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June 29, 2004
The Hypothetical Families
By QBlog in
Meet the Hypotheticals — three unique families pursuing the Amercian Dream in Suburbia, U.S.A. All three families are Quixtar IBOs but each joined up for different reasons. Let's take a look at each of the wonderful Hypothetical Families.
Hypothetical Family A
Hypothetical Family B
Hypothetical Family C
Observation
While in Quixtar, I spoke to people who resembled each of those hypothetical families. In my mind, I can see the faces of Family A, B and C as I'm typing this down. While each of the Hypothetical Families are just that, hypothetical, I believe they loosely represent a large cross-section of Quixtar IBOs.
"So what?" you say. "So what?" indeed.
Comments
I remember a study done by a university researcher asking the question to people of different age and income levels, "How much money is needed for you to make in order to live comfortably and retire?" While the answers varied from age group to age group and income level to income level, the one thing every answer had in common was the number was more then what they were currently making. Your cross-section of hypotheticals, QBlog, proves this point.
Sadly, while other expenses vary with income for families A, B, and C (rent an appartment, home in suburbia, cottage on the lake), the expenses in the AmQuix tool scams will be the same.
Family C will lose some money, and probably decide to buy some T-Bills instead after a few months. Not a very costly lesson.
Family B will struggle to make the mortgage and will have to cut out all "disposable" spending, get tired of the sacrifice, and probabaly opt out after a year.
But pity family A. The $300-$500 a month they spend on books, tapes, and functions represents a greater chunk of their cash flow than probably any category except rent and perhaps food. After 3 months, they are eating mac-n-cheese four nights a week, and are still having to charge the difference. After 6 months, they are in debt to their ears, and will begin to have trouble even making the "minimum payments". They stay because they are desperate - how else will they get out of this debt? $500 a month, PLUS childcare, travel expenses, and maybe that extra $10 an hour that one spouse was making at a weekend J-O-B...they feel they have no choice but to hope this will work out...they certainly are being told that by their upline (who only have their best interest at heart). They believe because they have to. Until, after a few years of living on Visa (cause you're upline is reminding you that when you are rich, you can pay it all off in cash, and that next nugget that you REALLY need to "build it big" is just around the corner at the next 'major function' - that'll be $300, please), the only choice left is five jobs or bankruptcy.
It'd be funny if it weren't so sad.
These Hypotheticals sound like really cool prospects. Do you have their email addresses?
I must meet their cousins or something.
The McHypotheticals and the Hypotheticalians are really interested in paying off their car early, starting a savings account, and not having to take a calculator to the Safeway every time they go grocery shopping.
They usually have three kids.
but they all love BATMAN ; )
The Hypotheticals is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen. First of all, not everyone is going have the same "I just want to be comfortable" and "The lavish lifestyle doesn't interest me" ideology. The people who have the most success in this business have the biggest dreams before they start. Secondly, the reason that people have trouble with the tool system (in most cases) is because instead taking the money they make in their Quixtar business and investing it into tools, they spend it on things they want. They're usually not even doing what is taught and using it to get debt free so they can build their business with less stress. I am so tired of people thinking that success in a business like this is going to be obtained without continuous investment. Quixtar was not nearly as successful before the tool systems were developed as they have become since the tool systems have been developed. I don't know who these other people were getting their tools from, but I invest less than $50 a month on tools and I make between $300 to $400 a month in this business. Maybe I just have a better tool system than what these other former IBOs are used to. Looks like I'm plugged into the RIGHT system. ;)
You forgot to include the million-dollar question:
So, what research did you do and what's your strategy for achieving your financial goal?
Hypothetical Family Response:
Research? Is that where I type in quixtar.com?
Strategy--if I thinketh it, they will come.
Posted by: Jennifer Lee | June 29, 2004 3:27 PM