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		<title>By: Tex</title>
		<link>http://www.dougwead.biz/network-marketing/amway-leader-threatens-beating/comment-page-1/#comment-437</link>
		<dc:creator>Tex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Paul,

You&#039;re a wimp. LOL</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Paul,</p>
<p>You&#8217;re a wimp. LOL</p>
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		<title>By: Paul</title>
		<link>http://www.dougwead.biz/network-marketing/amway-leader-threatens-beating/comment-page-1/#comment-432</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Peter, Tex is a troll who visits every blog he&#039;s not banned from and insults people and sepws his hatred on all.  I read another blog by DOug Wead where he made appalling racist statements.  He is only capable of repeating the same thing over and over like a tape recorder.  Don&#039;t waste your time engaging the troll.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Peter, Tex is a troll who visits every blog he&#8217;s not banned from and insults people and sepws his hatred on all.  I read another blog by DOug Wead where he made appalling racist statements.  He is only capable of repeating the same thing over and over like a tape recorder.  Don&#8217;t waste your time engaging the troll.</p>
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		<title>By: Tex</title>
		<link>http://www.dougwead.biz/network-marketing/amway-leader-threatens-beating/comment-page-1/#comment-431</link>
		<dc:creator>Tex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Peter,

Since when is telling the truth being &quot;one bitter SOB?&quot; Why should I comply with someone who wants me to give up my 1st Amendment right? 

I already go to church, and God is pissed as well. In fact, He encourages me to keep doing what I&#039;m doing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Peter,</p>
<p>Since when is telling the truth being &#8220;one bitter SOB?&#8221; Why should I comply with someone who wants me to give up my 1st Amendment right? </p>
<p>I already go to church, and God is pissed as well. In fact, He encourages me to keep doing what I&#8217;m doing.</p>
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		<title>By: Dat To</title>
		<link>http://www.dougwead.biz/network-marketing/amway-leader-threatens-beating/comment-page-1/#comment-430</link>
		<dc:creator>Dat To</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Amway was a great company w/ great people in an amazing beginning of an industry that helped the average person achieve more in personal development and a dream of a better life.  But this corp has clearly lost its way being run by people who don&#039;t know what it&#039;s like to build an organisation (like Rich and Jay did before Amway), 2nd generation billionaire kids, and won&#039;t change their way of doing business to make it a better business for its&#039; distributors.  

And you are all right, too many lawyers/ public relation/ corporate mucky mucks making the simple things extremely difficult.

Some Reasons that Amway is not a good part-time home based business choice anymore...
1  compensation plan was invented before they had computers and is not adequate in total payout (by some estimates) as low as 33%, where current top mlm&#039;s pay 50%.  comp plan doesn&#039;t reward team building/ depth building.  comp plan doesn&#039;t reward lower levels.  comp plan is not even guaranteed anymore when you hit levels, it&#039;s to the corp&#039;s discretion.  they probably have a naughty list.
imagine building a huge network and not get paid because you didn&#039;t tow the company line?

2  reputation is too bad now.  as soon as someone is exposed to the opportunity, they hop on their iphone and voila- all negative.  how can new distributors have a good start?

3  takes $700 CAD to make 150points.  way too expensive, even if you can convince people that the products are boutique quality, but they&#039;re not, because boutique comes w/ a name that people want.

4  products are not innovative and not what consumers want.  avon has a better reputation for making products that people want and are willing to pay for.

5  the corp has mistreated too many top level distributors over the last few years.  who would want that kind of treatment after devoting a lifetime of attention and work to a corp?

6  the iboa board is no longer an organisation that can protect the distributors.  they have proven that when they 100% voted against quixtar&#039;s name change back to Amway and the corp did it anyways.

7  no cohesion between the corp and the &#039;field&#039;

8  wasted money spent on reputation management and brand recognition.  if these 100&#039;s of millions spent on athlete endorsements, tv ads, fancy image campaigns were given as a beef up to anemic comp plan that would be a better investment.

9  sueing people for leaving a business that they are no longer happy in or can see a bright future with.  sueing everyone in site.  free enterprise?

10  focus is not on making bus better where it&#039;s not, but opening new countries, etc.

11  where is the success?  what do the numbers say?  how many people joined amway globally in last 10yrs?  how many NEW platinums are there?  how long do they stay at platinum and do they go beyond that level?  how many people quit each year?  what are the real sales figures if you count inflation/ currency fluctuations?  how many platinums, rubies, emeralds, diamonds and above have left amway for other mlm opportunities in last 10yrs?  are they all wrong?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amway was a great company w/ great people in an amazing beginning of an industry that helped the average person achieve more in personal development and a dream of a better life.  But this corp has clearly lost its way being run by people who don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like to build an organisation (like Rich and Jay did before Amway), 2nd generation billionaire kids, and won&#8217;t change their way of doing business to make it a better business for its&#8217; distributors.  </p>
<p>And you are all right, too many lawyers/ public relation/ corporate mucky mucks making the simple things extremely difficult.</p>
<p>Some Reasons that Amway is not a good part-time home based business choice anymore&#8230;<br />
1  compensation plan was invented before they had computers and is not adequate in total payout (by some estimates) as low as 33%, where current top mlm&#8217;s pay 50%.  comp plan doesn&#8217;t reward team building/ depth building.  comp plan doesn&#8217;t reward lower levels.  comp plan is not even guaranteed anymore when you hit levels, it&#8217;s to the corp&#8217;s discretion.  they probably have a naughty list.<br />
imagine building a huge network and not get paid because you didn&#8217;t tow the company line?</p>
<p>2  reputation is too bad now.  as soon as someone is exposed to the opportunity, they hop on their iphone and voila- all negative.  how can new distributors have a good start?</p>
<p>3  takes $700 CAD to make 150points.  way too expensive, even if you can convince people that the products are boutique quality, but they&#8217;re not, because boutique comes w/ a name that people want.</p>
<p>4  products are not innovative and not what consumers want.  avon has a better reputation for making products that people want and are willing to pay for.</p>
<p>5  the corp has mistreated too many top level distributors over the last few years.  who would want that kind of treatment after devoting a lifetime of attention and work to a corp?</p>
<p>6  the iboa board is no longer an organisation that can protect the distributors.  they have proven that when they 100% voted against quixtar&#8217;s name change back to Amway and the corp did it anyways.</p>
<p>7  no cohesion between the corp and the &#8216;field&#8217;</p>
<p>8  wasted money spent on reputation management and brand recognition.  if these 100&#8242;s of millions spent on athlete endorsements, tv ads, fancy image campaigns were given as a beef up to anemic comp plan that would be a better investment.</p>
<p>9  sueing people for leaving a business that they are no longer happy in or can see a bright future with.  sueing everyone in site.  free enterprise?</p>
<p>10  focus is not on making bus better where it&#8217;s not, but opening new countries, etc.</p>
<p>11  where is the success?  what do the numbers say?  how many people joined amway globally in last 10yrs?  how many NEW platinums are there?  how long do they stay at platinum and do they go beyond that level?  how many people quit each year?  what are the real sales figures if you count inflation/ currency fluctuations?  how many platinums, rubies, emeralds, diamonds and above have left amway for other mlm opportunities in last 10yrs?  are they all wrong?</p>
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		<title>By: Peter</title>
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		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Geez, Tex, you are one bitter SOB.  Go to church and find some comfort.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Geez, Tex, you are one bitter SOB.  Go to church and find some comfort.</p>
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		<title>By: Tex</title>
		<link>http://www.dougwead.biz/network-marketing/amway-leader-threatens-beating/comment-page-1/#comment-413</link>
		<dc:creator>Tex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rockette,

&quot;Visit http://www.baron55.com/FBI.html&quot;

Lolita,

Go to hell. Amway is a scam, and here’s why: Amway pays out as little money as they can get away with, so they support the higher level IBOs ripping off their downline via the tool scam. As a result, about 99% of IBOs operate at a net loss, while the top 1% make several TIMES more from their Amway tool scam than from the Amway products. Read about it on my blog, I suggest you start here: &quot;http://tiny.cc/D5oJh&quot; and forward the information to everyone you know, so they don’t get scammed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rockette,</p>
<p>&#8220;Visit <a href="http://www.baron55.com/FBI.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.baron55.com/FBI.html</a>&#8221;</p>
<p>Lolita,</p>
<p>Go to hell. Amway is a scam, and here’s why: Amway pays out as little money as they can get away with, so they support the higher level IBOs ripping off their downline via the tool scam. As a result, about 99% of IBOs operate at a net loss, while the top 1% make several TIMES more from their Amway tool scam than from the Amway products. Read about it on my blog, I suggest you start here: &#8220;http://tiny.cc/D5oJh&#8221; and forward the information to everyone you know, so they don’t get scammed.</p>
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		<title>By: Tex</title>
		<link>http://www.dougwead.biz/network-marketing/amway-leader-threatens-beating/comment-page-1/#comment-412</link>
		<dc:creator>Tex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rockette,

Visit www.baron55.com/FBI.html

Lolita,

Go to hell. Amway is a scam, and here&#039;s why: Amway pays out as little money as they can get away with, so they support the higher level IBOs ripping off their downline via the tool scam. As a result, about 99% of IBOs operate at a net loss, while the top 1% make several TIMES more from their Amway tool scam than from the Amway products. Read about it on my blog, I suggest you start here: http://tiny.cc/D5oJh and forward the information to everyone you know, so they don&#039;t get scammed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rockette,</p>
<p>Visit <a href="http://www.baron55.com/FBI.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.baron55.com/FBI.html</a></p>
<p>Lolita,</p>
<p>Go to hell. Amway is a scam, and here&#8217;s why: Amway pays out as little money as they can get away with, so they support the higher level IBOs ripping off their downline via the tool scam. As a result, about 99% of IBOs operate at a net loss, while the top 1% make several TIMES more from their Amway tool scam than from the Amway products. Read about it on my blog, I suggest you start here: <a href="http://tiny.cc/D5oJh" rel="nofollow">http://tiny.cc/D5oJh</a> and forward the information to everyone you know, so they don&#8217;t get scammed.</p>
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		<title>By: Lolita</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lolita</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tex, stop with the &quot;read my blog&quot; deal. If you are not happy with a company or a process, don&#039;t participate. People are not hog tied and forced to buy, do, say anything. If they buy the tools, it&#039;s because they choose to. If someone is making a profit, it may not be the most ethical way to do business but people still have a choice here in America. Amway does over $7 billion in annual sales (not tools) they must do something right. How much did you make last year? More than $7 billion?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tex, stop with the &#8220;read my blog&#8221; deal. If you are not happy with a company or a process, don&#8217;t participate. People are not hog tied and forced to buy, do, say anything. If they buy the tools, it&#8217;s because they choose to. If someone is making a profit, it may not be the most ethical way to do business but people still have a choice here in America. Amway does over $7 billion in annual sales (not tools) they must do something right. How much did you make last year? More than $7 billion?</p>
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		<title>By: rocket</title>
		<link>http://www.dougwead.biz/network-marketing/amway-leader-threatens-beating/comment-page-1/#comment-373</link>
		<dc:creator>rocket</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is it just me, or is Baron55 seemingly always under construction?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is it just me, or is Baron55 seemingly always under construction?</p>
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		<title>By: John Doe</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Doe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This isn&#039;t anything new. Just look at what happend to Bruce Anderson. He has been threatened and harrassed for years and years. Just see his website. www.baron55.com then talk about how fair &quot;The Big A&quot; is</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This isn&#8217;t anything new. Just look at what happend to Bruce Anderson. He has been threatened and harrassed for years and years. Just see his website. <a href="http://www.baron55.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.baron55.com</a> then talk about how fair &#8220;The Big A&#8221; is</p>
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