business and has an ax to grind as well. Can you share some insight into this dateline interview and is there something going on in the company we should know about.
thanks
I would really appreciate it
Posted by: norman hansen | May 10, 2004 9:29 AM