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November 21, 2005
Monday Reader Mail: 62
By QBlog in Reader Mail
Monday Reader Mail is back — and just a little tardy.
When I received today's featured email I thought it was a prank, some disgruntled anti-Passport guy trying to spread rumors about Bo Short. Turns out, the rumors are true, at least in part. I'm still trying to sort out all the details.
Anyway, here's this week's Reader Mail with my comments in bold.
name: Joe
date: November 19, 2005
message: Passport Online is dead! The man that bashed the MLM industry, the man that bashed Amway and Quixtar...
I really don't think Bo Short ever bashed the MLM Industry as a whole, though he has been publicly critical of some its practices.
...is going back into the so called MLM world that he left is shutting down Passport and trying to bring Passport Associates into his new personal Oasis Life Sciences downline. He states that he doesn't care about the money or titles but here he goes again.
This is an interesting point. Bo Short and Passport Associates emphasized the fact that there were no titles in the business. The lack of titles contrasted with the Emeralds and Diamonds of Short's previous MLM experience with Amway and Quixtar.
He is now trying to push a $1200 sign-up for the Oasis business opportunity.
Bo Short and Passport, What a joke!
I don't know about the $1,200 claim but some Passport Associates have complained that their uplines are "pushing" the most expensive Oasis Starter Kit.
The Story?
So, what's the story? I honestly haven't had time to research this very thoroughly so I'll provide a few links for you to try to sort all this out for yourself.
- Audio of Bo Short explaining the Oasis switch
- Letter from Bo Short to Passport Associates
- An inactive Passport Associate's report on the company's changes and his personal perceptions
- Distributor Force to Merge Into Oasis LifeSciences
- Passport and Team Oasis
- Oasis LifeSciences
- Team Oasis
- Open Forum discussion about Oasis and Passport
I should also mention that a number of former Quixtar and Amway Diamonds have joined Oasis LifeSciences. Joe Land left Quixtar last year to run his Oasis business. Marshall Douglas and John Terhune are part of Bo Short's new Oasis leadership team and also former Quixtar Diamonds from the Team in Focus.
If you have any additional information about this development please let me know.
Comments
Hey Eric,
Do you mind djusting the link to - "A Passport Associate's perspective on the company's changes."
I have posted some of my perspectives and perceptions, but the link you have listed is going to yesterdays announcement -- that Passport will be dissolving MLM component.
I posted my perspective today. You may want to consider changing it to read former Passport Associate -- I have not been promoting Passport for about 2 years now..at least.
All The Best!
Jerry
www.jerry.ipfox.com
I'm shocked and disappointed. I have a little bit of familiarity with Oasis. I researched it when a relative got involved in it. Fortunately, she was able to get out and get her $1200 back. Unfortunately, Oasis is everything Passport said they weren't going to be.
They have very-pricey products (gone are the days of nothing over $20), with the cheapest being $23. They utilize phony titles like diamond, emerald, senior associate, etc. So distributors are pushed to "stretch" (i.e., buy more inventory) and hit that next bonus level. Oasis has a "meeting system" in place that may be a revenue source. They also restrict some distributors from some of their calls/meetings if the individual hasn't hit the appropriate level in their business. From what I saw with my relative, there is also a certain amount of inventory loading that they push. Sure, Oasis may have bonuses for depth growth, but that just means the prices of the products are inflated and harder to sell to front line customers in the first place.
This is definitely a step back to the Amway-Quixtar type business.
I'm a little surprised there isn't more comments to this entry
Nothing unexpected (with Bo shifting to another, AmQuix-like setup).
That's one problem with MLMs. You have to keep the believers pumped up, and part of that pumping up depends on glittering prizes at the end of the day. That's why, in the end, Bo Short's noble attempt had to fail.
Tony:
Give it time. This site just went through a few weeks of forced inactivity. Once news gets around, you'll find yourself frustrated over this site's popularity.
BTW...how's your AmQuixsand business doing? You make any new jewelry levels yet?
Hey all, this looked interesting so thought I replied.
Are you anit-Quixtar by any chance? If so, can you explain why?
i wondered what happened to that guy. i don't care if anyone else likes Quixtar myself, it makes you stronger and prepares you to succeed at everything else. Bo Short will be fine, he's a big boy, but according to what i understand his reasons for leaving to be in the first place, he should have endeavored to change things by using his own positive influence instead of quitting. I think he misunderstood that human nature is why a business must be run in a certain way. Perfect people would probably only need a simple rational statement to do something rational.
Hmmm, they have weekly meetings just like Quixtar, and they charge you for them, also just like Quixtar. Check this out.
http://www.oasisoffice.com/events/calendardetail.asp?ID=1517
Posted by: concerned citizen | November 22, 2005 5:37 PM