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December 11, 2007
Judge Rules against Quixtar
By Truth in Quixtar
In a bit of a late article that I just got in my Google Alerts, a judge ruled against Quixtar in their contempt complaint against former distributors. Apparently ex-distributors were prohibited from using their Quixtar networks for other businesses, and Quixtar claimed that they had violated that order. The judge ruled against Quixtar saying they did not have enough evidence to back that claim. The judge however did leave it open for an arbitrator to decide later if Quixtar is entitled to any damages.
There is also a bit about the Amway UK case. I found it interesting that the "self-imposed" reform efforts that Amway did was not enough to get the government to drop their case. The trial started on the 26th of Nov. I liked how the article describes what claims were made against Amway UK:
Government investigators reportedly found people misrepresenting the business, making false claims, downplaying the Amway name, signing up new distributors and making it sound like they didn't need to sell products to make money
Wonder if any of that is going on in Quixtar US?
Comments
Truth, I don't know why you're surprised that Amway's "self imposed" reform efforts wasn't enough. It's like robbing a bank, then giving all the money back after you're put in the back seat of a squad car, and then say, "Well what's the big deal, I don't have the money anymore..." Amway's actions, or lack of action, has hurt a lot of people. By them not enforcing their own rules, people got hosed. They didn't enforce their rules because of money. Here is a good summary of the heart of their problems.
http://barristerquixtarlawsuit.blogspot.com/2007/11/mike-mohrs-testimony-part-1.html
Kayle said: It's like robbing a bank, then giving all the money back after you're put in the back seat of a squad car, and then say, "Well what's the big deal, I don't have the money anymore.
Joe says: LOL, LOL! That's a great way of describing it. It's also how the diamonds first lied about not making any money from tapes and functions. When the lie was exposed, they changed their tune and now they speak about tools income, although it's still shrouded in mystery.
I think Quixtar has finally reached a point where they are really going to have to drop their current business and affiliates like a dead anchor. I mean, if all of their IBOs are truly independent, then they should have no say on who IBOs do business with. Why can I not retail eSpring water purification system as well as say Crave Energy which is an energy drink that is cheaper and better quality/value from another nutrition company? It is similar to the Pepsi Co. saying to a convenience store owner that he is going to sell Pepsi products, he cannot sell Coca Cola products. Product self-consumption can only get you so far. More than 3 quarters of the products that my customers bought were useless and I didn't hang onto those customers for more than 2-3 months. If you want the lifestyle, you are going to have to choose a company with better management and support services as well as products that people will want, regardless of the opportunity associated with retailing the products.
I am a former Amway/Quixtar distribitor, while I liked the products, attempting to make money was difficult, spent too much every month aroung $500 and ended up with a check for $12.95, but, their products are good. By the way anyone interested, check out www.prepaidlegal.com/hub/ethelgoods, hopefully, I am not spamming, just sharing about a great business, providing a needed service. Has created 72 millionaires in its 35 years of operation, compensation is great, but, as any home based business, you got to work the business in order to make money.
Unfortunately, you were advertising for PrePaid Legal which is not allowed on the forum, or at least I think those were the rules. Some of the products were good, but honestly, some of their line like Satinique personal hygiene products were completely sub-par. In fact, I compared Speed Stick to their brand deodorant and Speed Stick was the only one that didn't cause a rash. I got all of this feedback on products from customers, not ex-IBOs. Unlike most IBO's out there, I didn't buy the stupid tapes and CDs for too long. I started to focus completely on retailing products, and quite frankly, they just didn't cut the grade. There are far better products out there. One of my customers even told me that the XS didn't even provide him the extra energy he needed. It only spiked up his blood sugars, which he got really pissed at me about since he was diabetic. I know that it doesn't have sugar, but man it has got some other bad stuff in it. He told me that there were FAR more nutritious stuff out there that beat XS like Crave Energy. This stuff is 10X better and costs a heck of a lot less. The point is that Quixtar products aren't even worth the effort in looking into considering how little goes into them. Double X might be a great supplement, if your body could actually absorb the nutrients rather than just dumping it all out.
If you guys don't believe me about superior products, you can check out the energy drink that my customer had told me about at this website:
http://www.CraveTesters.com/r/EnergyForLife
They are giving out free samples, something that when XS came out, they never did in Quixtar.
You kind of see the true colors of Quixtar when you see them trying to monopolize on their IBOs. It is as if they are claiming that they did all of the hard work and the IBOs rode their vehicle to success. I, by no means, support the useless tools systems that are out there. Nor do I think that it warrants one's time to retail such low-quality products. Some of the soaps have a good enough quality to suffice as a reasonable purchase, but for the most part, it is wasted money. Quixtar's ability to compete has deteriorated and simply stating general revenue numbers like $9 billion doesn't really do anything for the new prospect in understanding the overall picture and status of their business.
...so it's a "wait-and-see" pattern that's being held. It'd be interesting to read what "other" businesses Quixtar is referring to.
Posted by: KG | December 11, 2007 7:19 PM