I got approached by someone trying to recruit me to do this, for the 3rd time in my life now..... kind of annoying that they waste 2-3 hours out of your life to get you to do this. What is more annoying is that they are so secretive about it...... act like your friend and then throw Quixstar at you when you least expect it. Anyone here currently with Quixstar? or have been approached by this and have any feedback on this so called promising venture? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quixtar
Classic pyramid scheme recruiting. Last guy who tried with me was a distant co-worker. He said he was 'trying to get his business off the ground' and wanted me to 'help him practice' recruiting. I saw through the BS and told him no thanks. My boss wasn't so smart and got the pitch. Ironic thing is that the guy still won't talk to me, even though I told him in no uncertain terms, politely, that I wasn't interested in going into an businesses at the moment.
As a business school graduate nothing gets me more infuriated than a pyramid scheme. Avoid it, and warn your friends.
I saw the NBC Dateline piece on Quixstar and read some hidden points that are not mentioned by any of the recruiters. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ot31XhgE_XE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ot31XhgE_XE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oc4-34V75SQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oc4-34V75SQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> I was approached by a Indian couple that claimed to have moved here from India recently. They carried a heavy indian accent, had a 3 yr old son, and met us at Fry's. They approached me and my wife and started talking about India and how they are new to the States and barely know anyone on our side of town, where they live. My wife and I are also Indians, so we thought they were just good citizens that were trying to get to know ppl. We exchanged phone numbers and got a call from them within 2 days. Yesterday, they invited us for dinner.... and the thought of Quixtar did cross my mind for a second, but they just seemed to naive to be like that. So my wife and I went to their place, got a little present for their 3 yr old. They served us dinner and right after we ate, I thought to myself... they are not bad. Just as that thought crossed my mind, the guy takes out a writing pad and pen and starts to draw the pyramid. I was like "oh crap, not this again" but we felt embarrassed to tell them to stop or get up and leave since they had just served us dinner, so we listened. Obviously, they had to force us to join meetings and seminars like they all do, which we kept saying no to and finally got out of. So they gave us a couple of audio CDs, and I am sure will harass and call us everyday. On my drive home, I was so mad that we got played again for this same crap, and that we didn't see their true motive behind their nice act they put on when they first approached us. You can't trust anyone nowadays. So I thought about it and did some research on Quixtar, and instead of just putting this behind me and moving on.... I want to get back at people like them. I am thinking of annoying the heck out of this couple, to a point where they will ask me not to call them anymore or email them. I will email them daily, multiple times to ask questions about their business and question those questions and finally disagree with them on everything. I will keep calling them with absurd questions to a point where I want them to ask me to leave them alone. I only see this as a satisfying measure for myself at this point, as this experience has become very annoying for me.
This. My homeboy was all into it then left quickstar for amway which is basically the same crap a pyramid scheme. He told me id regret not joining and he would be driving a phantom LOL. Anyways couple months passed and he feels stupid and i make fun of him all the time now
I was also approached by an IBO of Amway to get me to join on their business. I almost fell for it until I sense something fishy with their shallow and secretive explanation. It just boggles my mind how these people are easily brainwashed into thinking they will be rich by watching some lame training DVDs and going to countless motivational seminars that they actually had to pay for each time! Luckily he paid for me on the first seminar and I said that's enough of this crap.
Another example of their recruiting gone wrong. I got sucked into a 'meeting' by an ex-girlfriend's father. The guy who was giving it was a medical doctor. Back then, I was mystified by anyone with post-grad education. Old homeboy proceeds to equate success to how big and nice a Winnebago you can get. "If you get to double-diamond status, you can get a 25-footer (paraphrasing)!" Needless to say, I wasn't impressed with his retirement plans. BTW, father worked for Enron. I guess he was a sucker from jump.
About 10 years ago I was approached by a Quixtar pawn who gave me a CD to learn more about them and I gave him my phone number. At the time I didn't know Quixtar was Amway. He just talked about a business opportunity, etc, etc and it was the age of the Internet boom, so I said "what the hell". I went home and researched it and found out Quixtar was the same company as Amway. He started calling me. I never bothered answering. I kid you not - the guy called around once a day for at least a month after that.
Thats nothing when my friend joined it was ringing all the time im glad i never fell for that crap or gave them my number
I guess I understand why you are angry. I was approached by an Indian guy while I was studying at the UH library. Very similar to your story, this guy seemed very innocent and sincere. Problem was that he initiated conversation by asking me for help on how to get his cousin from India into some grad program at UH. I helped him out and talked to him for a while...and then came the pyramid. I listened to him and actually went to a meeting with him. I was fascinated by the devotion of all the people there and the success stories. In my mind, the plan did not sound too bad. In fact, i probably would have done it if it hadn't been for the fact that they ask you to purchase some introductory pack before you can start. It was at this point that I saw through the bullsh** and bolted. It doesn't matter if it is religion or a business, any time you are hidden from the entire truth by money or whatever, it just isn't worth it.
This exact thing happened to me by a "friend" I used to work with. He wanted to catch up with me and discuss a project he was working on. I was like cool whatever. Then when I meet him at lunch I thought it was really weird he brought his wife with him since I had never met her and he didn't mentions she would be there. After he scarfed down his lunch, boom, yellow legal pad red pen... 48 minutes into this waste of an hour he finally says the word Amway.
Amway rep approached me (while I was at a very good job) and tried to get me to quit and join his "company". After a while, during the interview.. I started to figure out what was going on with his elusiveness to my questions... I then stopped him in the middle of his speech and said if this is a pyramid scheme I am going to kick his ass. He proceeded to thank me and then picked up his stuff and left.
