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December 12, 2005
Monday Reader Mail: 65
By QBlog in Reader Mail
Better late than never. This installment of Reader Mail is similar to many emails I receive, simply wondering what I really think about Quixtar.
name: Christy H.
date: December 9, 2005
message: Just curious about how you feel about the business - really. Or I guess I am curious about your wifes experience.
My Husband and I joined for a short time - spent alot of money on tapes/books/products and discovered that this business eats alot of TIME and MONEY at the beginning and that it would truly take a lot of both to build to the point that you are making anything.
And we also quickly realized that you would spend the rest of your life as a cheer leader to keep your "team" producing to maintain your income. The start up fee was painless but they get you in the cost of educating about the business. I guess it's great for some people but not if you have or want a life outside of Quixtar - like a family. Well, for what is worth that's my opinion, but I am curious about your experience.
Thanks
My wife has mixed emotions about her involvement with Quixtar. She truly believes that many of the Quixtar products are superb and of the highest quality. She would use them today if they weren't so expensive. However, she will also tell you that she probably won't get involved with the business again (even if I didn't run this blog) because she thinks there are better ways to spend her "free time."
I believe that Quixtar, like all male-dominated MLM businesses, is fundamentally flawed. There are no exceptions.
That doesn't mean that people building a Quixtar business are fundamentally flawed. In fact, many Quixtar IBOs are honest, respectable, hard-working Americans (and Canadians) trying to earn extra money for retirement, their children's college, a dream vacation or peace of mind. I genuinely admire those IBOs.
However, I also understand that there are some serious problems within Quixtar and many of the Lines of Affiliation. Some uplines use cult-like tactics to manipulate their downline. That is part of the dark underbelly of Quixtar.
But I don't want to jump on my soapbox right now and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the business. I think I've already explained my opinions on this blog over the past three years. The advice I always give people curious about Quixtar is to thoroughly research, ask lots of questions and treat it like a business instead of a hobby. I gave my sister that exact advice when Danny Snipes' son tried to recruit her into the business.
Comments
The kingpins diamonds carefully craft their "pitch".
People inherently want to believe that there is a magical shortcut to wealth or early retirement, spending more time with family, being able to travel, etc. The diamonds sell this hope when they show the plan and depict false illustrations of "freedom". Once signed up, most dedicated IBO's put their best effort and for the most part, do what is taught by upline. Despite that, most are destined to fail because the structure of the business requires many to fail in order for few to succeed (negative sum).
How much hardship a failed quixtar business suffers is determined by whether their upline has any ethics, or bleeds them for every cent they can, and whether the IBO wakes up one day and can realize that they are losing money, yet continue to do what is taught by upline. Until they see the light, the downline continues to get sucked dry of their timeand money, the very things they're supposed to have more of as a result of the business.
The "male-dominated MLM businesses" hyperlink goes to another article that QBlog wrote about "The Three Sexes of MLM". In that article, he mentions Primerica and Pre-Paid Legal. I don't want to digress here, so I started a discussion in the Quixtar Neutral forum and was wondering what experiences some of the other readers have had with these companies.
Posted by: Scott N | December 13, 2005 8:02 AM