Many of the other MLM organizations prey on people with what today would be considered relatively little formal education. Those who have been around and seen what these other outfits have gotten away with have been turned off on all such selling systems, even high-quality, upright outfits such as Amsoil, though I agree Amsoil doesn't deserve it. Many people who distrust MLMs think that Amsoil stands for "Amway oil" because of how it's sold. Again, though I don't like the FTC proposals, they are understandable given the realities of other MLM outfits.
Of course, these are my opinions too. But in short, you were fortunate enough to have made a great choice in company and product, Don. I've known others who lost their shirts selling Amway and similar schemes (the word does have a sinister connotation in this use). The point others on this thread have tried to make is that Amsoil would probably become even more successful and have even more of a loyal customer base without the MLM system. This ain't 30 years ago.
I commented in the thread three years ago that every Amsoil rep I had met to that point had been more interested in trying to sign me up as a rep than in selling the (excellent) product. At the North Carolina state fair and certain farm shows, I approached Amsoil reps about buying some of their products on display and was told that they had just brought what was on display to show, but they would really like to set me up to be a rep under them. . . . (Why go to the expense of renting space to display a product if you don't intend to sell that product at that show? Crazy. Unless your real intention is to troll for new reps.) Those are Amway tactics. And they really turn off most people and tarnish the name of the product. Pablo and, I presume, you are refreshing exceptions.
[ September 13, 2006, 02:07 PM: Message edited by: ekrampitzjr ]
