tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86215783824402677882009-11-05T14:05:45.203+11:00What are these &quot;business opportunity&quot; networking companies? Independent un-official opinions on mlm business, methods, seminars, marketing, products, and success. Can you become a millionaire? Make easy money? Get unbiased stories, truth &amp; facts.Mr Millionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03961439183969277458noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621578382440267788.post-76179800931400795962009-03-19T21:18:00.001+11:002009-06-26T00:20:13.430+10:00Mr Millionnoreply@blogger.com25Following up from the article comparing prices of Amway products we recently wrote, we received several interesting comments in response.We welcome and appreciate feedback, even if it is critical. We don't claim to be right 100% of the time, and if you can prove us wrong (yet to happen) we will gladly admit or ammend what is written. Nor are we out to destroy Amway, only to report independent <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rZPXOtgaSti-9ZaeaXa6ULnSkXc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rZPXOtgaSti-9ZaeaXa6ULnSkXc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rZPXOtgaSti-9ZaeaXa6ULnSkXc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rZPXOtgaSti-9ZaeaXa6ULnSkXc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Network21Amway/~4/u36ktTrJidg" height="1" width="1"/>http://network21amway.blogspot.com/2009/01/amway-product-comparison.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621578382440267788.post-22906788064052832292009-03-02T00:25:00.002+11:002009-04-28T23:16:44.029+10:00Mr Millionnoreply@blogger.com7Just to break even and make profits you must go well beyond the basic business plan represented.You must market these products to many many friends, and get them to sign up under the same pretence (probable losses of 300 dollars a month?). Not easy.This system relies on you and your downline to spend hundreds of dollars on questionably priced Amway items for as long as they (and you) can afford <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/g01MzY1ZwKhA3r5pkZLHkZe5mhg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/g01MzY1ZwKhA3r5pkZLHkZe5mhg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/g01MzY1ZwKhA3r5pkZLHkZe5mhg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/g01MzY1ZwKhA3r5pkZLHkZe5mhg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Network21Amway/~4/qlqf_enBvuk" height="1" width="1"/>http://network21amway.blogspot.com/2009/01/making-profits.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621578382440267788.post-76197884804528744482009-01-30T21:54:00.000+11:002009-03-14T22:36:25.882+11:00Mr Millionnoreply@blogger.com10Jim Dornan, an American Amway and Quixtar Independent Business Owner (IBO) started Network TwentyOne in 1989. It markets itself as an "education and training company" pushing Professional Development Programs, books, and materials to other IBOs working with other network marketing companies such as Quixtar and Amway. Network 21 now operates in many countries across the world including Australia, <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/U_an6yAFSupdwmmuurs9CBFCcy4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/U_an6yAFSupdwmmuurs9CBFCcy4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/U_an6yAFSupdwmmuurs9CBFCcy4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/U_an6yAFSupdwmmuurs9CBFCcy4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Network21Amway/~4/9Av4xDdq8i8" height="1" width="1"/>http://network21amway.blogspot.com/2008/12/who-runs-n21.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621578382440267788.post-66607389669353456552009-01-09T23:59:00.007+11:002009-02-16T21:44:01.652+11:00Mr Millionnoreply@blogger.com2MLM business opportunities are deemed illegal pyramids, according to Gerald P. Nehra, if the only way to make money is by sponsoring (signing someone up in your down line). Gerald is a private practice attorney, including 9 years with Amway Corporation.Just because an income producing program sells a product does not mean that it is not a pyramid scam. The original Ponzi scheme, the world's <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7QS98rY8Rj22oM99dO4ZvfIKI28/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7QS98rY8Rj22oM99dO4ZvfIKI28/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7QS98rY8Rj22oM99dO4ZvfIKI28/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7QS98rY8Rj22oM99dO4ZvfIKI28/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Network21Amway/~4/hWy3RX0cPiM" height="1" width="1"/>http://network21amway.blogspot.com/2009/01/legal-pyramid-scheme.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621578382440267788.post-50183237697965773842009-01-03T18:35:00.008+11:002009-02-16T21:54:51.695+11:00Mr Millionnoreply@blogger.com5Network 21's basic business plan (figures taken directly from the official seminar presentation):In this business opportunity, to "earn" $112 in Network 21 you:Spend 400 dollars a month.Wait! What?? Costs 400?Bearing in mind there are other more advanced plans, this was the first plan represented in the presentation as we understood it. The next plans are where you hassle your friends / network <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JWQqBQBe-PtbpHvCetAjCTY2M-Y/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JWQqBQBe-PtbpHvCetAjCTY2M-Y/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JWQqBQBe-PtbpHvCetAjCTY2M-Y/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JWQqBQBe-PtbpHvCetAjCTY2M-Y/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Network21Amway/~4/Fwar0E_KbpQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://network21amway.blogspot.com/2009/01/basic-business-plan.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621578382440267788.post-25489971626768617412009-01-02T22:37:00.000+11:002009-03-08T22:42:58.205+11:00Mr Millionnoreply@blogger.com1Have a watch of the below official Quixtar company propaganda. It's a PR gem.<!-- google_ad_section_start --&gt;It states the official sites are "legitimate" and implies sites that do make claims of risks or dangers or give helpful advice / unhealthy exposure to the product as "malicious attacks" by people "with a grudge". I have no grudge, in the same way I don't have a grudge against cancer. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tA0Y5oIpfoTbdPDKDwNMKrDbDrU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tA0Y5oIpfoTbdPDKDwNMKrDbDrU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tA0Y5oIpfoTbdPDKDwNMKrDbDrU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tA0Y5oIpfoTbdPDKDwNMKrDbDrU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Network21Amway/~4/pSVuHgUoNro" height="1" width="1"/>http://network21amway.blogspot.com/2009/01/just-like-asbestos.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621578382440267788.post-88865222625478276882008-12-30T11:54:00.010+11:002009-02-16T22:02:35.831+11:00Mr Millionnoreply@blogger.com10One of the biggest advantages that these network marketing businesses tout as a reason for joining is the offer of discount products, massively below retail prices.Let's review the research.To summarise the lengthy study on Amway products price list comparison by Sidney Schwartz, on average you will in fact be paying around 50% more money for Amway products versus the same type of product in a <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uAHLHKTyCcAquT5ZZToNu_OFuLQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uAHLHKTyCcAquT5ZZToNu_OFuLQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uAHLHKTyCcAquT5ZZToNu_OFuLQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uAHLHKTyCcAquT5ZZToNu_OFuLQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Network21Amway/~4/rrBN8NjVwtw" height="1" width="1"/>http://network21amway.blogspot.com/2008/12/price-comparison-of-products.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621578382440267788.post-7807064606694576772008-12-25T18:29:00.006+11:002009-02-16T22:06:26.621+11:00Mr Millionnoreply@blogger.com0why would you join a multi level marketing business opportunity that has existed since 1959? Everyone already knows about Amway. In the sixties it would have been much simpler, but now all the easy money pickings have dried up. Everyone has heard of Amway, and just mentioning the word sends cold shivers down some peoples spines (why do you think they changed their name to Quixtar in Northern <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vtbCpU52dRjaYx-D5EX9x3AA8B0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vtbCpU52dRjaYx-D5EX9x3AA8B0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vtbCpU52dRjaYx-D5EX9x3AA8B0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vtbCpU52dRjaYx-D5EX9x3AA8B0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Network21Amway/~4/TDqHTPvDEsY" height="1" width="1"/>http://network21amway.blogspot.com/2008/12/seek-easy-multi-level-marketing-leads.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621578382440267788.post-34781293049692001762008-12-22T22:32:00.010+11:002009-02-16T22:28:19.563+11:00Mr Millionnoreply@blogger.com3According to PSA, with their own official statistics being used it is estimated a 99% loss rate for consumers induced to invest in "their own Amway business". 99%! Can you be in the top 1%? One in 100 people can, so it is not impossible, but given the saturation of such a business opportunity on the population already, and the pyramid structure required to make easy profit, the reality is that <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6yFm1nIto5WV7KEubyw09ifjpXc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6yFm1nIto5WV7KEubyw09ifjpXc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6yFm1nIto5WV7KEubyw09ifjpXc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6yFm1nIto5WV7KEubyw09ifjpXc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Network21Amway/~4/1u00Hw6qvj4" height="1" width="1"/>http://network21amway.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-much-money-can-you-make.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621578382440267788.post-85085151679835273232008-12-19T00:31:00.013+11:002009-02-16T19:46:11.990+11:00Mr Millionnoreply@blogger.com19I was invited to an N21 "business opportunity for entrepreneurs" by a friend the other day. Light on the details, he promised me a chance to network with his millionaire mentor. I'm always open to new methods for success, so I obliged. Walking through the hotel lobby through to a seminar room. The first hint of what was coming was a sign posted "Network 21".The first statements stated by the head <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KmJSBbfkXKPBO3lw5BCDCdeNAXA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KmJSBbfkXKPBO3lw5BCDCdeNAXA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KmJSBbfkXKPBO3lw5BCDCdeNAXA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KmJSBbfkXKPBO3lw5BCDCdeNAXA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Network21Amway/~4/2Hud1WVIMbM" height="1" width="1"/>http://network21amway.blogspot.com/2008/12/is-network-21-scam.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621578382440267788.post-48605418061141838842008-05-29T21:32:00.010+10:002009-02-16T22:30:07.560+11:00Mr Millionnoreply@blogger.com0If you ever wanted to know what the business structure of Amway is, observe the below diagramHow does the famous mlm business opportunity work? When you become part of the Amway family, you become an integral part of the company structure, a cornerstone of it. The bottom cornerstone.What do I mean?Well, a pyramid is one of the strongest structures known to man, some say stronger than the " <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jSDEB9Ba8DB4bwmAGXWCY6MCRqI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jSDEB9Ba8DB4bwmAGXWCY6MCRqI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jSDEB9Ba8DB4bwmAGXWCY6MCRqI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jSDEB9Ba8DB4bwmAGXWCY6MCRqI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Network21Amway/~4/xt9PYBUM1DE" height="1" width="1"/>http://network21amway.blogspot.com/2008/12/scam-diagram.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8621578382440267788.post-39276469715549245472008-04-01T15:45:00.009+11:002009-02-16T22:31:25.766+11:00Mr Millionnoreply@blogger.comPrivacy Policy:We respect your privacy. 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