by Jared Chamberlain

Created on: December 12, 2008

Allow me to start by granting some points already stated in the other authors' opinions. Yes, there are many fanatical Quixtar IBOs who go a little crazy as far as getting people to join up. Second, there are entire Quixtar organizations that train their new IBOs to be fanatical. Many even have their own "church" services on the final day of a conference. Thirdly, no I do not think this is a business for everyone and that everyone should get int. But in spite of all these, I have to believe that if you are willing to put in the time and relatively small financial investment while maintaining some sensibility, it is a worthwhile ventre.

I was a Quixtar IBO and went all-out for close to a year. I never quite felt comfortable with contacting people. I felt that my friends and family were turned off by my asking them and that complete strangers really had no time or interest to talk to me. However, if I were of a different personality type, this may not bother me. As far as the conferences go, they are not necessarily Quixtar conferences, but conferences held by a particular organization's most successful IBOs. The conferences of course are optional, and the Sunday morning service is even more so. I did not like, nor have any need for the worship service. These IBOs' status as a successful Quixtar business-builder does not qualify them to spread their religious belief system (it's hard enough to get people to buy into a business, let alone a particular religious viewpoint) or to come perilously close to advocating some generic Christian church. At one conference I went to, one of the featured IBOs even advocated finding a church where you are not required to "learn" a lot, essentially ruling out any denominational church, especially a Roman Catholic church, of which I am a member.

Having said all that, it is possible that you could build a successful business and even have your own conferences without trying to indoctrinate your IBOs to a particular religious viewpoint or creating extremely fanatical IBOs whose sole purpose for living is to talk to everyone they know about the business. Amway/Quixtar's business plan is approved by the BBB and the SEC and they do offer superior or comparable products. It would even be possible, albeit difficult, to build a business solely on retail sales if one was not interested in the MLM aspect of it. Aside from all that, Amway/Quixtar has been around for over 40 years and has worldwide sales of over 7 billion dollars, thereby erasing the need for any particular person's opinion of it. So, if you are judging whether or not to try Amway/Quixtar, then make your decisions based on the value of the business opportunity, which could be quite rewarding. Do not base your decision on a particular organization or on what that organization does. You can always find a more laid back group or even start your own.

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