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March 3, 2005

Nothing down, no payments. Ever

By Windy Hill in March of Perceptions

Windy HillAmong IBOs, I believe I'm known as a "zero." In my entire two years plus in the business, I have received just one bonus check. Not too long after I signed up I bought cell phone service thru the Quixtar site. I got a 3% bonus -- $6 and change.

I have had as many as three people in my downline; right now just one remains. Whose biggest (only?) purchase was a big screen TV last year right before Thanksgiving.

After that I got an e-mail from Quixtar stating that I was in the 6% bonus bracket and I was really close to tipping into the next at 9%. The e-mail linked me to an area on the Web site called "Bracket Busters," a page with several high-PV items for purchase. I looked through the stuff with some interest, but didn't need anything. In the end, I bought nothing and I remained at 6% based on the efforts of my dear downline. Which earned me a bonus of exactly 6% -- of nothing. Which of course is only right.

March of PerceptionsSo why do I stay in the business, you ask? Truthfully? I live in West Michigan. There's a huge concentration of IBOs here, as you can imagine. I have been shown the plan more times than I can count. And so I find it very convenient to be an IBO — it's a way to save myself and countless others the agony of the recruiting dance. I also like getting the WYW flyer, the Achieve magazine yearbook and the occasional catalog. And of course, I like to get IBO price on my SA8 and XS.

Probably the biggest reason I stay is that I signed up in a way that allows the corporation to automatically charge the annual fee to my credit card to keep my status active. Who knows -- maybe some day I'll put more than nothing into my business and get something back out of it. I'm not quite ready to do that these days, but I'm keeping my options open.

The "March of Perceptions" is a special Quixtar BLOG project featuring the perceptions of four guest bloggers during the month of March.

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You do not get a bonus unless you have retail customers do you?Just buying and group buying does not qualify does it?

Posted by: Ray | March 4, 2005 4:06 AM





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